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Posted on Oct 04, 2008

5th generation ipod will not charge

I have a 5th generation ipod and the battery drained and I plugged it in to charge and it shows to be charging but when I unplugged it, it was still drained. I tried another port and the wall charger as well. Finally, I replaced the battery and it worked like a charm for the battery life on the new battery then I plugged it in and again...will not charge. Still, with the new battery it shows to be charging and when unplugged it is drained. I took it back apart and made positive all was snug in it's positions and still nothing! HELP!!!

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  • Anonymous Oct 04, 2008

    same **** as dude wtf man

  • Anonymous Oct 14, 2008

    some thing, i guess I wont try to replace until some responds back to yours

  • jpar Jan 14, 2009

    Same here. Battery started running down quickly so I bought a replacement battery. However, it will not hold a charge. I have used the AC as well as the USB, but no dice. My PC and car stereo have no problem recognizing my ipod and I can play music while plugged in, but within seconds of disconnecting from either source...dead.

  • Ethan Carberry-Holt Oct 26, 2013

    Well, mine just simply won't charge. Take it to Apple and they'll repair it

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It could be something wrong with the main board or a faulty replacement battery.
hope this helps at all.
good luck :)
Jaxon

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