Fucking iPod problems

Post by **Bacon** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:42 am

I was playing a song, and at about 10 seconds left in the song, it started playing part of another song, that wasn't even next in the list. So I calmly just let it go, but it kept doing it, same song. So I went to play another song, and the song starts to play, but oops, everything is frozen. The song is playing and that is it, I tried doing the manual power off etc, but it won't shut off. I'm guessing I have to wait until the battery dies, but i'm wondering, is my ipod fucked? Should I send it back? :icon33:

Post by **Kills On Site** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:07 am

Same thing happened to mine, for me it was the begining of a dead HDD, so yea I'd send it back

Post by ***OptimusPrime*** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 10:36 am

http://www.ipoding.com/

check out the tips/trix on the side bar got some handy disk scan, diagnostic etc stuff that you can do...

Post by **Tormentius** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 10:49 am

Kills On Site wrote: so yea I'd send it back

The above is terrible advice so disregard.

Start by running the drive manufacturer's diagnostic applications on it.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:19 pm

try doing a "restore" using Apple's Ipod Updater first.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:21 pm

btw, check this faq list from ipodlounge.com, which, imo, is the best online source for anything ipod.

Post by **4g3nt_Smith** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:47 pm

Tormentius wrote:
Kills On Site wrote: so yea I'd send it back
The above is terrible advice so disregard.

Start by running the drive manufacturer's diagnostic applications on it.

No it isn't. Apple has a great return policy, and incredible turnaround speed, and it will cost him nothing to send it in if its remotely new, so why fiddle with it for hours trying to get it to work, only to possibly fail down the road when the warranty is gone, when he can spend 5 minutes on Apple's site, 5 minutes, putting the ipod in the free-of-cost box they send him, and 5 more minutes calling DHL to come pick said box back up.

Post by **DRuM** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:27 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:btw, check this faq list from ipodlounge.com, which, imo, is the best online source for anything ipod.

Good place. I'm a member there, jugglynoughts

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:36 pm

DRuM wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:btw, check this faq list from ipodlounge.com, which, imo, is the best online source for anything ipod.
Good place. I'm a member there, jugglynoughts

so was i drumberboi

Post by **saturn** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:42 pm

and dumbroy got the link from me, my god!

Post by **DRuM** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:20 pm

saturn wrote:and dumbroy got the link from me, my god!

yeah!

Post by **Kills On Site** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:39 am

Well here is what happened to mine, it started off by randomly freezing and the only way to unfreeze it was plug in into the AC and then reset it. Then the "song in song" started happening and other fucked up playback issues, then after restoring a few times it still didn't work right. So I did the easy thing and let Apple give me a new one.

Also another way to tell how fucked the HDD is, when transfering songs after restoring puyt you ear to the iPod so you can hear the mechanical hum and hear if the hum is constant or starts up, hums and then stops and does that.

Also Tormentius how do you propose someone find out who made the HDD in the iPod and even if their diag tools will work on an iPod?

Post by **Tormentius** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:17 am

Kills On Site wrote:
Also Tormentius how do you propose someone find out who made the HDD in the iPod and even if their diag tools will work on an iPod?

Bleh, I meant the Updater app that Juggs kindly linked to right after.

Post by **Tormentius** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:20 am

4g3nt_Smith wrote:
No it isn't. Apple has a great return policy, and incredible turnaround speed, and it will cost him nothing to send it in if its remotely new, so why fiddle with it for hours trying to get it to work, only to possibly fail down the road when the warranty is gone, when he can spend 5 minutes on Apple's site, 5 minutes, putting the ipod in the free-of-cost box they send him, and 5 more minutes calling DHL to come pick said box back up.

Its called trying to fix a problem instead of RMA'ing a possibly fine piece of hardware. Its an interesting concept and one usually worth pursuing. The other bonus of at least trying to fix it is not having to wait around until they ship the same iPod back if a restore is all that was needed

.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:25 am

Tormentius wrote:
4g3nt_Smith wrote:
No it isn't. Apple has a great return policy, and incredible turnaround speed, and it will cost him nothing to send it in if its remotely new, so why fiddle with it for hours trying to get it to work, only to possibly fail down the road when the warranty is gone, when he can spend 5 minutes on Apple's site, 5 minutes, putting the ipod in the free-of-cost box they send him, and 5 more minutes calling DHL to come pick said box back up.
Its called trying to fix a problem instead of RMA'ing a possibly fine piece of hardware. Its an interesting concept and one usually worth pursuing. The other bonus of at least trying to fix it is not having to wait around until they ship the same iPod back if a restore is all that was needed .

And its a good learning experiance.. Good to get to know your hardware..

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:40 am

Tormentius wrote:
Kills On Site wrote:
Also Tormentius how do you propose someone find out who made the HDD in the iPod and even if their diag tools will work on an iPod?
Bleh, I meant the Updater app that Juggs kindly linked to right after.

i kinda liked the pre-edited version of "the Juggs"... ;P

Post by **Tormentius** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:43 am

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
Tormentius wrote:
Kills On Site wrote:
Also Tormentius how do you propose someone find out who made the HDD in the iPod and even if their diag tools will work on an iPod?
Bleh, I meant the Updater app that Juggs kindly linked to right after.
i kinda liked the pre-edited version of "the Juggs"... ;P

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