20 Most Recent Apple iPod classic MP3 Player - Page 9 Questions & Answers

this is actually a serious problem and there are well 2 causes one is a hd sensor, the 2nd is the hard drive has actually lost its place for better terms.
The first fix is is simple and takes alot of time. But basically what happens is the lens on the inside of the hard drive skipped a beat from either being dropped or unplugged in the middle of transfering. If you were to take it into apple they wouldn't fix it under warranty or take it in return cause they consider it from being dropped. An it will cost you more then the units worth to get it repaired from most places..
first you can basically let the battery die. Let it sit with the red x until you cant get it to turn on anymore. You have to essentially discharge the battery. Leave it discharged overnight. Once the battery is fully discharged you need to allow it to fully charge. Once it fully charges it may come back and start working this only works on about 30% of iPod classic units. In some cases i have seen people just able to plug it in and let it charge for 4-6 hours and it will start working. but if, when you try to charge the iPod it shuts off after 5 minutes, your gonna have to let the iPod discharge.

Ok so now if that didnt work and you have discharged the ipod and recharged it there is only one fix left that many people have done and swear by. I myself had to use this on 100s of ipod classics and it works.
Reset your ipod by holding the middle and menu button until you hear clicking or immediately when you see the apple icon. then with one hand hold the ipod firmly and hit the side of it onto the palm of your other hand. I mean you really have to smack the iPod as soon as you hear that clicking or you see the apple icon. Sometimes this jumps the needle back into place but not all the time and may take a few times to try. Some times it takes 50 smacks to get it to work but it does work. I have known people who couldn't smack it hard enough so theyd hit it on a counter or table top, but dont do that the first 10 try's. Use this only as a last resort to the discharge/recharge fix.
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Now if it took smacking your ipod to work when it comes back it should have all of your music. But in 10% of the cases it may not have all of the data left on it and it will ask you to repair or reformat. You will most likely have to reformat and lose your contents so i hope you have your library backed up but as i said thats only 10% of the time.
If you need further assistance please feel free to follow up with a comment and i will be here to assist you. If this assisted you please feel free to rate the solution. thanks and have a great day.

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You will need to go to the Apple website and download your user manual from there.
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http://support.apple.com/manuals/#ipod

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When the Apple Logo is stuck
If this happens, put the iPod into Disk Mode through the diagnostic menu. Then connect the iPod to your computer and update or restore the iPod.
Sometimes you can get away with just updating the iPod, so try that first, but usually you have to restore the iPod .
As always make backups of your music files, because the restore procedure will eliminate them.
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you have to sync it with iTunes

it could be damanged or it has an errror

This link to the apple support site will help you

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1320

Take it to the apple store, they will help you and most likely fix it, trying to fix it yourself will only make it worse.

You can't "backwards sync" (put music from your iPod back onto your computer) through iTunes. When you went to sync after you got your fixed computer back, I'm assuming iTunes tried to copy what was in iTunes (nothing) to your iPod, which probably is what caused these problems.

Assuming you still have the music on your iPod, I would recommend transferring the music from your iPod back to your computer (to a folder other than iTunes), restoring your iPod to factory settings, then moving all of the music files into iTunes and re-syncing your iPod.

There are two programs that are available to transfer songs from your iPod back onto your computer. The first is iDump and the second is YamiPod. I have found that iDump is the better of the two.
The link for iDump is:
iDump


Hope this helps!

hold the menu and the center button to reset it until the logo pops up

Be sure to connect the charging/sync cable directly to the computer, not a USB hub. Most hubs are don't provide enough power to the usb ports to charge the ipod. If you need a method of charging the ipod while away from the computer connect your sync cable to a device like these: Even the USB port on Apple keyboards is not able to charge the Ipod.

If you're using the computer to charge the Ipod, be sure it stays on, when computers go into sleep or standby modes they stop charging your ipod. You may want to use one of the options below to charge your Ipod when the computer is off or in a different location than the Ipod.

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It is indicating a Hard Disk failure. The clicking sound you are hearing is the head hunting for data on the Hard Disk. Normally it should happen in seconds.
This is a sound one should dread on any device which runs on a Hard disk. It spells death and one has to go through the nightmare of recovering precious data or files from the HDD !! . If you give it to the Ipod service center they will recover all your data and reload it onto a new HDD and return your Ipod as good as it was before this failure.

1. Disconnect and reconnect your iPod to iTunes, and then attempt to restore or update the iPod again.
2. Restart your computer and then attempt to restore or update the iPod again.
3. Try connecting your iPod to a different USB port, and then attempt to restore or update the iPod again. Connecting to a USB 2.0 port is recommended. For Windows computers, refer to Identifying USB 2.0 ports on your computer for instructions.
4. Remove any USB devices not manufactured by Apple that you have connected to your computer (it is not necessary to remove your keyboard or mouse). Then, attempt to restore or update the iPod again.
5. Update to the latest version of iTunes, and then attempt to restore or update the iPod again.
6. Try to restore or update the iPod again using a different user account for your computer. For example, create a new test user account on the computer with admin rights, and with iTunes installed, try to restore/update the iPod.
7. Try disabling Disk Use on your iPod and attempt to restore or update the iPod again. If that doesn't work, try enabling Disk Use on your iPod and attempt to restore/update. Refer to Putting iPod into Disk Mode below for instructions.*
8. If using a Windows PC to restore or update your iPod, try to reregister ".dll" files as described below this list.**
9. If using a Windows PC, try to update or reinstall your Windows USB drivers, referring to the section titled "iPod only: Updating, or in some cases reinstalling, the drivers for your computer's USB interface may resolve this issue."

Ipods are 1-way devices dontknow why,but you can go from computer -to-ipod but NOT ipod to computer,look all over the net,you'll see its just a flaw it has and for some reason apple wont let it,now their are programs you can download to your pc that will do it for you. Google--program to transfer music from ipod to computer

Put your IPod to charge for a 4 or 6 hours and it will work again

1. Connect your iPod, iPhone, or iPad to your computer.
   

2. When your device appears in the iTunes window (below Devices), select it and click the Photos button.
   

3. Select "Sync photos from" and choose an album or folder from the pop-up menu.
   

   If you're using Adobe Photoshop Album or Adobe Photoshop Elements, you can export photos directly from those applications to your device by choosing Photoshop Album or Photoshop Elements from the pop-up menu.
   

4. Choose whether to move all your folders or albums, or only selected folders or albums.
   

5. To also move the full-resolution versions of these photos to your iPod, select "Include full-resolution photos."
   

   Note: You should select this option if you plan to move the photos from your iPod to another computer. This option isn't available on iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad.
   

6. Click Apply.
   

Connect to iTunes,
Make sure you have the latest iTunes version
Connect your iPod,
On the main screen where you see a picture of your iPod ,
Just below the update button there is an option to reset the iPod.
iTunes will ask you to download and install , click that
there will be a small wizard where you have to click next a couple of times ,
Just follow the instructions and make sure your iPod is connected at all times.

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I have seen this.

One thing you can try is getting a can of 'air' see, the device gets 'buildup' underneath the click wheel causing it to not respond, and unless you know how to disassemble and clean, this is your alternate fix.

So... with the canned air, you have to be careful as when you spray it into device it will freeze things temporarily if you spray to much at a time, you must use quick direct sprays into and around the wheel, so quick spray, less than a second, wait like 40-50 seconds and doit again, working around the wheel.
hope it works!

Have you plugged it in to your PC with the USB cable?