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HELP, my Ipod is dead!

I really need some help here.
Yesterday my Ipod was dead. It just wont turn on. I've tried holding the Menu and Center button but nothing happened.
It just went dead.
I did charge it on my laptop, but when I ejected it, it seemed fine.
Can anyone help me?

Compaq Presario CG40, Windows Vista

Posted on Dec 9, 2008 9:42 PM

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Jan 16, 2009 5:28 AM in response to bobthebuilder1759

OK-This is what happened last night---

I was charging up the Nano that was originally my daugheter's which she gave to me since mine died (and she now has an 80g video iPod). After it charged up and I deleted the Hannah Montana stuff and added my tunes on, I went to but a new song. Downloaded it, agreed to new terms of Itunes Store contract, downloaded it again, added to iPod.

Then I ejected it.

For fun, I decided to see if my dead iPod was still dead, connected it to my laptop and then I saw the faint Apple logo. I almost had a coronary. I called my daughter over, it was charging and now my laptop recognized it.

It's fine now.

But my daugter is now upset that her little iPod doens't have Hannah Montana anymore. We'll do that later tonight.

Thanks everyone-I have no clue what happened to this thing. It was dead. Everyone I talked to, said go buy another one after taking it to the Apple Store and see what can be done. It's been around two-and-a-half-weeks since it died and now works.

I dunno----I might rename it Lazarus.

Jan 20, 2009 8:59 AM in response to wardahbiru

Well then I guess I'm lucky. My dads second gen green 4gb ipod nano still works perfectly. But I found a used silver nano on ebay that has the same problems described here.

So I want to ask all you ipod experts. If ipod battery dies wont it still work. Cant it still be plugged into the wall or car for example and still play music. Cuz the green nano we have now showed it was charging when I plugged it into a usb hub with ac adapter without a computer. It didn't say do not disconnect and just started charging. So I could play music. If the battery died it would still power right? It may not charge but it woyld still power right like in my car or soemthing for example?

Jan 20, 2009 9:52 PM in response to wardahbiru

Same problem, earlier i tried turning on my ipod and it just had a black screen, thought it ran out of batteries but when i pluged it in nothing happend... i tried switching cables, restarting the computer, changing computers, changing usb ports nothing worked. Its still just a black screen, nothing happens when i do anything (inculding pressing a bunch of random buttons)

Its kind of funny because these last few days ive been telling alot of people how good this 8gb nano was, it survived all the times ive dropped it on pavement, gotten it wet, all that good stuff. And now it dies out of some dumb error...

Im glad there is a little bit of hope, but if you ask me i think its a little funny and coincidental that all of us have this problem in a span of a couple months....

if anyone finds out anything else you should definatly post it.

Feb 1, 2009 5:03 PM in response to roryfenrir

I pressed a bunch of buttons and then waited a couple days and it worked again. But then it ran out of batteries and is now in the dead state again. Ive tried all i can an i cant get it to work this time.

I want some apple person to tell us whats up, cause if they make cheap products that only survive till their warenties run out they definatly do not diserve the mp3 player monopoly they have.

HELP, my Ipod is dead!

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