Ipod won't turn on
I was updating my ipod today on itunes to the newest format, becasue itunes prompted me to do so when I plugged my ipod in. So, it updates my ipod and then comes up with a message that says my ipod is restarting and will show up on itunes when it is done. Well, my ipod never restarts and is no longer recognized by my computer. It will not turn on and I can not figure out what to do. Any suggestions that don't include shipping it off to Apple for some repair that will cost as much as buying a new ipod?
Your iPod, like mine, might have been bricked from the update. I don't think Apple knows about this problem yet. I've seen other people on the forums with this problem and so far there is no solution to this.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6444121#6444121
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