IPod Shuffle no longer portable !!!

Being a guy who wanted to do some overdue exercise, I bought an iPod Shuffle 1Gb. Fantastic piece of kit, light, small, ideal for what I needed. Its been working well yet lately, it's stopped functioning. Basically, when away from my laptop it doesn't work! When I switch it on I expect to see the green light flash but nothing, as if its dead! When connected to the laptop I'm able to upload music, use it to store data, etc, it works perfectly!
Since finding that I've got this problem I've tried multiple techniques to get the little thing to work. I've tried updating the firmware, regressing the firmware, restoring the software, restoring the software from another machine, etc, etc, yet nothing seems to have worked!
I'm also beginning to wonder whether its holding its charge!?! I left it plugged in and charging all night, and when came back to it in the morning, the orange light was still on. One thing I've found strange is that when the Shuffle is plugged into the power adapter, I can listen to music as if it were portable again!! When I then unplug it, it stops working!
I've also noticed that when I plug it into my laptop a get a series of lights...
(1) green flash
(2) green and orange flash (suggesting error!)
(3) green stays on
Over my time I've had a few problems with disconnection. I've updated the shuffle and even though autodisconnect is on, the orange light has continued to flash. I'll admit that I've had to unplug it a few times when the shuffle seemed to have hung. I can't believe however, that after everything that I've tried, it's as messed up as it seems because of this. I've now got the latest firmware installed, and it looks like I'm going to have to wait for the next version! Or I should attempt to get it repaired !?!
Thanks for reading my rant. If you think you can help I would appreciate any advise that you could provide.

Hi Jonathan,
Sounds like your iPod is beyond the kind of help you can find here. You've done all the fixes I would suggest. Thankfully, the iPod shuffle has a one year warranty, so I would sent it in asap and you'll get a nice new iPod in no time flat!
http://depot.info.apple.com/ipodshuffle/
Good luck!
Sara.

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