Ipod is messed up

when i am syncing all my music and videos it isn't putting them all there like it will only put 974 songs out of 5250 items any idears that would fix and i have already tried restoreing it too

Are the other songs and video "checked" for update? Could be one answer.
Otherwise, you may just have a lazy Ipod. Don't give it any hand-outs as he'll just keep taking from you.

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IPod really messed up

Just skip this first paragraph if you don't need to know how the problems started
My 30G video iPod's messed up and I can't seem to fix it - it started when my computer froze about 4 hours ago. I reset the ipod and disconnected it while the PC (I'm on XP) was still running but when I turned on again everything was gone from the machine, music, videos and everything. So I plugged it back in after resetting the PC and reloading iTunes, and iTunes seemed to add all its files to the ipod which took quite a while, but when I disconnected it still didn't work. I plugged it back in and rebooted it with the updater that came with the CD, then when I conneceted it to iTunes again the program registered it as the same iPod, with all the old files and everything even though I couldn't see it on the actual machine. So I disabled disk use and took it out - this time, the songs and videos appeared in their lists so I thought it was OK until I tried testing one of the songs.
The songs now do not play, instead rushing through the albums in seconds. All the songs have the little abr at the bottom going from 0.00 to 4.19 seconds (for example) but it just stays on 0 seconds and runs on to the next song on the list without making a sound. So yeah, that's my problem, and could anyone help? Sorry it's so long, I thought you might need to hear the whole story!
I've had the 30 gigabyte iPod video since christmas, and have been using it on a regular basis so I know all the functions and stuff pretty well.
Thanks,
Martyn

Hmm, that's pretty nasty. I'm guessing it's all Windows. Windows freezing = total domination over iPod. Get the new software updater, and restore your iPod again, and see if that doesn't work. If it doesn't you might have to talk to someone from Apple (unless someone else here has any other suggestions).

My Ipod is messed up. Every time i click the top button it just flashes the apple sign for like 5 seconds and then goes off and just continues to do that. help?

My Ipod is messed up. Every time i click the top button it just flashes the apple sign for like 5 seconds and then goes off and just continues to do that.Can someone please help?

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

Can I use a friend's computer to log in to my iTunes and sync my iPod without messing up their iTunes account?

The laptop I previously used to sync my iPod will no longer turn on. Is it possible to use a friend's computer and go on my iTunes and sync my iPod? She already has an iTunes account, so will it mess up her music and data?

Hello xNikkixx,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
If you have the option to manually manage your content, you will be able to add content from multiple iTunes Libraries.
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535
Take care,
Alex H.

Why is my iPod Touch messing up the music library?

Hello,
My iPod Touch is having weird issues with the Music library. I think it started in 5.0.1 but it may have been from 5.0, I'm not too sure about it.
Problem description:
My problem is that my Artist list is corrupt, and my Album list as well. Let me give an example.
Artist list, Alphabetally according to my iPod:
I
Iron Maiden
Jurk
J
Incubus
Jamiroquai
K
Linkin Park
L
Liquido
Kamelot
As you can see, these artists aren't properly sorted alphabetically. I've tried looking at the Info on those files but my iTunes on my iMac shows the proper order just fine, it's the iPod that's messing up. Also my albums seems to be able to appear under different bandnames, sometimes the full album but sometimes only a couple of songs.
What have I tried so far?
I've tried resetting its settings by going into Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset settings. All that did was messing up my library even more. I had about 18 GB's of music on the iPod but my library suddenly showed only about 25% of that. When I checked the content via Settings -> General -> Info (or About?) it said I had only abou 2 GB's of music on it. However, when I connected the iPod to my iMac, my iTunes told me I still had all 18 GB's on the iPod.
I've tried removing music from the iPod-iTunes sync, and adding it after a sync. Although this did make an artist re-appear, it seemed to mess up the library even more.
I've just tried restoring the iPod. It's been cleared entirely, and then I re-sync'd all my 18 GB's of music and a couple of apps. However, now the library is messed up as previously mentioned.
What am I looking for?
Any advice of tips on how to correct my music library. The alphabetical-order-that's-messed-up is only a minor issue because they're still there, it just annoys me that it's not the way it should be. The albums that are messed up between bands is more annoying because now I can't properly play full albums.
Thank you for reading this rather long message, and hopefully you can help me out.
Kind regards,
Roald

Hey, Roald.
I'm not entirely sure this will help your problem, but since it sounded a lot like my own issue, I thought I'd mention it -- just in case.
I updated my ipod recently to iOS5 and just noticed that some of my artists were messed up -- not necessarily listed under the wrong letter, but some were repeated in both English (as I have them in iTunes) and in Japanese, elsewhere in my music list, which was completely surprising. It also made some of my music show up under completely different names, like the composer instead of the soundtrack, etc. I searched iTunes, in the preferences, and the syncing screen, looking for some sort of setting -- but found nothing.
Eventually, I checked my ipod's actual settings for the 'music' app. There's a setting there that says something like 'sort by album artists', which appeared to have been switched on automatically with the OS update. I flicked it to off and restarted the ipod -- and the ipod's issues were fixed. :3
I don't know if this might be a solution to your problem, but try it anyway! I hope it helps.
-Nirama.

IPod playlists messed up on Sync

Hey all, I have noticed this problem on my iPod...
Whenever I put the ipod on my computer to charge, iTunes fires up, right? And if I've left a playlist playing (for example, On-The-Go) then it'll be changed to "on-the-go1" with autosave. So how come it messes up all the songs? I'll have stuff like podcasts and totally random songs on the playlist, but a new name. Sometimes the songs that were lost will not be on my iPod anymore. WHat's going on? Can anyone help?

I've just found this problem, seems to have gone 1 track out on all the albums on all the track that weren't lready played.
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Ipod update messed up video

i just updated my ipod to 1.1
before the update..my videos were running fine, i could watch a full length video without running into any problems.
after the update..the ipod plays the video for about 30 sec then pauses and then resumes. Not only does it pause but it does not have any audio after..only video.

Hello, the same thing it happened to me when I upgrade my firmware. you can download a software called ipodwizard and follow the tutorial on the link below... it will help you to downgrade firmware. it worked for me...someone in ipodwizard forum told that apple release that update before it was done...so they messed up with us... I've heard of more issues (backlight problems), anyway..try this if you want to:
http://www.ipodwizard.net/wiki/index.php/InstallingModifiedFirmware

Clocks on iPod Nano messed

Okay so the clocks on my iPod Nano are messed up. Does anyone know how to fix them? I live in the EST and it's 3 now but it's says it 6 so its not daylight savings time.

this is how u do it on a video it might be the same 4 a nano
go to setting then time and date then set time and date then use the click wheel to select the hour then hit the next song button to go to min and do the same thing as hour then just keep clickeing the button in the center untill it exits the set time and date option

IPod Mini messed up on the second day of owning it..

I really need some help.. I downloaded three of my CD's from iTunes into my iPod Mini yesterday (when I purchased it), and now today.. Whenever I want to play a song, I get strange static..ish noises and it skips through all the songs in the album until the last one, then it stops and goes to the main menu. I am very upset now because I paid $100 for this iPod Mini, and it screws up on the second day..
Is anyone else getting this problem? Anyone know how I can fix it? Please help.

Once again I never said it was the hold and center button. I said you toggle the hold switch (which is on top of the ipod mini) to the on position, then you switch it back to the off position. After that you hold down the center button and the menu button.
b Center button and Menu button.
As quoted from Apple's support page.
Toggle the Hold switch on and off. (Slide it to Hold, then turn it off again.)
Press and hold the Menu and Select buttons until the Apple logo appears, about 6 to 10 seconds. You may need to repeat this step.
The select button is the center button.
Please copy and paste, or quote where I said it was the hold and center.
it's hold & play/pause buttons
Who is wrong? Neither one of us! I now see that we are both describing the method of reseting two different types of iPods, click wheel and scroll wheel.
Only my method applies here because this is an iPod mini thread. Click wheel.
bd

I updated Itunes and my Ipods completely messed up

I have 2 Ipod classic 60GB.
I updated Itunes a few days ago. Downloaded a few new songs and updated the one Ipod, it seemed to work fine until later. While I was listening to it, a screen popped up, telling me to restore my Ipod. I did so as soon as I had gotten home.
After restoring it, I tried syncing all my music back to it, it ended up freezing, and after freezing, the Ipod screen no longer said it was syncing. And then Itunes froze. I actually had to restart my computer just to do anything.
So, after all this, I went to update the other Ipod, so I could transfer the files on it to another computer. Again, it worked for a while then just stopped being registed by the computer.
Now, currently, both Ipods are displaying the apple logo on a grey screen (Like they're resetting) but they dont reset.
I've tried putting them in disk mode, uninstalling Itunes, reseting/restoring them and nothing works!
HELP!!!
What can I do to fix this?
I ain't paying $30 to just talk to someone on the phone, and I can't afford to buy new Ipods!

Two problems
1. Latest iTunes freezes
You can go to the iTunes library folder and delete all files related to Genius, apparently one of the files was deadlocked, when iTunes cant write to iPod. Then reboot your PC.
I would suggest downgrading back to your earlier iTunes version, if you dont need all the new fangled hooha in the new iTunes. (ie if you dont own, iPhones 4, iPad, iPod Touch)
2. iPod Hangs on Apple logo.
Try the Hard Reset the iPod as below- this does not delete or erase any song or data.
Make sure you have charge your battery for at least 2 hours.
Toggle the Hold switch, make sure you dont see the red mark when you do the next step
Reset the iPod -> Press Menu and Center button simultaneously for about 10 secs till the Apple Logo comes ON
Then release the buttons
Select your preferred language.
Here is the Apple support Article on the 5Rs
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/classic/
As for syncing with the new iTunes, try it after deleting the Genius files. (iTunes will recreate them correctly)
Good Luck!

HELP PLEASE ANYONE my ipod is messed up

never had an issue with my 30gb ipod. until today, i just get home, a song just ends, and than, it shuts itself off, i can't turn it on, nothing (and its not dead, i checked battery life all day, it was well over half).
So i open my itunes, and hook up my ipod to my pc, and itunes says your ipod has been corrupted, you need to restore it. So I click restore, it downloads this thing saying something about bug fixes for my ipod version 1.2.1 . it downloads, and than i think it automatically began installing, and while installing itunes froze. nothing happened, still no response on my ipod
so i go to restart my pc, my pc won't boot all the way up, i turn it off, try to restart it again, it wont boot up again. i unhook my ipod, and start up my pc, and it boots up fine.
i hook up my ipod, go to itunes, itunes wont start. i unhook my ipod, and itunes will start, i hook up itunes, and same process again, says its corrupted and i need to restore it, i click restore, download the bugs fix thing, it starts installing and freezes itunes
HELP ME, if nobody can help whatsoever, pls leave a support # i can call, this is crazy, the ammount of gd money i pay for this thing to do this to me, i really hope it can be fixed or i'll be ******

These types of problems are best diagnosed and repaired when a technician can work with the hardware directly.
When I have problems like that with my Mac and peripherals, I take it all in to an Authorized Service Center for expert tech support to sort out and fix. I would do that in the case that you have mentioned here.

Podcasts on my ipod a mess!

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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
In software version 1.0 and 1.1 for 5G iPods, everything (videos, podcasts, music, etc) showed up under music-->songs
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iTunes
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Updating iPod's Software
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Ipod serverely messed up

my ipod nano isn't recognized by windows OR itunes, so it wont charge, even with the power outlet thing. Windows says an error has occured with an unknown device (iPod). i've tried resarting, restoring, reinstalling, updating(that doesnt work at all), and almost everything else i can think of or looked up on here.....HELP!

I had a similar problem with my 4G click-wheel (non-color) where on both a Mac and a PC I was prompted to restore my ipod. I have restored it numerous times and keep getting an "unknown error message (1429)" when on my Mac. Any ideas, anyone?

IPod very messed up

okay, so the other day i went to turn on my iPod and it said the battery was very low, so i went to plug it into the computer to charge, and it got stuck on the "do not disconnect" screen. i attempted to reset the iPod and all it did was flash the apple screen and then the screen went blank. so i just chalked it up to the battery being dead, so i then plugged it into my wall charger, but unfortunately it never started charging. after 2 days it still isnt showing a charge and it wont turn on at all. ive tried resetting it twice since all this happened, and it beeped at me, whirred and then went silent with no more response. i cant do the basics because theres no charge on the ipod. help please!!!

I don't know for fact but, based on what I've seen here on the forums, I believe that your battery is shot. Battery life is directly related to the quantity of full charges and that translates to eighteen months with "typical" use. Apple's price is $59 + $7 S&H. If you're in the U.S., call 800-275-2273.

Help-iPod Software messed up!!!!

I connected my iPod over USB 1.1, after realizing it was formatted for windows. iPod Software updater wont restore it over USB or something and quits when I try to update it. So I went to Disk Utility and erased the iPod for Mac OS Extended. Now it wont get to the menus, sometimes the folder icon pops up, and usually it stays at the apple screen while the HD spins. If I connect it to a Firewire mac and run the updater to restore it, will it work again?
Please, please help me out here!!!!

I connected my iPod over USB 1.1, after realizing it was formatted for windows.
That doesn't matter. It will work fine.
If it's formatted for Windows, you can't Update it on a Mac. You have to Restore.
So I went to Disk Utility and erased the iPod for Mac OS Extended. Now it wont get to the menus, sometimes the folder icon pops up, and usually it stays at the apple screen while the HD spins.
Because it is a hard dirve in a case. It doesn't knwo it's an iPod. You have to run the iPod Updater and select Retore to install the iPod OS.
If I connect it to a Firewire mac and run the updater to restore it, will it work again?
Should do although I would try running the iPod Updater again with the iPod connected to USB 1.1.

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