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Feb 22, 2007 5:16 AM in response to expostdeliriumby Kiwi Graham,Well I'll add my name to the list for a 6Gb mini which was showing apple logo followed by sad face followed by brief flash of batter icon with exclamation mark and then back to apple logo etc.
Several hard bangs on the desk and it flashed into life.
As per a previous post this would seem most likely due to part of the hard drive having gotten "stuck". This may have happened when the iPod was previously hit rather hard by accident (eg. dropped) or it may be environmental (eg. heat).
So this fix is unlikely to be relevant to a nano!
Graham -
Feb 22, 2007 6:55 PM in response to Wazman21by rjkisses,I really didn't think the whole bang on the desk thing would work, until I read like 30 people's responses saying they tried it and now their ipod is running! I checked it out and now it's working perfectly!!! THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH! You should be hired as the guy that works behind the GENIUS bar at the apple store because those dudes suck, they told me my ipod was now a paper weight...NOW IT WORKS!!! YOU ARE A GENIUS -
Feb 24, 2007 2:55 PM in response to Kay Browneby soxfan52,Hola,
Uhh do you think this will work for a 15G 3G ipod w/ dock connector? Or is it totally out of whack because I've already tried dropping it, whacking it, and a couple of technological things that all didn't work?
thanks,
michael -
Feb 24, 2007 3:17 PM in response to soxfan52by soxfan52,I have tried this method, and it didn't work. -
Mar 3, 2007 7:35 PM in response to unreliable ipodby Rauch,wow I was worried at first that hitting it on my desk would work but it did.......wow thanks a bunch! My ipod is still kicking -
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Mar 31, 2007 4:38 PM in response to Kay Browneby theatombomb,Well I would love to try any of these steps, but my iPod isn't even recognized by my computer anymore. It won't charge, so I need help on how to get it recognized before I can try to restore it, or do anything else for that matter. -
Apr 4, 2007 9:04 PM in response to Kay Browneby theatombomb,Holy Monkeys! I just hit it and it started working again. Praise the genius who found this out. -
Apr 11, 2007 8:34 PM in response to theatombombby onewhiterhino,three bangs on the desk (right-side down) and the ipod is back in action. wow. -
Apr 12, 2007 11:39 PM in response to onewhiterhinoby Gwendolyn Orel,genius! genius! I ran the diagnostics etc, but disk utility wasn't seeing the ipod and itunes would start to restore and then get an error.
banged three times-- and hey presto! disk utility sees it, and itunes says, we need to restore it-- and then does!!!!
it's busy resynching my library now. Genius! Genius!
Thanks soooo much! -
Apr 22, 2007 8:34 PM in response to Kay Browneby jennikun,I as well have tried the "hit on the desk" method, but rather, I did it with a wall. Computer recognises it now, and everything seems to work, however, I still hear a whirling noise that I'm not sure whether or not was there before. Is this normal, and does anyone else have it? I'd like to fall asleep knowing it's fine if this is happening to others ipods, too.
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Apr 23, 2007 6:27 PM in response to Wazman21by fotogenik,Are you kidding me!!! I spent ages stressing and searching, did god knows how many resets, diagnostic checks, disk mode stuff etc etc and all it took to fix it was a quick little tap on the top right corner....
... I thought you might be full of **** but i had tried everything else and IT FREAKING WORKED!!!!!
Saved my assignment that was on the HD, thanks heaps!
If anyone has the folder with the exclamation on it try this!
I could get into my iPod sometimes after resetting but couldn't get it to mount. Was coming up corrupt drive or telling me to restore it. -
Apr 23, 2007 8:55 PM in response to jennikunby DanielStarr,wow.... blew my mind u are legit probably my f'in hero! -
Apr 28, 2007 2:34 AM in response to Kay Browneby DiaPia,Oh my god.............it work have a iPod colour and was ready to throw it in the bin had tried EVERYTHING and nothing worked except whacking it on my desk a couple of times. Its offical you are in my top 5 of all time favorite people -
May 6, 2007 5:07 PM in response to DiaPiaby willhooper,The banging saved my 20 gig ipod! All it took was a few times on a table and a few on the wall. Was a lil hesitant, but tried it anyways.