IPod hums when plugged in.
My iPod's battery recently completely died to the point that is shut down. I wouldn't restart so I figured that it just needed to be charged. When I plugged it into my computer all it started to do is hum lightly. Its kind of like a buzzing sound. It is unresponsive of any buttons so I can't reset it. My question is: Is my iPod a paper weight now or can I fix it?
You may have a bad iPodDriver.kext file. You can either archive and install to replace it or try the last post by lynque in this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5033398�. Before you do this, try putting your iPod in disk mode (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651) and if you can see your iPod in iTunes after this, Restore it.
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My iPod itouch when plugged into computer just flashes the apple logo otherwise it just won't start. Try to reset -nothing.
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- 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.
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No sign of iPod recognition when plugging in Shuffle
Hello everyone-
First off, I'm running Windows XP and the latest version of iTunes. I have an iPod Shuffle, 1 gb.
I've had this iPod about 2 months now. It has not undergone any serious conditions like getting wet. It has worked perfectly for those two months until yesterday.
Last night, while working out, my iPod decided to go out. It was not dropped or jerked around, but rather fastened to my belt securely. I assumed that it had simply died (I keep forgetting to charge it at night) so I go to my computer and put it in the dock. The charging light does not light up. I open iTunes: the iPod doesn't appear in the left toolbar. I reconnect the iPod, nothing, reconnect USB cable, nothing, try on different computers, nothing. I check Windows Explorer and My Computer: nothing. No recognition whatsoever.
The docking cable has simply been sitting in the same place as usual, subject to no events that would explain how it acts. The USB port works perfectly with a flash drive.
I then update iTunes (I've been putting it off for a long time, probably went from v6 to v7). Nothing changes.
Help? I've looked around the other threads and nothing seems to fit my case.
In summary, there is NOOOOOO recognition of the device. Zip, zilch, null. The problem is NOT the USB port, nor the USB power. The iPod has charged in this place happily until just yesterday. I am currently assuming the iPod is either FRIED, its battery is DEAD (repeated turning on-offs have yielded nothing), the USB cable is fried, or a combination of these 3.
Any more information needed, please request below. Also, is there a warranty?
Message was edited by: lidlum091I am now on my second Ipod Shuffle 2nd generation and this one has done the same thing you are talking about! The first one died because I forgot to charge it so the light was red. When i plugged it up to the dock to charge the light that usually blinks to recognize it's charging did not come on. There was no activity on my computer either. Usually itunes opens but it did not this time. I know it is not my computer because when I took back the first Ipod and got a new one, the new had no problems when I put the plug in the port. Now the replacement has a dead battery and is red and I do the exact same thing, plug it up to the port to charge and NO ACTIVITY.
What is going on? Once it goes red is that it? Is this a defect? Thank goodness I purchased the warranty coverage on this unit at Best Buy. But I can't get my money back because it's over 30 days. But they will continue to replace it to up to a year. i don't want to go back and get a 3rd ipod because it's too much time and energy to keep reloading all these songs on the ipod!!
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Automatically restore iPad/iPod Touch when plugged in
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hello
recently my ipod has been having trouble, generation 5 or 6 i think it is, 120gb, refurbished purchased direct from apple (warranty is up). lately when i plug in my ipod, it instantly freezes the ipod as if it were playing the music, shows song name etc.. and once i reset it, it's fine and plugs in. i should note as well that this is not the case EVERYTIME i'd say probably 9/10 it freezes.
about 2 months ago is when this started and then one day i plugged in my ipod and i lost all my music minus maybe 3000 songs that we're still on the ipod hard drive so i've had to redo everything once i formatted it. i was extremely frustrated naturally, but now it seems to just continue doing it and even some songs i put on my ipod play on itunes, but when i play them on my ipod they show up for 1 second and instantly skip to the next song.
now that i can deal with, maybe the song is the problem im not sure, however, now i plugged in my ipod today and it freezes, naturally, i reset it and now it connects and it's giving me the screen to change the ipod's name as if it's going to reset to when you'd first format the ipod. it's happened twice now, im kinda afraid to plug it in now, i just yank it out as soon as i see the screen and it's 'verifying" the ipod, when i yank it out it's fine all my stuff is still there. any thoughts on this matter? should i look at just backing everything up and reformatting again? id really hope this isn't the matter as i have playlists/ratings i'd like to keep which i initially lost when it first screwed up.
thanks, philipYour nano uses a totally different way to sync with iTunes than the touch. You need to follow the troubleshooting tips in this article about removing and reinstalling iTunes.
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When connecting my iPod to any of my PCs it hangs up while it is "Verifying Dennis' Books" (the name of my iPod). The iTunes session shows as not working in a Task Manager. The iPod works okay away from the computer, but I am close to finishing the books on it and need to clean it up to load the next batch. Any thoughts on how to get past this hang up? It's not like I can reset to factory settings, since I cannot even get far enough to do that effort in iTunes. HELP!
- Transfer itunes purchases to the computer by:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to a computer
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Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
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Ipod freezes when plugged in to comp
i wanted to transfer songs from one computer to the next, so i turned the ipod in usb mode and stored 1 gb of songs(almost) on it, then i went to the other computer, and started to unload them. but half way through it, one of the songs wouldn't transfer, and after that, my ipod just wouldn't connect to the computer w/o freezing my comp (end task comes up after a while). i can't restore it b/c i don't have the option to (it just freezes once plugged in).
i wanted to transfer songs from one computer to the next, so i turned the ipod in usb mode and stored 1 gb of songs(almost) on it, then i went to the other computer, and started to unload them. but half way through it, one of the songs wouldn't transfer, and after that, my ipod just wouldn't connect to the computer w/o freezing my comp (end task comes up after a while). i can't restore it b/c i don't have the option to (it just freezes once plugged in).
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Today, try to update, sync.... my ipod. When plugged it into my computer and opened Itune, my device never shown on the left side of the screen as it used to! Can not find it anywhere????? Could you give me a tip on this matter.
Hi there atangney,
You may find the troubleshooting steps in the article below helpful.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1538
-Griff W. -
IPod does not respond at all when plugged in
Alright, this topic is for people who have had this exact problem only. I don't want to get this confused with other problems and have people trying to help troubleshoot multiple problems and get things mixed up. Here's the problem.
After updating to v1.1.2 of the iPod software, the iPod does not respond when plugged in. The iPod still works fine when not plugged in. It plays music and both the standard and shuffle play modes work accordingly. The problem is when you plug the iPod in, it doesn't charge and it doesn't mount. The orange blinking light does not come on. While plugged in, it works the same way as it does when you're listening to music with it. It's as if the iPod's USB connector is dead. Here is my original post and description of the problem.
Alright, so here's my story. I bought my 512MB Shuffle in April. It has worked perfectly fine since I got it. Last night, I updated to v1.1.2 of the iPod software, clicked no when it asked if I wanted to restart, added some songs to the iPod, then restarted. As of this morning, I went to listen to some music while out for a bike ride, and I was greeted with the red battery light. I thought it was a bit odd since I had left it plugged in overnight. I figured, what the heck, I'll just plug it in and let it charge when I get back. When I got back, I plugged it into my PC and left for a while. I came back later and went to grab my Shuffle and I noticed it was cold, which was unusual after charging for a couple hours. I plugged it back in, a bit frustrated, and it never came up in Windows. I looked at the iPod plugged into the back of my PC (a high powered USB port) and sure enough, no orange light. No lights at all. I can still slide the switch to one of the play modes (standard play or shuffle) and play music for a couple seconds before it stops and says the battery's dead again. It works.. I mean it turns on and plays music, it's just not charging or mounting when I plug it in. I tried multiple computers and USB ports, none of which worked. I would really like some help with this considering it IS my only source of portable music and I'm not going to go pay $50 to talk to tech support or have it sent in for repairs. That's half of what it's worth.
I've tried uninstalling all iTunes/iPod related software from the PC I normally use it on and reinstalling it. That didn't work. I also tried uninstalling again and installing the last known working version of the iPod software, still no results. The only thing I havn't tried is giving it a good beating... Not that I would. Anyways, I hope there's a solution to this that doesn't involve buying a new one.
Here's a rundown of the computers I tested it with.
500MHZ G4 Cube (384MB RAM/Mac OSX Tiger)
400MHZ G3 iMac (384MB RAM/Mac OSX Tiger)
4.2GHZ AMD 64-Bit running Windows XP Service Pack 2 (my PC)
515MHZ Dell running Windows 2000 (256MB RAM)
UPDATE: The BIOS won't recognize the iPod, so it has nothing to do with my computer. Somehow, installing v1.1.2 of the iPod software made it so the iPod itself has USB problems. The iPod works to the extent of playing music and showing the battery charge level. I get no response at all when I plug it in, from the computer or the iPod.
I'm going to have to agree with Philip Harhay on this one. The original 10GB iPod I bought 3 years ago came with a full one-year warranty, no extra charges. I am disappointed to see the Shuffle only coming with a three-month warranty.
------------------------------------------------------------------Help! I just purchase an iPod Shuffle for my son's birthday and I cannot get the darn thing to show up on my iMac G5. I am running OS 10.4.2 and I have downloaded the latest iPod and iTunes software. When I try to restore my iPod to the factory settings it tells me to plug the iPod into the computer, but it is plugged in. I have tried different USB ports, too. I'm running out of ideas and so is the trouble shooting Apple site. I was hoping someone out there might have some ideas.
It showed up at first and I transferred a few songs from the iTunes to the iPod but I couldn't get them to play, so I plugged it back into the USB and the icon never came up. -
If I plug my iPod (or a thumb drive or whatever) to my Mac's USB port, the device appears as a icon representing a connected drive on my Mac's Desktop.
This is normal, expected behavior.
HOWEVER, in some cases, I'd prefer that the device not "mount" as a connected external drive.
With thumb drives or external USB drive, of course, I want them to "mount" so I can transfer files on or off them -- that would be the only possible reason to connect an external drive like that.
But with other Apple devices like iPods or iPhones, there are TWO possible reasons to connect them to a Mac: either to "sync" them or transfer files on/off them; OR, to simply recharge the device's battery. (Or, both sync and recharging functions at once.)
For those people who use their Apple devices in ways that require transferring files (i.e. most people), then having the device "mount" as a connected device is a desirable behavior.
But in my circumstance (and I bet there are a lot of people in a similar circumstance), I have no need or desire to transfer any data to or from my device every time I plug it into my Mac: I'm plugging it in SOLELY to recharge the device's battery.
Specifically, in my case, I have a 6th-gen iPod Nano, and I use it exclusively as an FM radio and a pedometer. I don't have any mp3s or songs or any other external files loaded on it, nor do I plan to add any in the future.
The only reason I ever plug it into my Mac is so that I can recharge the iPod's battery.
But the "problem," which is a minor one I admit but a problem nonetheless, is that every time I connect the iPod to the Mac, the iPod appears as a "connected drive" icon on my Mac's desktop. Which means that I'm not supposed to just unplug the iPod when I'm done -- first, I have to find its icon on the Mac Desktop, and then drag the icon to the Trash, to "unmount" it -- and only then can I freely unplug the iPod without getting an error message telling me that I shouldn't just disconnect connected drives without first properly unmounting them.
This would be bothersome enough if I only had to do it once per connection, but in the case of the iPod Nano, there's no way to tell how recharged it is while it is in the act of recharging, so that to see if I'm "done," I have to unplug it, check the battery status, and if it's not fully charged, re-plug it back in. So that each time I recharge it, I often have to unmount the drive several times, depending on how impatient I am.
There has to be a way to prevent the mounting of the drives of devices that one is connecting simply for the purpose of recharging. But how?
Strangely, I also have an old iPhone, and when I plug that in for recharging in the same way, it DOESN'T appear as a connected drive on the Desktop. I'm not sure how I managed to do this, but long ago I must have changed some setting or preference for this to happen. And by now I've forgotten what I did.
I'd prefer that I could change the "mount/don't-mount" setting on a device-by-device basis -- i.e. make it such that this particular iPod doesn't load, but perhaps a different iPod would load -- but if that's not possible, then is there a way to stop ALL iPods and iPhones from loading as connected drives when plugged in?
(I'm not talking about appearing as connected drives within iTunes -- I'm talking about appearing as an icon on the Desktop in the Finder.)
And please don't tell me to just buy a wall charger! I prefer to recharge off my computer if possible, using the charging cord that came with the iPod.
I presume there's some simple setting to toggle this on or off, but I haven't yet found it. Any clues would be appreciated. Thanks!Well, I already know about that Finder Preferences option, but that is not what I'm looking for. Why not? Because I still need CDs and DVDs to appear on the Desktop and mount properly! If I uncheck the "CDs, DVDs and iPods" option, then I lose the ability to access CDs and DVDs, which creates a whole new problem for me. What I want is to not mount iPods only -- actually, what I really want is to not mount this particular iPod -- but if that level of specificity is not possible, then I want to exclude just iPods from mounting, without also condemning CDs and DVDs (or whatever) to invisibility.
Also, I was confused by the way the Preference is worded: It says "Show these items on the Desktop," with a series of options to check. But this phraseology seems to mean that the unchecked items will still "mount," they simply won't appear as Desktop icons. One would still have to "Eject" them using a menu command, rather than dragging the icon to the Trash -- right? Or am I mistaken, and is the Preference Pane simply badly worded, and when they say "Show these items on the Desktop," what they really mean is "mount these external devices as connected drives." So that if a category is unchecked, then they won't load as external drives at all?
But if so, then what purpose could possibly be served by inserting a CD or DVD that is not recognized by the computer? And if it isn't recognized, then it would seem that there would be no way to ever Eject the CD or DVD disk. Right?
Thus, if I uncheck that Finder Preference box you suggest, one of two outcomes will result:
-- Either CD, DVDs and iPods are still mounted, they just won't appear as icons on the Desktop; but they would still need to be Ejected via a menu command, which doesn't solve my problem.
-- Or, CDs, DVDs and iPods are not mounted or recognized by the computer at all, which means that if I insert a disk into the disk drive, it will get stuck there forever, since there's no way to Eject it, since the OS doesn't recognize that it's even there. Which is thereby a new problem.
Either way, I'd have a problem! Or...? Clarification, anyone? -
Here goes. My iPod touch has all my songs on it. I have changed computers several times and iTunes has a library of similar but not as many songs as iPod. When I plug iPod in ans go to sync it says that iTunes library will replace iPod songs. I don't want this to happen I want the I pod songs to sync with iTunes. What do I do?
That really does not work since music is not included in the backup. See:
iTunes: About iOS backups
puttly123 wrote:
backup your ipod. then sync your ipod to the computer, then restore your ipod and it will still have the right songs. its exactly what i had to do with mine. -
i tried to update my ipod but then it didnt work saying that an unknown error has occured, now itunes is not recognising that an ipod has been plugged in and the picture that comes up when you first get it (an arrow leading to the itunes sign) is on my screen, i dont know what to do?
Error 1604
This error is often related to USB timing. Try changing USB ports, using a different dock connector to USB cable, and other available USB troubleshooting steps (troubleshooting USB connections. If you are using a dock, bypass it and connect directly to the white Apple USB dock connector cable. If the issue persists on a known-good computer, the device may need service.
If the issue is not resolved by USB isolation troubleshooting, and another computer is not available, try these steps to resolve the issue:
Connect the device to iTunes, confirm that the device is in Recovery Mode. If it's not in Recovery Mode,put it into Recovery Mode.
Restore and wait for the error.
When prompted, click OK.
Close and reopen iTunes while the device remains connected.
The device should now be recognized in Recovery Mode again.
Try to restore again.
If the steps above do not resolve the issue, try restoring using a known-good USB cable, computer, and network connection.
Error 1600, 1601, 1602
Follow the steps listed above for Error 1604. This error may also be resolved by disabling, deactivating, or uninstalling third-party security, antivirus, and firewall software. See steps in this article for details on troubleshooting security software. -
HT1459 ipod touch 2nd generation not connecting with itunes when plugged in
ipod touch 2nd generation is not recognized when plugged into computer, by itunes or computer
thank youIf you have iTunes 11 turn on the Sidebar. Go to iTunes>View and click on Show Sidebar. You can also do a Crtl+S to show the sidebar. The sidebar is where Devices appears.
Next try:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows -
My Ipod touch will only work when plugged into an Itouch radio. When I take it out of the charger, it goes blank. The battery shows fully charged. It appears that the battery is no longer charging. What should I do?
Try a reset: Hold the home and power buttons at the same time until the Apple boot logo appears. No data will be lost. If that fails, the battery may have gone kaput.
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