Why isn't my ipod working properly

I wanted to listen to some music so I looked in my music library and all of my music had gone! also, when I looked at my app pages to play on an app, they all were waiting to download for some random reason (they were fine before, I've had these apps for quite a while)
Any suggestions on what to do???
Please help!!!!

This definitely sounds like a carrier-problem. Maybe your iPhone is affected by the infamous "grip of death". Try not to "hug" the phone as much when holding it, and make sure you have the very latest updates for iOS. If the antenna is faulty, you will have to contact Apple.
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Hoooookay, so...
My iPod is having problems. It's a second gen, but I did get the battery replaced about 9 months ago so I'm still ok on that front. Here's my problem:
I haven't used it in a while (since before the iTunes 7 update), and while trying to plug it in to my PC via Fire wire, it started syncing up with iTunes 7. It said something about needing to restore it, so, rolling my eyes I clicked the "Ok, erase all my music and restore my Ipod" button.
Unfortunately, during the "restore" I got a little error message that said it messed up. "Frick," I said aloud. So I figured, it must be something with the PC or iTunes. I shut down my compy to try again. Unfortunately, my iPod was completely frozen in the process and stayed that way for about a day. I figured it ran out of batteries, so I plugged it back in and it seemed to be working fine. However, restore had notably done its job, meaning all of my songs were erased.
So I plugged it back in, and I got no dice. This time iTunes just ignored it completely. So I downloaded and installed v.7.02 to alleviate the situation. Once again, no dice. Now my iPod and computer are acting altogether very strange. I have over the course of this difficulty restarted and started my ipod many times, but an interesting thing happens. After I've restarted it, and I plug in my iPod, if I have iTunes up, iTunes merely freezes for about 3 minutes, then unfreezes showing no iPod. Windows recognizes the iPod as some sort of drive/media player, calling it drive F:. When I ask windows to safely remove my ipod, it does, but my ipod just freezes like it did last time. Fortunately, in the course of my investigation, i learned how to reset it, and that seems to get it out of freeze mode. However, when I re-plug it in, my computer makes a "ba-ding" sound, as if it recognized it, but it shows up nowhere. No windows drive, no nothing, just a ba-ding sound. If I restart my computer, it will recognize the ipod as a drive again (the first time I plug it in) but anytime after that it just makes the noise and doesn't recognize it at all...
Help?
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First
Try to put the iPod into Disk Mode if it fails to appear on the desktop
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651
Change your iPod drive letter
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93499
Reconnect it with your PC, open iTunes and click Restore.
If still does not solve then
. Windows users having trouble with their iPods should locate a Mac user. In many cases when an iPod won't show up on a PC that it will show up on the Mac. Then it can be restored. When the PC user returns to his computer the iPod will be recognized by the PC, reformatted for the PC, and usable again. By the way, it works in reverse too. A Mac user often can get his iPod back by connecting it to a PC and restoring it.
Tips
a. It does not matter whether the format is completed or not, the key is to erase (or partly) the corrupted firmware files on the Hard Drive of the iPod. After that, when the iPod re-connected with a computer, it will be recognized as an fresh external hard drive, it will show up on the iTunes 7.
b. It is not a difficult issue for a Mac user to find a window base computer, for a PC user, if they can’t find any Mac user, they can go to a nearest Apple Shop for a favor.
c. You may need to switch around the PC and Mac, try to do several attempts between “Format” and “Restore”
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2364921&#2364921

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I don’t understand what is going on. It worked just fine and then all of a sudden I noticed songs wouldn’t play so I went to plug it into iTunes and nothing has worked. I’ve searched discussions and none of the tips help. But I want my songs to play again and I want my iPod back.

Hey briannagrace96,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities! I'd check out the following article, it looks like it applies to your situation:
iPod: Appears in Windows but not in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1363
You'll want to go through the following troubleshooting steps, and for more detail on each step follow the link to the article above:
Try the iPod troubleshooting assistant:
If you have not already done so, try the steps in the iPod Troubleshooting Assistant (choose your iPod model from the list).
If the issue remains after following your iPod's troubleshooting assistant, follow the steps below to continue troubleshooting your issue.
Restart the iPod Service
Restart the Apple Mobile Device Service
Empty your Temp directory and restart
Verify that the Apple Mobile Device USB Driver is installed
Change your iPod's drive letter
Remove and reinstall iTunes
Disable conflicting System Services and Startup Items
Update, Reconfigure, Disable, or Remove Security Software
Deleting damaged or incorrect registry keys
Take care,
David

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