Ipod 5 not turning on

So last night my ipod just shut down and it was fully charged. When I try to turn it on it wont even blink. I know i didnt shut the power. What should i do?

Try:
- iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- Try on another computer
- If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

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I've had my ipod not even a week and it won't turn on! I plugged it into my PC didn't work plugged into my home didn't work pressed every button on the ipod didn't work!!!!
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oh I got it figured out thanks to another thread!
thanks for your time!

Does your IPOD not turn off properly??? Does it click with the screen off?

Guys,
I know there is someone bright out there,
I have recently bought a Ipod 5g black 60gb, and the thing wont 'turn off' I believe appple call it shut down. Am i right in saying it goes to sleep, and thats it, the screen turns off, and it goes to sleep??
The strange thing is, the clicker wheel sometimes still clicks if you rub your fing over it, (screen off) and obviously pressing any button turns it fully on.
The two clicking noises are different, sometimes it sounds as if you are turning the volume up, and down, or other times it just sounds like you are scrolling through a music album list.
Apple tech support, wasnt very helpful and she suggested the 5 r's well done them, and still not working, i have found a medicore solution, and that is to put the thing physically to sleep, ie have a shortcut, to sleep on the main menu, and this turns the display, can anyone confirm whether this is the same has holding down the play button?
(would a diagnostic check pick this up)
Obviously, i am worried about the battery, because it wont turn off. I tried testing the copacity of the battery, but i cant, as for some strange reason, i cant rip (geniuine) AAC or MP3 music at the desired, level, for some reason cant hear it at all? or it just sqeulches.
I would be very interested in hearing from anyone experienced anything similar, or if the great person who invented this cool thing, is reading, please post a reply!!
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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
See this for more info...
About Sleep, Deep Sleep, Hibernation, and Sleep Timer
The iPod doesn't fully turn off for a while. (Hibernation, or even more "Off", Deep Sleep).
When you manually turn the iPod off (or it turns itself off), it goes into sleep.
After you turn it off, it may still make noise when you rub your finger on the clickwheel. This may occur for about a minute. You could always activate the hold switch after you turn it off.
But it is normal for the iPod to make the clickwheel noise when you rub your finger along the clickwheel right after the iPod is turned off. It may take a minute or so to fully go into "Sleep."
Again, everything you are experiencing is normal. Read that link for more info as well.
btabz

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2151907&start=0&tstart=0
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When you hold down the play/pause button, does the screen vanish for a second and reappear right away? And/or does the back light just dim with the words still on the screen?
Cause I've got the same problem. I'm pretty sure its a glitch in the software and there's nothing you can do about it. It will turn off after trying quite a few times, but I've found it's best to just leave the ipod on the main menu, with nothing playing, and wait. The ipod has an idle shutdown of about two minutes, and it should shut down itself.

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Hi, there are other threads on this, one of which I started a few days ago and which the 'Board' suddenly shut down.
Anyway, I had exactly the same problem when I downloaded 1.1.3.
Finally, Tech Support walked me through. What I had to do was to log out of my user account, establish a new, temporary one, then the iPod restored.
Then, he had me delete the new user account. It all works perfectly again. I wish, for your sake, I could recall all the steps. It wasn't all that complicated but, as he walked me through, I didn't have time to write down all the steps, even though I wanted to.
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You may have to pay for it. What you could do is pay £40 for an extra one year warranty and then report the problem. That should cover it.
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