IPod dosen't seem to charge

My iPod Video 60GB dosen't seem to charge anymore, no water damage and I haven't dropped it. Hooking it up to my PC or to the wall charger does really nothing all I get is a message saying please wait very low battery, I let it charge for hours and thats all I get I can no longer use my iPod with or without power from the wall socket or off of the battery. What can possibly be wrong with it? it's one of the first video iPods released so I'm thinking it's a dead battery so i'll just replace the battery but I want to know for sure what's wrong with it before I go spending money on it.
Note - It has the latest firmware and was just restored, just dosen't charge and/or work.

So I took my iPod apart and disconnected the battery for about an hour, hooked it up to my pc and somehow it synced, so I downgraded the firmware to the tried and true iPod firmware 1.1.2, it's charging again so it seems and I am currently in the process of transfering my 25GB of music sofar so good. Will keep this topic updated on my progress.

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I held the power button and the home button for 10 seconds, even two minutes I held them down, and it wouldn't power on, I called Apple and they couldn't help me.
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Thx alot for this thread, plus the solution. i was frekin out. i didn't do anything to the ipod for it to do what it it. have you or can any one tell me why it did this, or what could be the reasons for this to happen. i think that knowing that would also be very usefull. thx in adv.

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I need help my Ipod Touch doesn't seem to recharge
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sounds like it had an hardware or software clash and it's easy to fix it 2ways
1st was isan soft reset no data on the ipod will be lost
press and hold both the power and home for 15-30 sec's till the apple logo shows and it should reboot if that does not work
2nd is an restore to factory setting all data u downloaded to the ipod will be lost
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first way it to connect to itunes click on the ipod tab and restore
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Signed, a very frustrated iPod user in Ohio!
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All I can suggest is the standared fixes. It seems very strange
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
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Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5868
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- Try another cable.
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- Inspect the dock connector on the iPod for bent or missing contacts, foreign material, corroded contacts, broken, missing or cracked plastic. I suspect this
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