My iPod Touch 5th generation won't turn on?

I need help. i have read many people having problems with turning on. i was listening to music, and decided to turn it off(not shut down) before the teacher said anything about it.5 minutes later i want to listen again but it wouldn't turn on.my battery was fine so i have no idea whats going n, but just in case, i plugged it in to charge. it wouldn't respond by showing that battery low thing. i'm trying to fix it by holding the home button and the power button.

just in case, i updated my iPod to the 9.2.1 version about 2-3 days ago. before and after the update , my iPod would lose WiFi, and everyone else was fine. our router has been working strangely by turning on and off. my brothers iPod 5 is working fine. i have the 6. i have the update, he doesn't. My brother also says my little brother has the update, but my little brother has and iPad mini retina display and etc. The iPad is working fine too. And my home button is a little bit slow to reacting, sometimes i ave to press it many times or i have to press it hard.

thank-you.

Btw, this all happened today(hopefully it shows the date of the post)

How does this work? I just run the program with my iPod plugged into the computer? I have downloaded it and my iPod is plugged in, but it isn't doing anything. If I am doing this wrong please explain the correct way. You are very helpful so far thank you!

Thanks a lot, since yesterday evening my ipod(5th Gen.) was not turning on, I tried charging whole night but no help. But as you suggested I tried rebooting by holding both buttons(home & reboot) and now it is back to life!.....Thanks a ton.

Worst case scenario, if your home button is broken open up the iPod and use something metal to connect the button contacts. ONLY IF YOUR device is OUT OF WARRENTY, only if you have NOTING TO LOOSE on the device, understand what you're doing and have watched several tear-down videos online. But if the drain thing works then awesome.

My iPod 5 is 4 and a bit years old now! It wouldn't turn on so i thought id have to take it apart. I was thinking: maybe battery faulty, cables come undone, someone else dropped it or water damage..... but thanks to finding this thread is took me 10 seconds from having a dud paperweight, to a fully working ipod touch 5 again thx guys!

Everyone, I have the same issue and i have the SOLUTION

I also have a broken home button and it never seems to turn on no matter how many times I click on the power button or charging it. For those who are reading IIIaass's answer but cannot follow his steps due to your home button please listen to me. Watch this video, it might sound crazy but it worked!! Freezing your ipod drains the battery and plugging it back in afterwards seems to bring it back to life. Spread the word!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFV6r2MAFbM

I have the same problem too. I tried holding down the power and the home button for 10 to 20 seconds a couple of times, but I still have not been successful yet. Is there a step by step process on how to hold the two buttons down?

My iPod won't work! A While back in September I cracked the screen a little bit. It worked just fine. Months passed by and the charger started having problems. I even went out of my way to buy a new charger to get it working. Still no luck. The only way it worked was when I bent the cord in an angle. Around the Super Bowl I started having issues charging it, it wouldn't stay charged long even to use it. Randomly one day it shut off and hasn't been working since. Idk what to do. Ive contacted Apple Support, they said it would cost a lot of money to fix it. If someone could help me, that would be great! Thank you!

Hi Good Day. I just wanna ask if you could help me. My ipod 5th gen was battery drain then i tried to charge it it worked but it took me 3-4 times to power on that. When iits on, i opened my gallery all of my photos were gone. So i decided to turn it off again. But unfortunately, i wasn't able to power it on again. I tried to connect it on pc but its on recovery mode and i don't know what todo. Could you help me how to fix it? And how can i retrieved the photos in case it was gone though i havent had any back up on my ipod. Thank you. I hope you could help me. I'm stressing out. Thank you sir.

Hi any updates if you fix that? Me i connect it to itunes then choose restore and update. Then it was restored good as new. But my problem is i cant restore my photos notes etc because i havent back it up to icloud or itunes. 😢

It worked!

With the home button broken that is the best solution so far.

I left my ipod in the fridge, and during the night the battery drained out and it was possible again to see something in the screen after pressing the power button.

Thanks!

Home button working

Press at the same time the Home and the Power button for like 10 seconds and wait for the apple logo appears in the screen. This is an hard reset. It should work.

Home button not working

You can't make an hard reset so the best option is to put your ipod/iphone in the fridge for a couple of hours, maybe 4-10 hours depending on the percentage of the battery when it turned off or the temperature of the fridge.

Once the battery is fully drained out, you can check it by pressing the power button, the charging apple logo appears on the screen, and "voilá!". Charge it and it's working again!

Answer One :- Ralph - i just had a similar issue today with my Ipod touch turning on and your solution to reboot by holding the home button and power button on together worked magically! Thanks! You saved me from having to call Apple Support again who when I tried this morning wanted the serial number which is impossible to read on the back!

Answer 2 :- Reboot Your iPod You will Access normally Once gain

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You are very welcome, good to be able to help.