IPod frozen in "hold"

My iPod recently started displaying the lock icon, but the hold switch was off. I have fiddled around with it thinking it was stuck, then I updated the iPod software...and finally I did a full restore. It is still stuck. This is a fairly old iPod, I think some call it a 3rd Gen.

I've got the same problem - can't get the thing to reset because it thinks it's locked. I suppose the battery will die out and maybe then I can reset.
But I'm tellin' ya, I did NOT buy this crappy thing to have an unreliable music player. I was hoping it'd be reliable, but it's now proved to be nothing more than a pain in my ....
If you find out what's wrong or how to fix, please let me know. I think I'm going to have to resort to going to an Apple store.

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ok, i always put my Ipod on hold when i turn it off... well anyways, i guess when i put the USB cord in, i accidently switched it to hold and now its completly frozen in hold... i tried takin it off hold but its still frozen. HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!

sorry, i forgot to add something...
i ment to say "well anyways, i turned it on, took it off hold" before the whole usb thingy..
sorry im super tired and just plain out having a bad day and my Ipod just adde to it..=[

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