Re: [Ipodlinux-devel] dead ipod?

[Chandan K. [home] <ch...@to...>]

Strange, because I ran into a very similiar problem, but this was before
I started mucking around with the Linux. I think I left the ipod without
using for a while. As far as I remember I had connected it up for
charging but I am not positively sure about this.

Anyway, I too later saw that it was dead and when I took it to the Best
Buy for exchange they insisted that they try charging it again.
Miraculously it did revive ! Dunno if this is similiar to your case or
not. But no harm in trying the warranty in anycase if it doesnt come up
at all.

This also raises a question which I think has been mentioned elsewhere.
Does anyone know whats the best way of keeping the ipod charged ? Is it
okay to leave it on charge all the time or is it better to let it run
down halfway or full before recharging ? Does anyone have an
authoritative answer to this ?

Good luck,
Chandan


On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 18:22, Steven Lucy wrote:
> hello everybody,
> 
> i've run into some serious trouble here, and i'm wondering if anyone can
> help.  it appears that the third requirement on the build page, "No
> reservations about the possibility of ruining your iPod. This would likely
> invalidate your warranty as well. You have been warned!" is not joking.  my
> ipod is now, effectively, a very shiny brick.
> 
> symptoms:  that of a brick, except shiny.  won't turn on, won't respond to
> button pushes, firewire attaches, holding play/menu down, or anything else.
> i have not busted it open to try unplugging/replugging battery, i'm hoping
> someone here can suggest something a little less dangerous first.
> 
> what i can reconstruct:  i wasn't really paying much attention (as i didn't
> expect this to happen), but as far as i can here is what steps preceded this
> lock-up:  i booted the ipod into linux and forgot about it.  this caused the
> battery to run down.  no problem -- hooked it up via firewire, forced reboot
> with play/menu and then forced fw with ff/rew.  dded in apple's firmware
> image, which, due to my flaky firewire hardware, crashed my computer.
> rebooted my computer, tried dding it again, this time it worked.  rebooted
> ipod into playing mode (by unplugging firewire).  i didn't actually play any
> songs, but it booted into the menuing system just fine.  plugged fw back in,
> and it rebooted into charging mode (with the check mark).  i now left it
> alone for two days, and then when i went to unplug it to take on my trip it
> was absolutely dead.  it's been this way for a week, and i'm still very
> puzzled.  any help about reviving it would be appreciated.
> 
> thanks, and may this never happen to you,
> 
> Steven
> 
> 
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