Oof.

I've accepted the fact that it will get stuck in clock mode for a minute or two each morning. At the very least, unlocking and hitting play twice will get the music going again, even if the display doesn't change. The 5G would often get stuck at the Apple logo in the morning for ~20 seconds and not make a sound for the duration.

 

Now about that clock mode...

 

Why? Were people really calling out for a clock when the backlight went out? If dropping down to a 1-bit display saves power or has some other benefit, how about still throwing the current track info up there? Better still, mimic the look and layout of the original iPod. Big Chicago fonts, nostalgia, awesome.

 

And where did that condensed Futura come from? It's nowhere else in the iPod UI and unless there's a technical reason that restricts content to the center of the display, using a condensed font is pointless (and sticks out like a fart in a church).

 

Then there's the battery icon. Again, if you're stuck with 1-bit in this mode, embrace it. Make the icon strong, bold and easy to read. The single-pixel battery outline practically vanishes and the high-contrast "highlighted" fill with a checkerboard top edge makes it look like the icon was supposed to be in color, but seven bits got thrown out mechanically after the fact.

Done