IPod Software 1.2 bug

Are there any fixes/workarounds for the screen-scrambling bug in version 1.2 yet?

Thanks,
lets just assume the Hardware is ok for now, it could be still an issue with syncing the music via iTunes, I use Windows I have to say.
Also I would like to downgrade from 4.2.1 to 4.1, and see if the problem still exists. I am just surprised that Apple does not say anything about it, when so many people complain.
I think if I downgrade ( not sure how, I understand I need a unsigned .ipsw file ) I most probably loose my warranty ?
Hmm,then I should bring it back again.... and again ... and again ...

Similar Messages

  • IPod software v1.2 v1.3 bugs -- cannot shuffle by albums

    I found my iPod nano can not shuffle songs by albums under correct setting after I upgrade the iPod software from v1.1 into v1.2 or v1.3. The only way to fix this problem is to restore iPod software v1.1. I hope Apple Computer staff can find out this bug and fix it with v1.4, thx.

    I found my iPod nano can not shuffle songs by albums under correct setting after I upgrade the iPod software from v1.1 into v1.2 or v1.3. The only way to fix this problem is to restore iPod software v1.1. I hope Apple Computer staff can find out this bug and fix it with v1.4, thx.

  • 5G iPod Software 1.1 Update - More BUGS than FIXES!

    I just updated my 5G (mac format) iPod to software version 1.1 and right away noticed that someone bungled up BIG TIME!
    To start with -- holding down the MENU button doesn't toggle the backlight anymore!
    Next -- try clicking in the NOW PLAYING MENU quickly with the CENTRE BUTTON... Are you seeing stars yet?? The menu repeats itself endlessly.
    I dunno how Apple could have gotten this so horribly wrong. I expect iPod Software Update 1.2 for the 5G iPods tomorrow!!

    Has anyone found the Video problem yet?
    Try playing a video, wait for 20 seconds and then a big fat nothing. Video freezes and then it starts to play but without sound. Has anyone found this to happen. I have re-installed the software several times with the same result.
    Hey Apple are you listening? Thanks a lot for screwing up my iPod. Time to think of a new brand.

  • IPod sync to iCal bug (location not showing)

    Can someone confirm for me if the following is a bug in the iPod software? I have started using iCal which includes a "location" field to indicate where particular appointments are being held. However, when I sync the information to iPod, the location field never appears in the iPod. Is this a recent bug or something that no one has noticed before?

    Apple was made aware of the bug in December. It affects all iPods. There is a way to get around it by editing the ics files after you synchronize. I've made available on my website at <http://isd.usc.edu/~bbellina> an Applescript and Perl application that does this for ics and vcs files. See thread:
    <http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1569754>
    Regards,
    Brendan Bellina

  • IPod and iTunes install bug

    This is the text of an email I just sent to Apple Tech Support. Has anyone else experienced this?
    There is a problem with the Windows XP install package for the iPod software. I had the 2nd gen iPod (10 Gig Click-Wheel), and now have the 5th gen iPod with video (I love it!). The software install has a problem that has shown up in every single install I have done, and occurs on every computer I have used. There are several string variables that are called from the install module that are missing from the string table. I am amazed that this requires an email from a customer, since it is an incredibly obvious bug and equally simple to fix! ****, if I knew what software development package was used to design the install, I'd fix it myself! Whenever I install the iPod software I have to close at least half a dozen error boxes that notify me that a string variable is not found in the string table. Its not a fatal error, but it does pause the install until I click 'OK'. Some of the missing variable names are: ID_STRING11, APPLECUSTOMSTRING2, and APPLECUSTOMSTRING3. These are some of the shortcut titles from my program menu. (The last one is the name of the help file after installation!) Any basic testing done on the install package would identify this bug, but it has never been fixed! I am a software developer myself. If I ever turned in a project with a bug this obvious my boss would be reading resumes to pick my replacement. Especially if it remained in later versions! Its incredibly unprofessional. Hopefully, now that I have taken the time to point this out, it will be fixed. All any of your programmers need to do is:
    1) Run the install package on a clean Windows pc. (ie a pc not used for programming) It needs to be a clean pc so that all files needed for install come from the install package. (If the files are there already, it won't be a valid test.)
    2) Each time the error message appears, write down the name of the variable it cannot find.
    3) Open the file that contains the string table so that it can be edited.
    4) Create and initialize new string variables using the names that you wrote down, then assign values to the new variables.
    5) Save and close the open file, then recompile the installation package.
    6) Finally, include the fix in the next software update.
    If any programmers disagree with this, PLEASE let me know.... This is such an obvious error, and appears to me to have a simple fix, that I'm tempted to send in my resume. I'd love a cushy programming job where the boss never checks my work! I know Apple has no love for Bill Gates and Microsoft, but this is ridiculous!

    Never seen (or heard of) these errors before.
    if I knew what software development package was
    used to design the install
    Files &
    Software Installation
    OK... That's just strange. I've helped 3 friends and 2 family members install the iPod Updater and iTunes to their PCs and I've hit this problem each time. Nobody has ever asked about this before? If the errors were confined to my PC it would make sense, but I got the same errors on the other 5 computers... The developer articles imply that the string tables are compiled with the install package, so it wouldn't be caused by missing files. Unfortunately neither package is open source, so I can't look at the source code. The software is also written in the Mac environment, and I write software for the Microsoft environment, so I'm doubly blocked. Since none of the errors interfere with installation, and have no impact at all with the programs they install, I guess I'll just quit whining about it. Thanks for answering a somewhat bitchy post.

  • Another user is using iPod Software.....

    I'm trying to get more songs on my iPod and when I connect it and iTunes starts running a note pops up and says:
    "Another user on this computer is using the iPod Software, so iTunes is unable to communicate with this iPod. Please ask the other user to log out." I checked and nobody else on the computer is using iTunes. Does anybody know what I am supposed to do or what this means? I cannot get anything about/on my iPod on iTunes... please help

    Try restarting your computer.
    This is NOT the kind of help that I find valuable. Restarting the machine is the
    last thing I want to do! Is this a bug in the iTunes? Is it a sequence problem? i.e. should you plug in iPod, then start iTunes? Somebody has to have a better answer.

  • Method to downgrade iPod software from 1.1 to 1.0.3

    Based on problems with 3G iPod nano software v 1.1, the following is a way to get back to v 1.0.3 which will resolve these issues until Apple gets the bug fixed. The following link describes the issues:
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1347183&tstart=0
    To get back to 1.0.3, first go to your User Library > iTunes > iPod and remove the two files labeled as "iPod_26.1.1". I also removed any "previous iTunes Libraries" from my User Documents > Music folder. Then turn off your internet connection to prevent an automatic update to version 1.1. After opening iTunes and connecting the iPod, you can then "Restore", and it will ask if you want the previous version that you have in your library. After restore and sync, you're back in business!!

    Hoss-
    I'm on a Mac, and you have windows, so I'm not sure the files would be identical.
    If you updated your 3rd Gen. iPod Nano before Jan 15, 2008, then the files absolutely must be somewhere on the computer used to sync it. The v 1.0.3 update was early Dec 2007, so if you accepted the update between those dates, you'll have them.
    I'm copying the instructions for windows from the second post in this topic:
    "Thanks for the info. The restore to 1.03 worked fine and the file names were close to the same in WindowsXP and can be found in this user folder C:\Documents and Settings\"User Name"\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPod Software Updates."
    It's possible that the C: drive may not be the location for your computer - so check out all your drives to see where windows buried them. Make sure that drive is active when connecting the iPod.

  • Ipod Software 1.3

    Does the new Ipod software 1.3 solve any problems or create more? I have a 20gig gen3 that was rendered useless after going up to 1.2 but my Nano is fine at 1.1. Anymore I am leary of updating anything unless it's not working!!

    it's required for the Nike Voice Kits:
    Nike + iPod Voice Kits: Frequently Asked Questions
    i don't have an especially good feel for what the bug fixes were with 1.3. could you describe the problems you were getting with 1.2?

  • Does new iPod software work?

    I just recently downloaded the new iTunes update and it made iTunes impossible to open. I got it working now but I was just worried about downloading the new iPod software update.
    So if you've downloaded it already, does the new update work or should I leave my iPod as it is until a new update comes out?

    Hi, the new iPod software update is working fine and I didn't experienced any problem or bug, don't worry! Probably you had a problem updating iTunes but it could happen in particular if you're using Windows XP/2000. Let me know, bye!

  • IPod Software Updater won't recognize my iPod

    Hey guys,
    I just got a new white 30GB ipod with video. I plugged it in and iTunes said that I had outdated software and I had to download it. So, I downloaded the latest updater, and then I installed it. I plugged my iPod iin again, and my iTunes 6 (latest latest version) again told me to install the software, so I opened the software updater, and it couldn't recognize my ipod!
    I can't copy a lot of songs to my iPod because it says that it is outdated, but I can't update it because the updater won't recognize that I have an iPod plugged in even though my Finder and iTunes do recognize it.
    Is there something I can do? Please help me!
    Plz help!
    Thanks in advance!
    Matt.

    Well, I just got off the phone with an Apple tech and you won't believe the load of c**p I am going to have to do because of the message "some songs won't transfer because your ipod software is too old."
    Now, keep in mind, I have a brand new 30GB iPod video and it has the very latest software on it. I also have the latest version of Quicktime and iTunes and Tiger.
    This is verbatim what the tech said:
    You have to uninstall your ipod software, the iTunes software, and the Quicktime software, then reinstall all of it in a specific order to make the new iPod work.
    Is that a load of crap or what?! Since when do they make people reinstall their applications simply because they have a bug in the product?!
    So, if any of you are having trouble with the "old software" message, beware of what the tech may end up telling you to do.
    I'm very ****** and ticked off at Apple for releasing a product that has obvious problems, given what I've seen on this board, and instead of releasing a software fix, they expect the end-user to fix their problem. That's BS!!!!
    G4 MDD   Mac OS X (10.4.2)  

  • Deleting and syncing videos / iPod software version

    Two questions:
    1) I have videos downloaded through iTunes on my computer and synced on my iPod. They are taking up way too much space on my computer's hard drive, though, and I was wondering if I delete them from my iTunes Library and off my computer, will they remain on my iPod the next time I sync?
    2) I have an outdated version of iPod software. How important is it to have the most current version?

    1) I have videos downloaded through iTunes on my computer and synced on my iPod. They are taking up way too much space on my computer's hard drive, though, and I was wondering if I delete them from my iTunes Library and off my computer, will they remain on my iPod the next time I sync?
    No, if you delete from the library and sync then they will be deleted. You could either switch to manual managment of your iPod or you can remove the physical files from your computer while retaining the entries for them in the iTunes library. When you try to sync again iTunes will report that it cannot sync certain files as they cannot be found, but it should leave the previously synced files on your iPod. You can disable the warning if you choose. You will still be able to add new videos onto the iPod by adding them into iTunes, then syncing. You can also remove items you no longer want on the iPod by deleting their library entries. I would stress, however, that this method should be avoided if it results in the iPod containing the only copy of a particular file because the iPod could easily be lost, stolen or need restoring at some point. When (and not if!) you restore your iPod, you will lose all the files on it. For this reason a better appraoch would be to get an external drive to hold data you don't want on your main computer & sync from that.
    2) I have an outdated version of iPod software. How important is it to have the most current version?
    Only really matters if there's a new feature or bug fix which affects you. Since Apple don't publish a list of bug fixes it can be hard to tell. Me, I'm all for the latest version but others are more cautious. Horror tales of "the update bricked my iPod" are common enough on here, but you don't generally hear the voices of happier users so I wouldn't worry too much.
    tt2

  • HT3576 Ok so i have this iPod touch (3rd gen) and i'm trying to update it through iTunes and when i click  check for update it keeps saying this version of iPod software (2.2.1) is your current version. what do i do? how do i update it?

    Ok so i have this iPod touch (3rd gen) and i'm trying to update it through iTunes and when i click  check for update it keeps saying this version of iPod software (2.2.1) is your current version. what do i do? how do i update it?

    You have a 1st generation iPod Touch. It can not be upgraded beyond iOS 3.1.3, it is available at the link below.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2052

  • I forgot my password and am trying to reset my ipod,but it won't work. It says that my ipod is in recovery mode and that I must restore it. I click ok, and then restore, and then restore and update. then it says contacting ipod software update server and

    I forgot my password and am trying to reset my ipod, but it won't work.It says that my ipod is in recovery mode and that I must restore it. I click ok, and then click on restore and update. Then it says connecting ipod software update server and a screen pops up with ipod software update on the top and iOS 5.1. It lists a bunch of stuff this update contains and on the bottom it says next, which I click and nothing happens, it just goes back to the ipod restore page. Help, what am I doing wrong?

    This device is not eligible for the requested build (Also sometimes displayed as an "error 3194")
    Update to the latest version of iTunes. Mac OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard) users may need to download iTunes 10.6.3.
    Third-party security software or router security settings can also cause this issue. To resolve this, followTroubleshooting security software issues.
    Downgrading to a previous version of iOS is not supported. If you have installed software to performunauthorized modifications to your iOS device, that software may have redirected connections to the update server (gs.apple.com) within the Hosts file. Uninstall the unauthorized modification software from the computer.
    Edit out the "gs.apple.com" redirect from your hosts file, and then restart the computer for the host file changes to take affect. For steps to edit the Hosts file and allow iTunes to communicate with the update server, see iTunes: Troubleshooting iTunes Store on your computer, iPhone, iPad, or iPod—follow steps under the heading Blocked by configuration (Mac OS X / Windows) > Rebuild network information > The hosts file may also be blocking the iTunes Store. If you do not uninstall the unauthorized modification software prior to editing the hosts file, that software may automatically modify the hosts file again on restart.
    Avoid using an older or modified .ipsw file. Try moving the current .ipsw file (see Advanced Steps > Rename, move, or delete the iOS software file (.ipsw) below for file locations), or try restoring in a new user to ensure that iTunes downloads a new .ipsw.

  • My itunes wont download the newest ipod software and when i try it will download for maybe an hour then say "error has occured, internet connection timed out"  now what do i do?

    My itunes wont download the newest ipod software and when i try it will download for maybe an hour then say "error has occured, internet connection timed out"  now what do i do?

    Disable your firewall/security software, then try again.

  • I try to download an app, but it says I need a new version of iPod software, yet I have the latest version.

    I've had this issue a couple times now. I have a iPod touch. It is a couple years old, but still new enough to have dual cameras. There have been a couple apps I've tried to load, and it tells me I need a new version of iPod software. I go to the iPod software version screen, and it tells me I have the latest version available.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    Thank you,
    Kurt

    See if you can download the last compatible version by:
    Starting when iOS 7 was released, Apple now allows downloading the last compatible version of some apps (iOS 4.2.1 and later only)
    App Store: Downloading Older Versions of Apps on iOS - Apple Club
    App Store: Install the latest compatible version of an app
    You first have to download the non-compatible version on your computer. Then when you try to purchase the version on your iPod you will be offered a compatible version if one exists.
    If not successful then you need a newer model iPod if you want to use that app

Maybe you are looking for