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Nice that it gives you a URL though.
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Reinstall the iPod software from your Mac,
mine did the same thing and it reset it. You
will loose all of your music but it should
work again, as long as it is not a hardware
failure.
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Thanks for the advice Jon. However, I think
that it is a hardware failure. I tried the
restore/reinstall software. Boo-hoo, it has
to be shipped off in the end.
As a side note. I am angry at Apple now.
They charge you $30.00 for shipping the iPod
even though the thing is still under the one
year warranty. Apparently, if you have a
warranty issue in the first 6 months shipping
is free, but not in the second 6 months.
That's just unfair!
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The warranties have always been one of the
worst things about Apple. (That along with
their nasty cadre of jackbooted, thuggish
lawyers.)
Sorry about the iPod. :-( I hope it's
remedied one way or another.
Incidentally, I posted a related screenshot which includes a link to your Sad iPod
photo.
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how assertive. my ipod photo gave me this sad
face yesterday too, the biggest problem? now
itunes and my mac desktop cant detect it
totally.
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This guy linked my photo to his blog. That's
cool!
http://mrlim.isthebest.net/
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that guy is me :D i was searching for anyone
who encountered a similar problem.
and coincidentally, since my warrenty is
expired. i brought it to this 3rd party apple
guy this evening and he finally got the
problem fixed for me. hooray.
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Oh, congrats. It is very sad when you are
without your ipod. Thanks for linking my
picture. I feel honored.
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Hi Joel,
Nice clear picture you took. I''m using it
here on my blog:
julianyap.blogspot.com/2006/02/broken-ipod-40
gb-4th-gener...
Julian
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Julian- Cool. Thanks for letting me know.
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I just had the same thing - coudln't fix it
for 3 hours... after reading some blog on the
net, i tried something crazy - I took it out
of its sleeve, held it about 2.5-3 feet from
the floor, and dropped it...
now it works Perfectly.
Since my warranty was expired, I figured I
had nothing to lose. Its wortha shot before
sending it in for expensive maintenance.
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woah dude? you seriously did that? Damn, i
should have tried it before getting a new
one..
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i've fixed the sad face icon twice now by
dropping it just two-three inches onto my
wooden desk. i assume it only works when you
can hear the hdd inside trying to spin up and
failing, and quick nudge and it's back in
place. it's really lame how badly the ipod
reacts to just being pulled out of a usb
slot... i've never seen another external hdd
that brakes when you do that.
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Wow. So this morning I was scrolling through
my music and got the sad face icon. This was
really upsetting because it's sort of the
most obnoxious, disconcerting icon I've ever
seen.
Anyway, I just dropped it on the floor. AND
IT WORKS NOW! Amazing!
Pretty awesome too, because after a 15
minute conversation with someone from Apple,
they determined it would be 250 to 300
dollars to repair it. And all it took was
dropping it on the floor. Funny, eh?
Thanks for the advice. :-)
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This happened to me last year. iPod 30GB
Photo I had since 2005 failed with the sad
face. Bought a new 30GB Video.
2 months later after viewing 'Spank Your
iPod' videos on YouTube about slapping the
iPod to get it going again I thought I would
give it a go.
Wish I never now. It worked first time. Had
2 working iPods, but the old one is in a new
home and belongs to the missus! =D
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richard-
I had a second iPod photo that began
displaying the sad face. This happened about
a month ago so I put it in a drawer and
bought a new iPod Nano. When I read your
comment I pulled it out and gave it one good
slap and it lives again! So, the predicament
now: I have two perfectly good iPods and only
one set of ears. Thanks for posting this!
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My daughter's 30 GB iPod Photo just exhibited
the same problem, and no computer in my house
will recognize it at all (PC or Mac). I
bought it to the Apple store, but they just
slid it back across the Genius Bar and said
that I had to contact HP for support since HP
made them and Apple just sold them the cases.
It's way out of warranty so I wouldn't have
used Apple to fix it, too expensive.
Anyhow I just sent it today to ikaput.com
for a free diagnostic...
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thank you all who knows how to repairs things
by the old fashion way -..by dropping it that
is. !!!! i dropped it like 1 ft height et
voila! haha i'm glad it worked i had this sad
face for like 2 weeks and now it simply
works!!!!! yoo wooo!!! =D
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Hey - Just gave it the 3 inch drop and Blam !
The Greatest come back since lazarus !!! Love
it !
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Isn't it just amazing!
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Holy shit- I can't believe it. It worked!
Thank you. My 30G iPod photo has been
showing the damned sad face for 24 hrs-
didn't have any of it's 4300 songs backed up
anywhere, good lord. Have been extremely
bummed.
Now it's suddenly working fine- this is
great!
When I could hear the clicking and whirring
(when the initial apple logo was showing), I
dropped it onto my wooden desktop from about
3 inches above the desk. It immediately
kicked into gear and came back to life.
Crazy... hopefully it lasts.
Thanks again
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Time after time this seems to be working.
Whether you use the slap or the drop method
it dislodges a stuck hard drive like a
miracle. This advice should be made official
at Apple's support department!
Posted 7 months ago.
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