Lower click wheel unresponsive, reqind button is touch sensitive

I recently bought a 16GB nano from a guy i found on a local classified ad. I thought everything was good, until i started listening to music, and i could only use the upper side of the click wheel to turn up the volume, the lower side is unresponsive. also, when i was trying to turn up the volume, moving by the rewind button would restart the song... its like the rewind button is touch sensitive. the ipod is in warranty, so is it possible for me to go to the apple store and replace it?

wow, someone help?

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I've had my iPod mini for just over a year now and I've had one or two problems in the past. However, I've been able to reset it by holding the select button and menu button. However, today my iPod's click wheel will not respond (and doesn't make it's usual noise) and my select button is unresponsive so I can't reset. Plus my almost full battery has just drained in less than 20 minutes. Are there any tips for restoring my iPod?
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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Try connecting it to the AC adapter after the battery is drained and resetting it. Also, is it turning on?
Finally, does it connect to your computer? Try resetting it while it is connected to the computer.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61705
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Hey all,
I have 2 issues with my ipod nano 8GB (4th gen) that I'm thinking might be hardware, but I would like to ascertain if there's any quick/easy fixes possible.
1. Sometimes I notice that half of my click wheel is unresponsive. I would be adjusting the volume and all of a sudden the volume would pause and then jump (since whatever software is controlling the clickwheel thinks I rapidly scrolled through that unresponsive portion). Note that this unresponsiveness occurs for any scrolling action (the volume is just an example).
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I have the same problem, only it's just my menu button.
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Try the Five R's.
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I was in parking lot when it was raining, ipod nano was in hoodie pocket and fell out into puddle, didnt get very wett since it was in rubber case, after i dropped it, it worked fine , but next day when i turned it on the click wheel was unresponsive and couldnt scroll at all through music, although i can restart it, butt doesnt work i dont know what to do :'( also i did restore origional settings, im thinking i should jsut leave it alone for few days butt not sure.

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Well I have THREE 1st gen iPod nanos that ignore the click wheel. I am beginning to speculate that there is a quality issue with these because when I gently flex the PCB near the click wheel connector then the click wheel will function. I am wondering if anyone successfully fixed this. You need a TINY soldering iron and a microscope to see the tiny components. I conjecture that there is a lousy solder joint on one of the tiny components causing an intermittent connection. If I get super lucky, I will then post my results!!!!
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I had the same issue with my iPod nano 4th generation. Tried all of the suggested fixes but nothing worked. After months of trying read and figure out what was wrong I stumbled across a possible fix.
This is partly a theory, but probably true in a lot of cases. I use my iPod nano a lot in a speaker dock. I think over time using the speaker dock caused some kind of connection to become loose. I got the idea from someone else that when you connect the docking cable, as if you were going to sync your iPod and wiggle the cable at the connection back and forth until locating a place that allows the click wheel to work again. Start gently and push a little harder toward the front or toward the back. If this works then here is what I did to solve the problem.
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My first topic-http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2115001&tstart=0
So now, basically I can use the center button to turn the iPod on, and that's it. After that, nothing works.
HOWEVER!, when I have my iPod docked in my speaker, everything works fine. Then I thought, oh, well it would probably work if it was plugged into the computer, right? Wrong. It only works right now when i have it in my speaker. So, I'm thoroughly confused ?_?
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The play/pause button on my click wheel seems to be unleveled compared to the rest of the wheel. When I look at it lengthwise, the play/pause area is lower than the rest. I noticed today that I had trouble turning off my nano because of the button.
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Finally, I'm subscribing to this thread, so if people have further questions about how I did it, I will try to answer them. Good luck to everyone.

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Lower click wheel unresponsive, reqind button is touch sensitive

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