Ipod 4g click wheel not working

ive been reading that i need to reset it but the problem is that the click wheel / buttons dont work so if they dont work how do i reset the ipod?

Similar problem-although it may be of my own doing. I just replaced the battery in my 3g 10gig ipod. Now the controls don't work. Nothing-not the click wheel, nor any of the buttons. I accidentally stabbed the copper encasement that surrounds the headphone jack at the top of the unit when I opened it, but that can't be the reason for the dead controls, can it? The hold switch still causes the display to come alive when I toggle it. The battery works because the display works when its not plugged in. The hard drive works because I just synched it with iTunes. I tried a hard reset, but nothing because the controls don't work.

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