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Posted on Mar 08, 2009

Locked ipod nano

I have a 4 GB Red Special Edition iPod Nano.  I placed some chapters of my talking book on it and clicked to start--nothing.  Now it seems locked, I cannot get it to do anything.  The light won't even turn off!  I tried the possible solution of holding the menu and center buttons down for 30 seconds and it did not work.  Any other ideas? How can I turn it off & restart?  Also, it will not sync now with my iTunes (I tried that as well.)  Thanks for any help you can give me!

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Did you first slide the hold switch to HOLD and then back before holding the menu and center buttons down together? That worked for my iPod nano 4th generation after it "locked up" and became non-responsive.

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