I've got the 3G iPod (the last monochrome version), with 4,336 songs. I don't know if that's relevant but, at this point, I can't think of anything that's relevant.
I've got the latest version of iTunes, I've got the latest software update for the iPod... everything's as up to date as it can be.
Typically, I just Shuffle All Songs and flip through them until I come up on a song that I want to listen to. I was doing that today when I noticed that it was taking longer than normal to load a song. I took a look at the iPod, and it seemed like it was frozen (I was charging it, but the battery indicator wasn't moving). I listened to it, and I heard the hard drive spin up, access the drive briefly, and spin down again.
I found this kind of peculiar, so I turned it off. It took a full 45 seconds after I turned it off for the charging indicator to show up on the screen. I left it alone for a couple minutes and decided I would just listen to an album beginning to end, figuring that might work. No such dice. I picked the first song, and saw that the iPod was skipping through songs without playing any of them. Listening to the hard drive, I could hear the same phenomenon described above.
Eventually, the iPod just quit. Completely. The hard drive wasn't being accessed, wasn't even on as far as I could tell. The backlight had been on because I was spinning the wheel trying to see if I could get a rise out of it, and it stayed on. It stayed on after I removed it from the charger. Even though it was removed from the charger, it still had the screen lit and the battery indicator on (but not moving) for a couple hours. I just got back home and it seems to have turned off on its own (finally).
I plugged it into my computer to see if it was alright again... no dice. I can still hear the drive spinning up and spinning down.
If anybody has any suggestions... it'd be swell. This is the second iPod I've done this to. The first time I figured that it had to have been a fluke. I mean... am I using the damn thing wrong or something? Am I not supposed to be this impatient?
Any help would be appreciated.
I've got the latest version of iTunes, I've got the latest software update for the iPod... everything's as up to date as it can be.
Typically, I just Shuffle All Songs and flip through them until I come up on a song that I want to listen to. I was doing that today when I noticed that it was taking longer than normal to load a song. I took a look at the iPod, and it seemed like it was frozen (I was charging it, but the battery indicator wasn't moving). I listened to it, and I heard the hard drive spin up, access the drive briefly, and spin down again.
I found this kind of peculiar, so I turned it off. It took a full 45 seconds after I turned it off for the charging indicator to show up on the screen. I left it alone for a couple minutes and decided I would just listen to an album beginning to end, figuring that might work. No such dice. I picked the first song, and saw that the iPod was skipping through songs without playing any of them. Listening to the hard drive, I could hear the same phenomenon described above.
Eventually, the iPod just quit. Completely. The hard drive wasn't being accessed, wasn't even on as far as I could tell. The backlight had been on because I was spinning the wheel trying to see if I could get a rise out of it, and it stayed on. It stayed on after I removed it from the charger. Even though it was removed from the charger, it still had the screen lit and the battery indicator on (but not moving) for a couple hours. I just got back home and it seems to have turned off on its own (finally).
I plugged it into my computer to see if it was alright again... no dice. I can still hear the drive spinning up and spinning down.
If anybody has any suggestions... it'd be swell. This is the second iPod I've done this to. The first time I figured that it had to have been a fluke. I mean... am I using the damn thing wrong or something? Am I not supposed to be this impatient?
Any help would be appreciated.
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