Ipod flashes twice, dies

So my battery got low and it told me to plug in my ipod into my computer. No problem. I did that, and left for an hour to watch a movie.
I came back, and tried to turn it on. The screen flashes the apple twice and then dies. I tried reseting it with no luck. The Ipod isn't even being recognized anymore, and there is nothing wrong with my ports.
Any idea on what's wrong?

How old is this iPod? How heavily do you use it?
Try letting it completely deplete the battery (24 hours) and then connect it to power and let it charge for at least 30 minutes. While it is connected to power Reset it (hold down the menu and center button for 6 seconds). You may have to try this several times. When it comes alive Restore it in iTunes and then fully charge it.

Similar Messages

My MBP doesnt boot after update / Prohibition sign flashes twice and then goes straight to OX Utilities

Hello all,
I thought I would never be here, but I am.
After updating iTunes and Memory Clean in App Store (nothing unusual) my MAC stopped booting properly.
MBP / early 2011 / Mountain Lion
It shows the Apple logo flashing twice the prohibiting sign (cancel circle), after that it goes straight to the OS X Utilities.
Note:
- It recognizes the HD and the Recovery partition.
- Verify permission shows a lot of /Applications/iTunes issues, but I have repaired like 5 times and still showing issues.
- Hardware test passed OK.
- Repair disk, no issues.
- Shift (safe mode) doesn't work (lot of flashing ? folder, apple logo, etc).
- PRAM restarted, twice.
I can't reinstall or launch the ML installer, when I go trough the install process which mandatory requires Internet connection and AppStore login, it states: This item is temporarily unavailable. Try again later.
Please help me, I'm desperate this is my production machine and I'm travelling.
What I'm missing?

You cannot reinstall Mountain Lion from the App Store, but you can install Mavericks which is free and will run on your computer. Here's what you do:
Install or Reinstall Mavericks or Mountain Lion from Scratch
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
OS X Mavericks- Erase and reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Erase and reinstall OS X
OS X Lion- Erase and reinstall Mac OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
because it is three times faster than wireless.

U510 won't turn on, battery light flashes twice when plugged in then nothing

My ideapad u510 is dead. It won't turn on and no power. The only indicator i get is sometimes when inserting the power adapter the battery indicator light will flash twice amber then turn off. Is this an error code of some sort or is the adapter shot and just not charging or powering up the computer?

Hi Citrineaux,
Welcome to Lenovo Community!
As per the query we understood that you are facing issue with system not powering on in your Lenovo U510 laptop.
Try to connect with different adapter and check for the issue. Also connect the external monitor to check if the issue is no power or no display. Check if you are able to hear the windows login sound.
As this model has the inbuilt battery, please try to power on by reset button or novo button.
Hope this helps. Do post back if issue persists!
Best regards,
Ashwin.S
Did someone help you today? Press the star on the left to thank them with a Kudo!
If you find a post helpful and it answers your question, please mark it as an "Accepted Solution"! This will help the rest of the Community with similar issues identify the verified solution and benefit from it.
Follow @LenovoForums on Twitter!

If I have a lot of progress in a game on my iPod, but it dies and I get a new one, is there a way to transfer the data?

If I have a lot of progress in a game on my iPod, but it dies and I get a new one, is there a way to transfer the data? I've been playing a cool game for a while, but I think it might be time to get a new iPod. Is there a way to login with the same gamecenter account, and it will all be on the new iPod? Thx.

App data is not backed up through Game Center, but rather through iCloud. If you have an iCloud backup and you get a new iPod, after your games redownload from the Internet all data within the apps should be preserved.

N x3-02 Flashes twice and turns off

when i turn on my nokia x3-02 is Flashes twice and turns off.
He starts the system, but then when home screen open . is flashing twice and closed,
and this go again and again and again..
I have tried everything.
i can not restore the system of the phone in NSouite , because the phone are closed.. and then the software did not realize it..
what i can do?????

Remove the Batter for a couple of minutes.. Insert..and check if the phone gets ON.. If not then check for any difference without the SIM and the Memory Card.
If no difference then you must visit Nokia Care...

My ipod shuffle battery dies quickly. Any suggestions?

My ipod shuffle battery dies quickly and when I plug it in to charge it just blinks orange. . .

Hello jharris1222,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
The blinking orange status light indicates that the device is syncing with iTunes. Please see the following for more information:
Blinking orange indicates that the unit is syncing with iTunes or that disk use was enabled in iTunes. In this state, iPod shuffle may be charging or fully charged. Check the charge status icon next to the iPod shuffle in iTunes or eject iPod shuffle from iTunes but leave it connected to USB and determine if the status light changes to solid green or solid orange.
iPod shuffle: Checking the battery charge
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1510
iPod shuffle: How to charge the battery
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1477
Take care,
Alex H.

Could sum1 please help or at least tell me it partsBlack screen led's flashing twice

I've been at this for over a month now my head hurts :-(
HP Pavilion DV7 3112sa
Product WA147EA
Windows 7 x64
I turned it on and have a black screen plus NumLock and CapLocks flashing twice.Bios Corrupt.
I've spent over a 1000 minutes on here posting and reading similar/same problems.
ried this, tried that and have been at it so long now, I bearly know my name or where I live.
I need to star again from scratch with some one helping me coz 'm just going round circles n have become a little lost.
I did have one guy who says he works for HP ask me the problm then for product number but then heard nothing else.
I'm quite comp friendly but have never flashed bios before. Have installed motherboards etc with sucess (not on this comp tho (dv7))
and have closely inspected the mothewrboard for any faults but cant see anything.
Recovery discs not working.
Removed HDD and looked at it with ATA USB and can recover music n pics etc but dont seem to be able to do anything with recovery partion.
Can anyone spare me some time and take me through the steps one at a timeto try again to get this up and running or at least, tell me its parts. Your time would be greatly appreciated and commens respected. Thanks for reading. Tim

I've been at this for over a month now my head hurts :-(
HP Pavilion DV7 3112sa
Product WA147EA
Windows 7 x64
I turned it on and have a black screen plus NumLock and CapLocks flashing twice.Bios Corrupt.
I've spent over a 1000 minutes on here posting and reading similar/same problems.
ried this, tried that and have been at it so long now, I bearly know my name or where I live.
I need to star again from scratch with some one helping me coz 'm just going round circles n have become a little lost.
I did have one guy who says he works for HP ask me the problm then for product number but then heard nothing else.
I'm quite comp friendly but have never flashed bios before. Have installed motherboards etc with sucess (not on this comp tho (dv7))
and have closely inspected the mothewrboard for any faults but cant see anything.
Recovery discs not working.
Removed HDD and looked at it with ATA USB and can recover music n pics etc but dont seem to be able to do anything with recovery partion.
Can anyone spare me some time and take me through the steps one at a timeto try again to get this up and running or at least, tell me its parts. Your time would be greatly appreciated and commens respected. Thanks for reading. Tim

Ipod flashing on and off

Alright, I had to do a full restore on my computer and lost everything. Plugged the Ipod in afterwards, and lost all my songs/movies. Well now it told me that I had to download the update in order to put new songs on. I did. Now the ipod is flashing on and off and wont let me do anything. I tried reseting it, and it turns off, but as soon as I let go of the buttons it goes right back to flashing on and off. I need some help. Anything anyone could tell me?

I have the same problem, created first when iPod updated on Friday night. I returned the month old iPod for a new one, installed and was downloading library when the new Ipod went into the same catastrophic failure.
HERE IS THE FIX: (walked through w/ Apple Store Rep)
1. Make sure there is power to the iPod (with all the cycling, your battery is probably drained).
2. Toggle the Lock Switch on top of the iPod 3 or 4 times, then hold Menu and Center Button down simultaneously (same as doing a reset).
3. When the Apple Logo reappears, hold the Center Button and the Play/Pause button down simultaneouly.
4. If all goes well, the screen should say, at the very top, Disk Drive Mode (or something to that effect).
5. If you have been running off computer power, disconnect then reconnect the usb cable.
6. Open iTunes
If all goes well, the iPod connection should appear on the iTunes screen with the opportunity to Restore.
7. Restore your iPod to factory settings. Once the download is complete, you should be back in business.

Ipod mini battery dies

my iPod mini's battery dies within 10 minutes. I'll charge it overnight and still only around ten minutes. I got the speakers but that charger doesnt work either. I don't know what to do.

hey,
i just changed my ipod mini's battery because of the same problem (10 hour charge to a 5 minute life span) . it appears to me that the new battery (more ampage than the original) provides no improvement whatsoever, in fact, worsened the lifespan!
If I leave my ipod switched off with the hold on, it will reset it self and then half of the battery will go away..
any reasons /???

My new ipod touch battery dies fast? Could this be iOS 5.0.1?

I got my ipod touch 1 week ago and my battery dies so fast. 25 percent gone in 1 hour! I turn off all background apps, brightness is low, push notifications off, no emails and no gamecenter etc and it still dies at the same rate. And I just use safari and facebook and 25 percent gone in 1 hour What is wrong with my ipod touch and how do i fix this? I bought my ipod from amazon so idk what to do since i have a battery issue. Is this related to ios 5.0.1 or is it my battery? Which is most likely? My iPod Touch dies in like 4 hours light usage...

sorry that it took me so long to reply, try letting it charge over night. let me know if that works

Ipod flashes "do not disconnect", not recognized in itunes source - Help!

My ipod (2nd generation) continues flashes do not disconnect when connected. Recently upgraded to itunes 8. Have tried 5Rs including restarting service, renaming drive, reinstalling itunes, etc.
Also ran diagnostic, all test pass except sync test. Please help, any thoughts?

hi, thanks for responding so quickly. here's what happened:
1. i connected the ipod to my laptop and the DND (do no disconnect) message flashed on the ipod screen.
2. as u suggested, i clicked on itunes and tried to change its setting to automatic..it was on automatic already.
*laptop showed update was completed but DND message still flashes on ipod. I decided to check if everything else was working.
3. downloaded a song and when it was done i checked my itune page and library...song wasn't there.
4. i clicked file, add file to the library, browsed and found the song in documents/music/itunes.
5. clicked open then updated the ipod.
*update completed, DND shows on ipod, clicked eject, took out the cable.
6. menu showed on screen, all other songs were there expect for the last one i tried to transfer.
i don't know what to do now...?? could it be broke?
ipod Windows XP

IPOD - flashing red in itunes won't read or write

I seem to be having a major problem. After updating to 10.4.2 the ipod was sluggish when adding songs. My Ipod was wiped clean in itunes 5 then I had a folder with an exclamation point - followed all the advice reformatted etc. I was able to load 3 songs - 1 at a time after shut down. Now when Itunes opens the ipod is flashing red and then I get the message - can't read from or write too. What do I do?? I reformatted 3-5 time, changed fire wire ports shut down etc - still no luck.

I am not sure this will fix it, but you mentioned a photo editing program had been installed. If that was due to a new digital camera, you might try changing the drive letter assigned to the ipod. Some digital cameras and photo frames seem to "take over" certain drive letters (typically E,F,or G).
Try changing the ipod drive letter to something further down the alphabet, like M. Directions are at the end of this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1493

Can't delete songs & ipod appears twice under "devices" in itunes

I have two problems that started at the same time and are probably related. [Note - The problems described here occur on two different machines with this particular ipod (mine) & does not with my other one (my wife's).]
Problem #1
I can not delete anyting from my ipod. If I try to delete anything from my ipod, itunes immediately shuts down and the songs remain on the ipod. No error message, warning, or anything. This problem started the happening at the same time as problem #2.
Problem #2
My ipod shows up twice under Devices in itunes. [See a screenshot at: http://home.nyc.rr.com/mindybrian/itunes.JPG. ] Again, I don't know what caused this to happen.
Since this doesn't happen to my other ipod and occurs on all computers I connect this ipod too, it must be the ipod. Does anyone have any advice? I don't want to wipe the whole thing clean and start from scratch. Any and all help is appreciated. Thank you.
click wheel ipod Windows XP
click wheel ipod Windows XP

iPhone 4S and Windows XP the first thing that jumps to mind is that the iPhone 4S needs a USB 2.0 connection to sync with iTunes. Check your computers user guide to see if the PC has a compatable USB 2.0 input.

1st gen iPod flashing screen

I have a 1st gen iPod. When I went to connect to iTunes to sync and charge my iPod, iTunes does not recognize it and the iPod is flashing the apple logo. Otherwise it does not power up at all. It was used as recently as the night before with no issues other than needing to be charged. Suddenly it appears to be dead. Help!

Yes. The screen in one model/generation iPod are the same.

IPod beeps twice, black screen.

I was using my iPod (3rd generation nano) the other day and it was working fine. The battery ran out.
I plugged it in and it beeped twice. The screen did not turn on. The click-wheel works. I can navigate (blindly) to a song and it will play normally.
I toggled the hold button on-then back off.
I've reset the iPod by holding menu-select for eight seconds and follow the iTunes instructions.
I've also restored the iPod using iTunes.
If I hold the iPod close to my ear, I hear a faint buzzing sound.
The iPod continues to beep periodically as it charges (two beeps every two-three minutes). iTunes reloads each time.
I can't turn the iPod off.
Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Does anyone know of a possible solution?
Please help.
I am running iTunes 9.2 (61) on OS 10.4.11.

i have the same problem, it beeps if i connect it to my itunes or my ipod speakers it beeps couple of times, if i press play then it plays music but if i don't it keeps beeping. the screen is just black all the time. i really need help fixing this!!

Ipod flashes twice, dies

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for