Here is what ***** the most... You perform all the suggestions from Apple and ITunes and all you nice people trying to fix everyone elses issues with their IPOD, and you still can't use the @*$&* thing 'cause for some reason all this suggestions just are not working on your computer. I have tried it all... This is my question now... I have ordered a new 5th generation (like an idiot for giving Apple more of my money and thinking this is the solution) but I don't have a store near to take for a fix nor additional time to sent the #@%&er off to be fixed. If i connect my new ipod to my existing computer, will i encounter the same exact problem? If so....HOLY CRAP! P.S. I am stunned to see the number of people with the same problems... How can Apple's customer service be any worse?
Although this doen't pertain to the original problem posted, I did see people describe issues similar, if not identical to the problem I had.
Problem:
5G iPod Video (60GB) continually turned on and off, until it emptied the battery. Would no longer power up. Plugged into various power supplies (PC, 5v. AC Converter, Bose SoundDock). iPod would then continue to just turn on and off, over and over.
Solution:
Connect iPod to a power source. When it cycled through a power-down, power-up sequence, as soon as it began to power up, immediately press and hold the Center and Play buttons. iPod enters "Disk Mode". It will (should) be stable in this state so that the battery can now begin charging.
On my PC, disabled the iPod service (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services > iPod Service, right-click and choose "Stop".
Connect iPod to PC and wait for the device to be recognized. Windows should identify the iPod now as nothing but an external USB / FireWire drive.
Browse to the iPod drive. Double-Click "My Computer". Double-click the drive that the iPod created. It should be labeled the same as the actual iPod label.
In the window, you should now see the contents of the drive on your iPod. From the windows toolbar, select Tools > Folder Options. When the dialog box opens, select the "View" tab. Scroll down and ensure the "Show hidden files and folders" option is selected. Click OK to close the dialog box. You will now see ALL the files on the iPod.
Select them all and delete them. Yep, wipe it clean; even the folders that say "ipod_control".
Yes, this will delete all your music, but don't worry. As long as you still have all your libraries in iTunes, you'll be fine. If not, refer to the bottom of
this post titled "BACKING UP MY MUSIC".
When the iPod is cleaned, and it has charged for a little while, unplug it from the PC and reset the iPod, by pressing and holding down the Center and Menu buttons at the same time. Let the iPod turn on normally. It shold now restore itself to its original factory settings. Select your language preference and viola, the iPod OS.
Now, plug the iPod back into your PC to restore all your music.
My battery was not the issue as I had thought. My drive was not the issue as I had hoped not. Something had become corrupt and by cleaning it up, all was fine. Thought maybe the drive could have had a bad sector, but, when I originally tested my "theory", I moved (instead of just deleting) every file to a drive on my PC. There was no problem there. If the drive had been faulty, Windows would have reported that it was unable to read a sector, or returned a CRC error.
I also tried moving everything off the iPod, and then copying it back onto it. This did NOT fix the problem, so don't waste your time trying.
BACKING UP MY MUSIC (from my iPod)
If you don't have all your original music, you MIGHT be able to restore all your files, pulling them from your iPod.
Connect iPod to PC and wait for Windows to recognize the device as a drive. If it doesn't, disconnect, disable the iPod Service (see above) and then reconnect. If it still doesn't work, boot the iPod in "Disk Mode" (see above) and then connect to PC.
Once you see a drive letter assignment for your iPod, do a search for MP3's on the drive. When running the search, make sure you select the advanced options to search Hidden Files and Folders.
Normally, the iPod stores all the songs, somewhat randomly in a collection of folders beginning with F###. By using the function, you'll get a display of ALL the files which you can then highlight and copy and paste into a folder on your PC. Otherwise, you'll have to go folder by folder, one at a time and is time consuming and a pain in the ***.
All of the MP3 files from the iPod will have crytic names (XZPQ.mp3, YYTH.mp3, EFGQ.mp3, etc, etc.) But, once you have them all in a single folder, you can get creative. Make sure you're in "Detail" view. Right-click on the column headers and take note of the available columns you can add; in particular - Artist, Album Title, Track Number, Title. This is assuming you took the time to organize all your music instead of Track001, Track002, Track003, etc.
Now, you can get crafty with a simple VBScript to pull the metadata from each MP3 file and rename each cryptic file name to an appropriately named file, such as "Artist - Album - Track - Name.mp3". Once all the files are recognizable, you can organize them any way you like and then re-load them back into iTunes.
Hope that helps some of you people. Hope some of you didn't trash your iPod, thinking it was bricked. I almost did.
If anyone needs any help with this, kick me an email at bcidern-at-gmail-dot-com.
My 5th generation video is driving me CRAZY when i connect it to the usb, it shows the serial number and version and just not the size, it keeps telling me that ther is a corruption, and it must be restored. im stuck in a loop!!!! ive tried changing the drive letter and the 5Rs idk wat else to do???
I purchased an ipod nano for my fiance' as a Xmas gift. I have a mini, and have never had any problems with it, as outdated as it now is. I thought I could install his ipod with no problems.
Wrong.
Since Xmas night I have had THE SAME PROBLEM.
HERE'S THE CUTE PART:
TWICE I have sent it to Apple!
And TWICE it has come back with "no problems found!"
AND a letter describing how to set it up on a Windows! Which is really endearing, since I spent $1500 on a mac.
yes. i have the same problem. 30gb video 5th gen. ive tried changing the drive letter, reformatting the ipod to FAT32, downloaded the old version of itunes and tried that, but that didnt even let me restore it due to "manager error", making a new user name and logging into that(didnt work), and restored it a million times.
please help. my ipod has been out of commission for almost 3 months now. i have read every post about this topic, at least on the apple site.
Can anyone shed some light on this subject?
I can't recover my Ipod because I'd lose all of my music and I don't know how to back it up. I have over 3,000 songs. I need help, I'm having the same problem with the error message.
I'm really ******. I am having this problem with 2 ipod shuffles (2nd gen) and an ipod Nano. I've tried on different computers, different users, and no luck. It has to be a firmware meltdown. This is sad, I always buy Apple products with the intention that everything is safe... this is horrible. What a waste of money.
If I loop one more time, I'm going to axe kick my computer. Apple do something, how about an iTunes update for god sakes.
Im strongly deciding on going with a different company, this is just rediculous. Im going to the apple store monday & if they cant help me they just lost a good customer.
My brand new just bought today 2nd Gen 4 GIG nano for some reason is non-responsive to ANYTHING! For some reason it continues to look like it's beginning to reset and then simply blanks out and displays the apple logo over and over. I've Tried Reinstalling everything; iTunes, QuickTime, etc. I've also switched to a different computer and using various USB ports and neither Windows nor iTunes detects it...what should i try?
Go to this Apple page (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651) it discusses how to put your Ipod manually into disk mode. I had my 5th gen Ipod for over a year with no problems until today. I was able to put my Ipod into disk mode and itunes recognized and updated it while in disk mode. Then I disconnected it and reset it by holding down the menu and select buttons. After that it has been working fine. I hope this helps.
I am also having this problem on a mac. Does anyone
know how to fix this? It keeps looping over and over.
I have the same ipod model as the original poster.
When I try to connect my ipod to itunes it keeps
looping through this sequence:
"iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You
must restore this iPod before it can be used with
iTunes."
All I can do is restore over and over. But, my ipod
never gets back to its normal operating mode. It
turns on fine, but itunes just keeps saying it is in
recovery mode and you have to restore. When it is
finished restoring, it pops up the same message
asking to restore again.
It looks like the solution on windows was to change
the drive letter. But, macs don't use drive letters?
