IPod Nano Turns itself on

Hey guys. Recently, I spilled water on my desk with my iPod on it. It has a cover on it, but it doesn't cover the connectors. I dried it off and it works perfectly. Then, I was noticing that I would leave it somewhere, and it's battery would be dead when I picked it up. I then started watching it and noticed that, even with the hold on, it turns itself on and displays the backlight.
I know that it isn't an Alarm. I know that can cause problems, but I checked and I have no alarms on. Anything else that could be causing this? Thank you.

have u tried connecting it to comp?
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IPod Nano turns itself on, and won't stay off

Hi, everybody!
I've had my iPod Nano for about two years now, and have noticed this problem occasionally, but it usually goes away and it has never been this bad.
Here is one scenario: I turn my iPod off by holding the play button. The screen fades to black. I move to set my iPod down, and it immediately lights up again. I press and hold the play button, but instead of turning off, the iPod begins to play music. I pause the song and press and hold again. The iPod fades to black, but again lights up the minute I move my hand.
Here is another scenario: the iPod has been off for several hours. Suddenly, it lights itself up. I pick it up and turn it off, but it again continues to light up as it sits on the desk.
This, of course, runs down the battery--I've had to charge my iPod every day for the past few days because it kills itself, waking up over and over when I'm not around to turn it off again. I'm used to only needing to charge it every few days.
I've tried setting the hold switch once I do get it to sleep, but all that means is that I then have to take it out of hold again a few seconds later to turn it off when it lights itself up. I've restarted over and over, but it keeps happening. I've also recently restored it, with no results. I don't have any alarms set, and there is nothing on my iPod but music and album artwork--no calendar, etc.
It seems to do this most when I am moving around the room. I'm wondering if, somehow, it has become hyper-sensitive and is waking up because it thinks it's being touched? (That sounds so creepy.) It also wakes up instantly if I touch the USB port on the bottom. But of course it also must do this when I'm not around, because often I'll come into the room to find the battery 50% lower than it was when I left. (And I'm the only one who uses my iPod.)
As I said, this has happened before over the two years of its life, but over the past three days or so, it has become nearly constant. I haven't dropped the iPod, it hasn't gotten wet, I haven't done anything unusual with it, so I am at a loss to explain the sudden recurrence of the issue.
I'd appreciate any kind of help!

Try resetting the iPod Nano - iPod Nano 5th Gen. User Manual

New iPod Nano Turns off in the middle of any track playing - Apple Bummer

So, I just received my iPod Nano as a replacement to an early generation of iPod Nano's that are subject to recall. The new Nano has been updated as of 21 Jan 2012. Songs loaded into iTunes under MAC OS X Lion, iPod Nano synched with my computer, and I'm ready to go.
What - not so fast! Guess what? The Nano turns itself off in the middle of any track you play. I turned the shake and shuffle mode off to make sure that is not it. And it is fully charged. I even went through the reset procedures.
So its less than 24 hours new/old so I go for Apple support. My original iTunes etc accounts are associated with my house in America. But I live in the UK right now. So drill through Apple support and guess what? Well, I live in London so no support is available. And the Apple web site as usual does not provide much help in making calls.
Apple's web site says there is no coverage on this as it is out of warranty? 24 hours new? No warranty. It says it comes with a one year warranty. And Apple UPS'd it to me yesterday.
So question 1 is: Does anybody know what the problem is and how to fix it? I hope it isn't operator head space but who knows, maybe it is.
And question 2: Does anybody have a good 800 number for me to call in the USA?
Many thanks.

Livin Doll wrote:
I have the same problem and wondered if it was loosey goosey headphones which were just cheap 10 dollars buds. So are you saying I should get new ear phones that fit tighter?
That would be my guess....Here is what Apple has to say about the problem.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3700
My guess is that it is a compatibility problem with older or aftermarket ear buds. My daughter has a 6th generation Nano and does not have this problem but keep in mind she is using the ear buds that came with the 6th Generation Nano. With the replacement program they are not sending new ear buds. I just did a test with my daughters 6th Generation Nano using an old set of aftermarket ear buds I had in my desk and I was able to duplicate your issue. I then used the ear buds from my Iphone 4s and did not have an issue with the Nano going to sleep and the music turning off.

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My ipod nano works like a champ, but all of a sudden it has started turning on all on its own. It also wont charge when its hooked up to the alarm clock/dock.
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I will check the extra stuff. Honestly, I don't see any alarms set and the timing of it turning on seemed to be almost random. I hope that is the only issue. As I said, it's my mom's so I'm only able to look at it when she's not using it and I can't always see if it's come on, been shut off properly, etc. But I do know for a fact that it turned itself on when I had turned if off properly. Anyway, thanks for the help. Hopefully it's something simple I've overlooked.

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My Ipod Nano 4GB turns always on and off. The result is, that my windows pc can't recognise it.
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Hello Mo0nangel,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
First, try updating the iPod software. Follow the steps in this article:
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If the problem persists, you may have to restore your iPod:
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