Apple iPod Nano won't turn off? Help!

Is it possible to delete photos from my Ipod, if so ,how. thanks

i got this ipod mini and i cant get it to turn off how do i turn this ipod off???? thnxz

iPod can be placed into sleep mode only.

Hold play for a few seconds and it will go to sleep, or choose sleep from the main menu.

my ipod won't update whenever i put it into my computer!! can you please help me?? thank you so much!!

hi dave,

i dropped my ipod nano im my kitchen and the screen does not come on anymore. it works, ie i can play and hear music, but i cannot see anything. i have to guess what im doing or selecting. i have abba gold on first alphabetically on my ipod so i have to listen to supertrouper quite alot. which sucks.
how can i make my screen come back?

cheers man,
james.

Hii, i just want to say thanks for your help. I woke up today and couldn't turn my ipod nano off and i got so scared and after reading this guide. It's all good now =]

thanks a lot! after practicing my trumpet with track on my ipod video, it wouldn't turn off!
this made it work!

My ipod nano won't turn off. I've tried everything! help!

Mine won't turn off either but now it does thanks to you!!!!

i was playin with my ipod nano and i realised that it was very low on battery so i plugged it into another computer and it now doesnt work when i plug it into my normal computer what should i do?

Wow your adviced worked. my nano wouldn't turn off and now it does. I love the information age!

thanks again

Ray

My IPod wouldn't shut off and it was driving me crazy. I read your tip and it worked...thanks. I had to let the battery die to get it to shut off but now it shuts off just fine. Great tip

I have a different problem. MY sons ipod drains the battery while it is turned off and its not the battery. I tried 3 different batteries and I get the same result. The battery will charge and play for 8 to 10 hours but it is completely dead in the morning even after a full charge prior to turning it off.
I called apple and they just said that because I changed the battery myself I voided the warranty. Nice!

Sorted...legend...thank you

If you go to settings, main menu, sleep *turn on* then press and hold play it will go into sleep mode.

(nano)

I bought my i pod nano about 1 year ago, after using it for about 2 months something happed to it and it stopped working, so i took is to the place i bought it and they changed my old i pod nano into a new one, everything was going fine until i wanted to update new songs, so i plugged it into my computer and all of my songs erased and there was only 3 songs remaning in my list, eveytime y want to put in another song it says the memory is full.. and i only have 3 song, can u please tell me how to fix this because its getting really annoying!!!!!!thank you
cata

Here's what works on the 20-60G iPod to reboot it when it won't shut off: Pull it out of the case, press on the center button and the top wheel button (menu) at the same time with your thumb - hold for 6-10 seconds.

You don't need to turn hold on and off again.

My iPod tends to freeze up when I have been playing large, segmented podcasts (1 hour or more).

my ipod will not not turn off een when i press sleep or hold play..whats wrong with it

Hi Dave-

I have a new nano that is about 1 week old. Today, I enjoyed a nice autumn run in perfect sunny 60 degree weather with my nano. When I returned, I turned the nano off with almost a full battery, and didn't connect it to any power source (computer or plug). Now it says "Charging". It cannot be charging because it isn't connected to anything. I have reset it, but no change. By the way, all the nano software and itunes are new and updated, so that isn't the problem. Would you diagnose the problem and offer a fix? Many thanks!!

I'm hearing lots of people complaining about this recently (and it's happening to my wife). Everything functions correctly except for powering off. A factory restore seemed to resolve it, but the problem returned the next day. I'm thinking we may be looking at a firmware bug that Apple needs to address.

Thanks for that advice! So easy to fix the problem. I was quite worried.

My ipod nano will turn on, but the wheel doesn't work anymore and when i click one ofthe buttons on the wheel or the select button, nothing happens! I haven't dropped it in water or anything either. Please help!

i got my video ipod at christmas time & i cant get it to turn off!! what should i do???

thanks so much for the info i thought i broke my ipod :)!

i have 3 songs on my ipod nano and it says that the memory is full! oh please help me

Hi...my nano has the apple logo on the screen and wont do anything else. It wont work..please help.

kc

Wanted to say thanks for your help and ending my mounting frustration.

Thanks so much. This was the exact answer that I needed. I was just a little worried when my PC no longer recognized my iPod and it wouldn't even turn off. Again, my thanks.

This advice was great. Thanks!!!

my ipod is not turing on i did not drop it or anything its not responding i tried that hold and pressing th center and menu botton but not turining on its been like 2days!!!

my ipod is not turing on (i know its awkward) i did not drop it or anything its not responding i tried that hold and pressing th center and menu botton but not turining on its been like 2days!!!

Hey man my iPod wouldent turn off n i was all mad but then i read your advice on the problem n it worked THANKS MAN U JUST HELPED ME OUT A LOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my ipod wont switch off...tried toggle the switch on and off,then press menu and pause for 2 to 6 seconds,apple logo appears,screen goes blank,then 2 seconds later it switches it self back on. its 2.3 ,20gb ipod..love some help please

my ipod wont update new songs what should i do???

My I-pod video wont turn on I charged it a whole day and it dont turn on I tried the steps to restart and still does not turn on can you please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT WORKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

bula from Fiji

my ipod is completely dead i charged it for 2 days straight & it is not responding even when its connected to my computer, can u please help me out & guide me to what i should do.

i need to listen to my music but my ipod nano won't let me because the screen froze can you help me PLEASE!!!!!!!?????

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HECK A URL IS BUT PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dave -

Popular post. For what it's worth, I've had my two-weeks-old Nano lock-up (freeze) on me a couple times already. So far, it has only happened when I go to play a podcast. This just happened as soon as I hit play.

As far as the guidance from Apple, it works just fine. I suspect the "slide the hold switch on and off" is a kluge to make sure the hold switch is really turned off, as one of the previous commenters say.

hi dave,

i dropped my ipod nano im my kitchen and the screen does not come on anymore. it works, ie i can play and hear music, but i cannot see anything. i have to guess what im doing or selecting. i have 50 cent on first alphabetically on my ipod so i have to listen to candy shop quite alot. which sucks.
how can i make my screen come back?

cheers man,
tim.

I bought an apple nano strictly to use with audio books via audible.com. How do I delete audio books from the ipod? I tried the suggestion that apparently works for deleting songs (ranking books as one star then re-syncing, which did not work).

My son's nano resets and is recognized by the computer but the click wheel isn't responsive and clicking on the buttons doesn't work either. I can't seem to find advice for this problem anywhere. Can you help?

My 2 kids bought iPod videos for themselves in Jan. 2007 with their hard-earned cash. Both of them had the problem with the unit not shutting off. Your instructions were super. Thank you for posting them.

Jacque, is it possible that the nano has its "hold" switch in the wrong position? That would freeze out the interface just as you describe...

It's the slider on the top left of the unit: if you can see orange, your Nano is in "hold" status and you need to slide it so that the orange is hidden. (Shuffles use green behind the switch for the same function, amusingly. Guess Apple can't quite standardize on a color for this function)

I moved the hold switch to on and then off again several times when I tried to reset the nano but with no luck. I'm guessing that something within the click wheel broke and will have to be replaced.

hi, i have an unbriged book downloaded and if i don't put it on pause the book goes back to the beginning. i fast forward but this locked up my nano, {which i unlocked with information form your site, thanks for the information} anyway is there anyway to bookmark my bood when i stop listening to it?

my ipod nano wont turn off either. i tried your diections but it still wont turn off. now im syarting to get mad. what should i do!!!!!!!

hey dave its mike again, my ipod nano still wont turn off. i tried holding down the center button and menu button at the same time, it will turn off but it will keep coming on keep on repeating this step a million times and it still wont turn off im starting to get more confused and mad. what should i do this time????

[i have 1GB]

my video ipod will not turn on- it is completely charged! i tried plugging it into the computer and it acts like nothing is plugged in... when i toggle the hold button and press menu.. the screen does not appear. It's completely dead!!!! what do i do?????? whats the problem?????????

I was listening to my ipod on my iblaster orb, and when i took it off i couldnt turn it off. i got it just before Chritsmas so it is pretty new. could you help me with that? also my my computer with the usb port and the computer we set up our itunes account on might have just died. i dont have a lot of songs on my ipod (by the way this is a second genertion 2 gb apple nano) and i still want more. will i beable to get to the itunes and download more songs on my ipod or will i be stuck with the 20 that i have

thanks! mine turns off now too!

Hi. Im good with electronics but I cant figure this one out. My ipod Nano has the apple logo on the screen and wont do anything else. when I plug it into the computer the apple sign just stays on the screen. When I reset it it does the same thing. Can you help me?

It never charges again.

Hi dave.

I'm having a big problem with my ipod nano. It never stop charging!!!. In http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipods.html there is a special image when your ipod has a very low battery, that's exactly the same image that i see when i plug my ipod to my computer( to be honest i have tried in three different computer and with two cables to connect to the ipod to the usb ).
The most strange situation is that besides i left my ipod charging 6 hours it is still with the same image of low battery!!!.

I'll appreciate any help you can give me

hello, my sister and i ordered ipod nanos off of the apple site. my sister's ipod was working great, but my ipod froze literally the second day i had it! we got our ipods jan.9 and eversince, my ipod will not stop freezing? what could be the problem with mines? and in my sisters case, today her ipod just completely blacked out. she said a message came on her screen and then it just went blank. it will not come on at all? please help us! thank you!

Hi, my iPod Nano center button won't work. I can't even press it. The button won't go down, so I can't select anything. I don't know what to do! Can u help? Thnx

My ipod is always drained...i charge it fully but when i go 2 use it it is drained again...wat do i do

Thanks a lot my iPod had the first problem i thought i was going to throw it at the wall once agian thanks

i dropped my ipod nano im my kitchen and the screen does not come on anymore. it works, i can play and hear music, but i cannot see anything. i have to guess what im doing or selecting. like i have to guess what im doing.
how can i make my screen come back?

My apple nano ipod will not turn on or charge and i do not know what to do can you help

HI i have an ipod nano and i have just been on a trip and i put a security lock on it and i have forgotten wat it is so if u can help me reset it it would help alot! Please get back to me asap thank you!

Hi!
my ipod just went blank all the sudden. i dont think its frozen or locked because i know how to un freeze and ive been trying that but nothing is working! please help!

i can play and hear music, but i cannot see the screen on my ipod only the backlight please help

Hi i was importing songs onto my ipod and i think it came out....... and it is frozen and will not work can you help me

my ipod wont download any music or videos anymore and i only have a like80 songs and like20 videos what should i do because im getting tired of my old songs and i need new ones please help me

My iPod video wouldn't turn off and thanks to you, it will now. I just restarted it twice, then turned the hold switch on and off a couple of times and it worked. Thanks man!

OMG Thank you it really worked :)

My ipod wont turn on now and can i put movies on it its a 4gib

thx for your info...it helped

I wanted to put photos on my ipod so i added all the photos in my file"My Pictures" but when they went on my ipod all of the photos went on and i figured out i only wanted spusivic ones.So now i want to delete some of them but i dont kow how???? pleaz help me(ive already asked for help from other ppl and they all said to go to itunes, then edit, then preferences, then ipod photos butwhen i go to preferences there no where, where it says ipod pictures) please help me, please
thanxx

Thanks! I have a speaker/recharger set up and thought it was causing the problems with my iPod as it suddenly wouldn't turn off. I got the Apple logo a couple of times before it decided that turning off was okay. I was really panicking!

My nano ipod will not turn on Itryed everything I even charged it for 2 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and it wont respond to the computer what should I do?????????????????????????????????????????

ive got an ipod video 80g and ive tried everything and it will not turn off

Hi. I bought a ipod nano for Christmas. I bought it new on ebay but when I opened it there was already a whole list of songs on it under the name of "tiffany's ipod". So, I'm not the first person to get ripped off on Ebay, right ? Anyway, all my ipod has is a white screen. I can download songs on it and it will play songs for a short time. I am assuming a bad battery for the short length of play time but what about the white screen ? Any ideas ??
Thanks,
Jan

My ipod nano, all of a sudden, is not playing my music. whenever i play a song, it just keeps on skipping to the next song and so on.. How can i fix this problem without losing my music?

My Ipod Video (30G) will not turn on i it is completely charged! i tried plugging it into the computer and it acts like nothing is plugged in... when i toggle the hold button and press menu.. the screen does not appear. It's completely dead!!!! what do i do?????? whats the problem?????????

You are amazing, Dave Taylor

My iPod Nano would not switch off and I was at my wit's end.

Now it's fine and I'm happy!

Thank you very much!

I had just got an I-pod nano, but like in a month it did not work, I mean it does work, but one day I charged it and like always it says do not disconnect. I came back 3 hrs later and it did not charge. I unplugged it but it stayed saying do not disconnect. I tried to turn it off but it seems like its frozen cause none of the buttons work. plz help, what should I do....is it broken????

hi......i purchased an apple ipod nano from new york in november last year and it will not turn on. i've tried to recharge it but the apple logo isn't appearing on the screen as it normally does. have you got any suggestions as to what i can do??????????

my center button doesn't work!!!
Please help

The center button on my ipod doesnt work!!!
Any suggestions??

why does my ipod video don't turn off and how can i fix the problem ?

I have an audio book on my nano, but when I want to fast forward to where I was last time, my ipod stops and just goes to some random spot at the beginning of the book. I have tried downloading different copies of the book, but the same thing happens, the book fastforwards fine if I play it off of my macbook.

Josh, do you have "shuffle" mode enabled? Do you have "repeat all tracks" and is your audio book split into multiple tracks? You can move to a specific spot on a track with an iPod: you need to push the center button while you're listening, then the bar changes from showing volume to showing your progress into the track. Spin the wheel and you should be able to move the diamond indicator back and forth in the track to the desired spot. Once you're there, push the center button again and you'll hop to that point and keep playing. Hope that makes sense! :-)

Hey, can someone please help me. I've had my iPOd for about 2 months. Its a silver nano. (2 GB) Well anyways this morning, like normal I turned it on to see if it had changed the time, because of daylight saving, but it hadn't so I changed the time. Everything was perfectly normal, so I turned it off. About 5 minutes later I turned on my computer, and started look through pictures to add to my iPod. Like normal, I plugged it in. Usually iTunes would pop up, but for some reason this morning it didn't. So i checked the iPOd, and you know how it usually says Do not disconnect, it didn't. The screen was black. It wasn't on hold, and I've tried everything. Please tell me how i can fix this.

~Kaci~

that hold on/off thing is bullcrap, i tried it so many times, and then i realized that hold would cancel the menu/select function. it worked without hold being switched on/off. apple needs to learn about their own products

My son's ipod nano screen will not come on. He can listen to the music but can't use the screen. I have searched the Apple website and it has not offered me any help on this. Can you please tell me what we need to do????

Dave --

This website is awesome! Thanks for the tip in restarting my ipod nano...worked perfectly. You saved me lots of time and frustration. Thanks again.

I was about to return my NANO to the store (and look like an idiot no doubt) and you saved the day. Cheers Dave, as we say in London "You Are The Nuts!!!!!"

Thank you!! It was scary when the Ipod would not turn off, but your website came up first on Google and you were a life saver....

I have seen your advice about resetting but I'm deathly afraid to try it. Does this erase anything on your iPod? I have no podcasts, no audio books, just regular music. It wouldn't turn off after I got out of my truck this morning. (about 4 hours ago) I tried the computer plug in trick, no luck. I updated everything. I've had it since Sept 06 and it has always worked fine. I don't play it all day long but I work out (30-40 min) and the drive to and from work (40 Min), with weekends sometimes but not long.

Had the same problem with the Nano I got for Christmas...won't shut off and keeps freezing. Thankfully I figured out how to reset it (I love the instruction booklet that came with it...could it have been any more useless?). Just updated iTunes and hope that helps. Also changed my settings so that I can choose when to put it to sleep with a click of the wheel. Definitely an issue with the iPod that needs to be fixed!

hey i have a problem my i pod nano wont play any songs i dont know y. all i did was put it onshuffle songs and i clicked the next button to hear the next song and now i cant get it to play any songs i dont want to reset it cuz i was told it would get read of all the songs on there and i dont have the computer that has the song son it anymore can u plez help me out thank you

Morgan

Hi i recenly bought an ipod and the second day i had it the scren just broke for no reason. I can only see it if i sqeeze the ipod quite tightly, before it fades away, and when i m not, there are very thin red lines on the top half and very thin verticle red lines on the bottom half. Can anyone tell me what is the problem?

I've just got a new ipod nano and i've updated my music but when i went to turn it on after disconnecting it, it just comes up with the file and triangular hazard sign + www.apple.com/support/ipod. I've tried re-setting but it won't work, any ideas?

Thank you soooooooooo much i was about to got to Clombus and my ipod wouldn't shut off!! Thanks i didn't even have to bug my dad! Thanks know ( if is spelled it right) i can jam to my hot pink ipod in the place i LUV!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh yeah! you rock out loud to the dude who made this sight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my ipod nano does not work because i put water in it.please help

THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!! My NANO would not turn off, but its fine now :)

Hi,
yesterday i plugged my ipod nano into to charge and decided to listen to it while it was charging.Now the sound i bad, its fadeing and the music part is ok but the words sound far away? can u help me!?!?!?!

Thanks ever so much! I was literally having a paddy lol. Thank you so much. In my manual it didn't tell me how :P

I have an ipod Nano. I've been synching my photos via iTunes, but it doesn't take all the photos. Photos are in a separate folder specifically for this and all photos in subfolders, ipod sees all folders but not all photos have been transferred. Its taken tiffs and jpgs and files of different sizes.

Any ideas?

Thank you so much for your help :)
Kathryn

Hi,

My ipod wont turn off and also it's stuck on 1 song and i cant click across or anything. \

please help

I tried resetting my iPod nano, and I still cannot get it to turn off, I go to sleep from the menu and that won't work either? I need help! This sucks

My problem is when i turn on my Ipod Nano and go to Music then to select a song, it scrolls through all the songs that are stored on my Ipod but doesn't play any of them. Its driving me to distraction, please help!!!!

I have an additional problem now. My Ipod turns back on while in sleep mode. I initially thought the tips solved the problem but it is still happening. This is just ridiculous.

Hey dave u are a lifesavour my ipod would not turn off but thanx to u it's working beautifully thank you sooooo much

my ipod won't turn off and i've tried everything! the hold switch isn't the problem what is?

Hi, My Ipod Nano has a white screen, but when i put it into the dock it still plays music... I have tried resetting it, but it still has that same white screen. If you do know how to fix it please e-mail me back... Thanks

I have a video ipod and the screen is stuck on the apple logo and the only thing it'll allow me to do is reset and it does the samething again. Really low battery flashed up but i plugged it in for an hr and the same logo screen stayed there.

My Ipod will not shut off, I have tryed to press the play bottom and nothing will happen. Wont let me go to the meanu or nothing its like frozen!! How do I fix this?? I even tryed pluggin it back into my computer to see if it would work and still nothing. I need hellppppppppppppppppppppppp..
Thanks

Hi Dave,
Thanks for your site. Coming to you in despair, like everybody else, I guess. Anyway, on my ipod mini this morning the forward-backward clickwheel doesn't work. Can't move forward to another song........can't move backward. Had the mini for two years. No problems. Yesterday I went to an electronics store to check what kind of ipod/radio player to buy. Plugged my mini in the dock station of the Bose, Logitech, Altec Lansing, etc. And this morning the click wheel bug. It's obviously related. Am I stuck with the problem?
Thanks in advance Dave

Hi Dave,
Thanks for your site. On my ipod mini this morning the forward-backward clickwheel doesn't work. Can't move forward to another song........can't move backward. Had the mini for 2 years. No problems. Yesterday I went to an electronics store to check an ipod/radio player to buy. Plugged my mini in the dock station of the Bose, Logitech, etc. And this morning the click wheel bug. It's obviously related. Am I stuck with the problem?
Thanks in advance Dave

Well DAve, the mini restarted just now! I got the battery level to zero, connected to power with charger, kept forward button pressed HARD for around ten seconds et...voilà! Bizarre. Maybe this could help somebody else!
And this brings me to ask you: Will I be better off buying a stereo that allows me to connect my mini through the Aux port as opposed to a dock station, given that an actual dock station caused the problem in the first place? Would the sound be equally good? Do u have any model to recommend with radio and remote control?
Thanks

Dave,
Great site.The Ipod apple site has info on using external computers when connecting IPOD but my query is still unanswered. Maybe you can help please.

I use my home computer to recharge and upload songs with the Itunes. However, I have a computer in work that hasnt Itunes software installed. Can i use my work pc and any other computer to simply recharge the battery on my Ipod Nano without erasing the tracks stored on the Ipod?
Say, if I travel abroad and Im at a friennds, can I connect the IPOD readily to a pc and let the battery recharge, as long as the pc isnt on hibernate mode?

Niven

I had the same problem as many other users, regarding my Ipod Nano not turning off. A simple google brought up this page, and your solution did the trick. Thanks!!

my ipod will turn on and off fine, but it won't play any of my songs..everything works fine it just won't play anything..it acts like it it but it is not making any sounds...any help would be greatly appreciated

nice 1 dave lol thanks a lot ur advice worked
wot a cool dude u r =oD

How do you delete all the songs from my ipod and change the name on it. I recently purchased a 2GB Nano from Ebay but I no longer want the orginal owners songs or his name on it. Thank you. Adam

I had the same problem with my Video Ipod (won't power off when you hold down the play button) and after hours of trying to get it to power off ; (doing everything other than a restore) and nothing at all worked. I was starting to think about how much it would cost for the Apple Store to look at my Ipod ; which made me almost loose breakfast because the problem is so stupid. It's like the unit doesn't even respond to the hold down of the play button. Believe me, I tried everything I could think of.

Then I ran an ipod restore in iTunes - which completely restores the ipod to factory specs ; and it worked! Is this a firmware bug guys ?? I was using the latest apple ipod firmware ; and it worked perfectly after I restored the ipod.

Hi I'm having a problem of saying the memory is full and I have about 5 songs that are small files purchased from Itunes. I had like about 150 and they dissapered and I only have the ones left I purchased Please Help!

Cheesedoodlek@aol.com

Spot on advice- I had exactly the same problem!!
Many thanks- was getting a bit stressed!

my computer dosnt recognize that my i pod nano is hooked up and will not update and when i unplug it it always says do dont diss. what do i do?????

Bula from Fiji,
My nano ipod just wont turn off!! man i tried everything the menu+centre button to reset itself but no ,still cant off.tried going to menu then select sleep, no. tried toggling with the hold button ,everything its, been like this for 2 days now plis help!!!!!!!!!!!!11

oh yeah one more thing it says on the screen :FireWire connections are not supported.To transfer songs,connect the USB cable provided.Press Centre to dismiss,and it cant off. PLiss Help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can not turn off my ipod. It has frozen and won't let me do anything on it. I have toggling the on and off switch but it won't work, i ahve also tried plugging it into the computer. Please help! ASAP. Thanks. Sam.

My ipod will not play a song it just shuffles through all the songs but not playing one???????

Thanks

hi i jsut got an ipod but have no instructions, i cant add song to is i am trying to transfer them all from windows media player...please help!!!

If the Ipod is plugged into the computer, and the computer is turned off. DOes that damage the Ipod in any way?

Great stuff Dave!! ur a legend i love u

hi dave, can u plz help me plzzz i just got an ipod nano from my cousin and i want to delete her name but i dont know how. plz help me!!!

I have a green nano that has stopped playing music. well actually whats its doing is playing them super super slow. like 1 second of play per minute. Ive tried other songs and same thing. I've reformated the drive, reinstalled the software and then reloaded my songs and still the same thing. It powers off and on, the battery seems good, it doesnt freeze. I can go back and select another song but still plays super slow. No sounds comes out except for a quick little chirp every minute. Anyone have any clue?

Help!! My Ipod Nano never turns off. It looks like it is off but the battery is always running down even then. I've turned the sleep mode on but still it runs the battery down while it is supposedly off. I turn it off and slide the hold key but still it runs down on the battery and as soon as I turn it back on it shows the current song it is playing (while it was supposedly off).

Is there a way to turn this DANG THING off?

Hi. I have had my iPod since the summer of 2006. It was working fine, until yesterday when it would not shut off. I have an iPod nano. It will stay turned on, but it won't shut off. Since it won't shut off, i can't restart it. I appreciate your help.
thank you,
hailey

Hi Dave,

I've just got a refurbished 4g Nano, and I've had it on shuffle. I got a little carried away fast-forwarding, (a little too quickly), and now its frozen. I've tried toggling the hold button. Holding the menu, middle circle and play/pause button for the reccomended time but it remains frozen. Further more, it won't respond to my computer when I plug it in. I thought, becaue it needs charging it might "wake up", but the computer doesn't even acknowledge its been plugged into it, and my ipod is NOT charging!

Help!

Many Thanks in advance,

Julia

My center button will not work. Any suggestions?

hi dave,
my i-pod is acting really weird. it skips over songs and it will only play the third song. i got it for christmas of 07 and it is now may. i dont know what to do!!

I had my nano this morning refuse to turn off after dozens of reset attempts (which have worked in the past).

For Windows (XP) users, the following my help. Plug your iPod back into your computer, start iTunes, let it sync then close iTunes. Even though iTunes said, "Okay to Disconnect", go down to the system tray and hit the little green/gray USB device arrow thingy (and the fact that I can only describe it as such is a sad tribute to Windows), select the USB Mass Storage device and click "Stop".

It appears that if you disconnect the iPod without unmounting its disk from Windows, it can hang. Cleanly disconnecting it from Windows this way fixed my problem immediately.

After reading this page, my iPod nano STILL won't turn off. I had trouble with it for a couple months but after a few tries I could get it to go off. Now I can't AT ALL!!! Please HELP!!! Thanx

help me please i just got my ipod and i want to put pics on it but i dont know how!!! help!
p.s-i am trying to download the pics from kodac pics can i do that?if i cant then how do i put my pics on my ipod nano it's a apple,HELP PLEASE!!!
-rebel sk8ter

help me please i just got my ipod and i want to put pics on it but i dont know how!!! help!
p.s-i am trying to download the pics from kodac pics can i do that?if i cant then how do i put my pics on my ipod nano it's a apple
-rebel sk8ter(whats a url?)

Awesome! Took a few trys of toggeling the Menu and play for a while but worked! Mine also kept coming up with a message saying that it was incorrectly connected to a firewire port even though it wasn't.

I just received an Ipod Nano for a present. It is quite the amazing piece of electronics until I downloaded songs and the song quality sucks. The songs are garbled and the bass and acoustics are horrible. What can I do?

hey bro thanks for the tips, first suggestion worked. thumbs up. i thought i was gonna have to toss my iPod Nano in the ol' lava pit (lava fixes everything).

Dear DAVE I writing from Serbia,my I pod cannot turn of.After restart i pod i recived message "FireWire conection are not supported to transfer songs conect to USB cable provided.I restart i Pod and nothing,and again recived this message and again after restart and cannot turn off???PLEASE HELP DAVE?????

my problem was "M-W Pocket Dictionary" you have to wait until it loads all text before your ipod will turn off... and I had used restore thinking thats what I needed to do...

I have the same problem as Jordan. My ipod will not let me play a song. When I hit play it starts scrolling through all the songs until it goes through all of my songs and will not play any of them.

well myipod wont torn off and i reseted it by holding the select and menu buttons but after it goes back to normal it still wont turn off please help!!!

Hey my ipod nano won't turn off and i've tried restarting it my toggling the hold and pressing menu/select. it still wont turn off when it comes back on!!! HELP!! thank you so much.

MY IPOD WILL NOT TURN OFF WHEN I HOLD DOWN THE PLAY BUTTON, AND WON'T GO TO SLEEP WHEN I CLICK ON THE SLEEP OPTION.

I'VE TRIED RESETTING, RESTORING, CHECKED MY HOLD SWITCH WASNT ON. NOTHING WORKS!!!

I JUST CHARGE IT UP AND BECAUSE I CAN'T TURN IT OFF, IT RUNS OUT OF BATTERY.

CAN SOMEONE HELP?? PLEEEASSE!

THANKS!!!

you rock. thanks for helping me turn off my nano.

I can not turn off my ipod. It has frozen and won't let me do anything on it. I have toggling the on and off switch but it won't work, i ahve also tried plugging it into the computer. Please help! ayan

hi i just got my ipod like 2 weeks ago it wont turn off i tryed evrything and the light is on i dont no what to do i need my music

Thanks man!!! I had the same problem too

okay i can't but anymore songs on my ipod i have plenty of room left. ever time it starts to sync it says that it cannot be synced because the required folder can not be found

My nano consistenly has trouble turning off when I leave the "clock display" feature on.

what doesit mean when my ipod wont upload new songs ?

Hi! Hope you can help with this...I just got a new 80g video ipod and plugged it into my pc to charge. Was acknowledged fine but has a red circle with a slash that blinks on and off and some writing underneath that looks to be east indian or arabic .. is this normal?

I followed your suggestion and it worked. Thank you! This isn't the first time!

My ipod was playing fine but all of a sudden it doesn't want to play any songs. It just goes through all of them on the NOW PLAYING screen but they never play. Please Please Help!!!!!!!!

Used your advice to good effect. Many thanks.

iam very upset last month only i got my ipod ,now its not working due to virus attacked ,i downloaded songs from internet,what to do now please help!!!!!!!!!!!me

Mine wouldnt turn off either! Now it does! THANKS! XxX

My Ipod video is acting nuts everytime i turn it up it gets like a white noise sound over my music do think you knw whats wrong
?

Another satisfied "customer." Thanks for the help!

Hi, plz help...i got water in my ipod nano from a leaking bottle dammit. It wont turn on, ive tried restoring it but it said unknown error 1415. Will it 'dry out' or this there anything else I can try?? Mnay thanks.

Hey Dave!!

I own an Ipod Nano. Not the new colored Nano, but the older silver nano. it wont turn off. I've tried switching the hold switch on and off, then holding down the menu and pause/play button, and the apple logo pops up, but my ipod still won't turn off! It's about 1 year old (+3 months)
PLEASE HELP ME!!!
Thanks,
Shadow_Girl_7

im pushing the button it turn off my iPod but it keeps coming back on.=[[

I got mine to turn off, FINALLY! :)
When I walk to work for exercise, my ipod Nano was running down in my pocket because I could not figure it out. No one could!
Thanks for the help!!!

Thanks Dave! My iPod nano wouldn't turn off & was stuck on the empty battery screen. You've returned my heartrate to normal...=)

Thanks so much for your help!

spot on! fixed my problem. thanks!

omg thanks lots! My ipod wouldnt turn off but i did the toggle thing w/the hold switch and it does now!!!! thanks=)

Thank you. my ipod would not shut off no matter what I did.

i can play and hear music, but i cannot see the screen on my ipod only the backlight please help

I have a 60gb video ipod that now just shuts off in the middle of playing a movie...and it is different movies

It shuts off to the black screen and apple...then turns back on

Not the battery because I have it connected to a charger
Help???

Thanks so much! It worked exactly right!

THANKS!!! You are the best, I thought the little expensive thing would never turn off!!!!

Hi Dave,

I got a IPOD 20G 3rd Gen, did the toggling but still can't switch off after numerous tries. HELP...........

Hi Dave,

I can switch off my IPOD by the remote headphone but not on the set. Tried toggle the hold button and pressing the Menu and Play button many times but still problem. Please help......

i just bought my ipod i few days a go.and it has frozen atomatically.and it also does not allow me to put video music init.what can i do pliz help me.it has cost me loods of money.

Hi Dave!!
I got my ipod for Christmas(2006) and it broke this year in July. They are supposed to have a 1 year warranty. so we sent it in to a guy we know and he said that it was just a ''bad one'' Can I send it in to the apple company and get another for atleast no cost?

I just wanted to say thank you for the post about toggling the hold switch back and forth and then holding the play button and center button.

I just googled how to fiz my IPOD and your post came up and just saved me! I thought my IPOD was broken forever but you REALLY helped me and I just wanted to post a note of much appreciation and gratitude!

Dave Taylor I think is your name? Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart! You are truly appreciated!

Jean

This was your post:

Older iPods (I have two of 'em!) are reset with a slightly different approach:

Toggle the Hold switch on and off. (Slide it to Hold, then turn it off again.)
Press and hold the Play/Pause and Menu buttons until the Apple/iPod logo appears, about 6 to 10 seconds. You may need to repeat this step.

THANKS!

Not sure if you can get a replacement or not, but I would take it into the closest Apple Store along with your purchase receipt and see what they have to advise. Good luck!

U ROCK!!!!!! Good lord, I thought my ipod was dead...but u brought it back to life. Awesome! Thank you sooooooooo much!!!! T.

hey, my ipod nano just stopped working, it wouldnt turn off and it wouldnt charge or anything.

heres what i did: i plugged it into the wall and held down the select and menu buttons. now, you can plug it into a computer to do this if you want, but then it deletes all your music (or so ive heard). however, its up to you. hope this helps!

i'm writing from Sri Lanka. my 6 year old's ipod was sleeping and thanks to you we got it working again. he was just today diagnosed as hyperactive and was having a bad three weeks in school and you made him happy.
thank you very much Dave.
Vatsala and Sheran

Hey my ipod wont play anysongs i can g oto them but i just wont play any of them and the barrire is full. what do i do?

I'm getting the firewire connection is not supported message on my ipod when plugged in to the usb cable. I tried another nano on my computer and it worked fine. I restored my ipod and no songs are on there. Itunes nor Windows will register the ipod and I do not what do to. thank you,

Chris

Hey Dave, I did what you said, I pressed and held the menu and select buttons on my nano and it still wouldn't turn off. I plugged it into my computer and restored it and it still didn't turn off, and finally, I plugged it into my iHome, and yet again, it won't shut off with the "sleep" or by holding the pause/play button :(

Do you know how to get it to turn off? what should I do?

I unchecked a box in itunes a few weeks ago so that whenever i plugged my ipod in itunes wouldnt show up, and now my ipod wont show up under devices even though it is plugged into my computer. im really fustrated because i want to put new songs on it and it wont work. what do i do to fix this?

hi,I have a 8gb iPod Nano and I just put new songs onto it and now it wont play the songs. Its not on pause and the volumes on full. the battery is also fully charged. Whats wrong with it and how can I fix the problem?
Thanks

Thank Goodness there is a guru for gadgets. My Ipod would not turn off and I'm so grateful that I googled my exact problem and found Dave!! I've got you in my favorites now. I love techno stuff but I manage to have all kinds of issues that defie logic. Thanks!

i got a new ipod nano. i plug it into itunes and nothing comes up.

can you send a solution to just_gammin100@hotmail.com

thanks alot

My iPod Nano, Generation 3, will not shut off. It is not frozen, and I have tried the reset (play and select buttons) numerous time and it still will not work. Help!

I have a 4GB 1st gen nano. Sometimes, the sleep command from the menu doesn't do a goddamn thing. When it doesn't, it won't automatically go to sleep or anything. Rather, the next time I want to listen to some music (say, a half day later), I will find my previously fully-charged ipod completely drained and in need of a recharge. However, holding down the play button seems to work. So, screw the menu option.

I've been whining about it since I bought the ipod a year ago, but still no firmware update to correct this issue.

I thought it was broken. Was about to buy a knew one because it wouldnt turn off. thanks man you helped out.

The tip worked like a charm. Great help =)

Thanks :-) I'm a geek but my new super shiny nano had me stumped.. wasn't playing songs, nor turning off.. still displayed my alarms though.. oh well, a reset had the songs playing once more!

BTW, I didn't do the hold slide thing, just held down the select and menu buttons - I have a 4Gb video nano..

tomato soup got on my daughtrers ipod nano while it was on. not submerged. but wet. the hold button stopped worked as well as the pause button. now there is only a white screen and we cannot shut it off or reboot it, help!

Thanks so much. I am glad I googled you! Jane

HI Dave
i have just bought an i pod classic 80gb
it worked fine last night but now it wont turn on at all
any suggestions????

thank you

I have the same problem that most of these people had posted with the shut off function. I tried holding menu and middle button, holding down play, but still doesnt work. Can you give me more advice?

I dropped my ipod and it doesnt come on at all. But when i charge it it lights up and makes this weird noise. Is it totally useless now?

Dave your the nads for help with ipod nanos

My ipod nano, all of a sudden, is not playing my music. whenever I play a song, it just keeps on skipping to the next song and so on.. How can I fix this problem without losing my music?

Hi,

My ipod video 5G thinks it constantly charging even when its not connected to anything, this making my battery life really poor. I've tried resetting countless times and even draining the battery completely. Any ideas without doing a restore as I wont get my music back?

Cheers

i have the first ipod nano

my ipod won't even turn on no more
i left it at my friends house for like 2 week and i just got it back and now it won't turn on.
what can i do?

hey,
i had a ipod nano 3g for my birthday 2 days ago, it was working fine till my songs just stopped playing.

they are still on my ipod, but simply wont play.
what should i do?

Hi,

My ipod Nana wont turn off. I've holding down the play/pause button as usual, but nothing is happening. How can i get this fixed?

Thanks,

Dave

can I plug my I-pod into my playstation2

awesome, i thought my alpine head unit killed it.

Hi,
My son has a ipod nano 2 gb (not sure which gen) purchased approx. 1 1/2 years and will not turn on. I charged the battery, properly ejected from the computer, and to start I toggled the hold swith and depressed the menu and center item and the apple appeared and then showed a warning sign and teh following message www.apple.com/support/ipod. that is the only thing that will appear on the display. please help.

can you show me how to delete photos from new ipod nano , please
Thank you,

My ipod won't turn off even when i restart it. Please help me! :(

just got 4gb ipod nano [3rd gen] yesterday, this morning i went to un plug it from PC and it flashes on and off the "apple" screen...cant reset or anything, still does same even when i plug back into PC. wasnt doing this last night...PLEASE HELP!!

thanks much in advance!

adding to the last one, the computer wont recognize the ipod anymore either. last night when i got home, i immediately plugged it up, got all my songs in order, and put them on the ipod. i let the songs upload to the ipod over night [about 250 songs] and this morning when i un-plugged the ipod, it went straight to the apple screen, shut off, went back to apple screen...and kept doing it. so i blew it off like it was nothing, plugged it back up, PC doesnt recognize it, realized im late for school, so left it plugged up to PC. when i got home, it was still going to the apple screen and shutting off and going back to apple screen constantly...i'd really appreciate some help. please email me:

rabidmike1313@yahoo.com

thanks again.

Hi, Dave i got this ipod nano (first generation) a while a go now and for some reason the volume limit code has come on and i don't know it!!!!
CAN YOU HELP ME, PLEASE

This website of yours is great. I've had the ipod video for over a year and all was smooth but resently it would nnot shut off. I came to your site wich I got from a friend and it showed step by step what to do. Now everythings all good. Thanks allot. Keep up the great work.

Sincerly,
Ally a 12 1/2 year old!

My i pod seems to have died.

It froze, then i did the reset thing you asked. Now nothing works, my pc wont recognise it and it seems dead.

The unhappy ipod icon comes up when i charge it and i cant get it back to work

Please help me out.

thanks for the advice. i hope it helps my iPod.
thanks a lot. i apprecialt it alot. i hope yur iPod works too

I have a 3rd Gen Nano. It comes on when I connect to the computer, but turns off immediately whenever disconnected and won't come back on. If it is not the battery, then what?

Hi Dave, I´ve had an ipod nano(silver) for exactly a year, and it´s always worked fine until a week or so ago, I can listen to songs and everything but when I want to go back to the main menu I just can´t,the button does press down so it isn´t stuck, can you help me please?

My 4gb Ipod Nano will not do anything, all it does it stay on the Menu screen. I tried to put it to sleep, Turn it off with the Middle button and play, and The computer will not even read it. It is like a Brick. What can i do?

hey ...

ive just updated my new nano (the one which u can ply videos on, i think its the latest version 8g)

i wanned to upload some songs into it, then i got a message from itunes asking if i wanned to update my ipod. i updated it, right after that another message said dont eject your ipod wait bla bla ... then after 20 mins nothing had happened so i unplugged it and now it keeps turning on and off no matter wat i do
ive tried pressin the menu button and select 100 times and nothin happens ...

id appreciate ur help a lot, my ipod is a part of me :D i need him back

looking forward to hear from you

thx a lot

Hiaa I dont like know you but i saw your sytee and it sounded great!! :D .. anyway i am having trouble with my new ipod nano it's silver and got a little screen that you can watch vids on and stuff its the new one ... i dont know how to delete pictures of it .. ?? please, please can you help i need it for tonight pleaseeee!!!!!!! ???????? :D:D:D:D:D terri x

Why has the screen on my ipod just froze. All I did was select a song and it just went still and wont let me do anything which completly sucks

HELPPPPPP

omg im dieng, i cant remember exactly all i know is RIGHT NOW my ipod nano the small lil cute square one WONT WORK :(
the screen just froooze. i cant press anything, ive plugged it into computer but still nothing. its the day after xmas n I AM DIENG. :( i want my ipod PLEASE SOMEONE ANYONE HELP ME

OK itz GEM again

after about 1 hour of screamin n anger I AM finally crying with joy my IPOD is in my ear/ :) music is playing

JUST FOR OTHERS WHO the same thing may occur HERESS some more simple steps as i srsly did not get what they were sayin to do. N YEH I MAY BE SLOW but hey.

DO THIS/....

holding down the Menu and the Select (center button) for 6-10 seconds, until the Apple logo appears :)

it will work trust me...

thanks again BYE

Okay this is what happen I got a new nano ipod for Christmas and I have my ipod on my docking stand and after that my nano ipod doesnt want to play the music but it will show the song but no sound and I have my headphones in good and they work but nothing happens it wont show the songs play...what happend!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!

Okay this is what happen I got a new nano ipod for Christmas and I have my ipod on my docking stand and after that my nano ipod doesnt want to play the music but it will show the song but no sound and I have my headphones in good and they work but nothing happens it wont show the songs play...what happend!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!

OMG THANK U SO MUCH THAT LITTLE PRBLEM HAD ME GOING ALL DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is there a way to download a cassette's music to an iPod Classic or do you have to somehow convert it to a CD first? I hate to rebuy the song on iTunes when I already have them.

freind put ipod in washing machine obviosly stopped working anything she can do?

my i-pod nano always says connected Eject before disconecting and it wont turn off. It also freezes up my itunes when i plug it in what should I do? Thanks

You truely are the guru, i just wanted to say thank you, because everything that ever went wrong with my ipod, you totally helped me fix. props =D
love the one and only, amazing, gloria

Hey i cant turn my ipod on! it just wont do anything! its a blank screen PLEASE HELP!
send me back to my email adress

your invice worked it tuned the volume lick off

many thanks,

I could not turn off my nano but I tried your reset tip at the top and hey presto, it worked. Nice one! Shawn

my ipod wont turn on if the battery is shot should it still work if pluged into the computer or do I have to replace the battery.

I have a iPod 30GB video/photo that will not turn off! it started doing it yesterday! I've tried to reset it wont work, it is a 2006 model.

I accedently put a lock on my iPod nano and now I dont know the password ! What should i do!?

Oh my god thank you soo much i was freaking out until I googled your site you are a lifesaver.

Hey dave taylor! Thanks for the help! I bring my ipod to school and one day i couldn't turn it off and i though i did something wrong. But now its all good! Thanks for the tips!

Hi, I got an Ipod nano for my birthday a few weeks ago and I'v only just set up. Now when I turn it on and select a track to play there is no sound threw the headphones and the bar on the screen doesn't move. Help I'm panicking! thanxs

my god, thank you!

i said yo myself if my ipod didnt work i would become a statnist. seruisly i need my music or my life is over and i dont have my extra mp3 anymore. i wuz at the bottome, as low as i could get. but thne i read ur tip and it actualy works! YOU DOING GODS WORK MY FRIEND!

OMG Im gonna go crazy its like my ipod nano is frozen but its not. i can move the scroller and it moves around but when i click on something it doesnt do it. It plays my music but i cant choose which playlists i want to hear. It just plays all my songs and i have them arranged in diffrent moods some one help me like 2night
im going on a fieldtrip 2mrw and i want it 2 work correctly on the bus. Thx-Kiara

Ok. I charged ipod and it was running on a full a battery so I put it to sleep and when I came back home like an hour later it wouldn't even turn on(the battery was dead???) and if I plug it up for five seconds and take it off it is fully charged!!!! What the heck is wrong with this thing???
(Nano 4GB)

At last! useful information. I have the 8GB nano and it wouldn't sync or turn off. After pressing middle button and menu button together it is now has it should be..Great big thank you!!!!!

Dave,

The center button on my daughter's Nano 2nd gen stopped working. Everything else is fine, including batt. It is out of warranty and I tried all the reset tricks to no avail. Short of sending it in, have you heard of or know the procedure to remove the case? I am an electronic tech and have all the resources, just need to know any particulars. I believe that the center switch is oxidized from little sweaty palms and I may be able to burnish it clean,

Reg

i droped my ipod nano and now it wont play the music i want it just goes back to the main menu plz hep me!!!!!!!!!!

hey, my ipod is stuck on lock, and wont unlock when i connect it to the computer help please. what should i do?

my ipod nano isnt responing what should i do

Hello. This AM I was to continue retrieving music files from my
iPod Nano (30 GBs) as previously done using the iPodRip App.
I received a message saying that the app. iPodRip suddenly quit.
The only way I could get rid of the message or do anything further,
I had to force quit the iPodRip appliction. I then RESTARTED, but
the same message & results. I do remember, without thinking,
disconnecting the iPod Nano pre-maturely & fearing that I would
lose over 3,500 songs. I was quite nervous. Everything did appear
to be the same until this AM with the iPodRip. Is this possibly the
reason for my problems with the iPodRip app? Any help to this
problem would be greatly appreciated. THANKYOU.

Hello. This AM I was to continue retrieving music files from my
iPod Nano (30 GBs) as previously done using the iPodRip App.
I received a message saying that the app. iPodRip suddenly quit.
The only way I could get rid of the message or do anything further,
I had to force quit the iPodRip appliction. I then RESTARTED, but
the same message & results. I do remember, without thinking,
disconnecting the iPod Nano pre-maturely & fearing that I would
lose over 3,500 songs. I was quite nervous. Everything did appear
to be the same until this AM with the iPodRip. Is this possibly the
reason for my problems with the iPodRip app? Any help to this
problem would be greatly appreciated. THANKYOU.

Hello Again. I for got to mention that I continue to the get the same
iPodRip messages and the infamous "continuing BEACHBALL". Its
non-stop each time I have tried to open & re-open iPodRip until
I FORCE QUIT. Thankyou

GGRR
right the ipod is totally out of battery
and i plug it into the computer as normal
it is connecting to itunes
ready to be put on charge
and the last few seconds before it says ipod sync complete so that i can swicth it on to charge
it freezes and that stupid apple logo comes on
and it wont unfreeze
ive done all them stupid things:@

Just wanted to say thanks a bunch your help! I was freakin' out for a minute when my new nano froze up, but it only took me about a minute to find this site and fix the darn thing. Thanks again!

hey,,
my ipod still has the lock sign on but i took it off lock...an its frozen and wont turn off.

Hi, I'm having quite a few problems with my 30gb iPod Video. I've had it for two years and it was working fine until about a month ago, when I let the battery drain all the way. It was never the same again after that, and a replacement battery didn't fix the problems that arose, which are: It won't hold a charge; even if it's fully charged in a couple of hours it won't turn on at all. Also, when I disconnect it from the computer it shuts itself off like it has been reset, only it won't turn itself back on like it would in a reset. The date and time, etc, need to be reset each time I unplug it from the computer and it turns off. I opened the iPod back up to make sure the new battery was properly connected and it seemed fine. What's the matter with my iPod?

My ipod still wont turn off i tried everything!

My I-pod won't play. The song is selected and shows on the screen, but the song just won't play.

hey :)
my Ipod Nanu is nuts. It keeps turning on and then off constantly. HELP ?

thank you :) I see you helped loads of people

Very helpful, thanks. This has happened to my nano twice now.The first time I had to let the battery drain out.