Ipod Shuffle has issues

My ipod shuffle when i turn it on ir gives me this orange blinking light . and when it is connected to my PC it does nothing. but blink it's orange light. This is connected to a windows machine, when i look into device manager, i see the ipod but no driver associated w/ it i have tried to run the updater, it just sits at the initalizing phase !!
Can some one tell me what is wrong w/ it ? i have Also removed itunes, and ipod updater .. stopped and restarted the SVC as per the support docs on the apple site.
Please help !!

I was having similar issues. Tried updating, resetting the shuffle like they suggest,(which I am convinced does nothing,) and finally figured out a solution on my own.
Opened up my computer on my desktop and noticed my comp. was not recognizing it as the name I gave it but rather just removeable drive F:
I tried to open it and it said there wasn't anything there. After clicking ok my comp said that drive F: was not formatted and asked if I wanted to format it. I clicked yes and was on my way again.
See if that helps some of you.

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First, do this to reset the shuffle, if you have not already
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1655
If that does not help, you may want to do a Restore on the shuffle. The Restore button is on the shuffle's Summary screen in iTunes. This will erase the shuffle, reinstall its software, and set it to default settings. The shuffle will be like it was when new, so this problem should be fixed.

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Since the 6.02 update (or possibly the OS 10.4.4 update), my iPod Shuffle has had no problems playing anything I throw at it, but after going through a podcast or a group of songs, no play count is updated in iTunes when I plug it in.
I tried clearing the playlist and adding a bunch of songs under one minute so that I could look at a group. No dice.
I tried restoring the iPod software. No dice.
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I, too, have had this same problem since the 6.0.2 update. The frustrating thing is, it does it intermittently. I'd say every other time I plug the shuffle in, it will update the counts and last played fields.
I load up my shuffle for work every day from a playlist of tunes that I haven't listened to in x amount of time. Lets me hear music that I might forget I had and makes it more like a radio station. I can no longer rely on being able to do this. I got the shuffle for this very purpose. Why can it no longer do what it once did perfectly well?
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My ipod shuffle 2nd generations connector has snapped off inside the ipod shuffle itself. Rendering both the ipod and dock useless. I have tried to call customer services but apparantly my serial number is not known and they cannot help me any further. I bought it from Comet in July. Can I take it back there?
Truly awful product. I'd just bought a USB adaptor too!!

I have the same issue. Called Apple in Israel and they said the warranty doesn't cover breakage but if I can get the piece out they'll be happy to sell me a new dock.
This was my concern from the first time I saw this ridiculous design for the dock. The previous fill USB connector was great. Why couldn't they have at least gone with one of those standard small USB to big USB cables?

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I resolved the problem..
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I just replaced it and it works great now..
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Does it connect to the car system through a USB port? A shuffle is a simpler device (especially if it's 1st or 2nd gen), compared to a nano, so some things that a nano can do, a shuffle cannot do. Interacting with your car audio system may be one of those things...
Also, if it connects using USB, is the car audio system also able to use a regular USB flash drive (with song files on it) connected to the same USB connection? If it is, when you connect the shuffle, the car audio system may be treating it like it was a USB flash drive (not an iPod). In that case, the car audio system is playing the songs (doing most of the work), and the shuffle is only acting as the data storage for the song files.
If that's the how it works with a shuffle, the "6" songs that DO play may indicate a file type. Maybe the car audio system can only play MP3 files, not AAC files. You shuffle may have 6 songs on it that are MP3 format, and the rest are AAC format. You should note down what 6 songs do play on the car audio system. In iTunes, find those songs and see if they have anything in common, such as the file type. You can do a Get Info (from a right-click) on the song in iTunes, and look on the Summary tab of the Info window, to see the Kind.

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My iPod Shuffle use to work then one day it stopped. Now I push the play button and the orange and green lights flicker and then nothing. It is impossible to try to get help from Apple.

I take it you guys who cant get support after 30 days as in the US?
I have had the same problems with my shuffle, so bad that im on my 3 in the last two weeks, the new updater screwed the one that was running well and had never updated any replacements since. Apple support say it my PC!! Well I wouldnt expect less, I have been told to reinstall windows as my USB drivers may be corrupt. I plug many devices into USB and never have a problem with any (even and iPod mini which had to have a battery replacement under warranty) and for this to just happen seems strange. After many hours on the phone to the Irish Customer Support team, (who read from a sheet supplied by lawyers ar Apple by the sounds of it) I have now got a refund on the shuffle, so its off to buy a product that works.
All us PC users go on about how bad M$ is but Apple, they should change their name to iSh*t.

My Ipod Shuffle has fried two USB ports in my computer

Hi!
I have been reading through all the forums, but I have not seen anything written about Shuffles burning the USB ports.
My Ipod shuffle was connected and suddenly, I heard an explosion and my computer when black. I went and changed the ipod at the store, got another one, and the same thing happened with another USB port.
Now, I change the USB dock, but still the light in the Ipod won't change to green.
Please, let me know.
Regards,

Apple cannot fix your PC... the warrenty for the PC is with Dell so only they (or an authorized repair centre) can repair it. Apple will repair your shuffle should it be faulty.
I would recommend trying a re-installation of Windows and if that doesn't work, contact dell for the repair.
-Sam

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Mine will play for a while, but then just quit playing. I will try and plug in the ipod headphones right away but they won't work either then. Let it sit for a few hours and then it is fine. Anyone had a similar issue?

Mine will play for a while, but then just quit playing.
Is it running out of battery power?
What happens if you turn it OFF (with the switch), wait about ten seconds, and turn it back ON?
I will try and plug in the ipod headphones right away but they won't work either then.
Can you describe that again in more detail? Not sure what you mean...
Let it sit for a few hours and then it is fine.
Do you turn it OFF (with the switch) during that time, or does it stay ON?
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I have had my Shuffle since November and am running into a strange problem. When using my Shuffle I can skip a random (3, 4, 12, 5, 10 ect...) number of songs in the skip mode and then all of a sudden my iPod stops working until I turn it off and back on again.
It will let me run through my songs in regular, nonskip mode but freezes everytime I use it in skip mode.
I have reset my iPod, reinstalled iTunes, restored the player and tried different USB ports in an attempt to fix the problem.
I was thinking that it could be trying to skip to a corrupt song or something like that, but I am not sure if that can cause a problem or not.
Any thoughts or ways to check for bad songs and repair them in iTunes would be greatly appriciated.
Also I am using XP Home Edition, iTunes 6, and the updater from a few days ago.
Thanks
1GB Shuffle Windows XP

I was having similar issues. Tried updating, resetting the shuffle like they suggest,(which I am convinced does nothing,) and finally figured out a solution on my own.
Opened up my computer on my desktop and noticed my comp. was not recognizing it as the name I gave it but rather just removeable drive F:
I tried to open it and it said there wasn't anything there. After clicking ok my comp said that drive F: was not formatted and asked if I wanted to format it. I clicked yes and was on my way again.
See if that helps some of you.

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No, it should not take that long.
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