My on/off button and volume buttons stopped working.

For no apparent reason, the on/off button and volume buttons stopped working. iPod touch 4th gen with 4.3.3 installed.

You can try a couple of things.
First a hard reboot: hold the sleep/wake and home button down until the unit shuts off and boots back up to the Apple screen.
Second restore the device py plugging it into iTunes and under the device summary screen click restore. You want to restore from backup to make sure all your info is synced back to the iPod at the end. Depending on how much stuff is on there this can take a while.
Thrid, take it to the Apple Store and have a Genius look at it. Depending you how bussy your local Apple store is you probably want to make a reservation first.

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least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
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Try the standard fixes to rule out a software problem:
- Reset. Nothing is lost
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Restore from backup
- Restore to factory settings/new iPod
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my ipod 4G power button and volume button not working after updated to ios6.
i also experience wifi issue. my ipod can't detect any wifi signal.
so deppresing!
what should i do?
i can't put my ipod to sleep, can't adjust volume, can't shut off.
should i update to ios 6.1?
HELP

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
- Make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.
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http://jaxov.com/2010/05/recboot-iphone-recovery-mode/and then connect to your computer and restore via iTunes. The iPod will be erased.
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Reinstalling your system as suggested by MS engineers will not fix this.
To force the bug to appear:
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Now the MS engineers can replicate this on their machines, and maybe if we are lucky they will FIX it!!!!
MS please acknowledge that this is a bug.
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MS please read this and reply.

suspect it is local to your environment.
Others seeing the same symptom. Note that originally I was not using the
Top left hover for thumbnail feature and then also claimed not to see it.
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My iphone 4 home button and the volume doesn't work. Have Besy Buy black tie protection plan but they want me to be without my phone for almost a month to repair. I can't do that. What can I do to fix myself?

You don't.
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Bruce
Message Edited by Erhard on 18-Nov-2009 02:43 PM
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Sigh.. sorry to hear that. What is it with these phones that you have to format them all the time? (a rhetoric question, knowledgeable presons needn't answer )
(Trivia: search results for 'hard reset': 6738, search results for 'format': 16063, search results for 'factory reset': 4329)
You'll probably soon have that same problem again - my all means I don't hope you will, but I'm just guessing
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Home button and volume buttons

My home button is not sensitive, but work. The volume button does not work. It has no sound, too. Is that under warranty?

You can put the serial number in here to see if there is still a warranty.
Even if there is a warranty left, if Apple detects that the screen was replaced, they will most likely reject it under warranty.
There are outside services that will repair your phone. Google for one near you. If in the USA, http://www.drcellphone.com/ is pretty good.

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