Ipod Touch Gen 2 connection socket is loose and will not charge or sync.

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Hello MacForum!
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I bought an 8 gig, 2G Ipod Touch a little under a year ago off of ebay (to save costs, as I was buying one for my girlfriend as well). Both were seemingly brand new, the first one I received was sealed from the factory. I set that one aside for my girlfriend. The second one I received was open but in good condition.
It had clearly been preowned, but as I said it was in good condition apart from some ware on the usb cord.
Anyway, fast forward a few months. I am on vacation and my Ipod touch suddenly wont charge. I plug it in, nothing. So I go to radio shack and get one of those go chargers with an ipod touch connector (which are total pieces of crap by the way) and that wouldn't charge it either. So after the vacation we get home and I decide to try my girlfriend's usb cord out, and that doesn't do anything either. So I jiggled it around and it would connect then immediately disconnect, or it would connect but it wouldn't charge, only showing the little plug symbol where the lightning bolt would be.
So I decided to try my cord again. Same stuff, jiggling makes it work, but it instantly disconnects or goes into that plug mode or what ever (like it's finished charging). It eventually died and I forgot about it and went on happily using my old Ipod Nano Gen 3. Now, months later I am in need of my Ipod touch (I left my nano at my girlfriend's house), so I dig it out, and the usb cord and plug it into my Mac and it's the same stuff pretty much, but I can old charge it if I push the cord's jack up in the Ipod touch's port. I've been wrapping the cord around it longways really tight to try and get it to charge, which is putting more ware on the cord. But it's the only way I can get it to sync or charge...Not only this but the cord doesn't even snap it like other ipod (which is really dumb design in my opinion) so it falls out if I lay it down without wrapping it.
*So, my Ipod Touch's connection port is loose.* The warranty is long gone. Fixing the port via apple will cost $133 dollars that I don't have to spend on it (Im in college).
I've searched high and low on the internet and found but two other person that had this issue, each not getting much feedback.
What are my options? Is there an easy fix? What should I do?
Message was edited by: KALASH69
Message was edited by: KALASH69

Answer 1

There are other repair companies for the touch/iPhone. Google them, you might find a lower price.