How do I fix my Apple iPod: It's busted?

I love you Dave Taylor

I have had an iPod Nano for nearly a year. Four days ago, the screen went blank; everything works (i.e., it charges normally, the click is audible when you touch the wheel, the music plays, the unit shows up at the right time in iTunes, and the backlight comes on when it is supposed to come on), but the display is completely blank. So, it's impossible to see a menu or anything.

Any suggestions on how I might be able to fix this short of sending it off to Apple for service (and paying their fee)?

every time i try to listen to music on my ipod it just skips through all the songs really quickly n it doesnt play anything... how do i fix it

My Ipod Is Locked And Whenever I Try And Put Songs Into My Songs In My Libray I Cant As It Is Locked.

HelP!

I had to replace my hard drive and now I am unable to get my iPod shuffle to work. I have run the cd but when I click on the iTunes icon it states "The file iTunes Library .iTl cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of iTunes". I would appreciate any assistance you could provide to correct this problem. Thanking you inadvance. Jim Thomas

I have had an iPod Nano for nearly a year. Four days ago, the screen went blank; everything works (i.e., it charges normally, the click is audible when you touch the wheel, the music plays, the unit shows up at the right time in iTunes, and the backlight comes on when it is supposed to come on), but the display is completely blank. So, it's impossible to see a menu or anything.

Any suggestions on how I might be able to fix this short of sending it off to Apple for service (and paying their fee)?

my ipod shows lines on the screen and it isnt working help

MY IPOD NANO IS SAYING ITS LOCKED AND IT ISINT WHAT CAN I DO?

Umm, hi. My iPod Nano was put in the wash with a pair of jeans by my mom. My Nano hasn't been the same since then. It works and everything, but the top of the Nano comes off and stuff. It won't get back in. I bought it less then a year ago, do you think I can send it for servicing?
Also, the menu button and the center button have to be pressed really hard to get to work.

It's really annoying. I would appreciate a response.

Thanks!

Hi. My husband washed my ipod and now it doesnt work. it wont hold a charge, and it rarely ever connects to the computer. The screen goes blank, and sometimes the music wont play. how do i fix this?

i got water on my ipod and its still works fine but it wont charge, can you tell me if it is unfixable, my warenty has ran out

my ipod turns on and it shows your main menu screen but when you try to pick something out of the list nothing seems to work, i mean nothing , no clicking sound or movement can you please help me,all i get is a picture of the main menu

I have a Apple Ipod Nano first genration. When I go to plug it in, it wont power on at all the switch is not on hold or anything. Any ideas as to why?

Hi my son's 30G video ipod wont work it was flashing some sort of symbol, I think it was saying very low battery, my son said it looked like the icon was a man with glasses on. Does this make any sense?

Thanks for your help,
Marcus

My Ipod just skips through every thing and won't play anything. this happened after being plugged into a kensingto speaker dock. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

B.P.

My ipod shuffle was washed. It is recognized by Itunes, but isn't holding a charge.

i had my ipod nano for a year it has been working fine yesturday but today when i played a song it didnt play and i tried another song and it still didnt play how can i get the songs to play!!!
please help!!

I got my ipod touch slightly wet and now every time i type in my code it puts in too many numbers and i keep getting locked out. How do i fix this?

hey! i've had my ipod nano for just over a year amd my screen doesn't work. all i get is a white light but i can still listen to music. it's really annoying as sometimes i can't see what i'm listening to or what playlist i'm on. HELP!

please help me!...
i have a blue ipod nano & love it, dont want anything to happen to it & when it eventually dies i am refusing to ever get rid of it..
but yesterday it slipped out of my hands & fell, the top bit of the ipod came off, where the hold button is. i dont think its actually affected the ipod in any way but i dont want it to stay like this because i also have a problem with dust which the screen is covered with inside & although i can still see it, i think more dust will get in through the top now which is not covered. what can i do? please help!!

My IPOD Nano was washed in the washing machine. At First it worked perfectly. Last night I turned it off with a fully charged battery. The next morning when I tried turning it on it wouldn't respond. Its not on hold and I can charge it when I try. Why did it suddenly break? Can it be fixed or do I need a new one? Please Help!

I have had an iPod Nano for nearly a year. Four days ago, the screen went blank; everything works (i.e., it charges normally, the click is audible when you touch the wheel, the music plays, the unit shows up at the right time in iTunes, and the backlight comes on when it is supposed to come on), but the display is completely blank. So, it's impossible to see a menu or anything.

Any suggestions on how I might be able to fix this short of sending it off to Apple for service (and paying their fee)?
-lauren

Hi

I have a brand new ipod nano and a new windows vista laptop. I have downloaded songs on to my ipod with no problems but when it comes to disconnecting the ipod the screen goes blank and the ipod dies. The battery states that its fully charged! Any advice?

Thanks

When I try to select a song that I want to listen to, it selects it but then immediately skips through my playlist.
I can't play ANY of the music that I want to hear.

PLEASSSEE HELP!!

my ipod just recently stopped working. i was listening to music and doing work..it works and all, adds music, and charges.. less then an hour ago it stopped playing. WHAT DO I DO????????

hi
my ipod nano is relativily new and yesterday i was listening to it and then i turned it off.
This morning however it wouldn't turn back on. I have tried everything, resetting it twice and putting it into the computer but still no response. It was full battery before i turned it off.
If you have any ideas could you please e-mail me and tell me what to do.
Thanks

i have had my ipod 5 th gen for over an year ,then suddenly now the audio doesnt work well i can only hear the dound from one earbud...i have replaced the earbud but the probelm still continues ,i tried it with the computer and it works perfectly fine but not the ipod
please tell me what to do

I need help. I don't know what happened because my ipod has never had a problem, but this morning when I took it out of my purse the screen was frozen. It was on the menu and it won't move. I checked to see if it was on my hold but it wasn't. I know the battery was fully charged. But the battery sign on the upper right hand corner of the screen shows the sign that the ipod is currently charging, although it is not plugged in. I have tried fixing it, but nothing is working. I can't even turn it off. Please help.

I was "pwning" my ipod touch everything was going fine then it went black for like 10 minutes and now nothing works cannot connect to itunes cannot hard restart NOTHING WORKS HELP!!!!1

thank you very much for all the links on your web site so i could fix my ipod.

Omg my ipod nano 3rd generation i got from a friend the screen is blank but it charges i can listen to music but i cant see any thing help i need the ipod

i have apple ipod(midrex).and i not used more than 2monts ,and now i c't remember the cod,what i must to make.plz help me

i accidently droped my ipod in water, and the top of it were the hold button is missing since the longest, at first it did work but then it went dead and i cant seem 2 get it 2 charge it wont even turn on, and when i connect it to itunes i doesnt even seem to connect to itunes, could i fix it? if so how??
please help

When I try to select a song that I want to listen to, it selects it but then immediately skips through my playlist.
I can't play ANY of the music that I want to hear.

If anyone can help me with anything, please do. I have had this Ipod about a year and 3 months.

This isn't a major problem, but it does bug me. Sometimes, the ipod won't turn off when I am done listening to it. Also, when this happens, I have to click the menu button twice to get to the main menu. Has an Ipod ever done that to you before?

The main problem now for me is I let my brother borrow my 30GB Ipod classic, and he let it get to the point to where it died. I thought, hey, I could just let it charge all night on my dock, and it will work in the morning. But it didn't. All it does is say 'Please wait, very low battery' and then just occasionally keeps flashing and has a little sad face and says www.apple.com/support/ipod. I have been there a couple of times, and it doesn't help at all. If there is anything you can help me with, I will worship the keyboard you type with!!!! I have absolutely no idea what is going on.

-Sara

My ipod nano 3rd generation is a week old, and bought brand new, and it just started having problems yesterday and today, i can scroll through things but whenever i click on a song it freezes, and it wont play any of my songs. i don't know what is wrong with it so please help me.

i have a 30gb ipod classic and the screen has a ipod with a sad face a battery with a cirle with a slach in it help and does not appear itune help

my ipod nano isn't frozen.
I can scroll up and down but thats it.
I can't press any buttons or anything.
Can you please help me?

Hi I have a 30gb ipod with a faulty earphone socket how can i get it apart so i can resolder the socket.Iam an electronics tech in the tv hi-fi field.

regards
Fred.

Help neded 8gb 3rd gen nano, got wet dried out in bag of rice everything working can see screen but no back light tried reset nothing backlight menu is on just no back light can you advise thankyou

My IPod just shut down while I was listening to it, and it won't start back up no matter what I try.
It was not low on batteries, and it couldn't have been from inactivity, because I had just changed songs recently.
It does not restart and it doesn't do anything when I plug it into my computer.

A friend of mine has an old 2003 model iPod...and it keeps showing him a file with an exclamation mark on it...his iPod won't respond to anything...is it fixable?

i have an ipod mp3 player, it has mp3 files, but it is not playing, I suspect that the software has been deleted. plz help me.

I washed my duaghters Ipod and now it is full of water. What can I do to dry it out? And will it work again?

dave,my ipod fell and its not working ...it displaying X...how can i fix that

I have a ipod touch and i found it actually well it was fully charged when i found it and i toyed ariund with it for awhile and now the battery has died! when i press the power button on the ipod touch it just says that it needs to be charged and i dont have a charger because i found it the screen looked a little dirty so i took a wet peice of tissue and i wiped the screen maybe four or five times and a few minutes later when i press the power button again nothing shows up not even the screen that says it need to be charged i dont know if its completly dead to the point where nothing will ever show up or if i damaged the screen by wiping it down three or four times with that wet peice of tissue SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP I WAS HOPING TO KEEP THE IPOD TOUCH!!!!!...and get a charger for it! does anyone know what's wrong???

theres no volume when viewing a video but theres volume when listening to music

my ipod nano doesn't turn on or show anything on the screen ever, and doesn'tshow up computers when i plug it in, and when it is in the charger it just makes a funny noise nad doesn't do anything besides make the annoying noise.

hi. my ipod nano was charging and when i took it off the charger the screen said connected. i dont know what to do i just got it for christmas

I have a problem too, i have an ipod that got in water and isent it to apple but they dont cover so what do i do now?

Ps:when i droped it in water i took it out fast and it was still playing, but then it started freezing and stuff like black screen!

Hey! So I recently got my iPod Nano for Christmas a week ago. I've been told it was bought off of Amazon.com and they bought it refurbished. It worked fine for a week and one day I touched it and it didn't even turn on. I plugged it in to the computer and when I took it out, the screen went completely blank. Everything works (it plays music, it clicks when you touch the wheel, ect.) the only problem is the screen...

Any help?

So i turned my ipod on and the screen was white with tiny little scattered colored bars. then the top of the screen had a black area and looked like it had little cracks on it. My ipod was not cracked because right after i found that out i checked it. my music still plays and everything. just the screen got screwed up. There was no water damage done to it or anything so i don't know what happened!

my bottons on my ipod wont work

My 125 gb ipod classic, wont turn on, i tried the hold center and menu thing.
and i tried restoring my ipod, but all it does is says error, and i tried disk mode and every thing, Help Please i just want it fixed.

hi there, my daughter 80gb ipod wont work, she went to put it on my pc to recharge it, and nothing, the screen is blank! i tried leaving it for a couple days to let the battery drain right out then connecting to my pc to recharge, which i left for almost 12hrs, but still nothing. Tried resetting, and still nothing, can u please help?

ok well my ipod was working fine and then it just turned white screened. it still plays music fine but i cant see what im playing. if i tilt it at a certain angle i can barely make out what is playing. how do i fix this? i have try to reset it and to restore it on the computer but it still isnt working.

Uhm ok. I have a silver ipod, and i love it.
But this morning when my friend was over my alram on it went of so i pressed dissmiss and it cut off and ever since then it hasnt worked rigth like it wont cut on, ive charged it and charged it. and ive plugged it up to the computer and it still wont work. and i cant figure out whats wrong with it!

I was listening to my ipod and i went to my games folder to play some solitare while hangin out, i opened solitarie, the ipod said "loading..." and then the screen went play with the words: erroe, this cam can't be launched, this may be the result of a full ipod, for more info go to http://apple.com/support/ipod.
well i went there and there was nothing that helped my problem. It won't let me open anything else, it won't even make the clicks sounds when i press buttons. my ipod is fairly new and nothing has happened to it that would harm it, it's never been dropped, exposed to water, anything! I also know that there is no possible way it is full. I have an 80 GB classic and i only have less then 20GBs of storage taken up. please please help!

my apple Ipod ls locked on a song with the pause signals showing and Now Playing is showing on the left corner but there is no song playing I can not unlock it at all It will not even bulge

Hello, my ipod is not working it says "Accesorize Test", "please plug FW. I didn't do anything so I don't know if is broken for ever or I can fix it. Can you please help me??
thanks

i recently got my ipod wet and stupidly tried to get it to work straight away but obviously it didnt. i looked down the headphones port nd its pink. is there anyway i can fix it without sending it away?????

my ipod had water spilled on it. I let it dry for a month, and now when i plug it in the screen doesn't work. It still is recognized on my computer, i can upload it and sync it. I just cant get my screen to turn on

my ipod wont turn on, when i try to reset it it stays on the black screen with the ipod sign on it. Sometimes when i try to do that it shows that the battery is dead. My ipod has been hooked up to the computer and it wont charge, it wont even show that its connected at all neither on my computer or the ipod, i have a 30gig ipod video help please =D

how do i get my ipod classic apart.my headphone jack is lose and i need to adjust the contacts?

My Apple ipod fell from about 25ft high and its not responding or charging. what should I do. Thanks cheryl

hi, my ipod went through the washing machine by accident, i took it out and let it dry for 4 day and i went to plug it in and it would take forever to connect but it does, i can put songs and videos on it but when i disconnect it from my computer and unplug the cord from it, the screen goes black as if it was dead! but it is completely charged! what do i do??

on my ipod touch the button wont take me to the home screen when i press it, also the button u hold in so that the slide for power off thing wont come up. it only locks.

i have a 5th gen 30 gb ipod. i droped it in the toilette when it fell out of my hoodie. it worked for a while, now it does nothing. i plug it in and it says please wait, very low battery, and that's it. that's all it does. i've tried wall chargers, usb, stereo dock, ipod bays, random docks in the stores. it does nothing. once in a while it says to go to www.apple.com/support/ipod. i went there. no help. is it junk? i already took it apart so the warranty is void. i'm pretty nifty with electronics and it's pissing me off that i can't fix this. what the hell do i do???????????????????????????????????

I washed and dryed my son's 4th gen ipod and it still works but it won't charge.

Hello, i just recently got an ipod touch, and its been working fine, but all of a sudden my apps on my ipod you know the games stop work and i tried everything.PLEASE HELP!!

Hey. i found my ipod in my washing machine, apperentl i had washed it, so i dried it of and i tried to turn it on, i tried reseting it, i tried toggoling with the hold button, but nothing works and it wont register on my computer. i left it for a couple of hours connected to my computer with my computer compleltly on but it still wont turn on or register on the computer

do i need a new one or is there hope?

I have owned my I-pod for over a year now, but I have not used it at all. I just got started and now the keys don't work at all and it skips around out of nowhere!! I'm soooo frustated!! Please help!! where can i take this to fix it?? I'm in Hollywood CA. Thanks for all the help!!

My husband left his ipod in the rain. I don't see any water in the screen, but the screen won't light up. I can hear the music playing and the click. The music will play for a short period and then stop. Can you tell me if this can be fixed or if it is a lost cause?

I'd give the folk at TechRestore.com a quick query: they have a range of iPod diagnostic and repair capabilities and are fast with turnaround too. Generally, though, electronics + water = not good. :-(

dear dave taylor,
my ipod is having serious problems!
i woke up one morning and my ipod was frozen! i tried to reset it but it froze on the apple sign and every now and then it decides to have a break and it completly goes blank! it is an ipod classic and has 80gb memoery!! it was very dear but not that i would know because i got it from santey!! i really want to fix it but i aint got no money!! what shall i do????
yours truly
orla oneill

xo xo gg

i have 80gb ipod but i cannot play the music in it even after synco the songs in it.Can u please help me?

ok,i have an iPod nano,i just bought that i iPod last 2days,but it cannot turn on..
how can??
last night i lock the iPod but today i cannot work
so,pls help me

Dave pls HELP ME!!
i know u can do it

i washed my ipod and i dont know what to do i put it o n the charger and iit turns on but when i take it off it just shuts offf what do i do

I have had my ipod classic for a about 8 months. Up until a month ago, it didn't give me any problems. At first, a screen with an apple in the middle and a blue colored background would pop up and i wouldn't be able to use the ipod for alittle while and then it would go back to normal, but yesterday, I was trying to access a game and a black screen popped up and said that I can't open the game. Ever since I have not been able to turn it off, listen to any music. Even when I plugged it into my computer to reformat it, the computer said that it was corrupt and it wasn't able to perform the task of reformatting it. What is wrong with it?

I have had an iPod Nano for nearly 2 year. days ago, the screen went blank; everything works ,it charges normally, the click is audible when you touch the wheel, the music plays, the unit shows up at the right time in iTunes, and the backlight comes on when it is supposed to come on), but the display is completely blank. So, it's impossible to see a menu or anything.

Any suggestions on how I might be able to fix this

hey my ipod turns on and everything but when i play songs the songs dont play at all they just stay at zero or it'll play but i wont hear anything

my ipod has a plaid screen.... help.. how do i fix it?

Hi Dave!
My iPod suddenly stopped lighting up.
it got in a place of moisture but trust me it never got wet to an extent where damage can be caused.
It works quite alright, the music plays, the sound of the click is there and everything is okay. But its just the fact that it can't lighten up and I have checked the brightness and everything to do with light and its all okay.
I can barely see a thing. Help me!
Thanks in advance :)
Take care!

Hi my mum put my ipod in the wash and the screen wont work but the music plays fine its just the screen . do you think i could take it back to the place i boght it and c if they can exgange it . i have tryed everything even putting it in a bowl of rice .that didnt work . Please Help .......

reply soon

Thanks

Hey Dave,

I restored my iPod to factory settings a few days back and began to sync my library again; however, my iPod stopped syncing and I had to unplug it. After this, my iPod went into "recovery mode" and I had to restore it. Now, every time I plug my iPod in, I get a "restore your iPod" message. After I restore it, I get exactly the same message. I have restored my iPod multiply times to no avail, can you please help me?

Thanks a lot.

the screen of my ipod apple is broken Can you tell me what to get it repair.

I have an Ipod nano and it won't turn on, when you try it say "very low battery please wait" it won't charge and we even tried replacing the battery. Also when we plug it into the computer it says that it's in "disk mode" and says "do not disconnect"

hey ive got a 5t generation ipod classic and ive had it for a year and a half and its worked fine ever sense 3 months ago it started off not holding a charge till i reset it then in went to were it would only hold about 300 songs and this ipod holds 30,000 and it wont hold videos picturesor the games i bought and now it wont hold a charge again wont appear on itunes and just gives me an exclamation point sign with a batterie ad when i take it off the ubs cord it shows no charge?? what do i do cus im getting super pistd and would love for some one to help me please??

ok, so i have a really old ipod. its 5 years old and its not a color screen, but i have treated it very well. one day i hooked it up to my friends laptop to put some of his music on it, and now it wont hold a carge for more than 15 minutes, half my songs wont play, and some song freeze it completely. can i fix it, or is it too far gone and needs to be replaced?

my 30 gb ipod says very low battery and has a sad face,how can i fix this,please help me

my brother drop his ipod shuffle in soda and do any oe no how to fix it

ty

hey my Ipod touch quit playing out loud, we we're listening to it one min, and the next it just quit, it wasn't being held when it quit either. It still plays with headphones, but not out loud help plz

hi. i got my 4th generation ipod (8 GB) in June, 2009. for some reason, my ipod screen is completely blank. i can still listen to music if i shuffle it by shaking it, but the screen turns both white and gray. when i listen to music, it turns white, and when i try reseting it, it turns gray. its really strange, i didnt do anything to make it like this. i can still hear the click, but i cant see a thing. please help !
thank youu (:

its me again. also, when i reset it, it makes this beeping noise, just letting you know.

i need help! my ipod is messed up. i turn it on and it shows the apple logo then the reagular menu you know music,videos,setting,ect...then i lock it and then it turns off then i unlock it and turn it on and it shows the apple logo over again what do i do. please help

ok help me i borrowed my friends ipod which is blue 4gb,and i charged it (all good still.)then it started to die one day and it frooze so i plugged it into my computer and it didn't show up.so then i did that middle circle with the play button,nothing. then i plugged it into the computer and did the hold down button thing and the sceam on my ipod showed a apple,then i shut my laptop and it stoped charging .and then my computer didnt show it was conected ever again,and it wont charge or turn on ...what do i do? please help

My Ipod has been damaged by contact with water(In the Rain).Its 512mb basic model bought 2 yrs ago.How do I fix it?
Its purchased in USA and being used in INDIA so I cant even opt for apple services.Do I get a clear online service provision????

Hey ,tnx Dave, i appreciate that, my Ipod was stuck in some case, and tnk u again, i got apple suggestion

two straight,short lines appear on my ipod screen after days without using.lines was shown only when backlight was on.tried restarting,but lines was still there.music and video was still able to play.so is it spoil?can it be repair?will it be expensive?

hi,
my ipod isnt working. i have tried everything it wont charge. it wont be read by the computer it wont even turn on.. please help me what happened to my ipod

My mom dosent check the pockets wheen she does the lundry and it went through the wash 3 TIMES!!!!!!

I have a new ipod touch that suddenly has no sound on some of the songs. The apple icon has a small fold or crank in it when it starts up but does not display that at any other time.

i took my ipod apart to fix it and now it want work what can i do to fix this problem??

I have an older iPod, a 2004 model of the 20g version, although I don't know the model # off the top of my head. I have been using it in a Sony-made iPod docking alarm clock, and noticed in the past that sometimes when I pulled it from the clock to use with headphones, the iPod wouldn't respond. Recently however, the problem became much worse.

Now, the iPod will only play in the clock, with the hold switch on "hold". The iPod seems to think that the "hold" switch is the "on/off" switch. It turns on when I flip this switch (in "hold" mode of course, so I can only manipulate it using the controls on my alarm clock), and it turns off if I flip the switch off of "hold".

Any suggestions on how to fix? I've already tried updating and restoring it...I can use it like an external hard drive, and to play music at random in my alarm clock, but that's about it.

Thomas, sounds like your mom owes you a new iPod. Just kidding. Sounds like you need to keep better track of it. Kinda harsh, I know, but they're definitely not designed to survive a trip through the washing machine, let alone three! :-)

Becky, I'd take my iPod in to the Apple Store and see what they can find. They might just replace it with a new one, definitely sounds like something's amiss.

Sonny, a key requirement for taking apart a modern piece of consumer electronics is that you know how to put it together again. Reminds me of when I was in High School and my buddy and I disassembled a 280Z engine, then reassembled it and were surprised to find a few spare parts. It ran, but we were always a bit curious...

Finally, Remy, sounds like one or more of the pins in the connector on the bottom of the older iPod are messed up, no longer connect, or are otherwise hosed. Be glad it functions as it does and don't forget to keep an eye on the Apple refurb store for the occasional great deals on older iPods: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/ipod

hi Dave,

my ipod touch suddently just stopped showing the bakclight it plays music and apps fine but there is no light how could this happen and what can i do??

i got an ipod touch and my screen has gone whie! i cant to any thing at all with it what can i do?

I washed my Ipod on accident and it wouldn't start up, I hooked it up to a charger and the screen came up. I was relived but this morning I disconnected it and it died. I tried it again and the same thing happened. How would i fix this?

I know you get swamped with this type of question but if you could direct me to anything that would help... it would be a greatly appreciated.

Recently my computer (Dell) hard drive crashed when I took a break in between backing up my info. I replaced the hard drive with a larger one. Now my iPod Classic (Gen 2) has all my music/books/movies/TV episodes on it.

I went and downloaded iTunes again. Hooked up my iPod and get this message: Your Library is synced to another library. These are your choices: cancel, erase and transfer purchases.

I tried 'Transfer' to no avail. I tried iPodRobot with no results. Does this mean I have lost all my iTunes purchased items because of the 'different' libraries? How do I get my music off my iPod into my newly installed iTunes - then how do I remove all the music/books/movies/tv episodes from it? I was given another one with more space as a gift and want to give my old one to a family member who can't afford one.

Another question to go with this... Can the 'naming' of the computer from what it was previously affect the iTunes?

Thank you so very much for your time!!

Nikkie

Nikkie, sorry to hear that you're having a hard time. First off, you should be able to authorize your new computer and redownload all the material you've purchased from the iTunes store. Now, in terms of the material you have that isn't from iTunes, iPodCopy should help you with that... Then take a deep breath and let iTunes wipe and re-pair with your iPod. Good luck!

Hi Dave,

I just wanted to pop in and say thank you so very much for your help! It worked like a charm. The iTunes items from the iPod are back in the library and the non-iTunes ones are back on my comp.

The wipe-repair was also a success!

You have my deepest gratitude.

Nikkie

Hi
I just recently got an i pod for Christmas and it shut down on me it was plugged in gor 5 hours in the charger and I tryed it out and the screen has been white ever since how do I fix it???
Please help me dave.

Emma, sounds frustrating! What happens if you unplug it? What happens if you force a reboot (see article at top of this page)?

I have an IPOD classic 80G. When I power it up I get the Apple logo and then a screen that has a circle and a diagonal line through it with a support link at the bottom. I ran the diagnostics test and it passed everything except one.
HP Detect : 0

Menu to continue

It will not go any farther than that! Can you tell me what this means?

Ray, sounds like the disk has gone south on you. Call up Apple or go to an Apple Store and ask them for help. Good luck!

Hi Dave
My Ipod Classic 30gb won't charge and has a clicking sound =( .. does this means the end for my Ipod or it is still fixable..

Thanks
Ivette

Last summer, my sister took her iPod on a trip to Yosemite and on a hike near the waterfalls, some water managed to enter the interior. Now, the play/pause button only works some of the time. Since my siser has recently recieved a new iPod, the "slightly broken" one is now mine. The bipolar button is extremely annoying and i was hoping you could help me. This would mean so much, thank you!! (":

Hi, as soon as I go on a app it goes straight off all of them do it it's really anoying please help.

Hi Dave! I was wondering if you could help me out with my iPod. Today, it was raining extremely hard and I am thinking that some of the water must have gotten inside my iPod because it was working just fine prior to it being exposed to the rain. When I turned my iPod on, the screen is completely blank, like the state that it is in when the iPod is off. After trying to play around with it, I noticed that the iPod screen was visible, although it was very faint. Then, the screen was once again visible, but I noticed that it was still dim. Next thing I knew, the iPod display screen turns bright white. However, through all of this, music could still be heard. Do you have any idea/suggestions that could restore my iPod to its original state? Thank you so much in advance! I know you must have a lot of questions - I really appreciate your help. Thank you!!!

hi dave thankyou so much i just bought it my ipod classic and took so much efforts to add my fav songs and movies and suddnly went sleep
i read ur tips and sort the problems
thansk you so much
tim

Hi My ipod nano got slightly wet the other day and it went to a blank white screen. It didn't want to work for a few days then i decided to charge it and it charged like it always has. But when i wanted to turn it on it wouldn't move the screen said it was on the botton lock switch but i checked it and its not locked. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME PLZ or do i need to go replace it

my mother went running along the rom and got really wet by all the waves crashing around her!!!! anyway my ipod 5th gen won't play any songs. it'll do everything else, the clicker works, even games but the music doesn't come through when on music quiz!!!! aaaarrrggghhh what can the problem be?????

HI um I have this blue 4G I pod. I had it for 5 years (IM 15). on the third year i accidently broke the usb port on my i pod. Now the I pod didn't work but after 5 months i tried refixing it and it works. right now my i pod won't charge, sync, and turn on. PLEASE HELP THIS I POD WAS MY LIFE AND I DON'T WANT TO DIE AGAIN

Sorry I accidently put I don't want to die again insted of i don'i want IT to die again so this is a repost. HI um I have this blue 4G I pod. I had it for 5 years (IM 15). on the third year i accidently broke the usb port on my i pod. Now the I pod didn't work but after 5 months i tried refixing it and it works. right now my i pod won't charge, sync, and turn on. PLEASE HELP THIS I POD WAS MY LIFE AND I DON'T WANT TO IT DIE AGAIN

how do i reset my ipod touch

hey.... my ipod has not been working for the past 4 days....i tried charging it wen it was charging it said"PLEASE WAIT VERY LOW BATTERY"
then after sometim a apple symbol appeared then it again started telling please wait very low battery....and it is going on and on my files arent opening wat do i do?????

my kids locked my ipod and i dont have the money to just reset it and lose all my songs so can i put them on my computer or on a cd plz help me

Valarie, if you reset it and then reauthorize it, you should be able to re-download all the music without losing anything. Note my use of the word "should", though. :-) Good luck.

My Ipod Touch completly shut down while I was listening to it. I tried charging it but it didn't help. No matter how hard I press down on the button, it won't turn on. How do I fix this? And what is the problem?

hiya , my ipod nano was workin perfect and den all of a sudden it wudnt play videos at all , all my music is in videos so i cant listen to any of my fav songs . i ve tryed everything .
please help me . xXxXxXxXx :)

My iPod says that its on hold when its not wat do i do? cause i cant reset is cause it says ts on hold can u please help me?

Hello. When I turn on my ipod it goes onto this weird Itunes thing. Its a picture of the Ipod connector to the computer and then a Itunes symbol. Please help. This has never happened before and I dont know what to do? Thanks

hii dave my ipod 8gb nano doesnt really play music properly because when i came back from school one day i took it ou of my drawer and the screen beacame a blackish gray.

It doesnt show anything on the screen and i cant tell if it is on or off i can also only hear the clicker moving around pls help asap. Thanks

Lukas..

Hi Dave,
I recently just bought a ipod nano 5th generation that has the hold button missing, is there any way to fix this or still be able to use the ipod even though it is missing its hold button? Please help asap. Thanks!

Hello, i accidentally dropped my ipod touch into the kitchen sink and it got wet and damaged, nothing happend to the screen but when i use it the ipod itself starts going into the apps or highering or lowering the volume, then i went to itunes and restored the ipod thinking that would help but all it did was erase everything and the ipod remains the same, should i take it to an apple store and can i fix it myself? please answer asap

my friend accidently spilled water on my ipod and it got in it. I didn't read this because i was on the bus and i turned my ipod on which once i got home it said on the computer never to do. It turns on but it has strange blue lines and i can see specs of water in it. when i shake it i can't hear any water and sound works, but when i connect it to itunes it says my ipod can't be found. i've tried rice, blow drying it, and putting it in the car window, face down i might add.

My ipod touch (1th gen) keeps on needing to be recharged I charge it every night aand then the next morning it works, but then when I dont listin to it for an hour or so it wont come on at all and I need to go home and restore it, any help plz?

PLEASE READ SOLUTION!
Hi i had the same problem. The Solution is simple. just hold down the middle button and the menu button down and then it should turn on!

Hi, my ipod 4th gen nano, went through the wash this morning and im wondering what to do

also is it possible to get it repaired withought the reciept, cuz i have the case in came in and everything cept the receit, legal booklet, and instruction manual

hello. i was jumping on my trampoline listening to my ipod. it started raining so i hopped off, but my ipod got wet. the screen went white for 5 seconds then was normal again, but went bak to the white screen and doesn't turn back. i have tried to reset it, but wen i do, the screen goes black then white and makes these weird beeping noises. its my mums so she's really upset. its an ipod nano 6 generation please help!

hi am really sad because i had my ipod nano (black) over a year now and i just started using it over 5 months ago and yesterday i was hearing music and then i turned it off for like 2 hours then when am going to listen to it again i couldnt the screen was off completly and now when i plug it in to the pc it just says some stuff in the pc but the ipod's screen goes gray ! and i really need help plase please help i cant use it no more and it was a present from my mother help please !

My Ipod screen is completely blank...Can this be fixed or is it dead? It plays music but I can't see anything.

the volume of my ipod goes high and low what can i do :/ i dont even know why rofl, i was too drunk that i cant even remember

my 4th gem ipod will only work when pluged in to my computer when i unplug it it go's black.
iv tryed pluging it in to the wall and reseting it and restoreing it nothing works. is there any thing i can do. cuse it is not under warrenty anymore.

i got same prob as sonnik. HELP?!?

my ipod nano has been fine but the other day the screen went blank; everything works it charges normally, the click is audible when you touch the wheel, the music plays, the unit shows up at the right time in iTunes, and the backlight comes on when it is supposed to come on, but the display is completely blank. So, it's impossible to see a menu or anything.

hi dave, i have a ipod touch and it will only let me turn it on and off, when i turn it on it has the charger connection and itunes cd showing on the screen, it lets me know when people msg me but it wont let me unlock it or go on to the main screen, how do i repair this fault pls?

My iPod went through a huge wash, and the screen is black, when I hold the flashlight to it, it is seeable, but, it's very unconvinient to have a black screened iPod nano in the public.

Paula, try doing a Restore of your iPod next time it's connected to your computer: it's a button in iTunes. Dunno if it'll help, but if it doesn't, then you prob have a hardware problem and need a fix.

Shane, sounds to me like you've shorted out the backlighting. If you can deal with the screen as-is, you're golden. Otherwise, it's a hardware problem and will cost $$ to fix. Check with Apple. If they're too expensive, I also recommend TechRestore, a third party that does great work. Here's a link:

http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=89807&u=106171&m=13577

[[ note, it's an affiliate link. Your price is the same, but they pay me a finders fee & help keep my site alive. :-) ]]

i was watching something on my apple ipod touch and i pressed the big button to escape and it froze so i turned ot off and on again and the screen has gone blue and wont work wont turn off again or anything
HELP! IS IT BROKE AND WHAT DO I DO???

the touch screen of my i touch is not working :(.i did a factory restore also but even then no use, i even tried restarting it but even then the tocuh screen wont response :(. i am using it in INDIA and this piece was bought by ma friend in USA. its only 3 weeks and its down. please let me know what can be done and can this piece be replaced by the apple co.

i have an ipod 30Gb,2 day ago i was trying to restore it and i couldn't restore it,an unknown error(1415) always appear and now i can find any thing on my screen, is only the apple logo that appear on my screen please help, what should i do next?

i have a 30g ipod and when i plug in the headphones it doesn't work. what should i do?

my ipod classic 30gb screen is discolored and shows everything like tripled!it also freezes often and doesnt like to reset.what should i do?i got this item from my deceased cousin a year ago so i have no warrenty or anything

hmmm... dave i don't think it helps because, my ipod has a plug, and a itunes symbol on it and i tried getting it off but it won't bulged, even if i try to make it go dead it still won't work what should i do... .

Hello Dave,
I have a iPod nano purchased a little over a year ago. Yesterday the screen turned white and will not allow me to play it. I can however use the iPod running it through my computer.
My question is there anything I can do to repair it myself? Or can I have it serviced?

Sincerely

Mike

hi, ive had mt ipod for nearly 2 years now. a few months ago a few pixels went andi thought nothing of it. all of a sudden today nearly my whole screen has gone screwed up and i dont know what i can do to fix it???? any help????

hello sir,
I am having ipod touch 8 gb. It got drenched in rain and now its not working. Even if i turn on or keep charging also its not turning on. Please let me know what should i do

Ok this will be long... I think.... Ok so like a couple days ago my iPod touchs headphones stopped working so I put my moms headphones in and they worked and now when I plug the my moms headphones in it shows the bar for your volume but when you pull it out then it disapears and you can't listen to anything without headphones even if you press the button on the side... Can you please e-mail me if you know the answer? Thank you.

Hello,
I have an Ipod Classic 80gb. While syncing with Itunes it freezes at 16gb and wont let me add any more sings/videos/podcasts. I have reset and restored ipod and also reinstalled Itunes but yet the problem remains. Is they any solutin for this ?

Hi
my apple ipod dropped and fell down on a hard flow, this morning and just went dead. Is there anything I can do to repair it back. I just can't do without music

my ipod touch got a little bit wet and when i try to put it the code it doesnt pick up my finger i touch it and it doesnt do nothing. i tried holding the lock button and the menu button but it didnt make a diference.

Hello there, I charged my ipod one night, like always. Then i took a car ride up to a camp site and listened to it a bit but then turned it off and locked it and put it away in my bag. The next day, I try unlocking it and nothing happens after that. It will lock and unlock fine... but the screen stays black and doesn't so anything. So I then charged it when i got home but when i hooked it up to my dock to charge it, nothing happened either. It stayed black. I then hooked it up to my computer... and the same. Just black. Ive tried resetting it numerous times. but nothing happens... its just black... Do you have any advice?

i have i pod nano 8gb . which fell down one day and now its menu button is jammed . i can switch it on but i can not select any icon. please tell me the solution and please help me ....regards

manan

hi, a few days ago i was going change the song on my ipod nano (5th gen. i think) and the screen went white, then off.i tried to turn it on,tht didnt work. i tried to reset it, but the screen just turned white and stayed that way until the the battery died,then when i charged it the screen turned white again and stayed that way until the battery ran out again. Also i tried connecting it to my comptuer, it doesnt show up. is there anything i can do to fix it, before i send it in to get serviced, without using a mac computer hopefully

I hav an ipod touch 2nd gen and it was running a bit slow sow i went into the genneral setting and press erase all data and settings now its stuck on the apple logo screen with a little frozen spinning wheel i tried to reset it by pressing the home , volume up and the off buton but it just reset and went back to the same screen WAT CAN I DO!!!!!!!

i have the same problem as harrison- i pressed erase all settings on my ipod touch 2nd generation and now its stuck on the apple symbol and the frozen little loading wheel! Its been like that for three days! Please help me!

can you please email me fast- well, you dont have to but i mean within the next week i hate not being able to use my ipod, wouldnt you?

Hey dave, so ive had my ipod touch for over a year now and it has a major problem

the light slowly started to dissapear, i checked on options and put the brightness to the fullest but it doesnt seem to work, my ipod seems to be responding fine, everything works exept from the light since it slowly dissapeard completly...now i cant see anything with makes my ipod useless:(
my computer still reads it and i tried restarting it but there is still no changes...
i dont know what to do :(!
if you have any suggestions that would be great, thank youu.
-micaela.

hey my ipod touch wont start up. when I power it up it shows a picture of an usb cord and the itunes symbol comes. When i connected it to itunes it tells me to restore it but when i click restore it tells me my ipod touch is not eligible to be restored. Can you help plzz

the screen on my i-pod nano is like blue when i plug it in to the computer the i-tunes icon doesnt pop up and it wont charge.when i plug it into the wall charger it doesnt do anything please help me

hi i have a ipod nano and i cracked the screen you cant see the menu or any of the songs and the screens just white with black spots and lines. the ipod still works but i cant see anything so i just have to guess where i am. is there a way to fix my ipod??

last week i got my first ever ipod for my birthday. its a 5th generation nano. unfortunately, it went through the washing machine. i put it in a bowl of rice for a few days and everything is working perfectly except the headphone jack isn't. i've tried different pairs of headphones and the music plays out the speaker but not the headphones. any advice?

hi my ipod nano is being being weird and is only playin music out out of the unit it doesnt work with the head phones please help i dont know what to do thanks.

my ipod touch woint pla

i was syncing my iPod nano 4th generation to my complutor on iTunes, but while it was syncing it said "please do not disconnect iPod" and i dropped it and it disconnected from the computor. It will not turn on now, is it completaly busted or can it be fixed ? Please help

ps. before hand it has been through the washing machine but it worked perfectly fine after that

i have a really big problem.I need you to fix my Ipod.Cause it's volume have been stacked PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP.............................................

The voice is not audible when I am playing videos in I tunes installed in my pc,and also in my I phone3gs when synced through I tunes from my pc. How can I fix this problem?

My video is not audible when running in my pc through I tunes and aslo in my I phone 3gs when synced through I tunes. How can I fix this problem.

My iPod Touch keeps freezing and turning off by it's self because I left it in the sun for about 3 or 4 hours...What should I do to fix it? It does turn on. I have resat the settings and restored it but it's still freezing up by it's self. My brother said to turn up the brightness and let it die a few times... Will that help?

I'm sad, my ipod was playing whilst charging. The cheap wall non-apple charger blew up and my ipod is now dead... is there any way to bring it back to life? (I have done some of the stuff suggested on different sites, but nothing yet works. Also, I see no obvious sign of blackness on the ipod itself, including inside)

my ipod touch is displaying an arrow, a usb wire, and an itunes icon please help it seem to be frozen what should i do besides hold down both bottem and top button thanks

i bought i pod on 2007 .now i have probiem iam not able to on or off not able to charge if it charge i hear trick sound just now i given to apple center for service they said hard ware problem i want to know what is the soluion for this.

hi,
i have a ipod touch which wont turn on but shows the itunes picture on my screen. when i connect it to itunes it says my ipod is locked with a passcode and i must enter a passcode on my ipod, but unfortunatley i cant do anything with my ipod... what should i do.
thank you

Hey I got the new Ipod Touch 4G. It works great! but the headphones won't go in all the way and it makes it sound really bad. it work at first but then just stopped. Why won't they go in all the way? and what can i do to fix it?

Dave ive had my ipod for about 2 or 3 years,now..i know u've had this question alot and well..the thing is that my ipod is recognized by itunes and it "seems" to be charging except that I can't see the screen and when i try to reboot it it(menu and center buttons)..its just not blocked and it just makes an awful sound..so basically can't see the screen and stays black or sompletely blank..it all happened as i was using it one day by the way,id truly truly appreciate ur help since i can't afford a new one..please

I have an iPod touch and I try to load up zombie farm it loads up shows the farm then it leaves the app after two to three seconds.

so I dropped my ipod in the sink about 5 days ago. i put the ipod in rice and left it alone. i tried to connect it to itunes today and the only thing thats coming up on the ipod is the symbol that it needs to charge but it shuts off in like 10 seconds... i dont know what to do :(

hey
my ipod touch isnt working because i havent snooze or stoped the alarm for a while and now my ipod is frozen and it wont work when i try to unlock it or play a song or turn the ipod off!

I used jailbreakme on my ipod touch and i downloaded an app called iProtect which allows you to lock all your apps. now whenever i go to the lock screen it says i have to enter a password, but i enter my password and it won't let me in!!! please help :(

Hi there
I washed my sons ipod nano in the washing machine managed to get it out 5mins from the start of the cycle and dryed it out but its not doing anything and won't charge can you help? the years guarantee isn't up til december i think

Thanks

Hi my iPod classic has the "do not disconnect" blinking on it not red but black and I tryed to restore it but it keeps saying error 1439... I never had this problem before, it started to freez up or just skipping songs then about a week ago where I tryed to restore the settings from then on it just keeps blinking and saying "do not disconnect" everytime it's connected to the computer ,do you have an idea what I should do...Thx

You have got to be kidding. My iPod Nano, along with many other iPod Nano's, has the white screen of death. I have attempted resets, re-installed software, put it in the freezer, frig etc, etc to no avail. Your sharing of Apple's advice to another having the same problem is an insult to one's intelligence.

my i pod dont work it says that a ipod with a sick face comes out www.apple.com/support/ipod

i have my ipod touch.. but after i plugged in the speakers on it my ipod just shut down automatically what am i suppose to do

Well, I dropped my iPod in the toilet bowl and look!! It still works :P

my ipod stuck in black screen but i can hear the buttons?my alrams go on?pleaseeeeee help

I got an ipod touch from a friend and it was fine then two hours later i would just watch it and it will go to my photos or when im trying to do the wifi it wont let me click

my ipod i bought several years ago has a sad face on it, and is making a very weird noise.

I have an iPod touch 4th gen. The headphone jack broke and is stuck in the phonejack. How do I get it out or fix my problem?

my ipod touch is on the blank black screan with the loading wheel it wont turn off or anything please HELP ME!!!!

my ipod got a little damp a few days ago and hasent worked since, it only switches on the back light with a plain black background and does nothing else, i have tried to reset it manually numerous times and the computer has problems reconising it and even when it does i still cant access the data on the ipod you know of any solutions to this problem

I goy my ipod nano last year and it hasa not started for the past couple of days since i charged it for two days staright how can i fix it? Let me know!

my ipod's screen has gone blank, when I touch the controls the back light comes on but no info display on the screen. I can't search for artists without guessing.

I tried to reset the device, including reseting to factory settings still it always fails to fix itself. Besides that the ipod functions perfect.

My iPod Classic 80g won't upload more than 8gigs of music. Is there any way to fix it?

Ryan, Lustrum, Dave, etc, when your iPod starts being weird, the best bet is to hook it up to your computer and "Restore" it. You usually have to then recopy all your music, videos, etc., but it does fix things and reset the iPod system for proper functionality.

Thank you! This article saved me a great deal or frustration and heartache. I thought my iTouch was deader than dead, but after reading about resetting it, I'm happily listening to my tunes and podcasts worry free!

my ipod charges but then the charge drops after like 10 minutes and dies how do i fix it

its an old black and white 20gb

Hello,
My Ipod does not work. It keeps showing a white screen with the message "ok to disconnect" every time i turn it on. I went into diagnostics mode and it passed all test except the HP dectect test where it shows a "0" and won't let me continue. Please help

uqhhh.....my ipod won't work..what do i do? every time i try to charqe it, it just keeps qoinq on and off and on and off nd its not workinq...even when i connect it to the computer it doesn't work..uqqqqhhhhh:@:@:@:@:@:@

can ipods be fixed if a battery and a triangle with a exclamatinon mark while saying "please wait charging "but nothing happens

how do i fix my ipod if its locked and i dont remember the code and it says the itunes is disconnected

My mp3 player hold button keep flahing and it want let me listen to my music and I flip the hold button and it still will not let me do anything...I only had it 2 month, common nowwwwww. fixed it or I will bitch a whole lot

HELP!my ipod nano isnt working properly as it got wet in the rain. Everything works like the music and videos but theres like big black circle on the screen . I can only see the normal viewing of my ipod on the corners of the screen. its really annoying me! can it be fixed? please help

my ipod touch keeps exiting out of everything im on and its really staring to bother me even after i shut it down or reboot it, it still wont stop exiting out of everything and sometimes it starts up by its self i dont no what to do can anyone help me

oh thanks so much i miss my ipad so much now i havet with me thanks so much

Well my iPod (the nano the one with the camra) won't play with headphones it doesn't matter what kind it won't play. It will play out loud and everything but when I put earphones in the song keeps playing but no sound what so ever will come out. I need help please please I miss my baby.

Hiya My Ipod Touch 4 Wont Play Music Or Charge On Its Ipod Dock Does Anyone Know What Is Wrong With It
??

my ipod touch (no camera) wont connect to my docking station(Sony). i have to hold it down then it connects when i let go of it it disconnects. Then later on my screen went black and i couldnt see that well, my brightness is turned on full. I went on to safari on my ipod to look up why it doesnt work, i've tried everything. Will i have to go to the Apple store?

plzzzz can u help my mum will kmill me if she finds out i broke my ipod!!!! what happened was i must have dropped my ipod and then there was a crack in the screen and then its all different blobs of colours. How would i fix it???

okay i got my i pod touch 3rd generation last christmas and the charger slot for it broke how much would it cost for apple to fix?

So my ipod touch 3G..well upgraded to 4G .. the touch screen will not work.. I turn it on but the unlock slide thing wont move when I slide my finger over it. I tried everything, rebooting it, restoring it, i can't power it off because the power off slide wont respond to my finger... what do I do?

hi. yesterday i was on my ipod touch (ive hAD it for about 3 years)and it died. so i pluged it in to my dock to chaarge it. afew hours later i went to see how far along to being done it wass and the screen was only white. and when i pushed the home button it would light up and the top button would turn it off like mornal. and when i go to unlock it it mskes all the noises it normally does but still no regular screen. and now the screen when its locked has a glow and it still isnt off all the way but then tou push the homw button it stiull turns white. i need help. again this waaas the first ipod toouch released so its a good 3 years old and i use it aboput everydAY. HELP PPLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

umm ok soo my sister brought an ipod for christmas and now on may 1 is wont turn on at all and my ipod is NEWW ive never dropped it its neww sooo i dont what to doo HELPP!!!!!!!

when i turn my ipod on the light is very low and i put the brightness up or down it doesnt change whats wrong with it???????????

i have a 5th gen ipod nano and i left it outside and it was rained on it worked fine for about 8 hours then the screen went totally white and it won't change please help

Hi, my daughter has blocked her i pod by putting the wrong pin number in so many times. does any one know how to unblock it please. thank you.

My ipod was updated and I came back to look at my music, and it was gone, and then when I clicked on the song, I found Chris Brown's Album Cover on the Summer Set's song Chelsea..which I don't know why, and it make's me SO mad! How do I get it off? Please help.

Kylee, you're going to have to fix that in iTunes on your computer, then resync your iPod.

MY 160 GB IPOD VIDEO IS LOCKED-- THE SCREEN HAS A CIRCLE WITH A RED X IN THE MIDDLE OF IT..WHAT COULD THAT BE AND HOW DO I FIX IT

the white part on the top of my ipod nano broke off and its locked and i cant unlock it. can anybody help with this???

The usb port in my ipod got messed up now I can't put songs on it. What do I have to do to get it fixed

i accedentily left my ipod nano 4th generation out in the rain and now it plays music and shows the song title but the pause/play, fastforward , menu and rewind buttons wont work. how do i fix this? i would appreciate an answer

thanks!

i put in rice and it turns on now but i cant play meusic what do i do?

well i was playing a game of dirt bike and out of no where the light just turns low u hardly cant see anything i went to settings and put brightness and it is all the way help me plzz

my screen light is broken will apple fix it?

Hi, i have a problem with my ipod touche 3 i tried to reset it on the ipod in the settings but my computer can't see it in itunes and on my computer.
when i open it, it open normali but it stop at the aapple and nothing else.

Wow, look at all the people with problems with their ipods...... HOW SCARY !

Crappy technology !!

um hi , i got my iPod touch wet. Everything works perfectly it's just that the brightness of my iPod isn't working anymore. It's just really dark and the brightness is all the way.

my china i pod is hanged , when i turn on it , it shows only one wallpaper,

my ipod shuffle 4th generation wont play music videos as audio on my playlists they dont transfer to the ipod

after i reset my ipod touch , it say want to wait 1 hour, but i already wait hole day it's doesnt got any respone. what can i do?

ok i've been charging my ipod nano 4g for a bit but
all its showing me is a blank black screen and i tryed pressing the middle button to reset but its still no working i dont understand ?? but the i just remebered that i plugged it in while the computer was starting but thats when the blank screen started

Does any one know how much is to repare an iPod touch 2nd generation I drop it n the screen is crake

hi my ipod touch will not respond when i tur it on it has a USB Cord a arrow and the itunes symbol how do i fix this !!!!

Hello, i have the ipod nano 5th generation
and my ipod's pause/play button doesn't seem to be working anymore
i've tried restarting it but it doesn't have any affect, and the rest of the click wheel works fine, just it won't pause/play my music and it also won't shut off.
I heard that putting a new click wheel may help fix the problem but i'm not sure.

Hello. I have the ipod nano 2nd generation. It worked fine and then one day the screen froze, I pressed the menu/play-pause button, it re-booted and still froze on the same song selection it was on, tried it a few more times and it ended up going to the menu screen. It wouldn't even let me scroll. I let the charge end and then re-charged it; same thing. Out of frustration I hadn't messed with it for a while. I have VERY RECENTLY tried trouble-shooting again. It will charge and I get the menu screen but now won't even let me re-boot it. I pressed the buttons simultaneously and nothing. I've even switched the lock button back and forth a few times and tried re-booting it, still nothing and still won't let me scroll. I tried connecting to the computer via usb and all it says is "do not disconnect" with the circle and slash symbol, can't even sync or download songs. It is an older ipod nano, could it be the battery needs replaced or if the battery was faulty would it even power on? Has a faulty battery been known to affect the funtionality of an ipod? Or does it sound like the circuit boards need replaced. I AM EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED!!! Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks for reading and for your time.

I have a 2nd generation ipod touch 16GB. It works except the touch screen does not respond for about a half inch of the left side. We have already replaced the digitizer. What are other explantations for this? There are no scratches on the front and the back has just scuff wear on it from sitting. Everything else works just fine on it.

uhh i may have got some water on my ipod, but whn i came home from seeing what was wrong with it, i charged it and it worked but now today, the screen's Backlight is off, but still works

Hi,

How are you?
What do you usually do with a ipod touch 2nd gen if it has a broken logic boards?
Can you repair it? or can you repair the logic boards?
Many thanks!

Um, how do you know the logic board is broken, Brandon? If that is the case -- or even if it's something else -- I would take it into the local Apple Store and see what they advise. Probably, though, they'll just say "time for a new one", which might be the case. If you do need to buy a new one, do check the refurbished iPods through the Apple online store (go to store.apple.com then search on that page for the "Refurb" link)

I can't access my apps, or connect to WiFi (even though WiFi is working) on my iPod Touch 3rd generation. Before I rebooted, it said "not connected." Then, I rebooted (twice), and now it says "No WiFi." What's wrong?? Thank you!!

my nano ipods on/off button is not working what should i do for that?

Hi buddy, I have a problem with my iPod touch 4th Gen, recently it has no sound!!! Yes, the main and vivid feature!! I just can hear the sounds from "settings---->sounds" but I can't hear anything from the musics, movies that I always used! It just has sounds sometime that I connect it to my laptop (syncing with iTunes) and such irregular times that I have no idea about! Everything which were audible before, it is not now! I read forums and some people said that it is because of the hot weather, so it will be fixed by putting it in the freezer !!! and some other guys told to install "sdsettings" from Cydia and it will temporarily become alright! I don't have any other idea about the problem, I just ask u to help me ... Thnx, Regards

I was downloading a video from my ipod touch with camera onto facebook. I locked my ipod just to save battery when it was downloading and when i went to unlock it i heard a pop and the screen went black. I dont no what happend i cant tell my parents its broken I have already gone through 4 ipod this year how do i fix it?

Hi! Yesterday, I spilled water on my iPod. Yesterday, it worked but the screen was very very dim. Once I got home I put it in a bag of rice for 24 hours (as it said online). Now today, I took it out of the bag and at first it wouldn't turn on but once it did it was still very dim. I've tried going into the brightness setting just to make sure that it was all the way up and even when it was it made no difference. I was just wondering if there is anything I can do to make the screen brighter or is it damaged for good.

my ipod went throught the wash it wont turn on or come up on my computer what do i do

Classic solution is to bury it in uncooked rice, which can suck moisture out. Failing that (and it works occasionally at best) you might just need a new one. Sorry!

Dave,
I checked out a lot of other sites already about my Ipod touch nano. The thing is that I tried everything that they said to do, but it won't play my songs and when I try to make it go back to the main screen it flickers. What do I have to do to make it back to the way it was?

hi dude..., i have a ipod touch 4g, when i try to update my pod the software is getting downloaded and then some error message is displayed at the completion of the download. Do i have to restore it??? if i restore it after backing it up will the progress in the game will be lost or will it remain same???? i would be most pleased if you help... thanks buddy....

hi... i tried even restoring it but at the end of download an error message is shown " your network connection timed out" i tried it several times but same error comes again and again... my internet connection is alright perfectly... what should i do??? pls help...

dear dave,
for some reason my ipod wont let me unlock it . the problem is that when it turns on, the screen shows a sign that says error 40. pleaaaaase help

ok my ipod tocuh wont turn on or charge or go to itunes idk wat to do my ipod has over heated befroe so shud i just leave it for like 2 days like i did last time ? like its not turning one or anything and im scared cux my ipod is like my baby i cant reset it cux i have all my games and plus its not going to itunes anyways so HELP!

my ipod went blank 2 days ado after chargeing it for a day i can hear the music but there is just a blank bright screen i dont know what to do.

My ipod touch 4gen wont charge with my wall charger. Although it is ok to charge through computer, my wall charger dosent work properly. It only charges at these really wierd angles and it says charging is not supported with this accessory!? Plz help!!! Id ont want to turn my ipod in again after the old ones battery expanded

Hey, i had a different problem with my ipod touch i haven’t had it for that long either and then it started saying i had 2 download a new itunes after i had been using another one for all this time. But when i did that it started saying that one of my song files wasn’t there so i just decided to delete the song. After that it started saying update your ipod and when i said no it came up with error so then i decided to say yes and then it turned its self off then restarted and came up with the apple sign but with a loading bar under it right after that it froze and then it said it wasn’t connected to my computer anymore even tho it was. I don’t know what 2 do somebody PLZ HELP!!!! and the ipod is a ipod touch 32GB no camera.

i have the iPod Touch 4th generation and when i plug in my iPod to sync, all of my photos go into my computer "picture" folder but when i click on it to upload pics onto facebook, the pictures have an error uploading and the little folders for a group of photos from my iPod don't show which pic it is. it's just BLANK. please help

My wife has an iPod Classic 30GB 5th generation and I can't get it to restore. I have tried the instructions for a hard reset(not sure if I am doing that correct) and tried the restore on iTunes. When doing it on iTunes it goes through the motions but at the end it says"The iPod "iPod" could not be restored. An unknown error occured (1439). Is there anything anyone can tell me to try and get it restored or last resort a place to send it to for repair and how much it cost? Thanks for any help. Doug dpacot@comcast.net

:(, I'm wondering if you have your pictures in the wrong format for the iPod? What size are they, and are they JPG or PNG?

Doug, I'd take the iPod and, if possible, your computer into the Apple Store and ask one of their "geniuses" to help out. They can diagnose a lot of things that are hard to figure out here in the virtual world. Good luck!

Dave, there were no pictures on it just music and it is a PC format not Apple/

Hi There
I have an ipod touch 8gb, i recently downloaded a couple of MP3 songs into my itunes and synced it to my ipod. Now when i connect my Ipod to my stereo, the screens says "accessory connected" and i cannot flip through any songs using the ipod.
I have deleted the mp3 songs and reset the ipod however it still says accessory connected.
Do you have any ideas how i can fix this?

My Ipod touch will not let me play the games I have purchased from apps. I have played it for a week and now when I press the game on the screen it pops up like it is going to play then it closes the game and returns back to the main apple screen.
Please please help

My ipod keeps telling me to restore in i tunes, when i do i get error 1439 tried resetting and everything else but still no luck. Help

I've had a iPod touch for 2 months now and it has a big crack in the screen and when i turn it on it will go white, do you know how i can fix it without going to a shop

Hie i hav a problem with my apple ipod i lock it and dnt knw e cord 2 unlock and b4 it used 2 freeze help me pliz i love it 2 much it was a present pliz

I have an 80gb i pod and it wont turn on even when plugged up I listened to it just last night and now it is off and wont turn on.

Hi Taylor,i hav a problem with my 30GB ipod.i did not eject it before removin it from d system.and hav nt been able 2 boot it.it does nt come up on my desktop

i just had my ipod touch 4th gen jailbroke and when i restarted it, only the white apple logo appears and my laptop can't also recognize it. i've tried to 'hard restore' it as i've read that it may help but it still won't work. what should i do? please do send me an email if there's any solution that you can suggest me at paulinesanarez@yahoo.com. thank you.

My Ipod shows an image telling me to connect to itunes. When i do it say i cant connect it because i need to put my pass code in but i can't. How do i fix it??

I plugged my ipod into my computer and it connected just fine but as i tried to disconnect it, it wouldnt disconnect even if the cord comes out or anything happens it stays on the connected screen.

i have a black to the front an silver to the back ipod that brings up a website every time i try turning it on.what do i do people..?

My iPod touch (4th generation) has been having a blank white screen for almost a full day and I have tried to reset and restore it, but nothing seems to be working. Is there anything else I could do to fix it?

SO, My iPod touch 3rd generation fell in the toilet, & i immersed it in a bag of rice for 2 days, and nothing happened, but now i hooked it up to the computer and it sync-ed but the screen doesnt work, i can still play music on it (on the built in speaker, through headphones, and on a docking station) BUT the only problem is that the screen is all white, and sometimes purple and gray with vertical lines everywhere....is there any way that can be fixed?

When i try to charge my ipod touch 4th generation a random apple symbol pops up on it!! and it does not open any files what do i do???

Hellppp me please my iPod is locked and also disabled for over two million minutes if I have let friends borrow my iPod so I'm not sure whats the last computer it was sync on if I take it to an apple store will they unlock it for
Me

i do a hard reset on my ipod
and it goes straight to a screen with just a lock
wont let me go anywhere else
the ipod is an ipod classic 160 gb
please write back thanks!

When I go on my I pod Touch it works fine until i got to my music and when i press the symbol it goes to it but i cant press the play button or anything it wont turn the music on no matter how many times i touch the play triangle thing or to shuffle or switch songs its like it frozen!!!! Help

I have replaced my screen and everything is in correctly but I have a white screen instead of the screen that i am sopost to have. What should I do?

Is there any software to fix the static sound on my ipod classic 120GBs that comes after downloading CDs into itunes?

my ipod will not let me download apps and music what do i do tp get it to download stuff?

Whenever i charge my ipod it shows that it's charging but when i take it out it dies 2-3 minutes later. No matter how long i charge it for it dies 2-3 minutes later. Help.

Randomly when i use my ipod (battery displays full or charged) the ipod randomly turns off. i try to turn it on and it displays the battery dead symbol. i put it on charge and it still displays battery dead symbol. it may be on charge for days and still wont charge.
Typically i tried hitting it etc and it randomly turns on. however it will randomly shut off.

I recently got my new ipod touch 5th gen. wet on accident it worked fine for awhile and now it won't work ive tried to charge it many times and it still won't come on I have even plugged it into my computer and nothing. Should I put it in rice? does that even work? I'm at a loss and I need my ipod! any suggestions????

i have an ipod touch without the camera and my clumsey self dropped it and it will say plug in but then it just stays on the little apple?

I have a 80gb ipod classic. It has quit shuffling my songs.it will just continue to play a song over again unless i change it myself. I have had it for 5 years.

hi,
i have an ipod classic 80GB 5th genereation it has fallen from the height of 4 feets now when i am trying to on it it says very low battery though befare it had a fall its battery was full n also when i m trying to charge it is displays www.apple.com/support/ipod & clicker sound comes.
please help i have an amazing collection of 70GB of some rare and not so common music in it. i don'y have any backup as i had to format my laptop . :-(
please help