iPod Classic

Retracts: 1961

Reallocs: 5

Pending sectors: 2

PowerON: 5746

Starts/Stops: 2716

Tempcurrent: 27C

Tempmin:13C

Temp: 54C

Hello. My ipod started bootlooping some time ago. Today i tried a lot of things. The drive is recognized in windows and mac but i cant see its contents. Either mac or pc can format the drive (tried different cables) In mac it says POSIX Input /output error. I tried DFU and i get 1439 on windows and 1430 on mac. I even tried the ancient spank technique. Do you think it is dead? I find extrange the fact that reallocs and pending is low but the hard drive wont work. I also tried US partition master... Thanks for the help

hi,, my ipod classic suddenly cannot turn on and the screen displays a sad ipod icon and tell me to go to www.apple.com/support/ipod. i found that i have to put my ipod into disk mode, but it has to be charged. when i connect the charger, it says "please wait, very low battery" , but after i waited for 4 hours, the ipod didn't charged, the screen keep saying the same thing..

then i tried to press and hold the select and menu buttons, all that appeared was an apple logo (in dark screen, not in bright screen as usual) and after a while the screen display the sad ipod icon again...

what should i do??? please help...

thankss

hi,, my ipod classic suddenly cannot turn on and the screen displays a sad ipod icon and tell me to go to www.apple.com/support/ipod. i found that i have to put my ipod into disk mode, but it has to be charged. when i connect the charger, it says "please wait, very low battery" , but after i waited for 4 hours, the ipod didn't charged, the screen keep saying the same thing..

then i tried to press and hold the select and menu buttons, all that appeared was an apple logo (in dark screen, not in bright screen as usual) and after a while the screen display the sad ipod icon again...

what should i do??? please help...

thankss

If you have the sad face and can't get access to the HDD stats then it would seem the disk isn't initialising properly when it starts up. Short of the "hand slap" reset there is nothing else I can think of.

tt2

http://joshhighland.com/blog/2006/03/29/fix-your-ipod-by-spanking-it/

Use as a last resort. Start gentle. May not be a permanent fix. May not work at all. That said I recently pulled a 9Gb library out of an old 4th gen. classic the owner had all but given up on recovering so it is worth a try.

tt2

Hi

My Ipod loses the sound periodically when sat in a dock. I have two docks and it does it in both of them. I have also checked the HDD for faults, it has 16 retracts, 0 Reallocs and 0 Pending, so should be in good health.

I have restored it, reloaded all the music back onto it and it still cuts out.

Any suggestions?

That's probably down to poor electical contact in the dock connectors, but it is possible that the connector itself is failing or damaged internally. I find I generally get a better connection without the surrounding plastic dock adaptor and in some cases I've used a bit of blutack to keep the device in the correct alignment with the dock connector. Too much strain out of line may damage the connections.

It is also possible for fluff to get into the connector which can prevent good electrical contact. If present this should be cleaned out using compressed air.

tt2

after i read the comments on the link you gave me, i decided to open the ipod, then i found out that something was loose inside, and i just tightened the thing and everything back to normal again.. 🙂

thanks for your advice anyway.. 🙂

Hey there. Read through a lot of this forum looking for an answer. Seems you are the master, so thought maybe you could help.

My 6th Gen 160GB iPod came unplugged from my Mac while playing music. This has happened before over the years with no issues, but I think that this time the issue was that I was playing music from the iPod itself through iTunes. Now it says there is no music, no video, etc.; just no files at all. Music and playlists have been put on over years, with the 160GB being completely full. Would love if there was a way to figure out how to get everything back without having to restore it. Maybe flash a kernel or something? I don't know. Any ideas or help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

I went through this thread and did the diagnostic you have posted. Here are my results...

Retracts-18

Reallocs-246

Pending-0

I can get so much on my iPod, then it freezes and won't except anymore music. I get error messages one was -69. Any suggestions, aside what is on this thread?

It's almost as if the iTunes program itself is freezing up my whole computer, it seems not just my iPod.

A few weeks ago I plugged it into my desktop vs my laptop and that is when the problems started.

I've tried manually syncing as well as automatically syncing the music. Automatic freezes my whole computer up eventually. I even let it sync overnight and I ended up with an empty iPod.

Manually dragging music over works, but only allows so much music, then it begins to freeze up my computer.

It even froze while I tried the Erase You iPod link you had posted. I am not sure what else is to do.

I can't even get iTunes to authorize my desktop, so purchased songs won't go to my iPod.

I did a Repair through the Control Panel to iTunes, as well.

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Hi TT2,

Recently, in the past 1 week my ipod has been having some problems like hanging during a movie and then suddenly crashing and restarting or skipping to the next song during the middle of the previous. My diagnostic tests are as such:

Retracts: 6

Reallocs: 280

Pending Sectors: 4080

PowerOn Hours: 64

Start/Stops: 13783

Temp Current: 33c

Temp Min: 19c

Temp Max: 54c

It is only 1+ year old and has not been used much. But with the recent problem, when I connect my ipod to my laptop, windows asks if I want to scan and fix my ipod. pressing scan and fix just makes it get stuck and does nothing while I still can sync to the itunes. What is wrong with my ipod? I have been trying to get an answer online but this is the only place I found so far. I do not want to replace my ipod, is there any way for me to fix it myself or do I really have to get it replaced?

Thanks,

Goliath

Looks bad I'm afraid. The numbers suggest it got too hot at one point, it is not supposed to go above 50c .Excess heat can damage the drive.

You could try a DFU restore. Like a normal one, but connect to the USB lead then press menu & select for 12 seconds. The device should reset and then the screen should go blank. The DFU restore might release the pending sectors, but I fear there will be more to be found.

tt2

I am having the problem on my ipod class it says its corrupted I attempt to have Windows fix it shich doesnt help. I have retored it and was able to get 150 songs out of 2300 back on to it but then it says it complete. I have done the ipod diagnosis but it will not allow me to scan and attmept recovery of bad sectors. From looking at the SMART data below is this a complete loss or can I get this ipod back to working? 🙂

Retracts: 291

Reallocs: 0

Pending Sectors: 0

PowerOn Hours: 1100

Start/Stops: 107103

Hi TT2:

I have had my Classic 160 for a little over a month now. It was a swap out of a previously defective unit, which would frequently reset itself during normal operation like hitting pause or play or menu, but also would not communiate properly with my new car, which is supposed to allow me to operate the iPod through the car's onscreen system.

My new unit has experienced at least one sudden reset, maybe two, although not as often as the other one, plus it is still having trouble working with my car. That's why I am looking into solutions: I want it to work better with my car, and I don't know whther it's the iPod's fault or the car's fault. My car has had a little trouble with other iProducts (all flash drive units), but not nearly as much as with the Classics I have tried.

Here is my reading:

Retracts: 0

Reallocs: 0

Pending Sectors: 0

PowerOn Hours: 6

Start/Stops: 997

Temp Current: 22c

Temp Min: 9c

Temp Max: 47c

How does this look? I have read through the thread and you haven't commented on seeing all zeroes under retracts, reallocs and pending sectors, so I don't know whether that is a good thing or bad thing?

If you think this looks OK, do you think I should see whether a reformatting and restoration will make it work better with the car, or do you think based on these readings that wouldn't matter?

Can you please advise when you can? Thank you!