ipod

my ipod has just broke, screen froze and i cant do anything to make it change. none of buttons work. tryed plugin it into my comp and load song on it but comp doesnt pick it up.
anyone got an idea how i can get it fixed?

 

Same thing has happened to mine twice. Both times I just left it for a few days to completely run down, then re-charged it and it was fine.

 

Is there a reset button?

 

What version ipod is it? nt

 

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<font size="2">You could try this mate, worked with mine</font></p>

<font size="2"></font><font size="2">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61705</font></p>

 

get a decent mp3 player maybe?

bloody ipods useless over priced crap imho

 

Every piece of electronic equipment

.... has it's own individual horror stories.</p>

You only have to check the customer review forums.</p>

 

RE: Every piece of electronic equipment

your right i know, just i pods are in my experience more likely to have problems than others.

 

if i remember right, you hold down the menu button for a few seconds and it resets. If not try the other buttons.

 

latest apple software

first make sure you have the latest itunes software download from apple on your computer .. mine is relatively up to date and is version 7.0.2.16 (you can find what version you have by going to the itunes tool bar and "help" and then "about itunes" ..

second when you synch (connect) your ipod it will determine whether yours is the latest software (there have been several very useful upgrades for most version of ipod from nano thru to video)

third if the software can be upgraded then accept the upgrade that should cure the bugs and reset your pod ..

fourth if the software update cant be accepted chose the second onscreen option which is "restore"

this will wipe the ipod clean and reload the factory settings to as it was when you first bought it .. of course this means you will have to then resynch with your pc to load the ipod with music again from scratch

this can be time consuming and tedious i have 5000 tunes on mine and it takes an age to reload .. but i had to do it when my own ipod seized up before christmas and its still working fine at the moment

there are 2 other things you can try first

like one of the guys has already said allow the ipod to run fuly down and then recharge it

or there is a quick fix reset which cures many lock ups .. on some (earlier) click wheel ipods you have to hold down the centre button and the stop button together for about 5 seconds but on the latest generation video ipods you hold the centre button and the menu button together for about 5 seconds duration

in many cases this will clear the fault

but if these quick fixes dont work you will have to go down the route of wiping the ipod totally clean

 

My nano stalls all the time, i have to hold the menu and centre button down at the same time for about 10 seconds then the screen resets

 

I think it's menu and centre together

to reset, if you don't want to wait for the battery to run down.