My new iPod is dead
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[Jul 19,2006 7:23am - the_reverend ""]
It worked fine on monday.
then I didn't touch it yesterday.
today it's got this symbol:
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the hard drive inside spins up and then noisily spins down. damn it. I got this thing on 6/25! not even a month!
[Jul 19,2006 8:15am - SteveOTB ""]
Plug it into your computer and try to see if you can restore it to the default factory settings. You'll lose all songs on it but if you have them backed up on your comp it shouldn't be a problem. I have this problem where the battery completely dies out of nowhere every once in a while when the thing is fully charged. One time I fliped out because I thought my brand new ipod was dead but then when I plug the thing in it said the battery was extremely low so I like the thing charge for a few hours and it worked again. Kind of weird all these issues with ipods. Which one do you have?
[Jul 19,2006 8:23am - the_reverend ""]
black 60gb
[Jul 19,2006 8:26am - strange ""]
bring it back. i've never seen that icon ever on my mac or my iPod. I have the 60gb black as well and have owned it since its inception. but this is on a mac platform so...
[Jul 19,2006 10:53am - brian_dc ""]
a friend of mine just got this on hers too...she tried to bring hers back but it was after warranty...bring it back immediately, apparently that means it's actually broken
[Jul 19,2006 10:58am - SteveOTB ""]
Bring it to the Apple store so they can see what's wrong with it then you should be able to return it no problem if it is fucked up.
[Jul 19,2006 11:06am - the_reverend ""]
I bought it from best buy.
[Jul 19,2006 11:16am - brian_dc ""]
is it still under warranty?
[Jul 19,2006 11:34am - the_reverend ""]
yeah, I just boughtit on 6/25.
I'm going to the apple store now (some dudes from work are heading there), but it look s like I'll be bring it back to BB is the apple store can't fix it. I have a 3 year warrenty on the thing.
[Jul 19,2006 12:49pm - the_reverend ""]
the people at the mac store were less than helpful...
they just told me to go online.
[Jul 19,2006 1:04pm - brian_dc ""]
eh, give it a shot at Best Buy.
[Jul 19,2006 1:04pm - brian_dc ""]
when my iPod broke it was under warranty...but Best Buy found one scratch on the fucker and told me that it looks like it was dropped, and that's not covered.
[Jul 19,2006 1:08pm - porphyria ""]
If you cause a scene at Best Buy, they will do anything to get you out of there. When I went to return my ipod when it broke after 2 weeks. There was a dude in front of me that had an old gen 40gb ipod, he caused a scene and ended up walking out with a 60gb ipod photo.
It took me about 15 minutes and I had a new ipod and was outta there.
[Jul 19,2006 1:10pm - RichHorror ""]
Yeah Aaron, just wet yourself in the store. And then send me the pants.
[Jul 19,2006 1:15pm - the_reverend ""]
catfish catfish catfish.
I once told best buy that my 3-month old camera was "known to be defective" and just to bring it back and get all the money back to get a different camera. easiest thing ever.
[Jul 19,2006 1:17pm - brian_dc ""]
well, I guess I got the one hardass best buy guy...dammit.
[Jul 19,2006 1:23pm - the_reverend ""]
so you have a broken iPod?
[Jul 19,2006 1:25pm - brian_dc ""]
had...he said he'd knock off some of the price for me to buy a new one then and there...after being yelled at for being an irresponsible parent to my iPod, I figured it was the best I could do.
[Jul 19,2006 1:29pm - the_reverend ""]
ha! you got rooked into that one.
[Jul 19,2006 1:37pm - brian_dc ""]
oh, I know
[Jul 19,2006 1:44pm - the_reverend ""]
I got some prime land in florida if you are looking.
[Jul 19,2006 1:45pm - brian_dc ""]
shut up, you jerk. I should mention that I did drop my ipod and there was like...inky stuff all over the screen. I think I would've done better if it wasn't obvious.
edit: actually to be fair to myself, I never dropped it. A co-worker did. Fuck you, Bean!
[Jul 19,2006 3:48pm - bestscam ""]
best buy is horrible when it comes to exchanges/returns on high ticket items. such a hassle. they are nothing but a scam when it comes ot buying those extended service contracts. but if you bring it to BB and show them what its doing they SHOULD do something for you.
[Jul 19,2006 4:36pm - anonymous ""]
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/tutorial/ip_gettingstarted_t16.html
[Jul 19,2006 4:42pm - mOe ""]
i've had mine since november and its starting to fuck up...
songs are disappearing
sometimes it will just randomly start playing a playlist for no reason
i cant drag and drop a bunch of files at once (it will just stop updating for no reason)
it will play stuff that isnt whats labeled on the screen
gay
[Jul 19,2006 4:53pm - BONEDADDY978 ""]
The Apple store is real cool about exchanges and repairs "IF" you first make an online appt. For their "Genious Bar". Dont just show up there, they will tell you to go online and schedule an appt. Stupid rules.
[Jul 19,2006 4:54pm - brian_dc ""]
my friend's iPod who had the same problem as yours just started working again... I guess she just left it alone for a little bit and then tried to charge it again and it worked.
[Jul 19,2006 4:58pm - anonymous ""]
for returns and exchanges the apple store charges a 10% restock fee or something like that
gay
[Jul 19,2006 5:03pm - anonymous ""]
you could also try to downgrade the firmwear and not update the ipod
[Jul 19,2006 5:48pm - the_reverend ""]
ok, I just loaded the latest firmware on it and it worked.. er.. it seems like it worked.
waiting to see.
[Jul 19,2006 5:52pm - the_reverend ""]
yep, it's working now.
[Jul 19,2006 6:09pm - dunwich ""]
I got an Ipod through musician's friend back in September or so. It started to do the "unhappy face" sporadically and randomly locked up and erased my entire library. I sent it back and they managed to weasel out of the warrantee...I guess the "shelf life" expired and musician's friend never bothered to send it back. The reset commands didn't help either.
[Jul 19,2006 6:23pm - the_reverend ""]
that's completely lame.
[Jul 19,2006 8:43pm - brian_dc nli ""]
yeah, there is something inherently evil about the iPod and all those who peddle their wares. But I keep coming back for more and so does everyone else.
[Jul 19,2006 9:42pm - TheGreatSpaldino ""]
thats why i cant wait for the microsoft one
[Jul 19,2006 10:45pm - brian_dc nli ""]
Because anything by microsoft is the...opposite of evil? Wait...no.
[Jul 19,2006 10:56pm - the_reverend ""]
I can't wait for google's one.
2 billion songs on one player.
[Jul 19,2006 11:32pm - Joshtruction ""]
first try resetting the thing. That takes care of 60% of the issues people return thier ipods for.
[Jul 20,2006 12:26am - the_reverend ""]
I tried over and over and over and over again.
it wouldn't reset.
but it is fixed.
[Jul 20,2006 2:07am - Phillip ""]
i bought the 30 gig less then 2 months ago and the battery would die after like 2 hours
I went to best buy and told them about the battery and I left with a brand new iPod in less then 10 minutes
[Jul 20,2006 4:42am - Joshtruction ""]
the_reverend said:I tried over and over and over and over again.
it wouldn't reset.
but it is fixed.
glad to hear it is fixed. Mine went down a flight of stairs at bandstand live yesterday and it made it through it. I thaught for sure it was the end of it. In fact I still can not get over it surviving.
[Jul 20,2006 8:32am - SteveOTB ""]
the_reverend said:I bought it from best buy.
Next time it happens bring it to the Apple store. They'll try to see what's wrong with it regardless of where you bought it because it's an Apple product.