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vintagelace · 02-22-2007, 06:09 PM

Hi,

I just purchased the fourth generation Click Wheel. Once I received it the battery was dead. I have replaced it with a brand new battery. The ipod worked when I first replaced the battery the other day. Now that I have recharged the battery the ipod comes on, but won't do anything. It shows the playlist with a fully charged battery, but the click wheel won't work. A few times when I have turned the ipod back on and off I get a broken battery icon in the middle of the screen. I figured that meant it wasn't fully charged. I recharged the battery again and now I'm just getting the playlist again. Does my click wheel need to be replaced? I should have known better than to buy a used ipod on ebay. Please advise. I have spent hours reading through ipod tech support forums. I'm so frustrated.

assface5000 · 02-23-2007, 03:27 AM

do any of your buttons work? (hold, select , menu if pushed.. can you reset it hold select and menu button down simultaneously for 5 or 10 secs.?

vintagelace · 02-23-2007, 08:10 AM

Moving the hold button back and forth will turn it on and the playlist shows. I have tried to reset it as stated above and still nothing.

venus · 02-23-2007, 08:10 AM

Have you tried Restoring it?

IpodManiac90 · 02-23-2007, 09:06 AM

if i were you i would send it back to the guy you bought it from..check his description and make sure and see if he didnt say what the problem was in the auction. if he didnt he can get in trouble and yuo can get your money back.

MadMacs · 02-23-2007, 04:01 PM

I got my 5th gen off Ebay - The only thing opened in the box was the headphone package, the protective plastic film was still on it. Yeah, the one that says "Don't Steal Music" in about 20 different languages.....By the way, did I tell you I really like my avatar?:tongue:

vintagelace · 02-23-2007, 06:39 PM

Yes I tried restoring the ipod. I also contacted the man I purchased it from. Of course, he said it worked fine. But by the time I had my new battery and reading all the ipod tech supports I could find to see what was going on it was already passed the 30 days so Paypal won't back me up now. The seller on ebay says he is struggling student who needs cash and all sales final. If it something I can't easily repair. . .I'll just hae to list it on ebay as a broken ipod.

SoxFan33 · 02-23-2007, 07:42 PM

Umm, if it won't work, check the cable on the inside of the ipod. You said you took it appart and replaced the battery, so you could have unplugged or partially unplugged the cable. make sure that the cable is seated properly in the connecter. if it is, i would try getting a new click wheel, or just selling it as broken

IpodManiac90 · 02-23-2007, 10:56 PM

MadMacs what did that have to do with this thread?? that was pointless! but anyway did you figure out what was wrong with your ipod yet?

02-22-2007, 06:09 PM		#1
	vintagelace New iPodder Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3	Hours spent Reading ipod forums . . .Please help me Hi, I just purchased the fourth generation Click Wheel. Once I received it the battery was dead. I have replaced it with a brand new battery. The ipod worked when I first replaced the battery the other day. Now that I have recharged the battery the ipod comes on, but won't do anything. It shows the playlist with a fully charged battery, but the click wheel won't work. A few times when I have turned the ipod back on and off I get a broken battery icon in the middle of the screen. I figured that meant it wasn't fully charged. I recharged the battery again and now I'm just getting the playlist again. Does my click wheel need to be replaced? I should have known better than to buy a used ipod on ebay. Please advise. I have spent hours reading through ipod tech support forums. I'm so frustrated.

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02-23-2007, 03:27 AM		#2
	assface5000 Junior iPodder Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Aurora, Colorado Posts: 28	do any of your buttons work? (hold, select , menu if pushed.. can you reset it hold select and menu button down simultaneously for 5 or 10 secs.?

02-23-2007, 08:10 AM		#3
	vintagelace New iPodder Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3	Moving the hold button back and forth will turn it on and the playlist shows. I have tried to reset it as stated above and still nothing.

02-23-2007, 08:10 AM		#4
	venus Master iPodder Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: United kingdom, Sheffield Posts: 687	Have you tried Restoring it?

02-23-2007, 09:06 AM		#5
	IpodManiac90 Master iPodder Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: U to the S to the A Posts: 585	if i were you i would send it back to the guy you bought it from..check his description and make sure and see if he didnt say what the problem was in the auction. if he didnt he can get in trouble and yuo can get your money back.

02-23-2007, 04:01 PM		#6
	MadMacs Skilled iPodder Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 355	I got my 5th gen off Ebay - The only thing opened in the box was the headphone package, the protective plastic film was still on it. Yeah, the one that says "Don't Steal Music" in about 20 different languages.....By the way, did I tell you I really like my avatar?:tongue:

02-23-2007, 06:39 PM		#7
	vintagelace New iPodder Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3	Yes I tried restoring the ipod. I also contacted the man I purchased it from. Of course, he said it worked fine. But by the time I had my new battery and reading all the ipod tech supports I could find to see what was going on it was already passed the 30 days so Paypal won't back me up now. The seller on ebay says he is struggling student who needs cash and all sales final. If it something I can't easily repair. . .I'll just hae to list it on ebay as a broken ipod.

02-23-2007, 07:42 PM		#8
	SoxFan33 iPodder Supremus Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: US of A Posts: 2,221	Umm, if it won't work, check the cable on the inside of the ipod. You said you took it appart and replaced the battery, so you could have unplugged or partially unplugged the cable. make sure that the cable is seated properly in the connecter. if it is, i would try getting a new click wheel, or just selling it as broken

02-23-2007, 10:56 PM		#9
	IpodManiac90 Master iPodder Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: U to the S to the A Posts: 585	MadMacs what did that have to do with this thread?? that was pointless! but anyway did you figure out what was wrong with your ipod yet?