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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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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

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

same here

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 …

&$%^#@$%&* 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 …

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 …

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…

...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 …

Quote: Originally Posted by tpicco ...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 …

I used to love Apple until I got my iPod... >grumble grumble whine bitch fume<

Just had my 20GB freeze. A bit frightning, wouldn't turn off, mount, nothing. Followed someones earlier advice: toggle hold on then off, then hold down the menu and middle button. …

Disk Utility can help. If you have DiskWarrior, run it on the iPod. It does wonders (especially if you have been moving lots of files to and from it as an external hard drive. If …

What is "the 20-minute buffer?"

iPods are supposed to have about 20 minutes of skip protection (except the shuffle which doesn't need it as it's a flash drive).

Quote: Originally Posted by tpicco No sad iPod icon yet, but I already had the iPod replaced by Apple two months ago... and the same problem occurred! what does the sad iP…

The sad icon means something bad happened and you'll need to reformat your iPod or take it in for repairs.

my 20 gig freez sometime ... the only thing ive find to do is to wait for the battery die ....

Ok i have an 20GB ipod, it froze, i have held down the buttons like it has said to. But it wont shut off what do i do?

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