well my ipod died on me, i was listening to it and then changed the song then it just stayed dead until it played what seemed to be about a second of music until it began to skip songs by itself.

then i tried to do the reset with the hold switch back and forth then hold select and menu and as that happened all my music was gone!. then i treid to upload the music again from my comp and it said it was corrupted, but other times i formatted it and songs would actually try to upload but take longer than it should until it said its corrupted. then one of those times it actually got 3 songs in but then i tried and the same thing.

any way you guys can help me out? i tried those damn apple so called geniuses but without insurance i get no help. right when my warranty expired too.

plz help me out, i hate bieng without my ipod

Restore your iPod using itunes while it is in disk mode(reset, center+play). Reload any songs back in to iTunes which were corrupted for further measure.

If it's under warranty just trade it in, best to get rid of an ipod that is faulty.

well thats the thing, its not under warranty anymore, right when it ended it died

Depending on the generation of iPod you have it would help to access the Diagnostics menu. To do this on 1st, 2nd and 3rd gens you'll need to hold down the menu and play buttons simultaneously. Wait about 5-8 seconds.

After the iPod shuts down, it should turn back on almost immediately. Once you see the Apple logo appear on the display, hold down the Forward, Back and Select buttons simultaneously until the backwards Apple logo appears. The third-generation iPod makes an audible chirp when you access the diagnostic menu.

Now to do this on a 4th, 5th, nano, mini or photo you'll need to do the whole menu/play reset again waiting 5-8 seconds. After the iPod shuts down, it should turn back on almost immediately. Once you see
the Apple logo on the LCD, hold down the Back and Select buttons simultaneously until the backwards Apple logo appears. You should also hear an audible chirp.

The next screen asks you to press Play to continue. Press the Play button. You can now select options from the diagnostic menu. If you have an iPod video, press the Menu button to run the tests manually, or press the Previous button to auto-test the iPod. To see the diagnostic menu, press Menu.

Diagnostic choices:

5 In 1: Performs multiple tests, including memory, backlight, and the Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports

Reset: Resets the iPod

Key: Checks the keys on the Click Wheel; press a key, and the iPod tells you whether your keypress registered

Chgr Curr: Uncertain, but it appears to turn the charging methods on and off

Remote: Tests the functionality of the remote control; be sure to plug in the remote before running this test

Hp Status: Checks the state of the hold switch and tells you if there is anything plugged into the audio jack

Sleep: Puts the iPod to sleep

Batt A2D: Checks the iPod’s power supply

Firewire: Checks the FireWire chip

HDD R/W: Checks that the hard drive can read and write; returns HDD Pass if it can

Smrt Dat: Performs another hard drive test

HDD Scan: Scans the hard drive; returns HDD Pass or HDD Fail, depending on the results of the scan. (A fail in this means your hard drive is screwed. You can replace them though.)

Read SN: Reads the iPod’s serial number

Diskmode: Puts the iPod into Disk Mode

Wheel: Returns different values when you run your thumb around the Click Wheel

Contrast: Checks the contrast of the LCD

Audio: Displays the audio gain

Status: Tells you if you have anything plugged into your iPod

Drv Temp: Displays the temperature of the hard drive

Iram Test: Test the iPod’s flash memory

Depending on what you get there's many options to fix the iPod yourself. And since it's no longer under warranty you don't have to worry about voiding it. If you have any problems you can PM me. My co-worker has rebuilt a couple of iPod's and will be able to give some info.

I had a similar problem, but it happened after I dropped it haha. Still got it lying around somewhere, might have a look in the diagnostic menu as the above poster described.

Some albums songs downloaded from iTunes cause my iPod to re-boot after they have played. I fucking hate this.

I could be wrong because it's not right in front of my face BUT I think you reset the IPOD by holding down the PLAY button and the middle, round select button. I have had a few problems with my IPOD in the past but seriously for all it's worth, I don't even care. You don't understand how good it feels not to have to fumble through CDs whilst driving 80MPH on the freeway to work.