IPod nano unresponsive to ANYTHING except shuffle-shake

My iPod nano 3rd gen 4gb became unresponsive to anything yesterday. Tried pressing center button & menu--nothing. Tried toggling hold on and off--nothing. It will only respond to shaking to engage the shuffle. Computer does not recognize the iPod, iPod does not indicate that it's connected to the computer. PLEASE HELP.

How long did you hold the Select (Center) and Menu buttons together on the Nano to let it try and reset? It can take anywhere from a few second up to a minute. So go ahead and give it another shot or two.
Otherwise, you may need to let the iPod's battery fully drain. Then charge it back up and restore in iTunes if necessary.
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Alright...I never expected to post up something in this discussion thread this soon...since I got my 30gig iPOD just three days ago...and curious as I am to things...I think I broke it, hah~
Anyways...I need some help.
Here's the story.
I was updating my iPOD to a newer version, I'm assuming...and during the updating process...I accidently 'x'ed out of the box...and now my iPOD screen does not show anything except for a white blank screen. If I hold down the menu and center button for six seconds...It shuts down...but when I release/let go of the buttons...it makes a ring sound and goes back to the white blank screen.
And also...when I go to the start menu and look under the iPOD folder...it has an update your ipod thing...I clicked it...and it pops up with a screen, saying stuff like it's 'initializing'...and tells me to plug in my iPOD with the usb chord...but I get a message saying 'can't mount iPOD' or 'internal error'
I think I've tried anything there is to solve this problem...like the five R's...etc.
I do not want to think that I broke my iPOD already. So if anyone knows, please reply back.
Thanks in Advance

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Hmm - I see the shapes, I'm not sure why they're disappearing when you draw them - too simple of a file to point at some other issue. It seems like something with the installation went wrong or is missing (the player that renders the Stage for AS3 documents). I think the first thing will be to get the update. Can you try downloading from this page instead of through the update manager? http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/downloads.html Then try running the executable that you download. If this doesn't fix it, Flash may need to be fully removed and reinstalled.
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Hello,
I have been connecting my ipod nano 6th generation to my car (a Citroen DS3) using the usb cable. The problem I have is that the music defaults to playing alphabetically through the artists and will not allow me to shuffle my entire music library. I can see my library, arranged by artist, on my cars display and can select which artist I want to listen to, but the car itself will only allow me to shuffle songs for the artist that is currently playing and not the entire library. I cannot control the music that is playing via the ipod itself as it locks itself as it is being used as an accessory.
Has anybody got any ideas?
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Thanks, I have to call back 800 692-7752 - the hours are 6AM - 6PM Pacific Time. The recorded message reccommends the site https://expresslane.apple.com - you need your device serial number for this. It's a shame Apple placed this number under the tiny clip on the 6th Generation Nano. (!!!)
Looks like I'll be waiting for the help line to open :/

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Hi, my iPod Nano is stuck on shuffle, even though all the shuffle settings are turned off. Would anyone happen to have a solution for this? Thank you for your time.

i checked the the bottom and everything seems to be in place. i dont see any bent pin and there are no problems plugging into a cable.

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I got myself a shuffle a few months ago and I think it's great. Recently I started wanting a screen to navigate through my music so I upgraded to the Nano. I've got a lot of music in iTunes and all of it is around 320aac or lossless.
So what am I getting at? I could fit MUCH MORE music on my Shuffle than on my nano, even though the Nano has 4 times the capacity!!! This is because of a little check box available to iPod shuffles which once ticked adds your music to your iPod at 128kbps.
It is completely useless that the Nano doesn't have this feature and I'm probably going to convert back to my Shuffle because of it - I want high quality music in my home but not necessarily on my iPod. I am aware that it would take ages to sync with higher capacities but please note this post is assuming you're in the manually manage music mode.
I suppose then this is a feature request unless the is infact a way around this currently within iTunes.
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The shuffle is the only iPod that has an on-the-fly conversion option. For the larger iPods the files have to be converted in iTunes first or indeed have to have been imported in a more compressed format prior to transfer. If you have space on your hard drive one workaround in this case would be to use the "Sync Music - Selected Playlist" update option and sync the iPod using a playlist that contains only lower bit rate songs:Loading songs onto iPod automatically - Mac
As for having this option on other iPods a feature you can as you say post a feature request: Apple Product Feedback

Can the iPod nano auto sync (like the shuffle)?

Ok, I think I am going to enjoy the new nano over the shuffle, especially for running...but do I miss autosync for the shuffle.
Is there a way to do this for Nano? I have 60 gigs worth of songs, and only 5 gigs of space on nano.
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Make a new Smart playlist. Limit it to 5 gigs. Set the Nano to sync only selected playlists (Music tab) and check that playlist.
For playlist criteria, I'd set something like, Last Played is not within the last 5 days and be sure to select Live updating. This way, as you play songs, they will roll off the list for a while.

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In a car ride, we hear the same songs twice even though there is over 24 hours of music on it

Well, shut my mouth! There was a similar question over to the right about a 6th generation nano repeating over and over again -- I read the answer to that one, followed the instructions, and holy crap, it's back to normal.
Is there a name for this when you end up replying to your own aggravating question? That's what I did. Now I can go out and listen. It's only 91 degrees. Heaven. Thanks, Apple.

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Alright. iSupport was getting me nowhere, so I looked for help elsewhere. I found a solution.
For anyone else who has this problem, just reset your iPod.
Menu + center button.
Then I'd suggest restoring the original settings.
That's what I'm going to do.
Have a nice day.
This topic is now resolved.

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My iPod Nano, 4th gerenration buttons won't work anymore, but I can still shake iPod to get song to shuffle... any help?

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- Reset all settings
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Dear all,
I just bought a 7G iPod nano. Altogether it's great but I have a couple of issues I would like to comment with you:
1. I sometimes use the "shake to shuffle" function, but when I go and turn it OFF, the shuffle function still remains (although not in the "shake" mode), and I must turn it off manually by tapping on the screen while a song is playing, and de-selecting it. Does this happen to you?
2. When I pair the iPod nano 7G to my car through bluetooth, after listening to any album up until the end, it then suddenly pauses, then starts playing again but in a shuffle mode, without me having done or touched anything. So after the end of any album, it just turns on the shuffle mode automatically. My car stereo system is a 2012 Mercedes Benz Audio 20 system, which has both A2DP and AVRCP profiles. Has anyone experienced something similar?
It's sounded like fun to listen to the iPod wirelessly in the car, but I must say that the bluetooth functionalities are so limited (play, stop, next track, last track) that it quicly becomes quite boring. I wish it had all the browsing controls like when you plug it in...Any comments?
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I have the same problem with my 6g when connecting to my Ford Fusion. It shuffles everything.
I have:
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-- updated Sync software
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-- restored the settings on the ipod itself
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