3rd Gen Lock Ups / Freezes during everyday use

My 3rd Gen Click Wheel iPod has developed a freeze issue, where I'll be playing a song and suddenly the ipod locks up and none of the controls respond.
To try and fix this I've restored the ipod, zero formatted the drive (disk utility says all is fine) and then put 2gb of music on it to test.
I still get the same issue arising pretty much every time I use it now. Luckily, more often and not the click wheel doesn't respond, but the buttons at least do and I can re-boot the ipod to get it to respond. When I get totally locked out, I have to wait until it goes into sleep of drains the battery.
Battery life is still good as this is a late 3rd gen model. What gives? This happens to songs encoded by the latest version of itunes as well as older versions. The software is up to date to correct 'bug fixes', but is there a way of forcing the ipod to upgrade its software in case the ipod software has become trashed?
Any help/suggestions please.

Well no answers but looks like it could possibly be a disk fragmentation issue. Diskwarrior showed 77% fragmentation of the iPod. Once I set it to work, the iPod changes tracks much more quickly.
Hopefully that's sorted it...

Similar Messages

I am getting frequent lock-ups and blue screens during boot up. The lock ups occur during normal use and I cannot click anything or force quit. The cursor shows something is loading, but never stops. I have to use power button. Ideas?

I am getting frequent lock-ups and blue screens during boot up on my Mac Pro. The lock- ups occur sometimes during normal use and I cannot click anything or force quit. The cursor shows something is loading, but never stops. I have to use power button.
I had the Mac Defender malware and I have used apple jack but still having issues.

I am getting frequent lock-ups and blue screens during boot up on my Mac Pro. The lock- ups occur sometimes during normal use and I cannot click anything or force quit. The cursor shows something is loading, but never stops. I have to use power button.
I had the Mac Defender malware and I have used apple jack but still having issues.

IPod Touch 3rd Gen 32GB Constantly Freezing

I've had my 32gb 3rd Gen ipod touch since Nov 2009 and for about five months now it's constantly freezing up.
It's random when it does it and will freeze up regardless of software updates or resets.
I'm running 4.3.5 and have wiped it clean numerous times using itunes but it still does it.
We have an iphone and ipod classic and have never had a problem with either of those.
Can anyone assist?
I was thinking of taking back to apple via a store but other than charge the repair cost of £110.00 I've seen on the apple UK website what else could they do?
Many thanks,
Will

That what I fear, but as it started just out of the twelve month warranty and has become steadily worse until it's been practically unusable for the last three months it leaves a very bitter taste.
Only because I'm used to doing it I'm resetting back to factory settings as I type.
Thanks for your input.

IPhone 4 Freezes during WiFi use (iOS 6)

Hi,
Every time I use WiFi on the iPhone it freezes. It connects normally, loads the app (mostly facebook, I have to check some messages) and then the screen freezes. It doesn't respond on on touch commands. I can lock it, press the home button and exit the app, but the screen is still frozen. I am not able to close the app and turn off WiFi. I have to wait a few minutes, every time the amount of time is different, and then I can use the phone for a few seconds and manage to close the app and turn off WiFi. After that the phone works normally. One time I wasn't able to even unlock the phone for 30 minutes so I had to walk away of the location and lose the connection to be able to unlock and use the phone. I don't know if it's only a WiFi problem or are some apps the problem, because I mostly run some apps during WiFi use.
Is anybody familiar with this kind of behaviour? Does somebody know how could I fix this and is it a hardware or, hopefully, a software problem?
Thanks in advance.

I was only able to restore the phone after booting into Windows and using the Windows version of iTunes. Kinda pathetic.

3rd Gen Black Macbook Freezing...

Hey all,
I finally got my brand new black macbook and love it! The only problem is that I've been having it freeze up a lot. It seems to be in conjunction with internet programs because it has only happened with Firefox (only a couple times) and everytime with any Torrent client. I've tried Transmission, Azureus, Bit Torrent, Tomato. What usually happens is that everything is fine and then out of no where the pinwheel shows up and I can either force quit but still have the program registered in the dock and no other program will open, or not even be able to force quit causing me to need to Command-Ctrl-Power for a forced restart (even this hasn't worked everytime). My macbook is brand new and I've done the hardware tests that came with the OS X and also the one that came with APP. Any help is greatly appreciated because I want this to work better than a windows comp, but so far no luck!
3rd Gen Macbook 2.16 GHz 1GB 120GB HDD Mac OS X (10.4.9)

aybe there is a problem wit ur logic board, u should contact apple

IQ506 Constant lock ups/freezes

Had the computer a little over a year now it started intermittingly freezeing about 3 months after we got it. Some thing I just kinda dealt with. It since then has become more and more frequent, to the point where the only way it wil run smoothly now is if I run it in safe mode with networking so I am able to get one the internet. I sat down last night and figured I would took a crack at it, I wne t through an A+ certification class a while back and am pretty familiar with computers. have run a msconfig and stopped a good bit of startups and that seemed to help a bit but it still freeeze a couple time a hour in normal mode. Have turned the power option to high making the performance better again seemed to help a bit. I also dicovered last night that most of the window updates have failed. I am running windows vista 64 bit SP1. I attempted to install SP2 last night but was unbale. Seemed to have froze up on me mid install. I am almost sure that I am going to go get a external harddrive to backup all my data and do a system restore to factory, than install a new bios. My step daughter is on this thing all the time and i am constantly deleting programs, could this also be a culprit, virus maybe???? I have Norton anti virus installed and it is working fine.
Any suggestions or help anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated. I have been reading other posts and taken some of there suggestions and tried but had no luck

I have the same issue. The computer seems to always 'lock up' in Internet Explorer at random times (but at least several times a day). I can close the program with the task manager but the problem remains; also cannot reboot the computer using the Start button menu. Other programs such as word seem unaffected. When my handy-dandy HP Health Check suggests a critical update and I try to install it, I get the error message: "Error occurred While Handling Message."
In the end I have to hold down the manual power button until the computer shuts down. Then upon restart the problem goes away for awhile until it locks up again.
This may be my last HP computer,,, my old Toshiba Laptop XP runs IE great. Any ideas out there?

IPad (3rd gen) losing wifi connection during BBC iPlayer downloads

Hi,
I am having a strange, app-specific problem with my iPad 3rd generation (wifi only, 64GB) running iOS 6.1.3.
When I use the BBC iPlayer app (version 2.0.5.33) to download a TV show to watch offline, my iPad almost always loses wifi connection a minute or two into the download, and it stays disconnected until I go into Settings > Wifi and select my home network again. If I resume the download in iPlayer, the same issue will typically recur within a minute or two.
I am not having any other connectivity problems with this iPad, and other sizeable downloads (e.g. from iTunes, from the App Store etc) are not having the same issue. Similarly, I can stream live BBC iPlayer content without issue - it is just the iPlayer downloads that seem to create this condition (which then effects the whole iPad / all other running apps).
I have tried to "forget this network", resetting network settings and restoring my entire iPad - none of these have stopped the issue. Interestingly, during restore of the iPad I received ugly BIOS-esque messages relating to AppleBCMWLANCore, which have disappeared after a hard reboot (power + home buttons together) - does this indicate a problem with the iPad hardware itself?
Anyone else experiencing something similar? Any suggestions to fix this? Or am I dependent on the BBC updating the app?
Cheers,
James

Hey James,
I would try out standard third party application troubleshooting and see if that resolves the Wi-Fi issue. :
1. Update your device software
2. Check for app updates
3. Install another app from the App Store
4. Restart the application
5. Restart your device
6. Reinstall the affected application
For more info on each step, check out the full article:
iOS: Troubleshooting applications purchased from the App Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1702
If none of those steps work, then you would want to contact the developer of the application for further assistance.
Regards,
David

Re: Satellite P300-161 - Random Lock-ups/Freezing

Hi all,
I've had my Toshiba Satellite P300-161 laptop for roughly about 6 months now. However, during the past month or so.. I've been experiencing random freezing of the whole laptop.
It usually just starts off at anytime.. then it'll have a break then start freezing again. When it freezes, it lasts for about 10-15 seconds and everything goes to "Not Responding". Even Ctrl + Alt + Del doesn't load up the task manager until after the freezing stops. However, I've discovered that when it's in its "freeze" mode, where the applications are not responding, I can give the laptop a gentle tap with my hand on the open space area to the right of the touchpad... and it unfreezes.... Surely this is a bad thing.
I plan to take this back to where I purchased it from and have it sent off to Toshiba to get it fixed as I have a 2 year warranty with them IF I can't get help from here.
Much help needed.
Thanks in advance,
Benny Fung.

Hi.
Thanks for your reply.
Yeah, it's currently running on Vista SP1. I have reinstalled Vista _once_ for this laptop, perhaps I should reinstall it again before I take it back to John Lewis just to make sure...
I don't think it's overheating, as it can do it at anytime.. for instance, I could just be running Firefox and Messesnger and it still does it and with 3GB of RAM and 2.1Ghz, it should be able to perform simple tasks like that without overheating.
Hmm, What's this air spray cleaner thing you're talking about? How does it work?
Thanks.

IPad (3rd gen) losing wifi connection during large downloads

Hi,
I am having a problem with my iPad 3rd generation (wifi only, 64GB) running iOS 6.1.3.
When I download large files (e.g. via the iTunes app, the BBC iPlayer app, The Economist app), my iPad almost always loses wifi connection a minute or two into the download, and often stays disconnected until I go into Settings > Wifi and select my home network again. If I resume the download in relevant application, the same issue will typically recur within a minute or two.
I am not having any other problems with this iPad - general internet browsing / streaming of video has been fine. I originally thought the issue was only with the BBC iPlayer app, but sadly have found it to be more widespread.
I have tried to "forget this network", resetting network settings, restoring my entire iPad (twice), and resetting all settings - none of these have stopped the issue. Interestingly, during the first restore of the iPad I received ugly BIOS-esque messages relating to AppleBCMWLANCore, which disappeared after a hard reboot (power + home buttons together), and did not recur on the 2nd restore.
Anyone else experiencing something similar? Any suggestions to fix this?
Cheers,
James

Locate the iPad as close as possible to your router.
Some things to try first:
1. Turn Off your iPad. Then turn Off (disconnect power cord for 30 seconds or longer) the wireless router & then back On. Now boot your iPad. Hopefully it will see the WiFi.
2. Go to Settings>Wi-Fi and turn Off. Then while at Settings>Wi-Fi, turn back On and chose a Network.
3. Change the channel on your wireless router (Auto or Channel 6 is best). Instructions at http://macintoshhowto.com/advanced/how-to-get-a-good-range-on-your-wireless-netw ork.html
4. Go into your router security settings and change from WEP to WPA with AES.
5. Renew IP Address: (especially if you are droping internet connection)
    •    Launch Settings app
    •    Tap on Wi-Fi
    •    Tap on the blue arrow of the Wi-Fi network that you connect to from the list
    •    In the window that opens, tap on the Renew Lease button
6. Potential Quick Fixes When Your iPad Won’t Connect to Your Wifi Network
http://ipadinsight.com/ipad-tips-tricks/potential-quick-fixes-when-your-ipad-won t-connect-to-your-wifi-network/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
iOS 6 Wifi Problems/Fixes
Wi-Fi Fix for iOS 6
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4823738?tstart=240
How To: Workaround iPad Wi-Fi Issues
http://www.theipadfan.com/workaround-ipad-wifi-issues/
Another Fix For iOS 6 WiFi Problems
http://tabletcrunch.com/2012/10/27/fix-ios-6-wifi-problems-ssid/
Wifi Doesn't Connect After Waking From Sleep - Sometimes increasing screen brightness prevents the failure to reconnect after waking from sleep. According to Apple, “If brightness is at lowest level, increase it by moving the slider to the right and set auto brightness to off.”
Fix For iOS 6 WiFi Problems?
http://tabletcrunch.com/2012/09/27/fix-ios-6-wifi-problems/
Did iOS 6 Screw Your Wi-Fi? Here’s How to Fix It
http://gizmodo.com/5944761/does-ios-6-have-a-wi+fi-bug
How To Fix Wi-Fi Connectivity Issue After Upgrading To iOS 6
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2012/09/fix-wi-fi-connectivity-issue-after-upgrading- to-ios-6.html
iOS 6 iPad 3 wi-fi "connection fix" for netgear router
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWS4ha-dn0
Apple's iOS 6 Wi-Fi problems
http://www.zdnet.com/apples-ios-6-wi-fi-problems-linger-on-7000004799/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
How to Boost Your Wi-Fi Signal
http://ipad.about.com/od/iPad_Troubleshooting/a/How-To-Boost-Your-Wi-Fi-Signal.h tm
Troubleshooting a Weak Wi-Fi Signal
http://ipad.about.com/od/iPad_Troubleshooting/a/Troubleshooting-A-Weak-Wi-Fi-Sig nal.htm
How to Fix a Poor Wi-Fi Signal on Your iPad
http://ipad.about.com/od/iPad_Troubleshooting/a/How-To-Fix-A-Poor-Wi-Fi-Signal-O n-Your-iPad.htm
iOS Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398
iPad: Issues connecting to Wi-Fi networks http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3304
WiFi Connecting/Troubleshooting http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/wifi/
How to Fix: My iPad Won't Connect to WiFi
http://ipad.about.com/od/iPad_Troubleshooting/ss/How-To-Fix-My-Ipad-Wont-Connect -To-Wi-Fi.htm
iOS: Connecting to the Internet http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1695
iOS: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4199
How to Quickly Fix iPad 3 Wi-Fi Reception Problems
http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/21/fix-new-ipad-3-wi-fi-reception-problems/
iPad Wi-Fi Problems: Comprehensive List of Fixes
http://appletoolbox.com/2010/04/ipad-wi-fi-problems-comprehensive-list-of-fixes/
Connect iPad to Wi-Fi (with troubleshooting info)
http://thehowto.wikidot.com/wifi-connect-ipad
Fix iPad Wifi Connection and Signal Issues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwWtIG5jUxE
Fix Slow WiFi Issue https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2398063?start=60&tstart=0
How To Fix iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch Wi-Fi Connectivity Issue http://tinyurl.com/7nvxbmz
Unable to Connect After iOS Update - saw this solution on another post.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4010130
Note - When troubleshooting wifi connection problems, don't hold your iPad by hand. There have been a few reports that holding the iPad by hand, seems to attenuate the wifi signal.
Wi-Fi or Bluetooth settings grayed out or dim
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1559
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If any of the above solutions work, please post back what solved your problem. It will help others with the same problem.
 Cheers, Tom

Lock-ups/freezes - Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT

Hi all, I have been the owner of a MacBook Pro since August or so. My problem is that when working with my MacBook Pro, occasionally the display freezes up. Sometimes it recovers, sometimes the machine refuse to recover. If I listen to iTunes, I hear the music playing on in the background, which indicates that this is an issue with the graphics chip, and not the computer in general.
I have searched the Internet, and it seems I am not the only one who has issues with the Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT. According to slashdot.org, Apple acknowledges that this may be an issue (http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/08/10/11/1518246.shtml).
Have anyone else experienced these kinds of issues, and if you did, how did you solve them?

Hello! I am feeling a little more secure now that there have been quite a few posts about the poor preformance of the nVidia cards in the SR Macbook Pros, its comforting to know this isn't an isolated issue. I've gone as far as contacting Apple to let them know of the poor preformance. They've were, as usual, very nice and as helpful as they are allowed to be. Currently, I have a replacment on the way apparently, my original was deemd DOA I believe. However, it seems at the time all we can do is report our issues to Apple. My main concern is the legnth of time these machines have been out, and the amount of units sold to unknowing customers who are being sold on what Apple is marketing as a strong feature of the machines: the graphics card. When in reality, the card is extraordinary, the preformance in OSX is extremely poor. It is up to us as consumers to let Apple know how aggrivated we are.
Please, take the time and send your responses and feelings to Apple. You can do that here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbookpro.html

Lock ups, Freezes, black monitors

if your computer is turning itself off, the motherboard is probably overheating. I took the cover off the computer and bought a small fan to blow directly on it and it stopped doing it. I also haven't had a blue screen or hard drive failure since I did this.

Try this bootable memory diagnostic tool:
Download memtest86 iso file and burn it to disk using Imgburn.
HP DV9700, t9300, Nvidia 8600, 4GB, Crucial C300 128GB SSD
HP Photosmart Premium C309G, HP Photosmart 6520
HP Touchpad, HP Chromebook 11
Custom i7-4770k,Z-87, 8GB, Vertex 3 SSD, Samsung EVO SSD, Corsair HX650,GTX 760
Custom i7-4790k,Z-97, 16GB, Vertex 3 SSD, Plextor M.2 SSD, Samsung EVO SSD, Corsair HX650, GTX 660TI
Windows 7/8 UEFI/Legacy mode, MBR/GPT

Ipod nano 3rd gen. doesnt have sound during videos

i upload videos into itunes and they play fine, with sound. after converting to ipod format the sound is lost. the video is fine, but the sound is either absent or loud crackling. help please!

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
If the sound is absent, it is probably because it is muxed, or the video and audio are all on one track. If you open the video in QuickTime Player, and go under the Window menu to Show Movie Inspector. In the Format line, if you see anything like, "MPEG1 Muxed", or the word 'Muxed' at all, you will need to use a program to 'demux' it.
There are programs such as MPEG Streamclip, available for download at [http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-win.html] that can demux audio. Under the File Menu, there are options to demux it, or save as MPEG-4.
If you don't like that, you can use VLC Media Player [www.videolan.org/vlc] to convert. When you open a file, click Streaming/Saving Options, and save as an MP4.
Sorry, but I don't know how to help you with crackling, but following the same directions as above may help. Please let me know. I'll search around to see if I can find anything about that.

Ipod Touch (3rd gen) Locked and Frozen

This morning (12/30) I clicked a link in an email from a trusted source. (The link was safe; I tried it from my computer.) The search icon began turning, then the screen went to the locked home screen (battery icon in the middle, "slide to unlock" below). The time and date on the screen also changed to 11/28. Everything is frozen: I cannot unlock the screen or even turn the Ipod off. Any suggestions?

- Have you tried reseting your iPod:
Press and hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button and the Home
button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Next try connecting it to your computer and restoring it.
- If iTunes will not see it, put it in recovery mode and try again. For recovery mode:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808

IPod touch 3rd gen. locked password

I set a password on my iPod Touch but I forgot what my password is. I tried doing it till I get it right by random and now its locked. I've waited for many hours to try again. +But was wondering if there is a way to just restart everything so I can open it again because I seriously don't remember what the numbers to my password is.+ Seriously need help please!

Hello eunhyuk143,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
If you can no longer remember the passcode to your iPod, you'll have to connect the iPod Touch in *Recovery Mode* to the computer you normally sync it to and restore it via iTunes as new. For more information on how to place your iPod Touch in *Recovery Mode*, see this Apple support document.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808
B-rock

IPad 3rd Gen locked sim need PUK code

I accidentally locked my sim can anyone here help me get the PUK CODE
<Moved from the iPad space to the The specified item was not found. space for more exposure.>
Message was edited by: Verizon Moderator

Hello bigmike25,
I can certainly help you with your PUK code my friend! May I ask how many times did you try to enter your password on the iPad? In order to have the PUK code retrieved, we need the prepaid mobile number and the MEID of the iPad. Below are the steps on how to find these two pieces of information.
Settings > General >Cellular data number & MEID.
Once you have these two pieces of information then I encourage you to give us a call at 1-800-786-8419. We are looking forward to hearing from you and getting this resolved!
Thank you…
ArnettH_VZW
Follow us on Twitter @VZWSupport

3rd Gen Lock Ups / Freezes during everyday use

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for