Ipod resets during sync

I can't get a good sync with my 5g 30gb. while syncing, it will automatically reset itself. I've tried a repair with copy trans doctor and it does the same thing, so the operation will not finish.

I am getting ready to send my classic back as well. Are you waiting for them to fix it or just getting rid of it? I had the 80g Video & loved it. I don'tknow why I was in such a rush to get this one. I am thinking of sending it back & trying to find a Video some where. As much as this one drives me nuts, I still hate to be without one.
I guess what I am wondering is, do I hold out that they can improve the calssic or try to find a Ipod video somewhere?

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Ipod freezes during sync then error that it cant read file...

A little pre-info... I have owned a black 30gb 5th gen (video) Ipod for a couple of years now. I plug it in fine, my computer recognizes it fine, Itunes works fine with it... everything works great.
I just bought another Ipod off ebay that is exact as mine except white- auction states the Ipod works fine, seller has awesome feedback, etc.. I bought this for a gift for my sister for Christmas. It is second hand, so warranty is expired.
I plug it in the computer, and first tried to transfer some normal text data via explorer. I had put this same data on my own black Ipod with no issues, words fine. The white? Lo and behold I get that "Data Cycle Redundancy" error during copy. My experience is that that has always meant that the original file is messed up, not the destination its being copied too... but in this case I know the original file(s) were/are ok.
And the Ipod freezes. So I safely unplug, and try to hard reset it. It wouldnt for a bit, and I noticed the Ipod was rather warm (but this might be because it was frozen for several minutes with the backlight still on as well). Finally I get it to reset. Same stuff happens again, again its hard to reset.
So then I decide screw it, forget adding the stuff via explorer, Ill just try to get the music on my computer at least, over via Itunes, after I first restore the Ipod.
Itunes opens... recognizes the Ipod... I go to copy music, and it copies until it essentially 'freezes'. I tried many times - its not a bad file because the same file would copy the other times Id try. It would freeze on any random file, during the write process.
Then Itunes comes up with this error:
"the ipod cannot be synced. the required file cannot be found"
I dont think this is referring to my files trying to be copied, they werent deleted or moved from their location since importing into the Itunes library. Im wondering if theres a system type file on the Ipod that Itunes speaks to as it transfers...and when the Ipod freezes... hence it cant be found...
At the same time I get this error from Itunes, I get a Windows XP bubble pop up that says:
"Delayed Write Failed - Windows was unable to save all the data for the file x. The data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. Please try to save this file elsewhere."
Now again, my computer/windows is NOT the issue. Its the Ipod.
All the advice I have searched says to fix things on my computer. That includes that Apple support page in regards to those errors - it points the finger at my USB ports, etc - and thats simply not the case. If it was, my other Ipod wouldnt be working either - nor would my flash drives.
Its the white Ipod.
I saw one site suggest to format the Ipod via Windows first, then do the Itunes restore, but the Ipod froze and Windows couldnt format.
I went into Device Manager and compared the two Ipod settings, both share the same settings. They are not set on 'enable write cache'.
I have tested the HD via Diagnostics, and the BL blinked after the test, showing the HD passed... so right now I can only think of three things... a bad logic board perhaps, or the Ipod system files are corrupt somehow no matter how many times I do the restore... should I revert to an older update; is that even possible. Or the HD is bad after all and its just being missed in the test.
So now... I need help. Am I missing something important? Is it a simple fix... a corrupt file thats freezing the Ipod somewhere - or did I get a bad Ipod from the seller.
Its so close to Christmas, if there was some simple fix(instead of it being a bad HD) I could fix it myself, Id rather do that than go through the hassle of returns/refunds. Not to mention, its always a gamble how the seller will react. Will they help, or say its not a problem on their end and try to screw me... then Ill have to go through Paypal for reimbursement and that takes 90 days at least...

I wish I had good news but all I have is information. I have access to 4 5th gen ipods. 2 black 30s and 1 white 30 and 1 black 80. The one white and one of the blacks work and have worked flawlessly for the past two years. The other black 30 and 80 started having the issue mentioned here some time after upgrading to iTunes 8. I tried to lowlevel format the iPod drive to fix any issues and that didn't cure the problem. I bought a MacBook a couple of months ago and restored my ipod to Mac format and low and behold it would accept files again! However it wouldn't let me fill the ipod beyond about halfway, this was on both ipods. Now the ipods have become slowly less and less fillable. Seems like syncing rather than putting the songs on manually seems to help, but again its getting worse all the time. (the two ipods that don't have any problems belong to my girls and the problem ones belong to my son and i) <- Grasping at straws I know, but my son and I are constantly changing the songs, playlists, videos and such.
When I bought my Mac the guys at the Apple store were shocked that I was having this problem and practically begged me to bring it in so they could see what it wrong with it. I will post an update when i do that.

160GB ipod freezes during sync

I am trying to resync all of my songs & videos from Itunes to a 160GB ipod. When it gets to about 4GB, the ipod freezes and sync stops. I have tried resetting the Ipod, but it doesn't help. Any ideas?

I having a similar problem. Sometimes while my ipod is syncing or when I am deleting something, it freezes. I cannot close it at all. It doesn't effect the rest of the computer. I cannot get rid of it unless I restart the computer and I can't keep doing it, its becoming an annoyance. I've reinstalled 4 times and it doesn't seem to be working. PLEASE HELP!

IPod resets after syncing?

About every second or third time I sync my iPod Classic (120GB), after the white progress bar goes across the screen, the iPod resets itself. Why does it do this? Is this an iTunes problem? I've never seen my old 5G iPod do this before.

No, after you sync an iPod then disconnect, it reverts to the main menu.

IPod freezes during sync

I have a Hp Pavillion laptop running vista, when i plug my ipod in to sync music on it it starts to sync the songs on but after a little while it just freezes and i get like 3 or 4 error messages, please can anyone help me, thank you.

I having a similar problem. Sometimes while my ipod is syncing or when I am deleting something, it freezes. I cannot close it at all. It doesn't effect the rest of the computer. I cannot get rid of it unless I restart the computer and I can't keep doing it, its becoming an annoyance. I've reinstalled 4 times and it doesn't seem to be working. PLEASE HELP!

Ipod turns off/resets during syncing!

When I plug my ipod in it takes 5 min. for it to show up in itunes, then when I sync error 1602 shows up along with some others and it stops the syncing. If this doesn't happen then while it is syncing new music and such my touch restarts and occasionally turns off.....what can I do about this. I haven't had a succesful sync since I got it two months ago!

Can you tell if it is turning off, or just pausing playback? After it stops the music unexpectedly, if you press Play/Pause button, does it start playing again, or is it unresponsive (as it the power swtich is in the OFF position)?
If it does not start playing again by pressing Play/Pause, what do you need to do to get it to play again?
Do you use headpbones that have remote control buttons on the cord?
To rule out a problem with your headphone that is causing this problem, try using a difference set (any standard type), to see if the problem recurs.

Itunes and ipod freeze during sync

hello,
firstly, i would like to thank all you kind souls who post to this forum with very helpful suggestions. you have helped me with many past difficulties.
my present issue concerns transferring songs from itunes to my ipod (4th generation). here's the story:
on friday, my ipod started acting funny (skipping songs, etc.). by saturday, it would no longer do anything (folder with !, resetting did not help). this had happened to me before so i did not freak out and figured i just had to restore (that had worked the first time around). however, when i plugged in my ipod to my computer (powerbook g4, just three weeks old), it was not recognised and i was prompted to initialize the disk. i then came to this forum and read pretty much everything related to this kind of problem. countless resets, erases, partitions, etc., later, i was able to get the ipod software back on the ipod. it seemed all normal but there was no music on it (makes sense since i'd restored it). but then...when i plugged in my ipod to sync it with itunes, it would freeze at a given song (not always the same one, sometimes 31 songs into it, sometimes 500). i came back to this forum and read that i should reset my ports, which i did. didn't help, the sync still freezes both the ipod and itunes.
so that's where i'm at: i have the ipod software on the ipod, but i can't sync it with itunes (i.e. i can't get my music onto it). my brother thinks i have bad blocks (or sectors). is this a possibility? the ipod does make some noise (not sure whether it's the infamous clicking...).
so here are my questions:
1) is there anything i haven't done yet that could get the ipod to sync with itunes?
assuming i have done everything and the problem is with my ipod's hard disk:
2) would a program like disk warrior potentially be able to fix the ipod?
3) would it cost me less to have the ipod serviced than to buy disk warrior?
4) is there somekind of open-source or freeware disk repair utility that could perhaps repair my ipod's disk?
thanks for reading and i really look forward to any suggestions.
gen
p.s. the ipod's more than a year old, so no longer under warranty.

Okay, I got it to work tonight...
My U2 iPod would freeze while syncing. I restored and tried to sync and it would freeze on different song #'s. All the while I heard a clicking sound coming from the drive that I never noticed before. It would just click once in a while, not repeatedly.
My fix: (a version of the carpet drop) While the iPod was on and spinning, I held it tight with my right hand, facing me and smacked it's side into the palm of my left hand, simulating the amount of force that it would incurr from a waist-high drop onto carpet.
Now, this force was sheer approximation, being that it would be too time consuming and difficult to calculate this exact amount of force. I mean, my waist may be higher/lower than the original carpet-dropper, and not to mention the plushness of the carpet! Who knows if he did it on Shenandoah Shagg or maybe just some Bermuda Burr Rug?!
By the way, the problem started after being left out in the car on recent cold nights... hmmmm, my iPod thinks me a jerk.
Anyways, here are some previous attempts at fixing my situation (in no particular order):
1) restored from 5 different iPod updates (2004-11-15, 2005-02-22, 2005-06-26, 2005-09-23, 2005-11-17)
2) tried to fix with Disk Utility
3) tried to fix with Tech Tool Pro
4) tried to fix with Disk Warrior
5) tried to initialize multiple time (even writing zeroes)
6) manual sync
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IPod Crashed During Sync And Now Its Dead...

Hi guys,
While syncing my other ipod touch to my computer, i don't know how it happened, but the ipod crashed, and then froze. iTunes said the sync had completed, but the ipod still displayed a frozen 'sync in progress screen'. I hard reset it because it was the only thing that i could do. Now, all that is displayed is an apple logo, however, it does show up in itunes.
Is a restore required? Please advise...

I fixed it. Yay for me.

IPod freezes during sync every time

I've had my iPod fifth gen. for around two years now and it's only been recently that when i went to sync my songs it's unable to do so. I have all the latest software including for my iPod and iTunes. The iPod seems to be freezing when it reaches 3.99gb full of music. I've gone through the 5R's but to no avail, does anyone have any suggestions?

It can be some bad sectors on the hard drive of your iPod - which causing the problem. Try to do the following and hope it helps
For Mac computer
1. Open the disk utility, hope your iPod appears there (left hand side), highlight it
2. Go to Tab “Partition”, click either “Delete” or “Partition”, if fails, skip this step and go to 3
3. Go to Tab “Erase” , choose Volume Format as “MAC OS Extended (Journaled), and click Erase, again if fails, skip it and go to 4
4. Same as step 3, but open the “Security Options....” and choose “Zero Out Data” before click Erase. It will take 1 to 2 hours to complete.
5. Eject your iPod and do a Reset
6. Open the iTunes 7 and click “Restore”
For Window computer
Go to folder “My Computer”
Hope you can see your iPod there and right click on the iPod
Choose “Format”. Ensure the settings are at “Default” and that “Quick Format” is not checked
Now select “Format”
Eject your iPod and do a Reset
Open the iTunes 7 and click “Restore”

IPOD recognized during SYNC and then disappears from My Computer

My IPOD is recognized during the SYNC phase and as soon as the SYNC phase is done the IPOD disappears in My Computer. I have tried restoring my IPOD, uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, deactivated the save power on the USB hubs and other suggestions. There is no problem with it showing up in itunes or in the Device Manager. When I plug in my flashdrive it shows up fine in My Computer. I can unplug the IPOD from the cable and plug it back in and it will again show up in My Computer until it finishes SYNCing and then again disappears. HELP! I don't know what else to try!

This list http://www.copytrans.net/helpcopytrans.php#22 of iPod not detected hints might help.

Brand new iphone4 resets during sync

I have used an iphone for work , no problems for over a year , but the button on the top (on/screen lock) on top of the phone broke last week , so I got a new phone from work and took it home to resync it on my iMac. First I backed up my old phone and then restored the NEW phone from this backup.
But during the sync , the new phone resets every time , and so never finishes the sync.
It is currently reseting .syncing reseting syncing everyy 2 -3 minutes.
What the **** is wrong????

I think I just realised it MUST be a hardware issue on the new phone.
I get the resets even without syncing or connecting to iTunes , just keeping the screen on and it happens.
I set up the email to my work exchange server and as it was downloading the mails the screen went BROWN (....yes brown) and dim then reset. it seems to do it at regular intervals. every 3 minutes regardless if I do anything or not ......
you think "hardware" issue ??

Lost ical data on ipod touch during sync

Using mac book with snow leopard version 10.6.8. I closed my mobile me account after it expired. I am not using the cloud. When I tried to sync my 2nd gen ipod touch, I lost all my ical data on my touch. Before deleting mobile me, I exported all my calendar data from mobileme cals and imported all data into new calendars "on my mac". The only way I could set up new calendars was by setting up a new group. Don't know if this has anything to do with the problem. Everything else on touch syncs. I tried resetting the touch. I also reset sync history in isync. Nothing has worked so far. How can I get my ical data to sync to my touch?

The "Time Zone Support" in settings on the iPod said Cupertino, USA.
I've turned that off now and it seems to have fixed the problem.
NB: There is a note in the settings that says "When off, events will display according to the time zone of your current location."
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IPod resetting during first charge-up.

Hello, sorry for potentially reposting this, but I don't beleive it's been addressed.
Just this afternoon i picked up a brand new video iPod. I installed the software, restarted my computer, and then connected the iPod to the computer. I've left the iPod connected for over an hour and a half, and since the very first minute it has been resetting itself about once a minute, and giving me the sad iPod symbol. Unfortunately, all help topics on the apple page haven't helped me out at all.
Also, within the last few minutes, when it resets, there's a loud clicking noise. Seeing as how I haven't handled an iPod in years, I don't know if this is normal or not. Any help?

Sounds like you have a bad hard drive. If you can't do a Restore of the software (using the iPod updater) - you need to take it to an Apple store or the place where you bought it.
Sorry!

Ipod resets during song update

When I connect the iPod to the PC and start updating songs, the ipod reboots after a while.
Not just that, but the ipod will show something like 1gb of used space and only 50 songs (just an example, it hasn't gotten this serious.)
worst... when this happened the first time i tried restoring the ipod, and it died. updating the firmware resulted in an ipod with only manual disk mode accessible.
i've tried both frontal and back USB ports, nothing worked. any ideas ?

Quoting the following page : http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330174&sd=RMVP
a. In Windows Explorer, right-click your hard-disk, and then click Properties.
b. Click the Hardware tab.
c. Click the hard disk, and then click Properties.
d. Click the Policies tab.
e. Click to clear the Enable write caching on the disk check box, and then click OK two times.
did this to the iPod and everything worked fine while transfering 500 or so files.

IPod resets during video

Whenever I watch a TV episode on my iPod 80gb (Such as Family Guy or Chappelle Show) I run into a few issues on my iPod.
1. The episode always starts where I left off, never at the beginning.
2. When I press the back button, which either rewinds or restarts the episode, the screen freezes for about three seconds and restarts the iPod (the apple logo comes up).
This is incredibly frustrating because it happens every time! I cannot fast forward/rewind/or start from beginning without my iPod restarting.
Has anyone encountered this issue, if so is there any way to fix it? Or am I basically going to have to live with it?
-Thanks
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I have got exactly the same problem with my iPod 30GB; as soon as I can, I'll update to 1.2.1. Hope it will solve the problem, but I don't know...

Ipod resets during sync

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