Firmware Failure... Ipod Shuffle *****

This is my first Apple product. How can people even like is pile of crap?
The Itunes software is totally non-user friendly and my Ipod Shuffle is totally "locked-up" after 95 days of use. I have a "firmware failure" message and my computer will not recogonize the Ipod any more. After 4 calls to support (2 dropped calls by the answering system... which was nice) the tech said that I could mail the Shuffle in for repair... but it would cost $30 for S&H. What a scam!

hey buddy. i got mine yesterday. and i'm taking it back sometime today when i get a chance.
mine won't be recognized by the software either. this reminds me of my RCA lyra that i smashed to pieces with a hammer.
i was recently lent a sony PSP by a friend today to put music on it for him, and bingo, worked no problemo. (i'm listening to music on / from it as we speak now)
i've had many mp3 players and devices.. but it seems like some of the big companies have their fingers in their bum.
i'm undecided to get a new shuffle or get my money back. i really like the design and it's functions (mainly the lanyard cap), but if it doesn't work. it's really a shuffle used as a playing card. paperweight.
-neil

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hi Ossie!
hmmmm. i'm no expert with the Shuffle. but for other models, this is a good place to start with the read/write message:
"Disk cannot be read from or written to" when syncing iPod or "Firmware update failure" error when updating or restoring iPod
... it might be a good idea to first do a reality check on my advice over at the Shuffle forums:
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OK guys, after one week without sleeping, searching every corner of the web and every corner of dedicate forum (this site,iPodLounge,etc...), I have to give up. These are my final conclusions (I am an electronic engineering student here in Italy, I love music, I talked to a lot of collegues and friends, I asked for others opinions: I can't say I'm an expert, but I know where I'm putting my hands)
1) I tried the iPod Shuffle in Windows XP, MAC OS X & Linux. The computer can recognize that an iPod Shuffle is attached, but it's impossible to read what's inside (I/O error). That means it's impossible to see the CAPACITY of the disk, it's impossible to FORMAT it (failure of commands like fdisk, chkdisk, format, mount, etc...) or to use disk utilities programs like HP Format Tool, Disk Utility in the Mac, Windows USB, etc... With Linux we have the information that the operating system can't read the iPod Shuffle first memory block. And in Windows in fact we have the message "insert a disk"
2) For this reason it's impossible to fully restore the iPod with Apple utilities, just because we can't write on the flash memory of the iPod. This explains the 1418 error in iTunes 7 and the errors on the previous versions of iPod Updater. As I said before, iTunes recognize that the iPod is attached because it recognizes the hardware (as we can see in the Control Panel), but it doesn't recognize its flash memory and says it's corrupted (as we "cannot see" in the Disk Manager)
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4) I can assume that iTunes 7 has stressed the iPod Shuffle "burning some sectors" of the memory, it's just not a coincidence. Other reasons may be plugging out the device without clicking on "Remove securely hardware" on Windows taskbar, after the installation of iTunes 7. Anyway we must remember that iTunes7 incorporated the old iPod Updater, a new "iPod data usage" system, and a new volume limiter... Find your own conclusion..
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1) Open your iPod and try to replace the flash memory with a new one.
2) Take your iPod with you, go to the nearest Apple Center, and stick it in the right place you can find there....
Good luck to all of you and thanks for your attention!
PS: 2 years ago I bought an iPod shuffle in Singapore, only to found in Italy that the button was spoiled. The replacement served me till last week, when I had the idea to install iTunes 7.
But 4 years ago I bought a 20 GB Creative Nomad Jukebox 3. He's still here doing his job, and smiling to me when I need him. I used him even to djing in smoky and wet parties... and Creative is a Singapore brand...
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Hey guys- I seem to be having much the same problem, only I seem to be unable to fix it.
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Hello musicalgal4377,
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Ok so, I haven't used my ipod in a while, so I figured that I'd have to install some updates. When I plugged my shuffle in, instead of itunes popping up, an error message came up saying "itunes cannot run because some of its required files are missing. Please reinstall itunes."
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I think I can add a bit to this problem.
My iPod stopped working during the first use after running the iPod Updater 2005-11-17. When a button is pressed both green & amber lights up.
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Mac System Requirements
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I ask about the updater because once when my current shuffle's playcount stoped updating an Apple Genius suggesting updating the firmware from ipod updater 1 to 1.1 and ever since I can't restore it to version 1 (it gives failure to update errors). I worry that a new Shuffle won't be downgradeable.
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Never mind. I returned the Shuffle for a refund. Apple lost a repeat sale by failing to practice the slightest bit of backwards compatibility!
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I cant seem to contact any other type of support. Every time I try to use the chat section it tells me to enter a valid serial number...
wow.
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Okay, this probably isn't what people want to hear, but if you have the dreaded 'Disk Write Error' failure, it doesn't necessarily mean your iPod is hooped.
Bought my Shuffle 1G yesterday. Brought it home, installed what I needed to (very little, as mine is the second Shuffle in the house). Anticipated problems, as my father's 512M Shuffle took three days to get working properly. I found myself pleasantly surprised to find that mine worked first shot, no muss or fuss. Funk-tacular!
Or not. Thingy worked fine all last night and this morning, but fell flat on its face when I plugged it in this afternoon. It didn't freeze solid (at first), but it refused to take in any more songs, and the ones that were loaded into it seemed to be draining out of the memory like water from an uncorked bathtub -- every time I managed to get Itunes to notice my little white headache, more memory reported as empty, though Thingy still refused to take in any songs (unable to read, or some such windows nonsense). Every time I tried to restore -- regardless of the update version, of which I tried three -- I saw the error mentioned in the title.
I'll delete about five hours of experimenting, hair-pulling, swearing, failing, wall-punching, and generally despairing over my iPlop purchase. Tried all five Rs to no avail, as well as formatting through windows. Nada.
I wish I could tell you exactly why it's working now. I can't; I got lucky. I downloaded iPod update (1-10-2006) and Itunes (6), wiped the system as clean as I could of old iPod and iTunes software (uninstall, erase folders, empty Recycle Bin, basically everything short of taking Windex to the hard drive). Reinstalled the Ipod software from the CD, reinstalled and updated iTunes and iPod update, then for a lark decided to try for the fifteenth time to reinstall Thingy. Holy crap, it worked!! After a momentary freezeup and the requisite restore to fix it (a result of my yanking the stupid thing out of the port at the wrong time), Thingy is working fine.
The moral? Don't despair, it can be fixed! Try everything more than once, get the latest software, start from scratch -- right from the CD in the iPoop box -- and keeping banging your head on it as long as you can stand it. You might be surprised!

ITunes can't read/write my iPod shuffle

from the beginning:
i bought my iPod shuffle 1 month ago. i installed all necessary software, connected my ipod and i got filled with music. GREAT ! i thought. that's really some kind of "plug 'n play". But then some days later, i wanted to load other music on my ipod shuffle. so i plugged it into my computer's usb-slot, iTunes opened, i clicked on "my iPod" selected a playlist out which the ipod should be (re-)filled and finally clicked on "fill automaticaly".
first it seemed, as if it works. the songs appeared on my ipod, but then some seconds later windows/iTunes gave me an error-message: "iPod can't be read or written".
so the old songs stayed on it.
so, i thought to be clever: i plugged my ipod into my 2nd computer, on which neither iTunes nor my iPod is installed. there i formatted my iPod. after that i plugged it into my "main computer" again and my ipod was empty. cool! that worked! therefor, i tried to fill the "totally clean" ipod again with music. but again: "ipod can't be read or written"
what i already did:
reset ipod
restart ipod
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update ipod-software
changed device-letter for usb-storage-media (ipod)
insulted my ipod ( U damned son of a **, i hate U, go ahead and work... i think my ipod is laughing about me...)
but slowly i think the problem is not the ipod. i think it's my computer ?! 'cause on my 2nd PC (rather old and slow with 900mhz, 192mb ram, win2k, USB 1.0)
my ipod seems to work. but my 60GB of music are on my main-pc...
if it helps, here the config of my "main pc":
AMD Athlon XP @ 2400mhz = 3500+
1,5GB RAM
Abit AN7 socket A mainboard, nforce2 ultra400
nvidia GF6800
2 HDD's ( 7 partitions) = totally 220GB
2 optical drives
1 floppy
winXP pro SP2
changed (usb-)device letter of ipod to "O:\"
plz help me, if U ever experienced the same problem.
thanks a lot !
AMD3500+ 1,5GB RAM GF6800 Windows XP Pro goes like ****

hiya!
try checking through the possibilities on this document:
"Disk cannot be read from or written to" when syncing iPod or "Firmware update failure" error when updating or restoring iPod
love, b

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Hi there Dr. Spook,
While the article below does not mention your specific error, it does have some good initial troubleshooting steps for you to take a look at.
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