iPod mini click-wheel

My mini just started doing the same thing. I am sure the clickwheel is fried. I will buy a replacement clickwheel for it and replace it myself if I could find a part.

Anyone know where to buy reliable replacement parts, new or used?

See if this works.

Switch the Hold to ON.
Wait 30 seconds.
Without touching the click wheel, switch the Hold to OFF.

Hi-I got my Ipod Mini in May of this year. Since that time I have experienced this issue 3 times-the last being tonight. 3 out of the 4 buttons on the click wheel will respond but not the menu button. In other words I am stuck in the same playlist-won't move. I can move from song to song in the playlist but can't get out of the playlist. The only thing I can do is let the battery die down and then recharge it-I guess that resets the settings. Can someone help? I have over 700 songs on mine.

You could start a new thread since your problem is different than these other two.

Actually I just came here seeking help for the same problem. I also have a mini that was a christmas gift last year - A week or so ago it was working fine all morning, then suddenly the click wheel wasn't working. At first I just figured i had the hold button clicked over - that wasn't it. The part I found oddest was that all of the other buttons still worked. (Menu, Play, The center button and the skip track buttons). If I turn hold on and then turn hold back off the click wheel will work for anywhere between 5 and 10 seconds then stop again. Same with pressing the center button or the menu button - it will let me scroll with the click wheel for a few seconds then stop (and I have to press other buttons to get it to work again).



In other words I can skip around after a fashion but it's very annoying and more importantly I'm concerned that there could be a more serious problem in the future. [I have reset it, upgraded to most recent software, etc, and nothing has worked so my assumption is that it has to be something more along the lines of mechanical/hardware]

Windows XP

Couple days ago my click wheel froze. Can not restart. I can use anything else but my click wheel. When i try to restart the back light comes on. When the click wheel froze before i just toggle the hold switch and it would come back but now nothings happening. It's just frozen the click wheel won't work and i can't restart. Help!! Also itunes does not recongnize my ipod. It shows up on my computer as a removable e drive. I have done all my updates and still it does not recongnize and i still can't restart. I've tried restarting while connect and every other way bnut my click wheel i still frozen. Pleas someone help.