Ipod Nano won't get to Main Screen.  Defunct Battery?

i'm having the same problem with my ipod nano...I believe it went through the wash...bad mistake but everything seemed to working fine. It turned on and was working perfectly. A week goes by and it's time to charge the puppy up again. It goes through the charging cycle and like valrus it didn't work unless it was charged. Then after that i would charge it for what felt like a week and it started working on it's own again. It died early, and no i didn't do anything odd to it, but it just stopped working completely.
I plug it in and all i get is the black screen white apple, and then it jumps to the quarter filled battery with a little lightningbolt jutting out fromthe left side. I can't get back to the original screen to access my music now!
The frustrating thing was that it was working perfectly with no flaws, and probably a week or two after the washer mishap, did it start acting up...

I have almost the same problem as you but only that between the apple logo and the battery, I get the sad Ipod Icon. I hope it is the battery and that it can be changed...

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