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My ipod touch won't play music or podcasts.

I have had this problem numerous times and I cannot remember what I did to fix it. If I actually did anything. But for the past month, my iPod touch wont play any music or any of my podcasts. When I got into the menu to select what I want to listen to it loads up the song or podcast, then pauses for a second and then returns to the prior menu. I don't hear any sounds, such as the selection noises you typically hear when selecting music or menus. I have restored it, i have reset it I have tried everything. I have no idea what to do anymore with my ipod touch. Anyone have any way to fix it? Or suggestions? I've searched this site, but can't find anything that sounds like the problem I've encountered.


Thanks!

Posted on May 4, 2011 10:16 PM

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Feb 20, 2012 12:26 PM in response to AliasFresh

Ok, go ahead and flame me but I have to say first and foremost that apple ***** and their customer support is the most useless thing I've ever encountered.


I have the exact same problem everyone else here is having with my touch 16gb 2G. I wont describe the problem as the OP nailed it. So the question is what's the solution? I've been all over the internet, searched up and down apple's forums and googled everything I could think of. Here's what I've found out. A LOT of people have this problem ... There is NO SOLUTION. No one will say this but if there was a fix someone would have posted it. Some claim it's a hardware problem... that may be. In which case the only solution is to bring it to an apple store. BUT GUESS WHAT? Apple's warranty is only good for a year and if like me you bought your POS touch second hand you have no recourse whatsoever.


Go ahead and keep searching if you want, but let's face it, when something goes wrong with an apple product you have the following options: Restart it, Reboot it, Reset it.


@omaroo1 Sorry to hear about your ipod not working but what's that random story about the zoo all about? who cares?

Apr 10, 2012 4:12 PM in response to JKDD

As far as I know there is no solution. omaroo never posted his supposed fix and the solution I got on a similar thread is as follows:


"I had tried unauthorizing and reauthorizing the computer, as per Ingo2711's request. I ended up taking it in to the Apple store today. They couldn't tell me exactly why it was happening, but I was able to replace the iPod, so as much as I'd like to know what happened, I'm happy just to have a working iPod again. Thanks for the help anyway, you guys!"


So as you can see, apple thinks that a solution means replacing your broken ipod with a new one. If like me yours is out of warranty I'm sure they will kindly offer to sell you a new one. To which I say... something I will refrain from saying for politeness' sake.

Apr 28, 2012 11:45 PM in response to AliasFresh

I just want to let everyone know how i fixed my issue.

I have the 6th Gen iPod Nano so i can't guarantee this will work for you but it did work for me.

i held down the power/sleep/wake button and + volume button until the apple logo appeared (approx 10 seconds).

a screen came up with what looked a little like system settings in yellow text (similar looking to a DOS/shell command screen)

i then pressed the sleep button and the screen turned off.

i then pressed the sleep button again and the iPod started as normal and my songs and playlists worked as usual.


Hopefully this will help someone.

Thanks

Burg

My ipod touch won't play music or podcasts.

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