How do I turn off my IPOD??? I used to be able to do this!!!!

Okay, here's what I did.

I did the hold thing, switching back and forth, then pressing the menu and the center thing.
Nothing changed, it was still on.

by the way, it plays fine, songs sound great, I just can't turn it off. It's frozen.

so I did an update. I downloaded the update, I installed it on my hard drive. I plugged in my ipod, got the message that my ipod needed to be updated. I did it.

Nothing changed, still frozen.

So now I have a fully charged up ipod that won't shut off.

What on earth happened?

thanks so much.

Melody

Okay, now I really am ready to throw in the towel.

I did a restore. Followed directions. It restored it to factory settings. It then automatically updated my ipod and put all the songs back.

So far so good.

But i can't turn the darn thing off.

So it's using up the battery, obviously.

Did all this happen because I used a battery charger and plugged it into my wall outlet.

Can that damage an ipod to the point where you can't shut this thing off.

I really don't know what else to do.

I did the hold, toggle back and forth thing, holding down play and select and it resets itself.

But it's still ON!!!!!!!

Help, please

melody

Oh, right now there is an announcment on my ipod screen. it says "Firewall connections are not supported. To transfer songs, connect connect the USB cable provided".


It has never ever said this thing on the ipod before.

Today, (and only after I charged it with an adaptor for the first time), is it giving me this trouble.

I sure hope someone knows what I can do.

Thanks to you all.

Mel

Well, well, something new has been added to the mix.

Right now I wanted to make sure that if I pressed the pause button, it would pause and when I released the pause button it would play again.

Oh, sure, it pauses and plays BUT IT DOESN'T LIST ANY SONGS ANY MORE!!!

No matter what I press all I see on my screen is
"Firewall connections are not supported. To transfer songs, connect connect the USB cable provided".

And it plays songs. I can press the right side and it will skip to the next song (without showing me the name of the song) and it does the same thing when I press the left side of the round scrolly thing.

so now not only can't I turn off this thing. The message seems to be frozen on the screen.

So if I want to go walking, I can't select songs. Sure I can play them. But I can't see anything but that message and the ipod itself won't turn off.

Since today was the first day I used the new adaptor I got from ebay, it has to have something to do with that, right??
The reason I got the adaptor was that everytime I plugged it into my computer to charge it up, it only charged up a a bit. So people told me "go and buy an adaptor and charge it in your wall socket".

So I was walking outside, my ipod would not turn on for anything. I figured "AHA, now go and charge it". So I did, and when I plugged it in with the adaptor the screen showed me the charging signal.

Then it said "charged".

So I selected some song, and then I went to turn it off by pressing the pause thing and holding it down for 5 seconds (this is how I've always done it). Well, it would not shut off.

So now I have a message on my screen that makes no sense to me and I can't shut it off.

don't forget, I did the reset thing, I did the restore thing.

Oh my, what on earth can I do now?

thanks to anybody who can help this creature.

Sincerely,
Mel

you mean you have been using a charger WITH NO PROBLEM??
Well, that's a good sign.

Boy, we have the same problem, the same message. How did you eventually shut yours off?

I have read where if you let the battery drain out completely (I mean I can't turn the stupid thing off so it's obviousy going to drain itself, right), that if you let it drain, and then plug it into the wall charger and re-charge it then it should work right. Don't know if this will happen but I can't wait.

I'll update you and please do update me if you find any answers.
Thanks, Mel

Well, BAD NEWS FOLKS!!!!!

The think drained down to nothing. I plugged in my charger. It charged for a long time, then gave me the "charged" message.

I immediately looked at it and while the message is gone, and it gives me the tunes to pick from, and it plays them and all. IT STILL WON'T TURN OFF!!


What on earth do I do now?????

mel

Hi. you wrote the following:
"If you can't be able to fill in the "pause/play key" section, then you may need to get your buttons repaired."

What exactly do you mean "fill in the pause/play key"?

I did the diagnostic thing. I did everything it prompted me to and it seemed to work fine.

I then re-set it and said to myself. Oh, gee, maybe it will turn off this time. No such luck.

so what exactly does "fill in the pause play key mean?'

Thanks, Melody

P.S. One more stupid question. When I go to various ipod tutorials, they sometimes say press the menu and select buttons (on the click wheel I gather?). some others say menu and play button.

Now I have an ipod nano, there is no select button. There's just the wheel and the middle thing (which I gather is the select button), am I right?

thanks,

IT'S STILL ON!!!!!