Software update killed my iPod
It's a video iPod, 30gb. It was working great. Connected to iTunes, which came up with a box saying, there's a new update, do you want it? I agreed, it started downloading. Screen on the iPod was black with a white apple in the middle, and a status bar across the bottom. When the status bar got to about half full, it just froze--and stayed that way for about 8 hours. I couldn't get it to turn on or off, or do anything at all. I restarted my computer, disconnected and reconnected the iPod--nothing. And it wasn't showing up in iTunes, either.
So, I did the reset. Toggled the hold switch, held down menu and select. After maybe half a minute, the screen went blank. Now, won't start up at all, no matter what I do. I've followed every troubleshooting guide on the Apple site, but nothing works. iPod doesn't show up in iTunes or anywhere on the computer (Windows XP, by the way) and will not turn on at all.
Help me? Please?
I had a similar problem after accepting an ipod software update on 1/4/08. Mine began the restart, with the progress bar appearing on the ipod screen. It did go all the way across, but then my ipod began restarting itself over and over again. It kept doing this when I disconnected from the PC, tried connecting to another pc, and tried plugging in to an electrical outlet. I finally got it to start by following the "put into disk mode" instructions (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651). I did have to press the "select" and "play" buttons immediately once the logo appeared after I pressed the "menu" and "select" buttons. Once in disk mode I reset the ipod and it's working fine now. Hope this helps.
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