Almost all of my iPod touch (fifth gen) music library has gone???

At first most of my music library had red rings around squares next to songs, after researching one of the fixes was to do a sync on the computer, I did this but now they have all just gone. I have the songs that originally didn't have a symbol but ones that had a symbol are gone, how can I get them back? Or anything! I was listening to the songs that have gone just yesterday!! Quite annoyed! I started with 1007 songs and now have 311!
Also, when I plugged my ipod into a computer the songs that had a symbol on my ipod had an explanation mark next to them in itunes (11.1) ipod runs latest version of ios 7

an explanation mark next to them means that iTunes can't find the actual music files.
Mabe
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
Otherwise delete those entries in iTunes and redownload/re-import the songs.

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The newest version of iTunes deletes all of my iPod Touch 5th gen audible and visual media when I delete or add music or video to my library and add it to my device manually. Why? I guess the question speaks for itself. I have the latest version of iTunes and iOS 8.2 on my iPod Touch.

If it's any consolation i've just had a similar thing happen. Went to add a playlist and it wiped 35 gig of music off my iPod touch 64g in a nanosecond. I've got the latest iTunes and osx but do not back up because i keep different styles of music (and loads of it) in separate libraries and devices which i don't want mixed together. All my stuff is burned from cd so it's not lost for good and i've got a hard drive with the "lost" mp3 music on it but even so it will take literally weeks to prune the tracks for my iPod to be the same again. Why do they make it so difficult to manage your music on these things. I have massive amounts of music on my computer so autofill is a disastrous unusable gimmick to me. The whole thing seems to be aimed at 9 year old kids with about 6 mp3's on their phone rather than serious music lovers (for example accessing EQ is a joke let alone the lack of a manual option). I'm a dj and use apple for that reason but to be honest i'm beginning to wonder why. I'm absolutely livid. The weird thing is that my mac still shows the titles of the missing tunes in the 'on my device' window but as my macbook storage display shows no increase i'm pretty sure it's all gone. Nightmare. I have no confidence in this device anymore and could barely use the previous osx 8.2 anyway. Why they have to change it every ten minutes is beyond me. As the old saying goes 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' but this format just gets more broken every time they update. An absolute disgrace. Why not just drag and drop or delete. No wonder the iPod is said to be a dying device, it's for music, it is not a phone. Not fit for purpose anymore. I can't be bothered to read a massive 'how to use' article every update. Good technology should be easier and more intuitive with each new version. I suppose i'll have to phone apple at my expense to find out what's going on, or maybe that's the whole idea. Very very very not happy.

When i was at my soccer game i realized that someone opened a bottle of gatorade and poured it all over my iPod touch 5th gen. it had a whole in the upper right side and thats were the gatorade went in. it won't turn on but heats up if i try to charge it

when i was at my soccer game i realized that someone opened a bottle of gatorade and poured it all over my iPod touch 5th gen. it had a whole in the upper right side and thats were the gatorade went in. it won't turn on, but heats up if i try to charge it. i put it in a bag of ice for about a 3weeks.Still wont turn on.WHAT CAN I DO? PLEASE HELP

Unless you have the AppleCare+ extended warranty,
Apple will exchange your iPod for a refurbished one for $99 for 16 GB 5G and $19 for the other 5Gs. They do not fix yours.
Apple - iPod Repair price
With AppleCae+, the exchange cost is $29.
Taking the iPod apart means that Apple will not longer exchange i.

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- Reset the iPod. Nothing will be lost:
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Try manually entering/searching for your wifi access point under the "Other" option. Also, if you have lots of devices connected to your wifi, you may have reached your limit. (e.g. the airport express has a max of 10 while the basestation may have 50. Check your packiging on whatever router you have, may help.)

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Hey glocster,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Looks like you have a song you want to remove from your iPod. This article tells you how to delete content from a lot of places.
How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5772
iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Tap the Music app.
Tap the Songs category.
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Tap Delete.
Have a nice day,
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That is how it works now. Make a suggestion to Apple to fix it by going here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipodtouch.html
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Hello again,
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Standard things to try would be a reset, then a restore (although with a new machine that ought not to be necessary).
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Thanks!

You might want to try out senuti:
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