Is my ipod fuct?

**Beaver** · 11-17-2008, 04:25 PM

I've been listening to it in the rental heep I've got. As I pulled out of Grande Cenote I plugged it in to the radio transmitter andit crackled, then nothing. I brought it back to Casa PLayaMaya and plugged in my head phones and it played really crackly. I rebooted it now it says it's playing but no music comes out. I can hear the click wheel noises but no music.

Edit: It started working until I turned the volume down. It was a little crackly but it better than it had been. Now it's back to nothing.

What a piece of shit. I'll probably never buy another ipod product again. A the price that charge they should last longer than a year and a half. Time to load it into a potato cannon and blast it through the corporate HQ's front window.

**axelkeitz** · 11-17-2008, 04:36 PM

Good idea on the potato gun!

But if u have a Apple store near you take it there if it has a legit problem they will trade u out for a refurbished one

advres · 11-17-2008, 04:39 PM

I have a second gen with a cracked screen that works just fine (luckily it was on random when it cracked). Maybe you should have spent the extra money and got the Apple Care if you can't take care of your shit over a year? Also, is the FM transmitter Apple? Ever stop and think that was what fucked it up since that was when the problem first happened?

Just saying that you are blaming Apple when the issue could be from a number of things.

Ohh yeah, I have an 7 year old Powerbook that still works fine too. And a 10 year old G4 tower, and...

**Beaver** · 11-17-2008, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by advres

Also, is the FM transmitter Apple? ..

Funny you should ask. I got it from an apple store so I assumed it would be an apple product or at least apple approved.

**hafilax** · 11-17-2008, 05:11 PM

Don't the clicker wheel sounds come from the wheel?

I sounds like a broken solder or intermittent connection at the audio output. If you shake it (gently) does it make a difference?

**Tye 1on** · 11-17-2008, 05:30 PM

i've got a 40gig trackwheel hudge fuckin brick i got from Danno and it's never skipped a beat. Hopefully yours can be brought back to life...

advres · 11-17-2008, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by Beaver

Funny you should ask. I got it from an apple store so I assumed it would be an apple product or at least apple approved.

You are good at posting the pr0n but not very good when it comes to logic. Would you blame Best Buy when your Cool Pix fucks up your laptop for some reason. "BBUUUUTT, THEY SOLD ME BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME!" Are you for serious?

**Beaver** · 11-17-2008, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by advres

You are good at posting the pr0n but not very good when it comes to logic. Would you blame Best Buy when your Cool Pix fucks up your laptop for some reason. "BBUUUUTT, THEY SOLD ME BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME!" Are you for serious?

You can't tell me that apple doesn't recommend you use the shit they sell on the apple store site This is the one I'm using so go fuck yourself.

advres · 11-17-2008, 05:57 PM

No, I get it, you're an idiot. When you plugged the Griffin product in that Apple suggested you buy something funny happened to your Apple Product. Then you complain that Apple products are pieces of shit because probably a user or after market product malfunction caused their product to stop working as advertised. I completely get it, 2+2=7.

I mean, why would a perfectly working $300+ piece of equipment suddenly have a problem when an $80 piece of equipment suddenly gets plugged into it. It must be the horrible expensive product that had a factory defect and couldn't possibly be the cheap Griffin POS (which have been plagued with issues for years if you did your research).

With every post you are making yourself look stupider. Just stick to what you know...pr0n.

**Poop~Ghost** · 11-17-2008, 06:03 PM

I'm gonna go w/ fuct... and it's probably out of warranty at 1 1/2 years.

**Arty50** · 11-17-2008, 06:07 PM

So when you have the headphones plugged in, is the FM transmitter unplugged?

If it's just a problem when the FM transmitter is plugged in, well you have your culprit. Take it back to an Apple store and have them swap out for a new transmitter.

If it's hosed in both scenarios, try a simple reset. If that doesn't work, then do a restore through iTunes. If it's still hosed after that take it into an Apple store. They've been very good about fixing iPods.

If you don't get help there, come back here. There are other things you can do to reset it.

In my case, repeated use over 10,000' hosed my hard drive. Nobody's fault but mine. I just replaced my hard drive and battery and my iPod is like brand new. The battery was fine, but I upgraded it to a bigger model since I had to replace the hard drive.

**DownhillRider** · 11-17-2008, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by advres

No, I get it, you're an idiot. When you plugged the Griffin product in that Apple suggested you buy something funny happened to your Apple Product. Then you complain that Apple products are pieces of shit because probably a user or after market product malfunction caused their product to stop working as advertised. I completely get it, 2+2=7.

I mean, why would a perfectly working $300+ piece of equipment suddenly have a problem when an $80 piece of equipment suddenly gets plugged into it. It must be the horrible expensive product that had a factory defect and couldn't possibly be the cheap Griffin POS (which have been plagued with issues for years if you did your research).

With every post you are making yourself look stupider. Just stick to what you know...pr0n.

You're a fucking idiot. He bought it off APPLE's website and you're bitching about it being a different manufacturer? Are people actually this retarded? If they're selling it on their own site they better be able to back it up. Dumbass

advres · 11-17-2008, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by DownhillRider

You're a fucking idiot. He bought it off APPLE's website and you're bitching about it being a different manufacturer? Are people actually this retarded? If they're selling it on their own site they better be able to back it up. Dumbass.

Apple sells thing that are not manufactured by them. I think you are the one who is stupid.

**DownhillRider** · 11-17-2008, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by advres

Apple sells thing that are not manufactured by them. I think you are the one who is stupid.

Are you fucking kidding me? Did you click the link in Beaver's reply to you? Read it. It says right there in plain view that it IS COMPATIBLE WITH HIS IPOD. If it didn't say that and said "this could possibly fuck your ipod up" I could see how you'd be right. But you're wrong. And fucking retarded.

advres · 11-17-2008, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by DownhillRider

Are you fucking kidding me? Did you click the link in Beaver's reply to you? Read it. It says right there in plain view that it IS COMPATIBLE WITH HIS IPOD. If it didn't say that and said "this could possibly fuck your ipod up" I could see how you'd be right. But you're wrong. And fucking retarded.

Let me guess, you flunked logic class in college...

**DownhillRider** · 11-17-2008, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by advres

Let me guess, you flunked logic class in college...

Jokes on you, I go to trade school - no logic needed for me, bitch. I'm guessing my sarcasm detectors broken, but if it's not then explain to me how what you're saying isn't completely retarded and what I'm saying is? (rundown: apple approved product screws up a apple ipod)

Edit: And I'm not saying apple will cover this under warranty, it says on their website that they're not held liable for anything. I am saying that it shouldn't fuck the ipod up if its being sold and listed as compatible on apples website, that it theoretically should be covered under warranty, and that you shouldn't insult the porn kings intelligence. (and you're dumb)

**Beaver** · 11-17-2008, 06:44 PM

It works after it sits for awhile but only through the speaker output. After a few minutes it gets crackly then completely dead. If I plug it into the Bose dock it is immediately dead, if I unplug it from the dock it remains dead for a while. It was dead before I ate dinner but now it's working.

**Arty50** · 11-17-2008, 06:46 PM

Beav, see my post above. Do a restore, then come back.

**hafilax** · 11-17-2008, 06:54 PM

Since it's an intermittent problem I would bet that the connector at the base has a broken/bad connection. I would guess that the audio output splits to the bottom connector and to the volume control for the headphone jack. If there's a short at the bottom connector it would mess up the headphones as well. The bottom connector seems like the weakest point in the design as it would be easy to torque on it if you're not careful. Take it to Apple. They might know right away.

**Quinn the Eskimo** · 11-17-2008, 09:16 PM

this yelling match is dumb

**adam** · 11-17-2008, 09:29 PM

Mines lasted two years now.

**Bring On The Snow** · 11-17-2008, 09:59 PM

ya i have a 30 gig video that i got when they first came out so thats like 2-3 years still works good and that impressive considering ive gone through about 15( no joke) phones in the same amount of time and i always have both of them in my pocket.

**nick > jesus** · 11-17-2008, 10:37 PM

i had a click wheel that lasted 2 years, then i fell out of my pocket while skiing, then i had a video that lasted two years before the headphone jack went out.

overall, i have had better luck with ipods than anyone i know

Claiming the third party adapter is at fault is bullshit

Originally Posted by adam

Mines lasted two years now.

what about you other one that lasted 3 months?

**Chamcham** · 11-18-2008, 10:53 AM

Stick it in the freezer for 36 hrs. It doesn't take the smell out of ski boots, but it usuallly restores irritable ipods

**peck257** · 11-18-2008, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by Beaver

A the price that charge they should last longer than a year and a half. Time to load it into a potato cannon and blast it through the corporate HQ's front window.

Very true but in my experience they only last about a year and a half, i keep getting refurbed ones cause i like the ipod and dont want to change my music format

Originally Posted by nick > jesus

i had a click wheel that lasted 2 years, then i fell out of my pocket while skiing, then i had a video that lasted two years before the headphone jack went out.

my last ipod had the headphone jack go out--i tried splicing in one from an older ipod, no luck. however do save old ipods cause i have had some luck combining components to make a super ipod, but i have never had one of those last very long.

Originally Posted by Chamcham

Stick it in the freezer for 36 hrs. It doesn't take the smell out of ski boots, but it usually restores irritable ipods

interesting advice--will definitly try that next time mine shits the bed