Flashing red in iTunes?

We've noticed that the songs all disappeared from our 30 GB iPod. We plugged it into the computer, and in iTunes, the iPod icon is flashing red. What does this mean? What's happened? What's the best course of action?

My son's friend got an IPod 60 GB. The new video IPod. He logged on my Windows computer and plugged his new IPod into my son's ITunes. When he did this it automatically copied all of my son's songs onto his IPod but it flashed red. We then restarted his IPod wiped everything off of it and reset it to the factory settings. I set up him as a new user on my computer and it gave him a blank Itunes library so he could download and update just his IPod. The problem now is that it won't eject the IPod and it flashed red on startup. It gives me the message that the IPod cannot eject because files are in use by another application. How do I fix this?

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I am not sure this will fix it, but you mentioned a photo editing program had been installed. If that was due to a new digital camera, you might try changing the drive letter assigned to the ipod. Some digital cameras and photo frames seem to "take over" certain drive letters (typically E,F,or G).
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IPod flashing red in iTunes

I left my iPod connected to my computer all night, and when I opened iTunes in the morning to manage it, the iPod icon in the source window was flashing red! I have never seen this before- it was not updating or doing anything in particular at the time. It's still doing it right now. Does anyone know what this means? I haven't been able to find any documentation on it at all.

My son's friend got an IPod 60 GB. The new video IPod. He logged on my Windows computer and plugged his new IPod into my son's ITunes. When he did this it automatically copied all of my son's songs onto his IPod but it flashed red. We then restarted his IPod wiped everything off of it and reset it to the factory settings. I set up him as a new user on my computer and it gave him a blank Itunes library so he could download and update just his IPod. The problem now is that it won't eject the IPod and it flashed red on startup. It gives me the message that the IPod cannot eject because files are in use by another application. How do I fix this?

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Hi MrsMoosie,
I'm sorry to hear you are having these issues with your iPad. If your iPad isn't responding or doesn't appear to be charging, you may find the information and troubleshooting steps outlined in the following articles helpful, in particular the following portion:
If you don't see the charging screen within an hour, or you see the connect to power screen, check your connector, USB cable, and power adapter. Make sure that everything is plugged in firmly, free of debris, and not damaged. You might want to try a different USB cable or power adapter.
If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch doesn't respond or doesn't turn on - Apple Support
If you can’t charge your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
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My iPod Shuffle (4th Generation) flashes red when I put it in the USB drive. What is wrong and how do I fix it?

Earlier today, I tried to use my shuffle, but for some reason, not only did it not play music, it gave a tri-tone. When I put it into the USB of my computer, the light flashed red for a moment then stopped. My iPod does not show up on iTunes nor My Computer. Can someone tell me what is wrong and how to fix this?

Kathleen,
Start with this Apple support document.
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Ipod flashes red when attempting to sync.

since 5.0 i have not been able to sync and i have lost 1200 songs from my ipod that are still showing in my itunes library. when i attempt a transfer the ipod icon in the margin of itunes flashes red then i get unknown error -69.
A) what does the flashing red ipod icon indicate?
B) to what does error -69 pertain?
3) would resetting my ipod and erasing everything solve the problem?
P.S. i just purchased an ipod mini for my wife and have been able to put songs on it from my itunes using the same cable that i use for my 40gb ipod.

Its not your ipod it's a smorgasbord of probolems everyons been having with itunes 5. Wait till they get a patch for it. I have a probolem windows or itunes shutdown and dont recognise my pod when plugged in!

Update to iOS8.1 on iPhone 6, getting a flashing red screen alternating with Apple screen. Can't power off or do anything else.

While updating to iOS, it appeared that the download was progressing so I laid my phone down. Checked about a half hour later and I now have a continuously flashing red screen that alternates with the Apple screen. I can't power the device off nor use the home button. iTunes doesn't recognize the phone so can't sync or reload.

Hello rwax,
The troulbeshooting steps detailed below can help get your iPhone to successfully power on.
If a single application is not responding or stops responding when it opens, you can force it to close.
If the device is unresponsive or if certain controls aren't working as expected, restart your device.
If the device remains unresponsive or does not turn on (or power on), reset your device.
If there is no video or if the screen remains black, verify that the device has enough charge to turn on:
If you are using an iPad, ensure that it's connected to the USB Power Adapter supplied with the device.
Let it charge for at least twenty minutes, then see if it starts normally.
If there is no image on the screen, press the Sleep/Wake button to attempt to wake the device.
If the screen displays a red battery icon, continue charging the device until the battery is fully charged. Learn more about charging iPhone and iPod touch, or iPad.
If the above steps do not resolve the issue, or the if the screen remains black or shows a persistent Apple logo, try restoring with iTunes:
Connect the device to your computer and open iTunes.
If the device appears in iTunes, select and click Restore on the Summary pane. Learn more aboutrestoring iOS software.
If the device doesn't appear in iTunes, try to force the device into recovery mode, and then restore it.
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I bought my 6 plus last night decided to upgrade the IOS 8 like they suggest and now all I see is a white screen with the apple sign in the middle with an occasional flashing red screen. Did my new phone seriously just crash? What do I do now? I left it overnight with the white screen, thinking maybe it'll go away and needs time to upgrade. Woke up this morning, nope still white screen. Very disappointed with Apple. I was so excited to get my phone and can't even use it right now.

First turn the iPhone off and back on and see if it works. If that doesn't work then do a Reset by holding the Sleep / Wake Button (The Power Button) and the Home Button at the same time until the white Apple Logo appears, the release both Buttons and wait until a Full Reset occurs. The iPhone 6 should come back to your Lock-Screen. If that doesn't work then you could connect the iPhone 6 via the Lightning Cable to a Computer with a Current Version of iTunes. Then open iTunes on the Computer and wait until your see a Button that represents your attached iPhone and click on it. This should bring up a Summary Screen on the Computer within iTunes. At that point your can choose Update Software if an Update is available or Restore the iPhone to Factory Settings / New In The Box, or you could try to Restore from your Backup if a current Backup had already been saved from a previous iPhone.
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My ipod shuffle 2nd gen suddenly stops playing music after 15-20 mins.First it flashes green light and then flashes red light rapidly. Any solution to this ?

My ipod shuffle 2nd gen suddenly stops playing music after 15-20 mins.First it flashes green light and then flashes red light rapidly. Any solution to this ?

A 2nd gen shuffle is about six year old at this point. The likely cause is a battery that is worn out, with greatly reduced capacity or inability to hold a charge. The initial green light shows a good charge. The red light means the battery is drained.
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Also, when the light becomes red and the shuffle stops playing, try turning OFF the shuffle for at least ten seconds. Then, turn it back ON. This resets the shuffle. Does it play again? If it does, let it play until it no longer plays again. Repeat turning it OFF and ON until it no longer plays. Then, connect it to power and charge it to full. See if that makes any difference.
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When I connect my iPad to my iMac I get a repetitive flashing error message "iTunes could not connect to this iPhone. This device is no longer connected."

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I m all new to this blackberry forum thing....anyway i have a blackberry curve and all of a sudden yesterday it just stopped working. when i looked at the phone the screen was all white so i took out the battery and put it back on thinking that it will come back up but it didnt. Then i took the battery out again and plugged it to the USB(without the battery) because ususally it comes back up, but it still didnt. i put the battery again and plugged it to the USB thinking that it needs to charge but still no since of that flashing red light. I took the battery out and put my friends battery (cos he has a curve too) but still it didnt work. I did try holding down the power (red)button still not back on.
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Hi,
Flashing amber LED does not always point to fault. Please see this bug related to system
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CSCsh44884 Bug Details : Appliance: No Troubleshooting for System health LED
Status: NEW
Symptom: The appliance hardware has a "System health LED" that may go into amber status,
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Conditions:
In most situation the ACS appliance is still operative, when the light is in amber status.
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.Workaround:
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Alternate Details:
Symptom:
The appliance hardware has a "System health LED" that may go into amber status, to
indicate a hardware warning, and red to indicate a hardware failure
http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&b
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Regards,
~JG
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Hi,
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LED flashing amber.
CSCsh44884 Bug Details : Appliance: No Troubleshooting for System health LED
Status: NEW
Symptom: The appliance hardware has a "System health LED" that may go into amber status,
to indicate a hardware warning, and red to indicate a hardware failure.
Conditions:
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The appliance should offer better information on what condition caused this alarm, and include this either by new CLI command, or included as additional information in pakage.cab file.
.Workaround:
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-Verify enviromental conditions (temperature, power)
Alternate Details:
Symptom:
The appliance hardware has a "System health LED" that may go into amber status, to
indicate a hardware warning, and red to indicate a hardware failure
http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&b
ugId=CSCsh44884
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Regards,
~JG
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