Nano stuck in loop of on off?

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Nano stuck in loop of on off?

My nano seems to be in a loop of turning on and off ,looping? First (apple icon appears with back light on) then (with apple icon still there) the back light goes off, then screen goes all black(as if it just turned off). This all just keeps happening in about a 2-3 second loop?

Things I've tried:
1)Reset with menu and center button. Several times...nothing
2)Plugging and unplugging usb and in different ports....nothing. Windows XP pro doesn't even recognize that something is plugged in.
Notes: 3 days ago all inforamtion disappeared off the nano? So I did a update and a restore. All that worked. I started loading songs in a day ago. All was working. Now all of a sudden ....THIS?

HELP anyone, HELP anything? Thank you so much for your time.

compaq, Windows XP Pro

Posted on Feb 19, 2006 7:12 AM

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hunterjumper Author

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Feb 20, 2006 4:18 PM in response to hunterjumper

Well...... to follow up on my own post. I wiped everything out Itunes, Ipod and downloaded the lastest "restore" off apples web site. Then installed the orignal software from the cd that came with the Ipod (Ipod, Itunes). After installing was complete I tried to open Itunes and I got a Libary file ERROR that it was a newer one ? So I downloaded the lastest Itunes off Apples site and installed that. It now seems to be working ok!?

My conclusion of all this, Well it seemed to all have started when I ran the updater and installed the latest version for the Ipod? I won't do that again!!!

I'm currently running ver 1.0? No Problems! F.Y.I.

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sinax

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Feb 21, 2006 5:37 PM in response to hunterjumper

i am having exactly the same problem.
tried everything myself including resetting, which didn;t help and retoring which failed coz my pc can't recongise it
NOW iam getting annoyed.
the problem appeared after i copyed some html file into a folder called Notes...
HELP Please anyone

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Isobel

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Mar 24, 2006 5:20 PM in response to sinax

I am also having the same problem.

My iPod (20 GB click wheel), just runs constantly on and off. I can't restore b/c my pc doesn't recognize it either. The only thing I can do on the thing is get it into disk mode. If anyone has any info, PLEASE! let me know!
Been trying to get Apple on the phone, but no dice.

Thanks.

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Ficus

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Mar 31, 2006 12:50 AM in response to hunterjumper

I had this problem when the battery was almost dead: plugging in the charger caused the nano to turn on, but it didn't have enough juice to stay on. The fix: let it cycle until it stops cycling, as it does slowly manage to charge up a bit.

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Answer 5

Mar 31, 2006 5:19 AM in response to Ficus

You can try this! Pres play and the center button at the same time for a few seconds that put the ipod on Disk Mode! tyhen conect to the pc and reset the ipod! i use that! if that dont work u need technical support!

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Mar 31, 2006 6:07 PM in response to Lord Mestor

I have the same problem.Started with songs skipping, then after reseting and up dating am now stuck with a flashing icon. At a loss as to what to do next.

Windows XP

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Answer 7

Apr 5, 2006 10:49 PM in response to Nothappyjan

to answer the 1st post

sounds to me like you need to mess with the sleep option of the iPod.... menu> settings> sleep

the ipod does not turn on and off it actually puts itself into sleep and a deep sleep just as a computers hard drive would...

about sleep document:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60945

for the rest of you that are having trouble with your iPod being recognized by the computer.. try resetting the iPod while connected to the computer.. also if you have trouble resetting try putting it on a flat surface while pressing the combination to reset..

resetting iPod document:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60956

try this document and see how it helps if not reocgnized on computer still:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61711

for the last post... its really hard to say because it depends on what icon you are receiving

if you are receiving !folder icon

read this document:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61003

if you are receiving a sad face icon

read this document:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61771

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