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#1 2009-10-27 7:57 am
- philipstanton
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serious problems with an ipod classic 30gb, help please
hello everyone,
a friend has given me an ipod classic 30gb that is broken to see if I can fix it. It does something that I have never seen ... when I plugged the ipod in to my mac last night it lit up with only 10% luminosity and the message in English that the battery was very low and to not disconnect (the battery level was at about 10% approx.). I left it charging all night and this morning the battery was at 45% approx .. I tried to restart the iPod by following the instructions on the Apple web site (moving the hold switch and then press the center button and menu simultaneously). It then lit up with white apple logo on a black background (luminance 100%) followed by the list of languages to choose from ... BUT ... It won´t let you choose the language or move or reposition the cursor... and then it immediately turns itself off... and then after about 5 minutes, it restarts and shutdowns all over again by itself. but again with no possibility to make any changes in the settings.
Is it just a matter of the battery? Should I leave it charging until 100%? It has been plugged in for about 4 hours more now but doesnt seem to move past the 45% charged signal of this morning.
Any suggestions, ideas?
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#2 2009-10-27 10:47 am
Re: serious problems with an ipod classic 30gb, help please
Sounds like the battery is dead. They are really cheap, you might give it a try...
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#3 2009-10-27 3:26 pm
- D'Eyncourt
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Re: serious problems with an ipod classic 30gb, help please
Yeah, all batteries eventually die. That 30GB iPod classic is a fifth generation (5G) iPod making it between 2 to 4.5 years old so it may be a bit young for it to die from regular use, but it may be that the batteries suffered from a deep discharge by not being recharged for a while, say, a month or two.
Other World Computing has these offers for do-it-yourself iPod battery replacements or you can send it in to them for battery replacement (the last two offers) or external batteries.
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