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ipod freeze — #1

this has now happened three times to my ipod... ill be walking down the street and the thing just freezes... i tried to reset by hooking it up to the power, toggling the hold switc…
MacNN Troubleshooting by DoGoodDrugs

ipod freeze — #2

Wish I had an answer... but my 40 gb does the same thing... it usually occurs for me when I am transferring files to it as an auxillary hard drive... then it will freeze, ignore ev…
MacNN Troubleshooting by tpicco

ipod freeze — #3

When my 1st gen iPod does that (probably happened like 8-10 times), what I do is pry the case open, unplug the battery, and plug it back in. As soon as I plug it back in, POOF, wo…
MacNN Troubleshooting by powertrippin

ipod freeze — #4

PRY THE BACK OPEN??? I am not that brave... though it does have the same effect as waiting for the battery to die...
MacNN Troubleshooting by tpicco

ipod freeze — #5

oh... One other thing to add... when it's "frozen," if I hold the unit up to your ear, I hear a building "whirrrrrr" and then a dull click, and the whirr stops, only to start bui…
MacNN Troubleshooting by tpicco

ipod freeze — #6

Is it still under warranty? Sounds like you have a hard drive problem. Have you gotten the sad iPod icon?
MacNN Troubleshooting by ThinkInsane

ipod freeze — #7

No sad iPod icon yet, but I already had the iPod replaced by Apple two months ago... and the same problem occurred!
MacNN Troubleshooting by tpicco

ipod freeze — #9

Quote: Originally Posted by DoGoodDrugs this has now happened three times to my ipod... ill be walking down the street and the thing just freezes... i tried to reset by hooking …
MacNN Troubleshooting by proton

ipod freeze — #10

&$%^#@$%&* I have been wrestling with my iPod for the past week... it keeps freezing... and I keep resetting and restoring factory settings... and when I plug it back into …
MacNN Troubleshooting by tpicco

ipod freeze — #11

Yes, I've been having very similar issues with my 4G iPod 40G. I've had many portable music devices in the past and the iPod has been the most unreliable! Maybe I'm unlucky just …
MacNN Troubleshooting by Infini-t

ipod freeze — #12

One of mine does this from time to time. Sometimes I have to boot it into Disk Mode (select + play), hook it up, and then run Disk Utility on it. Other times, just running Disk U…
MacNN Troubleshooting by Phil Sherry

ipod freeze — #13

...but for me, right now, I haven't been able to get my computer to recognize or mount my iPod, so I can't run Disk Utility, can't restore it to factory settings... when I hook it …
MacNN Troubleshooting by tpicco
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