IPod Randomly pauses music.

Hey guys,
Some 2 years ago i bought an iPod nano 2nd generation, and it has always worked fine for me, until it recently started jumping to pause. At first it would occur once in every 15 minutes, but it has gotten worse, and now it sometimes instantly pauses when i press the play button. It is not because the hold button isn't working properly, because it does it when i just hold it in my hand, not touching anything. Has anyone got a suggestion why it does this, and how i can fix it?
Thanks in advance,
Frank

sorry about posting this as a reply to your question but I can't figure out how to post my own. I got an orange ipod nano (4th generation) this past christmas. I tried to turn on my ipod today and it simply showed a gray screen and whenever I try to reset it it goes back to the gray screen and beeps twice. I also tried restoring it but it did the same thing. I was wondering if anyone knew anything about this problem or how to fix it.

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