I broke my iPod. Yes, already. I was driving down the road while it was playing through my car speakers. Then suddenly, it stopped playing music.
Mostly, I was rating music. Since none of my music is rated, I've been running it on shuffle so I can get a good mix and rate music as I come across it. Sometimes I'll quickly rate the track and move to the next. My fingers are still not too good at operating the slip-and-slide jog-wheel thing, so sometimes I mash the wrong button or I go up and down with the rating stars until I get it just right. Other times, I like the song so much I just let it play through.
When it stopped playing altogether I assumed I had paused it on accident so I unpaused it, which didn't help. Then I turned it on and then off, which didn't help. Then I unplugged it from the FM Transmitter and plugged it back in. Still no good. I decided to wait until I was parked to continue fiddling with it.
Once stationary I realized that it thought it was playing music, but the music would never actually start playing. The little progress bar wouldn't move, and the timer to the end of the song wouldn't count down. If I waited long enough it would eventually bounce me back to the main menu.
To Reset an iPod
- Toggle the Hold switch on and off. (Slide it to Hold, then turn it off again.)
- Press and hold the Menu and Select buttons until the Apple logo appears, about 6 to 10 seconds. You may need to repeat this step.
At this point, I was ready to just throw my $250 paper weight that isn't even heavy enough to weight paper across the parking lot. But, I didn't. Later I did a search on the Internet and found a site talking about how to reset some other iPods. I decided to try it on my too, and it worked, thankfully.
I didn't abuse it. I wasn't doing anything that wasn't intended. I was drinking the kool-aid, living large, and enjoying the product. iPods just hate me, I guess.
