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Monday, November 07, 2005

How to reset a locked up iPod nano

So today I plugged my iPod nano into my laptop and it locked up. Nothing would work. Switching the lock switch on and off wouldn't do anything either. It just locked up!

So I searched on-line and found this link with some instructions about what to do. I just wanted to reproduce them here just to make them more available.

  • Flip the HOLD switch ON.
  • Flip the HOLD switch OFF.
  • Hold down MENU button AND middle button until iPod resets. This should happen after a few seconds.
The author of the page where I got this thinks that this only happens when the iPod is plugged into the laptop while the HOLD switch is ON. I haven't tried to verify this yet.

I just thought I'd pass that along.

17 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:37 AM

    Thanks it works...

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  2. Anonymous4:43 PM

    Worked for me too. Thanks.

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  3. Anonymous3:35 PM

    Worked like a charm, thanks!

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  4. Anonymous7:40 PM

    thankyou for the tip, ipod works great

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  5. Anonymous6:15 AM

    it works halleluya

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  6. Anonymous9:01 PM

    heck, i thought the darn thing was broken when it happened to me. tfti

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  7. Anonymous9:05 AM

    Brilliant! I thought I was going to have to visit the store.

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  8. Anonymous4:03 AM

    Great, worked perfectly

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  9. Anonymous12:24 PM

    thanks... simple and to the point!

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  10. Anonymous1:46 PM

    Thanks!

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  11. Anonymous4:13 PM

    and it worked for me too.

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  12. Anonymous9:07 AM

    A really big thanks for this. Your efforts are much appreciated.

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  13. Anonymous4:32 AM

    Well done you ... I'd been fidling for ages ... thanks

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