Ipod mini minus/plus icon on screen

My iPod mini has an icon that is a double -/+ right under the battery. should I worry about it? Otherwise it is playing normally. Does it have anything to do with static electricty?

"Does it have anything to do with static electricty?"
Er, no. You have the shuffle/repeat feature turned on. : )
About the icons on the "Now Playing" screen.

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Any ideas on what's going on? How should I fix this?
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Connect your iPod and wait for it to appear in iTunes.
Select your iPod in the source pane
Under the "summary" tab, select the option to "enable disk use"
Click Apply (lower right-hand corner)
Exit iTunes (don't eject the iPod first)
Click on Start, right click on MyComputer, and click Manage
Click on Disk Management in the left-hand side
Wait for it to finish connecting (it might take a few minutes)
You'll see your iPod listed under your main hard drive. If it's a 4GB iPod Mini, it will show a capacity of about 3.72GB
Make SURE you've found the iPod
Right click on it and click format
Set the options as follows:
*Volume Label = iPod
*File System = FAT32
*Allocation unit size = default
Leave "quickformat" unchecked, and click OK to start the format.
This may take a little while to complete
If it doesn't complete successfully, try it a second time.
If it does complete successfully (first or second attempt) go back to iTunes and restore it again.
Also, make sure you're not unplugging the iPod while it has "do not disconnect" on the screen.
CG

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My iPod mini, has a beeping sound when attached to the USB port and the folder icon keeps coming up, then the Apple logo come up, then the battery icon come up. iTunes cannot see it either.

Hello, folkartist.
Here is an article that you may find helpful when experiencing this issue.
iPod displays a sad iPod icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1373
Cheers,
Jason H.

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When I turn on my Ipod mini I get an unhappy icon with an exclamation mark. I attempted to restore my mini, but then my computer doesn't recognize the ipod when i plug it into the USB port. What can I do?
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PLESA HELP ME!!!!! my ipod mini was taken away at school and put in the office. no student had touched the ipod mini. when i got it later theat day, there's a screen that says
remote test
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there is also a list of things below it in faded print. what are remote keys? how do i fix my ipod mini? PLEASE HELP ME !!!!!!!!

What happens when you press anything? Nothing happens? Try to reset it, hold the menu and center buttons at the same time until you see the apple logo on your screen and then let go. You might have to try this a couple of times in order for it to work. Try to use it and see what happens. I have no idea what a remote test is but if nobody fooled around with your ipod while it was in that office then why would it say that?? Can you read what that list says, the one in faded print or it's non readable because of how faded it is??

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I think what happened is that your ipod may have been in the sun too long because the same thing happens to my ipod when it sits in the sun. try letting it sit in a dark spot for a few days.

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I dropped my iPod mini and now it is stuck on a screen that reads:
remote test
HP OK
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The rest of the screen is greyed out.
I don't have a remote and the ipod won't do anyhting

Have you tried resetting it?
May take several attempts and is best done connected to power.

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I have an Ipod mini which had died (blank screen, no response to charger etc) and I assumed it was battery related.
I fitted a new battery but still no response either when connected to my mac or the USB charger?
Purely by chance I placed it in an Altec Lansing inMotion speaker system and it came to life, sort of! It indicates charge, it works ie plays back music through the speakers and earphones. I can even connect to it from the mac as long as I plug the cable into the back of the inMotion set. However if I remove it it goes blank and does not respond even if connected to the mac directly by the cable.
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Once I take it off...nothing. I can't get it to turn on by itself or when it's connected to any computer (also tried 2 different usb cords) and iTunes will not recognize it because it won't power on. I have tried to reset the mini and follow the standard procedure like plugging it in to charge for a few hours but nothing seems to work. Hopefully somebody has a suggestion for this.
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I was using my ipod mini, and had it connected to my computer, and the computer crashed. Now the screen perpetually has the Apple Icon on it. Permanently. I've tried resetting the mini (by holding the menu and select keys, and also by holding the menu and play keys), and what happens is the Apple Icon dissapears for a few moments, then returns. Sometimes I'll get the low battery icon too. Then it's back to the apple icon on screen. Basically, I'm not able to reset the little bugger. I'm scanning the boards and have read the FAQs, and hope I'm not out of luck. Please help.
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Hello,
Have you tried restoring your iPod?
Restore your iPod
Try running down your iPod's battery (by leaving it on) then turning it off, and plugging it into the power source for at least 24 hours. See what happens.
Can your iPod go into disk mode? Try putting it into disk mode, then connecting it to your computer again.
How to put your iPod into disk mode
Have you tried doing all the Five R's?:
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If any post is helpful or solves your issue, please mark it that way, this makes it clearer to other users what solved your issue, and encourages others to help each other on here. Thank You!
I hope this helps,
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IPod with exclamation mark & folder icon on screen?

Hi a friends iPod mini has come up with an exclamation mark & folder icon on it's screen and is not working. It seems fine when it is plugged into their Mac and in iTunes and updates playlists ok but as soon as they eject it the exclamation mark & folder icon appears on the iPod screen and it doesn't work. I've had a look at it but not sure what to do. Thanks.

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Dropped Ipod Mini/Screen Damaged

I dropped my Ipod Mini and the screen is partially damaged. I would like to get this repaired. I do have the Apple Protection Plan but not sure if this would be covered.
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My ipod mini is showing Three of the icons and wont work.

My ipod mini is showing Three of the icons and wont work. Its showing the uncharged icon when plugged into my computer but when i plug it in to the wall, the apple comes and then swithes to the sad ipod icon. Before it goes back to the apple it shows the icon for the battery with an exclamation piont for like 1/2 a second. It repeats. The ipod has been telling me attempting to copy failed. could not be read from or written to for like 6 months but i just press sync again and it works. today it did that but then another box came up that said could not be read from or written to file or directory has been corrupted. then i restored it and it wouldnt let me press only sync checked items. so i had to drag songs to the ipod to get them on it and i was listening to it and a song stoped at six seconds and i ptressed skip and it didnt change for like 20 min so i reset it and now its doing this. does it need serviced? is it worth it or should i get a new one?

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Here is what my "dirty" drive looked like:
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and here are the fixed drives
In order to show some of the files, you have to go to the top of the page, press "tools", "folder options", "view" and then "show hidden files and folders".
When you go to the music folder and delete excess files, you don't need to worry about loosing your music because it's all safe on iTunes.
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After selecting to restore my ipod mini, the program instructed me to plug in the ipod using a wall charger. I plugged in the ipod using the charger and now the ipod just shows a picture of the wall charher on the screen.
I think the charger might be bad, even though it is new. My ipod charges when plugged into my computer; however, now my computer will not acknowledge the ipod until the restore is completed. Any ideas.
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I had the same problem with the AC adapter icon never going off ,even when I had it plugged into the wall. I took it to Circuit City (they had a free clinic this week.) They tried everything too, as a last resort they plugged it in using a firewire. That did the trick, fixed it. I think they sell firewires for around $30. Hope this helps.

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