Locked iPod 2525 Responses

Last post: 8 years, 1 month ago | Thread started: Apr 18, 05, 6:49 a.m.

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• Ramanisky2

  So my iPod decided today to completely freeze up on me

  Ironically, on the screen its displaying the song
  DR Greenthumb by Cypress Hill

  But I cant do anything with it,
  cant go to next track, cant reboot it....WTF?????

  Anyone have this happen to their iPod??

  what should I do?

  Apr 18, 05, 6:49 a.m. – Permalink

• anzelina

  http://www.apple.com/support

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 6:51 a.m. – Permalink

• swollenelbow

  press pause and play for 5 second if you're on a 3rd gen ipod. it will "reboot"

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 6:51 a.m. – Permalink

• radar

  does it do anything when you connect it to your computer?

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 6:51 a.m. – Permalink

• gruntt

  you may have activated the "clapper." Try clapping your hands a couple of times.

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 6:52 a.m. – Permalink

• Jaline

  haha, on that note, you should also try and do other actions with your various body parts. just in case.

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 6:53 a.m. – Permalink

• de4k

  if holding play/pause down won't turn it off.
  wait till bettery dies and then re-charge your problem should be fixed.

  did happen to me when a banana fingered friend was pawing at the buttons with all the tenderness of a drunk rhino.

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 6:53 a.m. – Permalink

• JazX

  take it back to the store so they can reformat it

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 6:54 a.m. – Permalink

• radar

  I read on Apple support if you put it down your pants for 10 minutes it will overheat and automatically reboot.

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 6:55 a.m. – Permalink

• gruntt

  have you tried verbally abusing it and then after a few minutes apologizing to it, promising it will never happen again?

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 6:55 a.m. – Permalink

• Ramanisky2

  play/pause doesnt work because its completely locked

  put it down my pants.....that didnt work

  yelled at it and then told it that I was sorry and that it would never happen again.....that didnt work

  tried the clap on clap off..... that didnt work

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 7 a.m. – Permalink

• JazX

  smack it three times like the Fonz did in Happy Days.

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 7 a.m. – Permalink

• Ramanisky2

  did that too

  dammit ...I just bought the Goddamn thing back in December

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 7:04 a.m. – Permalink

• gruntt

  flick the hold button back a forth a few times.

  and/or

  "To unlock it, reset it by holding down the Menu and Play buttons on the first three generations of iPods (or the Play and Select button on the mini and fourth-generation iPod) for about six seconds." - article here... http://playlistmag.com/help/2004…

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 7:04 a.m. – Permalink

• radar

  I have had mine lock up like that, and I just plugged it into a wall charger, and once it recieved a full charge it worked fine?

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 7:18 a.m. – Permalink

• JazX

  when plugging in and out of your computer, make sure you are ejecting it via software. unless the locked button is the issue..?

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 7:19 a.m. – Permalink

• QuincyArcher

  happened to my mini once...as soon as the battery died, i recharged it, and it seemed happy enough.

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 7:24 a.m. – Permalink

• blindpilot

  get a knife and threaten to cut it

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 7:25 a.m. – Permalink

• Fanco

  this may seem dumb, but you said the play/pause button wont respond. make sure you unlock the buttons with the switch next to the headphones jack. I've seen people complain their ipod were broken but they just realise it was an lock.

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 7:41 a.m. – Permalink

• chameleonic

  um.
  make sure it's connected to either your computer via firewire, or to the power supply.
  flip hold on then off then hold the menu and select button together for about 5 seconds. if that doesn't work, try the same with menu and play (after flicking hold.)
  do it do it do it

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 7:50 a.m. – Permalink

• Ramanisky2

  still frozen.

  guess i'll just wait till the battery drains out

  fucking sucks

  I wonder if it had anything to do with a corrupt mp3 maybe a virus attached to the file itself

  

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  Dog-earApr 18, 05, 9:01 a.m. – Permalink