Bleg: iPod
The only Apple product I own has locked up. The iPod classic just shows the opening screen. The buttons do nothing and I cannot shut it off. No powering it down and no battery to remove. How do I fix this?
And USB to computer does nothing.
Update: All better now.
October 28th, 2011 at 5:36 pm
Fix it with a hammer. If that doesn’t work, get a bigger hammer.
October 28th, 2011 at 5:42 pm
So tell us! What’d you do to fix it?
October 28th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Center Button + Menu held for 5-10 seconds usually reboots mine nicely when it gets stuck…
October 28th, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Honestly, If you have had it more then a year its surprising you dont already know this trick. When I had my Nano I had to do it almost once a week.
October 28th, 2011 at 8:31 pm
That’s the iDead mode.
October 28th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
No accessible reset button? No visible screws so you can remove the battery? iPod firmware not done until it doesn’t sync with Amarok?
Don’t ask me why I’m a Mac hater.
October 28th, 2011 at 9:56 pm
There is this repair outfit in Texas that fixed mine when it did the same thing, the screen interface connection went bad, new screen and a new battery while they had it apart for about 90 bucks. http://www.milliamp.com/texas-apple-ipod-iphone-repair.html
October 28th, 2011 at 10:53 pm
Thanks, Dave…mine just went wacky as well and that seems to have revived it…
October 28th, 2011 at 11:43 pm
That was Skynet downloading……
I, for one, welcome our cybernetic overlords….
October 29th, 2011 at 1:50 am
The center button and menu button trick should do it.What I have noticed with my older Ipod If I leave in my truck overnight in the cold it wont fire up until after I hold by the heater vent for alittle while.
October 29th, 2011 at 7:25 am
That’s what happens when you turn 40.
Advanced electronic shit just stops working in your presence and makes you feel stupid.
October 29th, 2011 at 9:20 am
^heh heh
October 29th, 2011 at 7:33 pm
+1 to MSgt B.
October 31st, 2011 at 9:46 pm
I believe you’re supposed to soak it in kool-ade overnight…