My iPod was dead but now it's alive and kicking -- I'm confused

Friday morning, I was at the gym listening to my 4th generation iPod (which I have owned for about 14 months -- after warranty) when I heard a click and then my iPod froze. I got to my office and and saw the "unhappy ipod" on the screen. I went to the apple iPod support site and followed the "5 Rs". Nothing happened.
So I took the iPod to the Apple Store Saturday morning and one of the "geniuses" took a look at it. He tried resetting and putting it into disk mode. He told me the battery needed to be replaced and gave me a list of dealers although he recommended iPodResq.
I went to their website yesterday morning (my iPod was still dead to the world) and ordered the battery replacement service ($89.00). Today I received the overnight shipping box in which to send my iPod for repair.
So, I reach for my iPod (which has been in my bag for over 24 hours since I was unable to use it). Well, I pull it out of the bag and the thing IS ALIVE AND KICKING. Works fine, like there was nothing ever wrong with it. All my music was still there along with some audio books. What the???
Now I've got the shipping box (along with $89.00 that I've already paid). I can get a refund from the company but parrt of me is thinking "What if this is a fluke and the things goes dead again tomorrow?"
Has this ever happened to anyone before?

Yes, it did happen to me too. Very likely that the head of the HD of your iPod got stuck that night, which caused the Sad iPod icon.
My suggestion is to do the following now (which will erase all your data on your iPod)
1. Open the disk utility, hope your iPod appears there (left hand side), highlight it
2. Go to Tab “Partition”, click either “Delete” or “Partition”, if fails, skip this step and go to 3
3. Go to Tab “Erase” , choose Volume Format as “MAC OS Extended (Journaled), and click Erase, again if fails, skip it and go to 4
4. Same as step 3, but open the “Security Options....” and choose “Zero Out Data” before click Erase. It will take 1 to 2 hours to complete.
5. Eject your iPod and do a Reset
6. Open the iPod Updater and click “Restore”
Let it run for over weekend, if it appears the Sad iPod icon again, then send it for repairing.

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