42 hours and counting (orange blinking light)

I see this topic posted all over this forum but no real solution yet (yes I disconnected and re-connected it, but did not work, still blinking). Is Apple monitoring this forum or doing anything about this? Is there a patch or something?

Guess I'll charge it for 24-48hr periods, I timed it
on the charger for the 4hrs it says it takes, I took
it out and it lasted about 20 minuts then died.
Why does Apple advertise the light is supoosed to
turn green or charge in 4 hrs when it dosnt?
This is my first iPod, needless to say I wont be
buying anymore Apple products if this the sorta
wishy-washy tech-no crap there making. Funny, we can
put people on the moon but we cant get a simple
portable MP3 player to work right.
Aside from the fact that the last moon landing was 34+ years ago and that we had no plans, then, of actually building a MoonBase ... is the orange status light now steady instead of blinking?

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