Comments on: Help Key: How-To Fix an iPod that Won’t Boot

By: Ellie

Ellie — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:56:35 +0000

OK….i know i’m a little help but i have a ipod emergency…….my ipod nano has been dead for almost a year now from water damage…..but i’ve heard of people being able to bring it back. i’ve tried tapping it and even throwing it at the floor but no luck so far…..please i rly want my ipod…someone help???

By: joey and robin

joey and robin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:36:00 +0000

i cant believe this! it worked! i smacked my first generation nano off my hand a few times, then Robin bounced it off the carpeted floor in our room and then i smacked it off her daughters basinette, then POW! THANK HEAVENS. also i noticed if its REALLY dead like mine was, then you’ll get the black on black apple, but when it goes away again if you keep holding the menu button but let go of the center button and press it again while still holding the menu button the apple screen will come back. the apple screen may keep flashing but let it go… it works!

By: John

John — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:51:49 +0000

I can’t believe this worked so well! Thanks! I smacked my 2004 Mini Titanium on my hands so many times they hurt, but still just a dead screen. So I dropped it onto my home carpet (cushier than office carpet, for sure) from about 18 inches, then from about 48 inches, and held down the center and menu keys together for about 30 seconds and she started up!!!

Man, I’m gonna run around the house and smack a couple other things now, and see how it works!

By: James C

James C — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:42:15 +0000

You guys are f~#king legends.IT WORKS GODDAMMIT!!
I thought my old old ipod video was knackered after i connected it to the pc through usb as i always usually do, and the screen just froze on ‘do not disconnect’. I had to disconnect eventually,obviously, and it just stayed on this screen,i thought possibly forever until i did the hold down select and menu buttons together for a while and BINGO its back.

Thankyou so much,

good old internet,your so usefull sometimes.

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:21:21 +0000

WOW!!
That worked almaost instantly!!
LOVE YOU!!!!!!!

By: ryan

ryan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:23:35 +0000

my ipod mini wont sync with my pc and wen i charge it for like a day and try to turn it on it cums up with the apple logo then a batery with an exclamation mark any ideas ?

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:19:04 +0000

yeahhhhhh :) thanks so much, threw it about and held down the buttons and hey presto….

By: Maureen

Maureen — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:29:01 +0000

Unbelievable! I was ready to throw my four year old 20GB Classic into the garbage until I read this post.

Two drops onto the wood floor and it is good as new —- outstanding advice!

By: Happy

Happy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:07:49 +0000

haha hitting it actually works!! so glad i found this website

By: karlee

karlee — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:09:11 +0000

okay my ipod was working a couple of days ago but its not now. it will not turn on, but when i plugg it into the ipod dock it works fine ( no problems) and when i plugg it into the computer it just goes to the apple sign and then the screen will turn black and it does that over and over again. so anybody have any ideas on what i should do ???????

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:12:53 +0000

thank you so much i was gonna die im the guy who gets worried about stuff breaking

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:09:52 +0000

OH thank you man it works im the guy who get worried like hell when something expensive breaks

By: Jayde

Jayde — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:40:18 +0000

this information doesn’t help at all….

By: Kayla

Kayla — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:23:08 +0000

you, my friend are a genius that just saved me craploads of money. marry me.

By: marcus

marcus — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:30:36 +0000

i have the ipod classic the black one and nothing is helping ever the banging part.
the only screen that pops up is the one with a low batery sign and a triangle with a exclamation piont, and when i tried itunes it wouldnt decetct my ipod. i dont know what else too do help?

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:49:10 +0000

You rock my world it actually worked!

By: lisa

lisa — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:57:51 +0000

you dont have to smack it i just held select and menu down for 8 seconds and it worked

By: Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:43:02 +0000

My IPod still wouldn’t work. I tried holding down the reset buttons, smacking it. it wont turn on.
-_-’

By: Melody

Melody — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:00:15 +0000

I tried that smacking thing and I dropped it on hard carpet, smacked it on a table twice, and it still isn’t turning on. I even plugged it to the stereo, and the back of the iPod gets hot, but nothing comes up. I don’t know what to do :’(

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:03:57 +0000

NO F***ING WAY!!!!….Okay so mine didn’t take 2 wacks…more like 25 hand whacks, 5 counter top whacks, 4 drop it on the floors, 2 hard throws and bouncing against walls….smacking aginst my own head 6-8 times…and then a couple other smacks on other things and PEOPLE…and suddenly it started working…If only beating problem children worked the same way.