I found my 7th gen iPod Touch running 15.8.2. This device is no longer supported by Apple so I can’t Sign in with Apple ID to do anything useful. Any ideas of how I can save this device from becoming e-waste? I was trying to add Delta emulator to use it for roms but no luck.

Any ideas/suggestions?? 🤷🏼‍♀️ TYIA 💜

  • Dr Jekell@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    2 months ago

    Install RockBox onto it and continue using it as a music player.

    Edit: apparently this is a device that can’t use RockBox.

  • Khanzarate@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 months ago

    The right app could make it into a security camera or a WiFi remote. A quick search suggests you could jailbreak it, although I’m not up to date on what that would offer you.

    I’m not sure what prevented Delta from working, since it says it supports iOS 14 or later on an iPod touch. Maybe a factory restore or similar would let you take that route anyway?

    • CO5MO ✨@midwest.socialOP
      2·
      2 months ago

      Thanks for this! I’m gonna look into it!

      Sadly, when I try to download any app, an Apple ID Verification pops up and asks me to sign in then I get: your Apple ID can only be used on devices running iOS 16.2 or later. This iPod can’t be updated to the latest software.

  • SteveTech@programming.devEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    I jailbroke my 4th gen iPod a few months after Apple dropped support for it, I feel like that breathed a lot more life into it.

    • chrash0@lemmy.world
      12·
      2 months ago

      lol this is like Ben Shapiro telling people in areas threatened by climate change to sell their houses. “to who? fucking Aqua Man?”

      best case you’ll get $10 and whoever bought it will end up back here

      • GravitySpoiled@lemmy.mlEnglish
        15·
        2 months ago

        Lol

        If more people sell their outdated apple device s, it will bring down all other apple device. The lower the prices of apple devices become, the unlikelier people will buy apple devices because one reason people keep buying it because they think higher price means higher quality which unfortunately isn’t the case. Less people buying apple products means more people buying linux in the long run. More people installing linux forces apple someday to open their devices such that people get interested in buying their devices because they can install linux on it. That day is not yet today