IPod mini clickwheel freeze

I know that sometimes the clickwheel freezes when you bring your ipod out of sleep but that's not my problem. Recently the volume on my mini won't change. I run my finger accross the clickwheel and nothing happens. But if I hit select and got to the rewind/fast forward or ratings screen it will work. In order to get the volume to change I have to pause my mini htne unpause and I can change the volume once. After that I have to pause and unpause again.

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