HELP! iPod has frozen

I need urgent help. My iPod was working fine this afternoon, I plugged it into my comp and now has completely frozen on the Do Not Disconnect screen. It is not charging and even when disconnected it still has the same screen. When plugged back in it says the same. My computer isn't recognising it either. Please help as I need it for a long haul flight tomorrow!

Let the iPod battery die. After it has died, plug it back in and it should be fine. You night not have it for your flight, but it should work again.
There's always that old portable CD player.

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Let's ensure you are doing the reset process correctly.
How to reset the iPod if it appears frozen or doesn't respond.
It may take quite a few attempts and is best done connected to power.
If this doesn't work, try restoring the iPod to factory settings.
Restoring erases the iPod hard drive, so you will need to reload your songs from iTunes.

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Perhaps it would be a good idea to try a hard reset of the device. To do this, first make sure the hold switch is in the Off position, then press and hold both the Select (Center) and Menu buttons together long enough for the Apple logo to appear.
If the issue still persists, you'll want to connect the iPod to iTunes and restore it to factory settings allowing it to receive a fresh new copy of its software and rebuild all of its essential databases that could have become corrupt. This will help rule out a software issue.
B-rock

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If you're unable to do the Restore, go into Recovery Mode per the instructions here.

My Ipod has Frozen twice now

Half way through a song it has frozen on me and I've had to wait till the battery died once and the next time I took it apart and unplugged the battery. I also tried many times to plug it into my computer and reseting it many time with no change to the unit. Is there a reason for this to be happening? Ive only had it for 5 months. Is there a way I can get it to stop freezing or a better way then waiting for the battery to die?
Froger

Hey froger,
I have a couple of options here. None of these are guaranteed to work, but you've got nothing to lose by trying them.
First things first!
When the iPod decides to freeze, I want you to try the 5 R's. The instructions on how to do this can be found by clicking here : http://www.apple.com/uk/support/ipod/five_rs/
The other thing I could reccommend is that you dont have too many videos and photos, and you dont have over what your iPod can hold in terms of songs.
If none of these help, I suggest you call your nearest Apple store and tell them the situation. As it is within its warranty (you've only had it 5 months), they will try and fix it free of charge, and if they cant fix it, you have the right to ask for a brand new one, again, free of charge.
I hope this helps,
Ryan
Please Note : I use Apple UK's site for links.

My ipod has frozen and isn't being recognised by itunes

Recently, my iPod has been having troubles. It's been freezing in the middle of songs and when I try to change track, and, up till today, it's recovered. It's now been frozen for three hours. I restored the factory settings a couple of days ago, and it workeds, but only for a few hours.
This morning, it froze in the middle of the song, and it's now not being recognised by iTunes. I've tried to do a hard reset, but it's not responding at all.
It's an iPod Classic 30GB, and I think it's a 5th Generation. I got it second hand, and so I don't think I can take it and get it fixed and whatnot without paying money. Is it worth getting a new iPod? There is an Apple store near me, so I can take it in and see what they say, but as I said, it's second hand and it's past the warrenty.

Charge the iPod for at least 2 hours
Do the iPod Hard Reset -> Press Menu and Center Button simultaneously for at least 10 secs till the Apple logo comes ON.
Then release the buttons
Refer to this Apple Support article on the 5Rs.
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/classic/
If you plan to get a new iPod, get the iPod Touch and avoid at all cost the iPod Classic, the new generation of HD in the iPod Classic appear to be not very sturdy and reliable, in my Opinion, yours is still more sturdy, (6 years old), but the battery and hardisk would be in the last lap. The full charge battery should last at least 20 hours of continuos music.
You can do the iPod Disk diagnostic to see the HD health, as posted by tt2.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3110831?tstart=240
Don't worry about the Mac user, the DD process refer only to iPod Classic.
Have a nice day!

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Try force your iPad into Recovery Mode
1. Disconnect the USB cable from the device, but leave the other end of the cable connected to your computer's USB port.
2. Turn off the device: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then slide the slider. Wait for the device to turn off.
3.While pressing and holding the Home button, reconnect the USB cable to the device. The device should turn on.
4. Continue holding the Home button until you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen. When this screen appears, release the Home button. iTunes should alert you that it has detected a device in recovery mode. Click OK, and then click Restore to restore the device.
Note: Data will be lost.

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When an iPod is frozen, the first thing to do is to Force Quit an application.
From the iPod Touch User Guide:
Press and hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button on top of iPod touch for a few seconds until a red >slider appears, then press and hold the Home button until the application quits.
You can also try to reset the iPod Touch.
From the iPod Touch User Guide:
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.
If worse comes to worst, you can always restore your iPod Touch
From the iPod Touch User Guide:
Connect iPod touch to your computer. Select iPod touch in the iTunes sidebar and click the >Summary tab.
Click “Check for Update.” iTunes tells you if there’s a newer version of the iPod touch software >available.
Click Restore. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the restore process. When restoring, >it is recommended that you back up iPod touch when prompted.
When the iPod touch software has been restored, you can either set it up as a new iPod touch, or >restore your music, videos, application data, and other content from a backup.
After restoring from a backup, previous data is no longer accessible through the iPod touch user >interface, but it isn’t erased from your iPod touch. For information about erasing all content and >settings, see “Resetting iPod touch” on page 143.
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Did you try to reset the phone by holding the sleep and home button until the Apple log comes back again?
If this does not work, try to connect again in recovery mode, explained here: iPhone and iPod touch: Unable to restore

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Hello Norm,
Try a hard reset of the iPod. To do this, press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons together long enough for the Apple logo to appear again. Keep in mind, this troubleshooting procedure may take a few attempts.
B-rock

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I was watching a video, then stopped it, pushing the pause/play button put it to sleep. A few minutes later wanted to watch the rest, and when I plugged in the headphones, suddenly the image appeared, played a few frames, and now the video is "stuck" on that frame! And it won't turn off, none of the buttons do anything! I plugged it into the computer, - nothing, nada.
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See this.
How to reset the iPod.
It may take quite a few attempts and is best done connected to power.
If this doesn't work, try restoring the iPod to factory settings.
Put the iPod into disk mode first.
Putting iPod into disk mode.

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iTunes downloaded the updated fine, but as soon as it tried to updated the iPod, the iPod came up with the screen with the USB Cable, arrow and iTunes symbol. My computer preceeded to tell me it needed to look for a driver on a CD which I obviously don't have. Now iTunes doesn't recognise my iPod and my iPod is permanantly stuck in the screen as described above?
Please Help!

Well I've got my iPod back to normal. I tried plugging it into my desktop instead of my laptop but had the same problem. In the end I took it to my nearest Apple store and they plugged it in and straight away it came up with the restore iPod message! Never mind, all fixed now. It even still downloaded os4 and although I had to restore my iPod, I was able to use my last backup which restored my settings pretty much as I had them. It even left the browsers I had up at the time all setup!
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Hi - I was updating the operating system on my I-Pod touch (to Ios 5). After the download finished an error message re my touch came up. The Ipod has frozen, with the apple icon and an empty bar on the screen. I can't hard reset. Help!

Have checked and have the latest version of I tunes.

What did the error message say? The following lists the common error messages and their resolutionL
iTunes: Specific update-and-restore error messages and advanced troubleshooting
For your immediate problem,:
- Try placing he iPod in recovery mode and then restore via iTunes. For recovery mode:
iPhone and iPod touch: Unable to update or restore
- Next try DFU mode:
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
- Last, let the battery fully drain. Then cahrge and try agin.

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Hi iPod classic suddenly stop working and seems to have frozen screen
Please help
Thanks

Try doing a Reset to restart your iPod.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1320

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