Q: Ipod shuffle 2nd gen wont sync music it always gets stuck on a different song everytime and the puts the ipod into recovery mode!
Hey guys
My dads 2nd gen ipod shuffle will not sync music. I try to sync the music by autofill and manually and it freezes for a long time,and then says the device cannot be found. It then puts the ipod shuffle into recovery mode and i then have to restore the ipod and loose all the data.
iPod shuffle, Windows 7, 2nd generation ipod shuffle
Posted on Sep 8, 2013 1:57 AM
Since the shuffle appears in iTunes, it seems to be connecting, at least initially. When you try to load the shuffle with songs manually (not with Autofill), and drag just one song to the shuffle, does it work?
As a test, try the following. On the shuffle's Settings screen in iTunes, set it to Enable disk use and Apply the change. This should make it appear in Windows. Use Windows Explorer to copy something fairly large, such as a video file, to the shuffle's disk. Keep copying files to the shuffle, until it is nearly full. Does that work without errors? NOTE: After you do this, make sure you delete those files from the shuffle (and empty the Trash).
If there is a problem copying files to the shuffle outside of iTunes, there may be a hardware problem on the shuffle. It could also be a faulty USB cable, or a problem related to the USB port.
Posted on Sep 8, 2013 2:15 PM