Running Diagnostics on Ipod Mini 1st gen...r/o

Doing the HDD TEST
and it shows FW PWR.
I know firewire power...
How do I get it to regular usb power? Or what?
excuse my ignorance...I don't have a firewire connection..

Did you try these?
The Five Rs.
If nothing helps, and you think it needs repair, you can arrange online service here.
Service request.

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IPod mini 1st gen 4gb

I have an iPod mini 1st gen 4gb. When I click the wheel to advance to the next song nothing happens. The wheel works fine otherwise. I have reset and restored the iPod several times. What am I not doing?

Robert,
Besides the scrolling feature built into the click-wheel, there is a microswitch button for each function. In other words, Menu, Forwards, Backwards, Play/Pause and Center Button each have their own switch that’s activated when you press that part of the wheel.
It’s possible that the switch for the Forward function has failed. Does that button work in ANY menu area. Do the other buttons work? If you’re in the middle of an album, can you go backwards in the list of songs?
I was just working on the click-wheel on one of my Mini a couple of days ago. I bought a used one and the prev other had some kind of decal over the scroll and the adhesive virtually glued the center button to the rest of the wheel.
Hopefully, it’s just the Mini’s click-wheels are they’re available on eBay for about $10 and can be user-replaced, if you’re VERY careful.
I also have an old 1st gen Mini that could be a parts donor and could do this for you. I could also replace the harddrive with a 32gb Compact Flash card and new battery while the Mini is opened, if your interested. I’ve done a BUNCH of those and they work great. I'm even selling one of them on eBay now.
BWhite62

Please Advise: iPod mini 1st gen. questions and issues

Hi all, thanks for your attention!
I have, what I believe, is a 1st generation iPod mini - I purchased it in early/mid 2004. I love it, and don't want to just trade it in for one of the newer ones, that do 5 million more things than I really need. I just need my music and contacts, that's all. The problem is that it now only plays about 2 hours before tragically and dramatically dying of "insufficient battery power"!
The battery life was never great - even when new - about 6 hours of play time. I heard, soon after I purchased it, that they had come out with a "second generation" one that had more than double the battery life. I think I read something about the disapointing battery life of the "first generation" being the reason for the re-release of the updated model.
Anyway, later I heard (maybe MacWorld?) that the only difference between the two was the battery that was put in it, and that you could take a "second generation" iPod mini battery and swap it into a "first genaration", and voila: you have converted your 1st gen. into a second gen. and more than doubled your battery life.
Is this true? If not, does anyone know what IS the difference bettween the two generations?
I am thinking that the best thing to do is to go to the Apple Store and have them replace the battery with a new one, but which one do I tell them to put in? 1st gen., that has poor battery life, or can I get away with 2nd gen., and enjoy the extra longevity?
Any info would be REALLY appreciated! Thanks in advance amigos!
15" PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.9) I love my G4 - Intel wishes they could be this good!

Robert,
Besides the scrolling feature built into the click-wheel, there is a microswitch button for each function. In other words, Menu, Forwards, Backwards, Play/Pause and Center Button each have their own switch that’s activated when you press that part of the wheel.
It’s possible that the switch for the Forward function has failed. Does that button work in ANY menu area. Do the other buttons work? If you’re in the middle of an album, can you go backwards in the list of songs?
I was just working on the click-wheel on one of my Mini a couple of days ago. I bought a used one and the prev other had some kind of decal over the scroll and the adhesive virtually glued the center button to the rest of the wheel.
Hopefully, it’s just the Mini’s click-wheels are they’re available on eBay for about $10 and can be user-replaced, if you’re VERY careful.
I also have an old 1st gen Mini that could be a parts donor and could do this for you. I could also replace the harddrive with a 32gb Compact Flash card and new battery while the Mini is opened, if your interested. I’ve done a BUNCH of those and they work great. I'm even selling one of them on eBay now.
BWhite62

Compact flash ipod mini 1st gen

I have a 1st gen ipod mini and bought a 32gb compact flash card to replace my broken 4gb hard drive. When I try to connect to itunes to re install the firmware on the compact flash card, itunes will not recognize. I get a little folder with ! mark next to it then when i connect it, it just says do not disconnect. Any help would be awesome thank you!

Robert,
Besides the scrolling feature built into the click-wheel, there is a microswitch button for each function. In other words, Menu, Forwards, Backwards, Play/Pause and Center Button each have their own switch that’s activated when you press that part of the wheel.
It’s possible that the switch for the Forward function has failed. Does that button work in ANY menu area. Do the other buttons work? If you’re in the middle of an album, can you go backwards in the list of songs?
I was just working on the click-wheel on one of my Mini a couple of days ago. I bought a used one and the prev other had some kind of decal over the scroll and the adhesive virtually glued the center button to the rest of the wheel.
Hopefully, it’s just the Mini’s click-wheels are they’re available on eBay for about $10 and can be user-replaced, if you’re VERY careful.
I also have an old 1st gen Mini that could be a parts donor and could do this for you. I could also replace the harddrive with a 32gb Compact Flash card and new battery while the Mini is opened, if your interested. I’ve done a BUNCH of those and they work great. I'm even selling one of them on eBay now.
BWhite62

Ipod mini 1st Gen not seen by iMac or iTunes

Hi,
I've looked through the other threats and reviewed and checked the advise given such as check the USB port; Done - iPhone & iPad work fine with th same port and cable. the iPod mini just flashes 'Do not disconnect' its fully charged and plays my music fine through a number of devices.
I cannot get the iPod mini to be seen by the iMac on 10.7.2 or on iTunes 10. I dont have access to a firewire cable and reluctanted to buy one on the chance that may not work either.
First question is the iPod mini on version 1.4.1 able to link with iMac and iTunes 10 and if so how? Thanks
Stephen

I'm having the exact same problem, have tried everything listed on this page and the device manager steps. Nothing extra comes up when I click on "show hidden devices" the exact same listings are still there. And there is nothing indicating an ipod mini in the USB section in device manager or "unknown device" or anything.
The other user said "thank you yes have tried this and message is as follows: windows cannot start this device because its configuration information (in registry) is incomplete or damaged (code19)" - but nothing like that is coming up on mine. None of the R's make anything different. Am I doing something wrong? Can anyone give me a hand?
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IPod mini 1st Gen. Display problem

Hello everybody!
I've got a problem with my iPod mini display: In the last few weeks the display got brighter and brighter.. or should I say I lost the contrast? .. so now I can't see anything on the display. The iPod works very well but I have to use it blind And the problem ist not solved by using the contrast settings! But now I can't see the seetings anyway I think, the display is internally damaged or something like this..? Do you have any idea? Thank you very much for your help!
Greetings from Hamburg, Germany
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Did you try these?
The Five Rs.
If nothing helps, and you think it needs repair, you can arrange online service here.
Service request.

What type of games will work on my ipod mini 1st gen

i got my new ipod mini yesterday and its my first ipod and i want games but i dont know what type of games will work on it?

There are no games available for the iPod mini in the iTunes Store. Sorry.
B-rock

Ipod mini (1st gen) doesnt lyk me :(

hi,
well i bought my ipod mini from ebay (yea yea i know i shldnt of bt i did) i got it second hand bt its nt too old and was in gr8 condition wen i first got it...i hvnt had much use out of it unfortunatly.....mainly due to my impatience of charging the darn thing!...anyway I tried to update it and then it sed to plug it into an AC adaptor so i went n bought one frm ebay (gotta love that place lol) and tried that bt the screen jst lit up before going blank, i tried to restart it bt nothing, i then tried to hook it bk up to my computer bt nothing happened...even tried a faster and better computer at uni bt nuthing happened there either....so if you cld PLEASE help me id be so thankful if nt have a gd day and i hope you also find wots wrong with ur ipod lol
kind regards,
mallee >i<

Woah...that was quite a post. In the future, if you could please use whole words (let alone punctation), that would make it much easier to read. No offense, but proper grammar is much easier to read.
Ok. Do these help?:
Resetting iPod That is Unresponsive
iPod Won’t Turn on Article
iPod Will Not Turn On thread
I hope this helps!

Dead iPOD mini (1st gen.)

Okay, so I read the posts before me to see if anyone had the same problem I have but no one seems to. When I turn on my iPOD, the apple logo stays there for about 10 seconds and then switches to another screen. The screen has a picture of an iPOD with two x's for eyes on the iPOD screen (denoting that it's dead) with a frown. (That would be so funny if it wasn't for the situation). At the bottom it has www.apple.com/support/ipod. So I came here. What do I do? Please help someone!!!
P.S., I already tried the hold bottom thingy and pressing the menu and select button. Nothing is working.

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okay so now im reformatting it
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IPod Touch 1st gen - cannot connect to wi-fi

Hi,
Am having a persistent wi-fi connection problem with my iPod Touch 1st gen, which I just bought second-hand. Any advice gratefully appreciated, as I have not been able to find a solution on the forums so far.
THE PROBLEM
The iPod detects the signal from my home wi-fi router. When I try to connect, it invariably gives the error message "Unable to join the network [name]". I have 2 laptops and an iPhone running on this network with no problems.
TROUBLESHOOTING TRIED
- upgraded to latest version of iTunes
- upgraded to latest version of iPod Touch software
- upgraded to latest version of router firmware
- removed all encryption on wireless signal (no WPA/WEP etc enabled)
- reset wireless settings on iPod
- removed all content from iPod & did a full restore & resync
Please help! Thanks in advance

I had the same trouble for about a year. Tried everything. This finally did it-
settings-wifi-other
manually enter network name, select WEP for security
enter password once network found
After this, the network address field was still initially blank, I toggled back and forth, then the address info just appeared, all good after that!
Everything else was a waste of time
It may help to clear Safari history and cache first (mine happened to be cleared after the unsuccessful reset}
Apple called it a hardware issue, and wanted me to send it in. Repair cost was near or more than replacement cost. This all started after 2.2.1 update - my best assumption was that the update over-clocked the wifi, and fried it. That didn't make sense to me, as it could still show the networks.
Hoe this helps you. The itouch was running 3.1.3 when I tried this last night.
Hope this helps! Reply back with your success stories!

Ipod mini 2nd gen 1 gb: not detected by laptop (win 7 64 bit), if detected: error during autofill and cannot be restored, please help :D

My laptop does not detect my ipod mini (2nd gen 1 gb), when i connect it the orange light flashe 2 or 3 times then nothing happens. if ever that it will be detected by my laptop and when i sync music on it there will be an error and itunes will suggest to restore it to its factory setting and if i choose to restore it error 3194 happens. so my top priority of course is for it to be detected then fix the latter. please help any will be much appreciated

This is an Answer for a Possible Solution. It worked for me and is still working. The issue I was having with my 64 bit vista, was Apple Mobile Device Service was not being installed, I dont know why. But I disabled any active running program through MSCONFIG, to allow a clean uninterrupted install of ITUNES 8.02. This allowed AMDS and drives from ITUNES to install. Hope this works for most of you.
APPLE, please review your Support Methods. Re-installing doesnt help an issue that resulted from installing.

Ipod nano (1st gen) not charging/not showing up on computer or itunes

I recieved a 2GB ipod nano (1st gen) as a gift back in December 2005. It's worked fine until recently. Yesterday, I tried to charge my ipod. However, when I connected my ipod to my power adapter to charge it nothing happened. The charging symbol didn't even show on the screen. So then I tried plugging it in to my laptop computer. Same result: nothing happened and worse still, it didn't even show up on My Computer or in iTunes. I then tried connecting it to our regular computer. Same result as the laptop and still no charging icon. I tried my 2nd generation nano thinking that maybe something was wrong with the USB cable or with the power adapter but it worked fine with everything. I also tried another cable. But still nothing worked. I've tried the 5 R's thing but it didn't work. I even tried leaving my ipod alone for awhile to no result. Finally I tried putting it into Disk Mode and that's where it is now. I've tried to run through the steps again with this but it didn't work. So now it's in Disk Mode and it needs to be charged but I don't know how to do it. I'm starting to think that I just need to get the battery replaced. Unless someone else has a fix that will work?? Please help!!

It sounds like the port or cable is having a problem. First try a different cable.
If the cable doesn't fix things then try resetting the PMU (Power Management Unit) then see if the iPod will show up.
MJ

Ipod nano 1st gen (not recognized by iTunes and won't resotre)

My ipod nano 1st gen has been working fine up untilthis afternoon..I plugged it in as normal while running iTunes and I wanted to remove some music files t add new ones and all of a sudden it wasn't recognized by itUnes anymore, you can't resotre it on iTunes or manually and whenever I plugge it in the itunes shut down..
It was working fine before that, I was able to add and remove songs on it..I also have Ipod Touch 5 that works fine no problems and UBS ports are ok as well (all other ubs devices work on them). I have the latest, newest version of Itunes instaled
HELP
Thank you

Hey moni8181,
If you are having an issue with your iPod nano not being recognized by your computer, I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Be well,
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IPod Touch 1st Gen and 3.1 update DELETES volume slider

I had a perfectly working iPod Touch 1st Gen/16GB until I updated to 3.1 software. Now I do not have a volume slider.
Yes headphones are in but there is no place to adjust the volume. There is previous, next arrows and play and pause AND its centered in the rectangular area, but no volume slider.
I have restored it 3x in various ways. I have tried 5 times to downgrade the operating system but ALWAYS get an error, so it never completes. Of course the ipsw files where found using google because there isn't any links that work on Apple's site for previous iPhone software. If I try to restore to 3.1 right after that it goes through perfectly.
So it seems that Apple has locked out downgrading once you upgrade! All I want is my volume slider back. How can I get it back if 3.1 deletes it everytime and I can't go back to the previous operating system?
Thank you.

I too have had this exact same problem, except that I was running 3.0 and hadn't updated to 3.1. I put my ipod on the table overnight, after listening to it, and when I picked it up the next morning, theres no volume slider. I never even unplugged the headphones. Double clicking the home button while on the home screen would bring up the popup to skip songs, and there it says "Dock Connection" even though it not connected to a computer. Multiple reboots an no effect. I've tried different sets of headphones, to no effect. Its like the iPod isnt detecting them being plugged in. The worst part is i DO get sound in the headphones, but no volume control, and the sound level is turned really low. So the headphones ARE working.
I updated to 3.1 just now, and the problem has NOT been fixed. Theres no way anywhere in the settings to adjust the volume. Theres only a limit slider, so I have no way to turn up the volume loud enough to actually HEAR things.

Ipod touch 1st gen won't show in itunes

I have tried all of the following:
restarted computer
restarted iPod
downloaded newest version of iTunes
reset settings on iPod
try all USB ports on my mac
try all of my various ipod cables
NOTHING WORKS! will not show up in iTunes.
Here are the specs of my devices:
iPod Touch 1st Gen: iOS 3.1.3
iMac: 2.4 GHZ Intel Core 2 DUO running Mac OSX 10.5.8
I really want to update my iPod touch...have no idea why this will not show up in iTunes.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!

Here is the help article that actually worked:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3540
a lot of work, but it finally is syncing.

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