Shuffle hot to touch, won't hold charge

But it will play if connected via USB post. May one safely assume the battery is toast (and thus the device itself)? No Apple store or service here, so off to the tip if my suspicions are correct. Comments/advice welcome

atomic77 wrote:
ipod shuffles do get hot when charging normally
Really? My 2nd generation iPod shuffle (silver, but from the neon color revision) does not get hot at all when charging. It warms up so slightly that you can barely feel it on touch.
but not to hot to touch. Yep too me it sounds like yours is dead for good.
Maybe it isn't broken, but the firmware got corrupted somehow. I'd suggest an attempt to restore it (preferably with the iPod Reset Utility) before giving up on it.

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