Comments on: iPod Death and Rebirth http://gigaom.com/apple/ipod-death-and-rebirth/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joshua http://gigaom.com/apple/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-580792 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:22:00 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/04/23/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-580792 After my Ipod died I read this. I tried banging softly on the table. Nothing. A Little harder…*Familiar Ipod charging Sound*. It worked, THANKYOU! FOr you unusual wisdom.

]]> By: abucc http://gigaom.com/apple/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320312 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:36:48 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/04/23/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320312 thanks you so much this just worked for me =)

]]> By: wad11656 http://gigaom.com/apple/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320311 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:24:20 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/04/23/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320311 No one seems to have mentioned that this actually has to do with the hard drive cable coming loose within the iPod. Here’s a quote from an article that described how to fix this porblem in a more “proper” manner:

“A quick search would reveal that a recurring problem with the 4th gen iPod is that the hard drive cable comes loose! Now a lot of people would solve this problem by hitting, smashing, or ramming their (once expensive) iPod onto the floor, input connector end first, which may knock the hard drive connector back into place. Clearly I’m not going to try and smash an iPod which is not even my own…”

I felt the same way, as the iPod was not mine either and was just given to me from my brother [to see if I could fix it]. This article gives a “cleaner” way to fix the problem by physically opening the hard drive, disconnecting the hard drive cable, then connecting it again:

http://jsdoodnauth.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/4th-generation-ipod-sad-face-fix/

Good luck!

]]> By: Anita http://gigaom.com/apple/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320310 Fri, 28 May 2010 17:23:54 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/04/23/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320310 OMG!!!!!!!!!! i had my ipod and it was dead 2 years ago…. (yeah and i did keep it with me all the time) AND NOW IT WORKS!!!!!!! thank u sooo much!!!

]]> By: maggy http://gigaom.com/apple/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320309 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:19:48 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/04/23/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320309 OMG i just tried this with a friend’s dead iPod and the pod arose from the dead. He’s calling it Lazarus now AND building a statue in my honor.

]]> By: ipod repair http://gigaom.com/apple/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320308 Sun, 17 May 2009 22:15:01 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/04/23/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320308 All your ipod troubles can be cured at this company I tried.

]]> By: Zoee http://gigaom.com/apple/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320307 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:21:26 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/04/23/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320307 OMG! Amazing! I have a 4G iPod, which I dropped onto a pavement, taht completely died. Not working in the slightest. Not even turning on to shos a sad face etc. I had tried everything. Resets and throwing it at the wall out of anger (probably not the best thing to do). After the wall, I thought there was no chance and it would have to be replaced. I then tried the towel smacking on desk thing as the last resort. And that actually worked (I don’t even know how, but it did!) I can’t believe it actually lives. Yaaaaaayy!
Thanks to everyone. [=

]]> By: Huw http://gigaom.com/apple/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320306 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:15:12 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/04/23/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320306 I couldn’t believe it. You just have to be joking – drop it or hit it – a delicate computer device! But with nothing to lose I closed my eyes and whacked it delicately at first to no avail and then what I thought would be damagingly hard, expecting it to break into pieces. My trust in humankind was restored – the 60GB ancient one works again. Thanks to you all.

]]> By: Grace http://gigaom.com/apple/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320305 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:41:03 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/04/23/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320305 http://www.usaipodclinic.com

]]> By: Grace http://gigaom.com/apple/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320304 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:39:48 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/04/23/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320304 I was hapy with usa ipod clinic

]]> By: Parka http://gigaom.com/apple/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320303 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:22:59 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/04/23/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320303 Mine died Sep 2008. I got an iPod Touch to replace it. Since the iPod Photo is out of duty, I decided to drop it to try. One drop and it was able to enter target disk more. A few more drops all my songs and playlist and even files(!) came back. Like many others, I can’t imagine that this actually worked!!

]]> By: Joel Hanson http://gigaom.com/apple/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320300 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:28:07 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/04/23/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320300 I never thought dropping my wife’s ipod would revive it. But it did. I was able to restore it and am loading it up again right now. Long live the ipod drop!

]]> By: The Matt http://gigaom.com/apple/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320302 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:43:20 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/04/23/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320302 yay for domestic appliance abuse! it actually works, you are brilliant. thank you so much, now i can at least keep my files.

]]> By: ur a genius! http://gigaom.com/apple/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320301 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:19:49 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/04/23/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320301 HOLY CRAP! I can’t believe this actually worked! Thank you so much! (4th gen here)

]]> By: iPod Death http://gigaom.com/apple/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320299 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:07:05 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/04/23/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320299 [...] cherish every moment I have with my iPod, as it’s due to die soon.  Not good news. I found another blog suggesting that I bang it on the table.  I’m only going to try that once I’ve exhausted all other [...]

]]> By: artie http://gigaom.com/apple/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320298 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:17:15 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/04/23/ipod-death-and-rebirth/#comment-320298 has anyone tried this company, http://www.ipodrefresh.com. Their very cheap…..

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