My iPod won't play unless it's being charged. Once I unplug it, it turns off, help!

I dropped it a while ago (stupid, yes) and the whole thing fell apart. I put it together again, and when it's plugged into a charger it works, but when I unplug it, it turns off and won't turn on. My friend thinks it's a battery issue, help please!

That definitely sounds like a battery issue. However, could be the battery connector itself is unplugged or loose enough so that it contain build up a charge. Either way, your iPod will need to be serviced.
B-rock

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Sorry, but if you see the "connect to iTunes" screen on your phone, the only option is to restore, backing up the phone is not possible at this point, even importing the photos might not work anymore.
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Ipod Video 30GB will not play when it is being charged...

My new ipod will not play when it is being charged..., it keeps saying "Do not disconnect". Is it normal. If so this ***** !!! Or is there a setting I have overlooked !?
Gosh, I am a techie and I am having so many problems with this crap & iTunes. Why the fcuk can it not just copy Directory structure (which has music files, photos, etc.) as is and not have to create freakin Playlist.
Finally I found EphPod, but that thing will not do vidoes and photos.
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But the iPod says "Do not disconnect" with the charging symbol !
Have you Restored the iPod?
if I eject ipod manually from the cradle or by ejecting it using iTunes. But then it stops charging.
Your USB ports shut off when the iPod is Ejected.
Here’s how to fix that.
1. On the Start menu, click Control Panel.
2. Double-click the System icon.
3. Click the Hardware tab.
4. Click Device Manager.
5. Scroll down the list of devices to the Universal Serial Bus controllers
6. Click the plus icon next to the Universal Serial Bus controllers.
7. Double-click one of the indented USB Root Hub entries.
8. Click the Power Management tab.
9. Deselect the "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" option.
10. Click the OK button at the bottom of the window.
11. Restart the computer.
Also, about the playlist, if you do not create them, how will you sort or find from 1000's of music files
You can use playlists but you don’t have to.
On the iPod they are already sorted by;
Artist
Albums
Songs
Genre
Composers
EPHPod automatically creates a Playlist using the Directory name. Why can't iTunes do the same.
It doesn’t need to. See above.
You can create playlists as you want to.

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My iphone 4 won't switch on unless I plug into charge - once I unplug it switches off again and is only charging upto 78% and not letting my option for WiFi either - any ideas?

Make an appointment at the genius bar. More than likely, either the battery needs to be replaced ($70) or the phone does ($199).

IPod Won't Play Songs, Videos Reset it, and it's Quite Sluggish

I have a 30GB video iPod (the old version). Everything was working fine until a few days ago, when the power on my iPod ran out because I fell asleep while listening to it. The next day when I turned it on, it said "Connect to your Computer, Use iTunes to restore" So I promptly did that, and it worked fine until I tried to play a video on it. It showed a blank screen, so I reset it by pressing the Menu and Center buttons. Then it showed the "Connect to your computer" screen again. So I restored it, and it would be fine until it locked up again and showed the "Connect to your computer screen" again. I left it alone for about eight hours, and when I tried turning it back on again, it was back to normal.I've seen that screen probably 10 times in the past 4 days, and I've restored it, just as many times.
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- Battery life is horrible. Although it hasn't been fully drained yet, judging from the power meter and how long I've been using it after it's fully charged, I'd guess it would only last about 2-3 hours. I would think it should last considerably longer, as the iPod is only about 3 months old.
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I replaced the broken LCD screen in my son's 1st gen black nano. It looks beautiful! There is a problem with the ipod now though. The iPod won't play. Everything works perfectly...screen is bright and beautiful, click wheel works to move through all menus, change volume, etc. You can choose a song, but the song won't play. The little triangle that stands for play is in the top left corner like it wants to play, but the status bar that tells you how long the song is doesn't move at all. You can fast forward through the song manually, but it won't play.
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Here is the URL for the picture of the copper cable. The dark part at the end of the copper cable is a piece of silver metal mesh that is glued on one side of the copper cable. You can see that it is glued at the other end to the back of the click wheel underneath where the battery was glued down. I vaguely remember that it was connected to something else, but I don't remember disconnecting it because I was so intent on getting the ribbon cables disconnected without damaging them.
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p28/valdezs321/DSC04511.jpg
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Probably dead if you have tried to charge it.
You should never try to charge or turn on a wet electronic device.
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If you have made sure that both the iTunes and iPod software are current and have deauthorized and reauthorized your computer, try this:
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2. Create a new user in the system.
3. Download the free song of the week from the iTMS in the new user account.
4. Play the song in that user account to authorize again.
5. Restore the iPod (using the iPod updater) in the new user account.
6. Sync just the free song of the week and see if it plays on the iPod.
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Authorization and Deauthorization.
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"Music from this account is authorized for 4 devices"
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My iPod won't play unless it's being charged. Once I unplug it, it turns off, help!

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