Comments on: Fix iPod click wheel problem is not working

By: frank miller

frank miller — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:57:36 +0000

for anyone who has a classic ipod, i think mine is 5th generation, and it seems to be always stuck on lock – hold, though you have it off of lock – hold.
for a few weeks i tried everything to get it to work but the lock would stay on or flash on and off but never go away no matter what. also locking up your ipod so it’s nonfunctional, yet the battery is charged and full.
my ipod was completely inoperable, nothing worked but it would come on from time to time but nothing worked, not the wheel, not the buttons. i always saw the lock icon up and on, or flashing erratically and nothing i did, resetting it, restoring it via itunes, nothing came close to working.
the odd thing was i could plug it into itunes and it would play every or any song once connected, but the screen is always locked when in itunes, even if you do not see the lock icon.
i was able to restore and lose all my music, and i could even add it all back, but once i disconnected it from itunes, again, nothing, the wheel and buttons functions would not work. battery showed fully charged and it was.
my last resort and i mean my very last, as i looked up all the info you could on this problem, was to let the battery drain completely. there were suggestions that this would work.
so i let it discharge all the way. when that was done it was still non functioning but the white screen and the clock appeared, which it would not before. first thing to do was push the lock – hold to lock and then to unlock then do the reset, as one suggestion said after you drained the battery and recharged it.
press menu and the center button simultaneously and with that it reset.
i waited for it to completely reset and finally!!!!! the problem was solved! it is fully functional, all my settings and songs remained and no lock icon stuck on – on nor flashing erratically. it works! it’s fixed!
seems i let it discharge fully once too often, so try not let the battery run out completely at all except for this fix. i firmly believe because it ran out on me about 3 times in the course of about 4 months that this was the problem and also what changed it around. so when all the other fixes did not work, this one did! i did not have to open up the ipod or do anything inside of it, fully functional 24 hours later and playing on my stereo as i type this.
i spent so much time and research on this i tried very hard not to give up and it paid off and i saved my ipod from death, or repairs that i did not want to deal with. i barely used this ipod – 160 gbs. had it for about 3 years and it was brand new, but right now about 17 years old. when i got it it was 14 yrs old, i didn’t know it then, but the unit was pristine and i assumed the insides were too.
so there you have it. if all else fails and you have the problem where the lock just will not unlock – unhold, do what i did above. finally!!!!!! it worked, it works! 🙂

By: Angel

Angel — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:38:57 +0000

this just happened to me this morning. I bought my ipod classic 4th gen (40 gb) from a pawn shop and it was in great condition. recently, it started messing up and randomly skipping songs while i was listening to it.
I’m just gonna leave my “brick” alone for a few days and see what happens.

By: Mo Green

Mo Green — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 22:44:49 +0000

Six years later, and your post helped me fix my off button problem. The sharp piece of plastic to clean around the edges of the wheel did it 🙂

David says:
Love it! Glad that I could help 🙂

By: Master C

Master C — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:22:26 +0000

I have only one thing to say about Windows and Macintosh. “Wind-blows and Crapp-en-tosh.” They are both professional con artists. Highway robbery is illegal but they do it every day. Just look at the iPhone for example. It cost $5 bucks to make and most are manufactured in CHINA! But sure, 600 bucks is reasonable; right?

By: Pablo

Pablo — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:43:40 +0000

Al final arregle mi ipod nano 4g soplándolo! (por la parte donde esta el conector de datos). gracias por la inspiracion!

By: Des

Des — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:18:47 +0000

I have a 2nd gen ipod nano and everything was working fine except the screen was broke. So I replace the screen and now the screen works and my laptop reconizes it but I can’t get it past the language part and it wont scroll at all so I can’t get it to reset. I tried restoring it and that didn’t help either.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:45:13 +0000

Blowing forced air around your wheel is another way to clean it. That worked for my ipod, which had the same problem of the pause/play button not working.

By: Ginny

Ginny — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:07:09 +0000

Thank you so much, I was freaking out, because I practically live off of my ipod, and it was frozen halfway between the play mode and the album reel, and it wasn’t responding to anything I pressed, it didn’t respond to a charger, it didn’t respond to the lock, and I was about to give up hope, but I decided to google it in case anyone knew what to do, and thank goodness you did. My ipod now works again, and I’m so thankful 🙂

By: Alastair

Alastair — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:10:52 +0000

Yup – worked for me. Thanks for the tip.

By: ipodisbroken

ipodisbroken — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:03:51 +0000

hi ipod nano not working do i do the same???? thanx