Hardly able to see iPod screen- Please help
I recently downloaded the newest update for my iPod and shortlyafter my iPod went black. It works fine but I can hardly see the screen. It is like the light in my iPod went out. I have tried to restore it and have done all of the suggestions on the support page but I still cannot figure it out.
Any Ideas? Please help
I just got the newest iPod Touch 32G and from time to time the screen dims so much I can't read it. This happens even on a fully charged battery. This happens randomly and nothing I do fixes it. The screen brightens up on its on after a few minutes. I also checked the brightness setting, which has no effect on it. I'm wondering if I should consider taking it back for exchange.
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ITunes Locked On iPod Screen PLEASE HELP!
Okay, so I recently bought a new computer, and I downloaded all of my iTunes software onto the new one. My other computer doesn't even turn on anymore, so I can't access it at all to back up my files. I have 85 songs on my iPod. (It's a nano, if that makes a difference.) When I plug my iPod into my computer, it charges fine, and it says Do Not Disconnect for a while, but nothing updates. iTunes does recognize it, but when I click on it in the side bar in iTunes, all of my songs are gray and I can not click on them. Then at the small bar on the bottom which tells you how much space is taken up on your iPod, it has a little lock next to it. I am assuming my iPod is locked. The hold button is NOT on. I tried resetting it, by just switching the hold button, and holding the menu and select button, and it reset, but it doesn't work. I had my friend plug in HER nano, and all her music is normal and it is not locked. (There isn't a lock symbol near the memory bar at the bottom.) I think I may have locked it by accident and I don't know how to unlock it!! All my music plays and it is completley normal, except for that I can't load any music onto my iPod or take music from my iPod and put it into my computer.
PLLLLLEASE HELP! I WANT IT TO WORK!"all of my songs are gray and I can not click on them"
Grey text when you look at the content and lock symbol at the bottom of the screen simply shows that your iPod is set to "automatically update songs and playlists". . If you want to access your iPod directly, play it through your iTunes, connect it to a second computer etc. you just need to change the update method to "Manually manage songs and Playlists" in the iPod preferences. For more detail see this tutorial: Managing Your Songs Manually
One thing to be aware of with manually updating is that the iPod also has to be manually ejected before the "Do Not Disconnect" message will go away. Safely disconnect iPod
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The iPod offers three ways to transfer music from your computer. You can select one of the following update modes from the iPod Preferences menu in iTunes (Edit=>Preferences=>'iPod' tab):
1) Automatically update all songs and playlists. This is the default mode, in which your entire music library, including playlists, is automatically synced to your iPod. If the music library on your computer exceeds the iPod storage capacity, you are prompted to select a different update method.
2) Automatically update selected playlists only. With this option, iTunes automatically copies the playlists you have selected to the iPod when you connect it to the computer.
3) Manually manage songs and playlists. You can also choose to transfer music to the iPod manually. This allows you to drag and drop individual songs and playlists from iTunes to the iPod.
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My ipod touch 4g turned off and when i try to turn it on it says its not charged. so i charge it and the apple screen comes up but stays frozen like that for a really long time, and then it just goes back to the "needs to be charged" screen. please help!
- First try resetting the iPOd. Nothing will be lost.
Reset iPod touch: 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 connect to a computer and restore the iPod if theiPod appears in iTunes.
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You can't back up to iCloud until you update to iOS 5 or higher. You will have to back up your iPod on your computer using iTunes. Update iTunes on your computer to the latest version, then connect your iPod to your computer, open iTunes, if iTunes give you a pop-up asking if you want to update your iPod, decline. Then click on the name of your iPod in iTunes, go to File>Devices>Transfer Purchases to transfer any purchased media to your iTunes library. Next, go to the Summary tab of your iTunes sync settings and click on Back Up Now to back up your iPod on your computer.
When it's done backing up, click on Check for Update (or Update) on the Summary tab of your iTunes sync settings. Allow your iPod to update, and leave it connected to your computer. At the end, it will restart and give you the option to restore to the iTunes backup you made earlier. Choose this option to restore your backup and sync your apps and other iTuens media to your phone.
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Hi, so I just bought an iPod Touch, to replace my old iPod Nano. I downloaded the latest iTunes, plugged in my iPod, clicked on the iPod's icon in the bar on the left, did the register thing... then it came up with a completely unformatted block of text which looks like this:
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This was in the iTunes window. There were hyperlinks (or whatever the in-application equivalent is) on "Learn More", "Not Now", and "Set up Find My iPhone
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When I right-clicked on the "Not Now" link and then clicked "copy link", this is what it copies: javascript:gotoNextStep();
Don't know if that helps at all.
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Try the following if you have difficulty restoring.
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