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My ipod nano wont do anything

My ipod wont do anything, it wont charge turn or turn on. i have tryed plugging it into the computer but still nothing happens. What should i do? My ipod, ( a nano 4GB ) is working fine, but the buttons won't work! I don't even know what I did wrong...the middle button is not working at all and won't let me play. What shoud I do?

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  • Angel_cat Aug 26, 2008

    Thanks, but what do I do if the buttons won't even let me turn it off????

  • henry2big Sep 01, 2008

    my aple ipod phone wont display anything on the screen but wen am charging it it only put on a red light on the top indicating that its charging but it wont on pls help me what can i do.

  • Anonymous Nov 09, 2008

    my buttons will not do anything

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Press and hold the center button while pressing down on the menu buttton. The Apple logo will appear. This will reboot your Ipod.

If that doesn't work, restore your Ipod to factory settings by plugging your Ipod into Itunes and select restore to factory settings from you Ipod settings in Itunes.

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    What I do is I play a song press stop and hold it down for 3 seconds. That will turn if off.

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I don't know how to fix your broken buttons, but i do know this. This happened to me to. I was listening to it when I arrived at my destination, and I thought I turned it off and I put it in my pocket. Later that day when I went to listen to it, it wouldn't turn on at all. Aparently, it had stayed on. Hold the pause button for five to ten seconds. The apple symbol will appear on your ipod. Immeadility put it in your docking station before it goes away. Your ipod will turn on, and itwill start charging.

I hope this helps. Please rate my solution.

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Plug your iPod in to your computer - I believe there is a software fix

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