Weird problems that make my iPod unusable
So I've had my iPod about 6 months now, and just recently I've been having issues with it. A couple weeks ago it mysteriously wouldn't turn on. I tried the 5 R's, tried everything I could think of and let the battery drain as a last resort. I put it in the refridgerator for a couple days and let it sit for like 4 days after that. It ended up working again just fine. (By the way, the temp in the fridge was well within environmental standards for the product.) At least I thought it was just fine. I did notice that when I turned it on, either sometimes or all of the time--I didn't pay close enough attention--it would pop right on and not display the Apple logo for a few seconds. This made me think that somehow when I was turning it off, it was just going to sleep or something instead? Just a thought.
Anyway, last night I was listening to my iPod in bed before going to sleep. I turned it off, then tried to turn it back on a minute later and it would not. I tried restarting it, but instead of displaying the apple logo and working again, the screen flickered for a millisecond and shut off again. This happened nearly every time I tried restarting it. This morning I plugged it into my computer and it wouldn't show up. Once, when I plugged it in, I got a pop-up on my screen saying it detected a new USB device and that I needed to install the drivers. I put the iPod CD in and it wouldn't work, so I gave up on that. This afternoon I randomly hit the button on the ipod and it turned on. However, the batter was almost completely drained, even though it was full last night and I obviously wasn't using it since then.
Just now, I tunred it on, off, and now it will not turn on again. It does the same screen-flicker kind of thing.
Note that today after it started working again, I took the opportunity to restore the iPod and re-upload my songs. I thought that might stop the bugs. Apparently it has not. I have the newest version of iTunes. As far as I know, the iPod has suffered no trauma.
Well, I've done my best to fully describe my problems. Please, someone help me if you can. I can't really send it in as broken because it seems to randomly work. I really thought restoring it would work... Anyway, thank you for reading and for any help you may be able to give.
Cristina
Dell Inspiron E1505 Laptop Windows XP iPod Nano 4G
Im having the same problem with my 30gb 5G Ipod! Tried the 5Rs and the weird thing is that some times it just start to work fine! Unfortunately the last time it didnt.
I already tried the disk mode thing and the disk mode works for 10 secs (its not a battery issue, right?) then it keeps looping into the Apple logo over and over again.
Im already getting mad cuz I did not backup and I dont want to lose all my files!
Since I live in Brazil its almost impossible to send it to support before my warranty expires. =/
So what am I supposed to do? Help me!!
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