When an old-school iPod gets really wedged you can sometime recover it if you leave it long enough for the battery to completely drain. Or pop it open and disconnect the battery, if you're really brave.
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Rob - Dec 22, 2011 8:12:18 pm PST #18985 of 25501
Calli - Dec 23, 2011 2:15:47 am PST #18986 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
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Jessica - Dec 23, 2011 4:50:52 am PST #18987 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
This is an iPod Touch 4G - not one of the old ones.
tiggy - Dec 23, 2011 5:45:27 am PST #18988 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
what kind of iPod, Amy? does it have a pass code? sometimes you have to unlock it to make it show up in iTunes.
Amy - Dec 23, 2011 5:49:22 am PST #18989 of 25501
Because books.
I never had to do that before, though, tiggy. I'm not even sure what you mean by pass code. It's an iPod Touch.
Rob - Dec 23, 2011 7:37:27 am PST #18990 of 25501
Jessica, to reset an iPod Touch I'd try holding the power and menu buttons down together for an entire minute, once unplugged, once plugged in. If that doesn't work I'd guess you need to get it repaired.
Jessica - Dec 23, 2011 9:21:16 am PST #18991 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
A full minute? Ok, I'll give it a shot.
Polter-Cow - Dec 23, 2011 9:46:18 am PST #18992 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Okay, I'm really hating the LJ code rollout. I know cannot reply to comments on my own LJ (which has the default scheme on the comment page) in Firefox. Pfeh.
If you're using an S2 journal style, go to Customize Journal Style and toggle "Disable customized comment pages for your journal" to No.
The guy who owns LJ Russia bought LJ to be a proto-FB/Twitter for the Russian people. The features western users have been happily using for a decade are unnecessary and meaningless for the function he intends LJ to have.
Ack. That makes sense. Is this your conjecture or based on actual statements?
tiggy - Dec 23, 2011 4:04:22 pm PST #18993 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
the pass code is something you would set up to lock the iPod, Amy. a four digit code. if you haven't set one up though, that's not it.
§ ita § - Dec 23, 2011 5:51:06 pm PST #18994 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ack. I can't load my sister's Touch as a hard drive on Windows seven. It took half an hour to get iTunes to recognize it, but I still can't copy the music off. The laptop it was synced to is dead.
Any suggestions?