White Screen, but iPod not dead...

HEY I GUYS I HAVE A 2ND GEN IPOD NANO...... THIS HAPPENED TO ME!!!!!!!! I KNOW HOW TO FIX ITTT!!!!

1. DO THE RESET 5 TIMES, HOLD SELECT AND MENU.
2. TOGGLE THE HOLD SWITCH.
3. REPEAT THE RESET, BUT THIS TIME HOLD IT DOWN FOR 10 SEC, THEN TOGGLE THE HOLD SWITCH WHILE YOUR STILL HOLDING DOWN THE SELECT AND MENU KEY.
4. THAT SHOULD WORK, I WAS MESSING AROUND WITH IT WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME... I DID THE RESET LK 20 TIMES B4.

Well I tried all the suggestions here and elsewhere and finally, giving up, I threw the nano in the air('2001' style) letting it land on the (carpeted) floor, and hey presto! it's back working again! the screen has returned from the white death!

so who knows, but my guess is a loose connection in there somewhere cause all those software tricks did not a thing....

Hiya!!
Mine keeps doing the same and I've been searching the internet trying to find ways to stop it!! its currently in the middle of the factory reset, but i doubt it'll work since nothing else has worked!!
pleeeease help if u know what i can do!!
Thanks, Miriam!

I think this is a software glitch from the latest iTunes software. This happens to me too.. battery is fine, music is fine, coneections and restoring works ok. Once the Nano2 is switched off and on again the screen info disappears.
Apple need to investigate this and fix the problem.
Testing it today.. if you restore the original software in iTunes and do not switch your iPOD off..the screen is fine. It only occurs when the Nano is turned off and on again. The screen does not boot up properly.
I am sure my nano is fine but the software is faulty... over to you Apple!
The number of post on here show that it is not an isolated incident... come on Apple sort this out!!!!

The heading says "this is answered" but I didn't see a resolution to the problem. An update: if I restore the ipod, I always get a good menu though as soon as I turn the Ipod off, the white screen of death starts again.

I am having the ame problem! But what gets me is the fact that my ipod is only a couple weeks old. Plus idon't drop it and i keep it in a case at all times! But i've noticed if i put it on hold and take it off i can see it normal but then the screen goes white again! All I can say is, they better return it; or I will find a new mp3 player.

I am having similar problems in my iPod Nano 2nd generation. You mention taking it apart and putting a new screen. Question 1- How do u disassemble it? Question 2- Where can I pick up a new screen at?

Thanks!!!!

My son is having to same problem with his 3rd generation. As we were searching this site the screen came back on but it looks like it got wet around the edges of the screen. I know for fact it hasn't as it's been laying on my coffee table for days. The light keeps flickering and when we try to restore it we get a warning that his ipod cannot be unmounted. His brothers have the same ipods so hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come

Oh, I've got exactly the same problem with my iPod 2. generation. White screen, but the iPod works and I can listen to music. I have resetted it two times with iTunes. After the first reset yesterday, the screen worked. But today the sreen was white again and this did not change after resetting.
So, can someone help me? What can I do against that?

Well, I want to add something. I think, it is not a hardware problem but a software problem. I just connected my iPod with my computer to reset it another time and: the screen of my iPod worked!
Following that is a reason to hope that the problem can be solved. (My iPod is more than two years old.)

I'm having the same problem. About two days ago I fired up the IPod Nano only to find that the screen was all white. It plays music fine. But when I turn the Ipod on I get the white screen. Rebooting it is only a temporary fix. Restoring it to factory settings does nothing.

The plan is to keep in plugged in and visit it in a couple of days.

I too have 2nd gen ipod. It has been having the white screen of death problem for about a week. Most times when I turn it on, it gets white screen only but plays just fine and syncs fine. Sometimes hooking it up and syncing gets the menu to appear, but it quickly disappears again. Many times hooking it up results in sync but still white screen. I've tried reinstalling the software but problem persists. Reset very infrequently gets the apple logo and menu back up. Anyone else had success finding a solution? It is out of warranty - it is about 1.5 years old.

I get more consistent blue llines but still no apple logo and no menu even after trying this several times. I'd be interested to know if you have problems within the next few days. I often get the menu to come up after a full on restore (but not always) but as soon as it shuts down the white screen of death hits again.

I am totally frustrated. I have tried all sorts of options, including those listed here, with my second generation nano. I am still scrounging the net for the 1.1.2 firmware, but I have not found it anywhere.

I can listen to music fine. It mounts fine. It syncs fine, but I just have a white screen which renders it essentially a big shuffle. I love my nano. It is the perfect size, and I prefer it, by far over my iPod 5G and my iPhone, for working out and other activities. I really cannot justify the money for a new one and the supporting peripherals that I have for mine. So, I would love to get it back to life, but I really think it may be hopeless. ;-( I am open to any ideas at this point.