iPod ejects as soon as it is connected - what can I do?
I NEED HELP! Every time I connect my iPod Classic to my computer, it automatically ejects within 30 seconds or less (usually less). I have removed and reinstalled iTunes on my computer, to no avail. Nothing will sync. Any ideas on what I can do?
I have the same problem. The iPod (80GB Classic) was connecting and syncing fine until iTunes upgraded to version 9. Now when I connect the iPod, it says "Connected", then iTunes starts, then the iPod goes to "Ejecting" before iTunes recognizes it. If I start iTunes before connecting the iPod, the iPod still goes from "Connected" to "Ejecting" without iTunes ever recognizing it. I have tried resetting the iPod, running it in disk mode, re-installing iTunes; nothing seems to help.
Yes, just started having similar problems here, too. I've tried rebooting, switching the ipod to disk mode, repairing permissions and turning off autosync in itunes but no luck so far.
Add me to that list. This is especially frustrating for me now, as I just purchased an audiobook that I need to "read" for school specifically so I could listen to it on my iPod while I'm doing other things.
yes, yes, yes.......another disappointed apple customer with the same problem! I am getting tired of reading all the reports of this problem with no answers from apple. When will this problem be solved?
I've had this problem for the longest time. I had an older 30 gig ipod that never had that issue. As soon as I got my new 120gig classic, it would never connect.
The only solution I've found is to make sure your ipod is fully charged before connecting it. That seems to be the trick. Sometimes my computer won't charge through the usb connection to my computer (it shows the plug icon instead of the lightning bolt charge icon), so I have to stick it in another dock I have to fully charge it. Once it's fully charged, it usually connects. Strange.
The battery charging did not help me but I was able to get my iPod to connect to iTunes again (without immediately ejecting) by removing iTunes 9 and going back to iTunes 8.2.
It took several hours for iTunes 8.2 to re-import my music library (of about 50G) and another couple hours to re-sync my iPod once it connected.
After connecting to 8.2 I was able to update my iPod software to 1.1.2. I am not sure if this makes it now safe to try iTunes 9 or not, but at least things seem to be working with 8.2.
I am having the same problems as mentioned above. My concerns are as follows....
i am not exactly a computer genius and do not have the first idea on how to revert back to an older Itunes program.
And more importantly, im worried ill wipe all of my itunes tracks in the process of undertaking such a task. (i use an 80G Classic , of which im using about 50G so far)
Is there an "idiots" Guide somewhere that i can follow?
I'm having EXACTLY the same problem with my ipod classic. I upgraded to iTunes 9, and since then, when I connect my iPod Classic, it automatically ejects it, even without having the time to do a restore or anything else.
Downgrading to iTunes 8 is not an option for me, because meanwhile, I moved my iTunes library and downloaded several podcasts which are not available any more. If I revert back to the "old" version 8 iTunes library, all file references are wrong. And if I reload my complete library based on the new file locations, I will loose all my playlists.
Could someone please help with a solution ? I have a second, older iPod Photo which syncs fine with this new iTunes 9 setup, but my newer ipod Classic is now useless !!!
I don't have a 160 GB Classic, but a 80 GB Classic, and it is 2 years old (I acquired it in January 2008).
It used to sync fine for two years, until I moved to iTunes 9.0.2.
I have charged it completely with my USB cable for a whole night (until it said "charge complete"), but the problem persisted, it was still automatically ejecting the iPod as soon as iTunes started (without iTunes running, it stayed connected, and I could even access the hard drive in disk mode without any problem).
As I was getting tired of not having any music, I downgraded iTunes to version 8.2, reloaded my music and rebuild all my playlists (as this was the only way to recover them, since I had moved the music on a media server, so the playlists of the old libraries didn't work any more).
With iTunes 8.2, it now syncs fine.
But I'm still interested in getting a resolution for iTunes 9.0.2, because my iTunes 8.2 often takes up 100% of the CPU, which forces me to kill the process, and I didn't have this problem in 9.0.2.
So any further input to resolve the issue is more than welcome...