HELP! my iPod is acting weird.

okay, so i've had my second gen. ipod nano for about a year now, and this is the first it's been this way. This morning, it worked perfectly fine, but on the way home from school, i tried turning it on to listen to it on the bus, and it wouldn't turn on. I immediately just thought that something in my purse had bumped into the play button, and so my iPod was running, so it ran out of battery. When i got home, i plugged in the USB chord for it to charge, but the backlight didn't come on. i know it's not dead because of the battery because it's run out of battery before, and when i plugged in the charger, the backlight came back on and the charging symbol popped up. This time, it didn't turn on at all. I ALWAYS keep my ipod in my purse. I also use a leather protective cover that closes over the whole iPod and you have to flip the cover open in order to use the ipod. The protective cover also has cushion, so if something in my purse DID hit the ipod, i don't see how it could do any damage since it is well protected. I have no idea why it's not turning on. Do i need to replace the battery or something? i don't know if i do, because it was working perfectly fine this morning. It takes me about 45 mintues to get to school, and when i turned it off, the battery was still full. what's going on?? does anyone know??? PLEASE HELP!

Leave the iPod charging for at least 30 minutes then Reset it (turn the hold switch off [no orange showing] and then hold down the menu and center buttons for 6 seconds). You may have to try resetting it several times. If it revives, fully charge it and make sure you have no alarms set in clock or calendar. And make sure to slide the hold button on when you put it in your purse.

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