Possible to fix bad clusters on iPod HD ?

Question

Hello Everyone,
I got a 3G 40 gb ipod ... i recently started having trouble with the ipod , it keeps freezing whenever i upload/download stuff to it .. but it plays mp3s fine !
i restored it a few times , but it wont fix the problem ... i tried formatting it from MsDos but the format gets stuck at 7% everytime and the iPod HD starts making noises (like its trying to spin but stuck).
today i tried to export songs to it from my Itunes library , it all went fine until it reached a certain song and it couldnt continue, the itunes just froze there !
So im suspecting that the iPod Harddisk could have bad clusters ... is there a way to fix it or atleast a program that will mark the bad clusters so they wont be accessible again ( like what scandisk used to do ) ?
Cheers.

Answer 1

That Scosche cover will not prevent damage to the phone with 4 or 5 drops and the steam will definitely do damage and has triggered the moisture sensors which will affect your resale price.
There is no way for anyone to test the GPS chip as it is all a part of a single chip and would have to be replaced to fix it. That again would be a $199 out-of-warranty replacement. But I doubt the chip is your problem as everything would have failed including WiFi, cell voice, cell data, etc. I'm guessing the repeated drops have damaged the internal antenna. The GPS chip has to receive a constant signal from at least 3 satellites. The damage to yours is probably prohibiting or slowing this. The only way to fix it is to replace the phone. Again, $199.
Good luck with your S4 although you may want to wait until March for the S5. The Samsungs also use a single chip radio design so they also would not be able to perform a GPS analysis and they use a similar internal antenna and drops will damage it. Depending on where you buy it and if you buy insurance if you break the next one you will have to pay full price to replace it.