My iPod is messed up! It keeps stopping.

henryrobinett · 24th November 2008

I've got an 80 gig iPod. I love it. But lately it goes on PAUSE for no reason at all. Glancing at the Apple forums, it seems to be an issue.

I've reset it several times. I cleaned the headphone plug, you know, the guitar trick with DeToxIt. I thought maybe dirt had gotten in there. I thought it worked for about 10 minutes. But it's back.

Has anybody seen this and been successful at fixing it. It's VERY frustrating.

This was a Xmas present last year. I THINK I still have a warranty.

**Reptil** · 24th November 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by henryrobinett

I've got an 80 gig iPod. I love it. But lately it goes on PAUSE for no reason at all. Glancing at the Apple forums, it seems to be an issue.

I've reset it several times. I cleaned the headphone plug, you know, the guitar trick with DeToxIt. I thought maybe dirt had gotten in there. I thought it worked for about 10 minutes. But it's back.

Has anybody seen this and been successful at fixing it. It's VERY frustrating.

This was a Xmas present last year. I THINK I still have a warranty.

get a new one. don't wait for it to expire. these things are expendable.
once in a blue moon apple produces a dud. I had the 5300ce powerbook so I know sortof what dud means.
IMHO

skiltrip · 24th November 2008

If you have a warranty, wait no longer and make them replace it.

If that doesn't work, Home Depot sells a few different kinds of hammers that would do the trick.

Stevil · 24th November 2008

take it in to a "apple store", they'll send you a refurb if it's still under warranty, which they can tell by the serial #. they dont need yer paperwork. then the refurb will die shortly after the warranty expires & you'll be perma screwed.

the mother board went bad on mine. wont take a charge anymore.
it's cheaper to buy a new one than to fix the old. $400 disposable electronics. it irritates me that i have synths from the early 80's that still work great & this thing cant last a couple years. no more apple products for me.

s.d.finley · 24th November 2008

Do you have your itunes library backed up? If so, then just do a software restore, and reload all your itunes. No need to goto the apple store.

henryrobinett · 24th November 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by s.d.finley

Do you have your itunes library backed up? If so, then just do a software restore, and reload all your itunes. No need to goto the apple store.

Yes. And I'm going to do that next, before the Apple Store. I had heard the restore doesn't fix this known issue though.

obtainknowledge · 24th November 2008

Apple's quality control has gone way down hill the last few years. Form over function these days.

orpheus69 · 24th November 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by henryrobinett

I've got an 80 gig iPod. I love it. But lately it goes on PAUSE for no reason at all. Glancing at the Apple forums, it seems to be an issue.

I've reset it several times. I cleaned the headphone plug, you know, the guitar trick with DeToxIt. I thought maybe dirt had gotten in there. I thought it worked for about 10 minutes. But it's back.

Has anybody seen this and been successful at fixing it. It's VERY frustrating.

This was a Xmas present last year. I THINK I still have a warranty.

Maybe the issue you're having is hardware related, but I fixed mine (80 gig, 5gen) with Disk Warrior.
If you have a Mac and Disk Warrior give it a try

henryrobinett · 24th November 2008

REALLY??? Disk Warrior works on an iPod? Wow. I'm still trying to load my music after a Restore.

I'l try DW if it doesn't work. Thanks!

orpheus69 · 24th November 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by henryrobinett

REALLY??? Disk Warrior works on an iPod? Wow. I'm still trying to load my music after a Restore.

I'l try DW if it doesn't work. Thanks!

Yes, it works, you have to enable disk mode (in itunes): it will show up as a hard disk.
Then you can use Disk Warrior to rebuild the directory
My Ipod was very slow, sometimes freezing
Disk Warrior fixed everything, hope it will works for you too

henryrobinett · 26th November 2008

I reset it, restored it and Disk Warriored it. Thanks for the tip! It still stops play for no reason. Arrggh!

I have two months left on my warranty. I'm going to the Apple Store today.

henryrobinett · 26th November 2008

Ha! They just replaced it. Whew! Now for the next 2-3 hours I'll be uploading music from my iTunes Library.

I'm happy again.

24th November 2008	#1
henryrobinett Gear Guru Joined: Feb 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 10,229 Thread Starter	My iPod is messed up! It keeps stopping. I've got an 80 gig iPod. I love it. But lately it goes on PAUSE for no reason at all. Glancing at the Apple forums, it seems to be an issue. I've reset it several times. I cleaned the headphone plug, you know, the guitar trick with DeToxIt. I thought maybe dirt had gotten in there. I thought it worked for about 10 minutes. But it's back. Has anybody seen this and been successful at fixing it. It's VERY frustrating. This was a Xmas present last year. I THINK I still have a warranty. __________________ All the best, Henry Robinett http://www.henryrobinett.com/ http://soundcloud.com/henry-robinett

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s.d.finley Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 3,715	Do you have your itunes library backed up? If so, then just do a software restore, and reload all your itunes. No need to goto the apple store. __________________ sdf www.digitalwarehausproductions.com

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skiltrip Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2007 Location: New York Posts: 2,425	If you have a warranty, wait no longer and make them replace it. If that doesn't work, Home Depot sells a few different kinds of hammers that would do the trick.

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Stevil Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 2,193	take it in to a "apple store", they'll send you a refurb if it's still under warranty, which they can tell by the serial #. they dont need yer paperwork. then the refurb will die shortly after the warranty expires & you'll be perma screwed. the mother board went bad on mine. wont take a charge anymore. it's cheaper to buy a new one than to fix the old. $400 disposable electronics. it irritates me that i have synths from the early 80's that still work great & this thing cant last a couple years. no more apple products for me.

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henryrobinett Gear Guru Joined: Feb 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 10,229 Thread Starter	I reset it, restored it and Disk Warriored it. Thanks for the tip! It still stops play for no reason. Arrggh! I have two months left on my warranty. I'm going to the Apple Store today.