Ipod touch 5th gen will not charge!

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Ipod touch 5th gen will not charge!

My ipod will not charge and i have tried like 5 different lightining cable and lots of different plugins to the wall and different outlets, it still wont charge. For a whil i would have to set my ipod on a book and then weigh it down with another book to make the charger work, in other works my charger wiykd have to pulled up to charge my ipod, this worked for awhile till one day it stopped working. my ipod is completely dead so i cannot restart it or anything making me unable to even sell it. Please help.

iPod touch, iOS 8.3

Posted on Jul 20, 2015 6:02 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 20, 2015 6:06 PM in response to bilbobaggins12

i also tried cleaning our the charging port with a tooth pick and found lots of garbage back there but it still doesnt work.

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AJ397

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Jul 20, 2015 6:48 PM in response to bilbobaggins12

TThat sound like the charger port in the iPod is messed up, especially if the cord had to be pulled up to charge before this and you tried many different chargers. You should make an appointment at an Apple Store For them to take a look at it. You may also want to consider a case that covers the charger port in the future if you found lots of "garbage" back there.

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Jul 20, 2015 9:18 PM in response to AJ397

yah i was mostly thinking that as well the garbage back there was mostly dust and lint, i was wondering if there were any other ways i could erase my ipod so i could sell it

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lllaass

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Jul 21, 2015 1:40 AM in response to bilbobaggins12

See what you mised here:

Not Charge

- See:

iPod touch: Hardware troubleshooting

iPhone and iPod touch: Charging the battery

If you can’t charge your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

- Try another cable. The cable for 5G or later iPod (lightning connector) seems to be more prone to failure than the older cable.

- If a 5G ot later iPod

Iphone 5 lightning port charging problem - SOLUTION!

- Try another charging source

- Inspect the dock connector on the iPod for bent or missing contacts, foreign material, corroded contacts, broken, missing or cracked plastic.

- Make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.

Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

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Answer 5

AJ397

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Jul 21, 2015 7:39 AM in response to bilbobaggins12

If it's broken, you probably won't find anyone that will buy it. If take it to an Apple Store and they can fix it then you could wipe it, but if you cant turn it on you can't wipe it. Normally, Apple would give you the option of replacing the device in a case like this though.

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