iPod touch List of iPod Touch problems so far

[BimboJoshy]

What is wrong with my ipod???

Hi,
I was trying to jailbreak the new ipod touch, so i did it fine, but then when the computer recognize my ipod like a new device and it started to do something that i didn't want it to do and then i disconnected my ipod and when i disconect it, i was trying to turn it on and i cant turn it on, please if someone knwos what's happening to my ipod please tell me, what should i do

 

[iKyle]

iPod Touch Error

I have an error..

Okay, my iPod would not open applications so I decide to turn off my iPod then turn it back on. When I held down the top button to turn it off the "Shutdown" option would not appear. When I let go of the button it went to sleep. When I awoke my iPod from Sleep, it required a password, like it always does.. So, I try to enter my password, but when I press the numbers for the password they do not display. My iPod would not unlock. This error was finally fixed once I restored my Factory Settings..

Still.. it was a hassle.

 

[jc4u2nv]

I have an error..

Okay, my iPod would not open applications so I decide to turn off my iPod then turn it back on. When I held down the top button to turn it off the "Shutdown" option would not appear. When I let go of the button it went to sleep. When I awoke my iPod from Sleep, it required a password, like it always does.. So, I try to enter my password, but when I press the numbers for the password they do not display. My iPod would not unlock. This error was finally fixed once I restored my Factory Settings..

Still.. it was a hassle.

Omg thank god i'm not the only one that had a similar problem...my ipod just wouldn't open apps, and when i put it on sleep mode and tried to wake it up..it just went dark, showed me the wallpaper, and a volume meter. Hopefully things go back to normal after I restore it lol.

 

[penym]

Weird Ipod Touch problem

Last several months I am running into a weird problem with my 2nd gen ipod touch. After running any app for few minutes , the app quits and takes me back to the home screen with a semi-transparent window in the centre showing the music album ( with Play, forward, volume buttons). This happens even if I am not playing any music, the app just quits and goes back to Home with this screen coming on and off periodically.
Also, when this happens if I press the On/Off switch it takes the picture of the screen ( I believe it thinks it is an iphone). Its very weird and annoying. My photo section has several photos of the screen taken due to this bug. I don't know if this is software bug or something else. I tried deleting everything and restored to factory defaults , still I see this issue.
Is this known/ seen by anyone else? Its extremely annoying.
Thanks

 

[musique1345]

ipod error

hey
i was just playing a game (ping pong w/c lite) on my ipod and i accedentally clicked ''buy now''
the screen then froze and unable to click the home screen due to the ipod freezing i was forced to put it to sleep. i then reactevated it and it seemed fine,
(note- it was charging at the time), but once i unplugged it it did not realize that it was unplugged, and when i went to put in my password, the buttons didnt click, and i could not get back ton the ipod, like it's stuck in the lock screen.
it can however, still play music, by pressing the home butten twice to open the player.

IF YOU ARE STILL READING THIS CAN U HELP ME?

regards,
ev

 

[musique1345]

Last several months I am running into a weird problem with my 2nd gen ipod touch. After running any app for few minutes , the app quits and takes me back to the home screen with a semi-transparent window in the centre showing the music album ( with Play, forward, volume buttons). This happens even if I am not playing any music, the app just quits and goes back to Home with this screen coming on and off periodically.
Also, when this happens if I press the On/Off switch it takes the picture of the screen ( I believe it thinks it is an iphone). Its very weird and annoying. My photo section has several photos of the screen taken due to this bug. I don't know if this is software bug or something else. I tried deleting everything and restored to factory defaults , still I see this issue.
Is this known/ seen by anyone else? Its extremely annoying.
Thanks

well, i know if your holding down the home button and the on/off switch it takes a photo of the screen anyway

 

[Wishsong]

With all these problems, should I wait for the 3g ipod touch?

 

[student_trap]

Where do I start

1) It dosent come with a charger
2) The battery life sucks
3) The WiFi sucks

These are the only major problems, there a few other things but they are nothing a few software updates cant fix.
BUT...

1) When I buy a £200 smartmediaplayer (we have smartphones so why not smartmediaplayers, after all, thats what it is ) I expect it to come with a charger! And not have to pay £20 extra for one!
2) For something that dosent come with a charger, you would think the battery life would at least be decent right? Wrong.
3) Why is it my 802.11b PSP can pick up more networks than my 802.11g iPod Touch? Its also got better range! (The PSP) WTF? Also, theres this network I use all the time, a public hotspot, that hardly ever comes up on the iPT and when it does the connection is very weak, but on the PSP it works every time!

whats all this about bad battery life, my 2G touch lasts for ages?

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

With all these problems, should I wait for the 3g ipod touch?

iPhone 1: First generation iPhone
iPhone 2: iPhone 3G
iPhone 3: iPhone 3GS

iPod touch 1: First generation iPod touch
iPod touch 2: Second generation iPod touch
iPod touch 3: Third generation iPod touch

There is no 3G iPod touch, there will be a G3 however.

If you can wait, then do it. If you really want one now then get one. A new one won't be out until September. There really aren't that many problems with the iPod touch. I doubt you would notice any if you got one today. I got a first generation, with the original firmware and I hardly noticed any issues. The only problems I can recall where times when the iPod would call itself a phone.

 

[SamPittman]

I Need Help!!!!

My ipod touch is frozen and it has the itunes logo on it and its telling me to connect to itunes or something, but when i go to itunes it says it is locked with a passcode, which i have, and wont synch without opening the lock, but its frozen.... i need major help

 

[Jostian]

Safari Bug

Safari doesn't differentiate between media files so if you try play a mp3 from inside Safari it tries to play it as a movie??? and then Safrai just hangs!! its a big problem....

 

[puffnstuff]

yea my touch no longer picks up weak wifi signals since I upgraded to 3.0

 

[4DThinker]

I'm betting the lesser WiFi is related to the better bluetooth. Both radios are on the same chip. Have them both in use, or even ON, and the chip's attention is split. They use the same frequency range as well.

 

[puffnstuff]

I'm betting the lesser WiFi is related to the better bluetooth. Both radios are on the same chip. Have them both in use, or even ON, and the chip's attention is split. They use the same frequency range as well.

Not for me I have 1G yet it is not picking up signals like it did when I had 1.1 firmware

 

[oeksen37]

"Home button" no longer functioning...

I wonder whether other users of iPod Touch, 16 GB, have experienced the above, which happened to me few days ago, and AFTER the guarantee has expired...in the affirmative, has somebody ordered a sparepart - from where?
Best regards, oeksen37+

 

[smithie]

connection

I cannot connect my ipod touch to the computer because the connection will not connect with the inner connections of charging unit!

the gold connectors are very fragile and not user friendly.
this is unacceptable as it should be hard waring just like a mobile phones charger doesnt break easily!

 

[Touchy]

Has anyone had a problem syncing their Outlook Calendar to the iPod touch. I have a PC with Outlook 2007. I have an iPod with 3.0, have restored the iPod, after I downloaded the latest iTunes.
My problem: I have multiple calendars (6) on my iPod, each one differentiated by a colored dot. They don't have the same information in them, some less some more than others. Only the one with a blue dot seems to reflect the actual Outlook Calendar on the PC. On the iTunes sync screen there is the option to select "All" calendars and it I do this then there are multiple entries for the same item on the calendar on the iPod, eg, "call Mike" might appear (4) times. Even if I select sync with the "selected" calendars and pick one of them, when it syncs, it automatically selects all of the calendars (6) that are listed on that screen.
Has anyone had this problem and know what the solution is? Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[melluvrob]

haha as i was typing this the music stopped.

Doyou guys have problems with the music stopping on other times aside from within safari...like when walking or something?

And here is. Weeeird problem, do you guys have problems charging the touch with a wall charger? For some reason it won't charge but it will while on a computer?.... I tested the charger with another iPod video and it worked perfectly weird right?

Anyone else having these issues? I can't tell if its my iPod or just the touch in general...

Yes, I have the same problem with charging my ipod touch in the wall this has become a big problem because I am a painter and I listen to my ipod a lot while I paint and therefore I am not always around my computer to be able to charge it. Plus because you are unable to take the battery out of it we run the risk of having to send the ipod back to apple to get it fixed and wait forever to get it back and have to pay tons of money too. Also don't even call for help from because they will also charge your for that I have heard it costs $50! I got my ipod touch for Christmas I have only been using it for about a week and have been recieving a major headach from it. Why can't you delete certain starting aps on the ipod straight from the ipod itself? Why is it that they say that you can upload your stuff on up to five computers but then it says it will wipe everything and sync it to the new computer? I think apple is money hungry and is not very good with costumer service!

 

[JAT]

Perhaps you need to learn something about your new device.

Yes, I have the same problem with charging my ipod touch in the wall this has become a big problem because I am a painter and I listen to my ipod a lot while I paint and therefore I am not always around my computer to be able to charge it. Plus because you are unable to take the battery out of it we run the risk of having to send the ipod back to apple to get it fixed and wait forever to get it back and have to pay tons of money too. Also don't even call for help from because they will also charge your for that I have heard it costs $50! I got my ipod touch for Christmas I have only been using it for about a week and have been recieving a major headach from it. Why can't you delete certain starting aps on the ipod straight from the ipod itself? Why is it that they say that you can upload your stuff on up to five computers but then it says it will wipe everything and sync it to the new computer? I think apple is money hungry and is not very good with costumer service!

The Touch battery should last all day if all you are doing is listening to music. Put it into sleep mode after setting music to play. Charge it at night. Some iPods do not work perfectly with all dock connectors, esp 3rd-party cords. Wiggle it, does it start working? If so, it doesn't have a perfect fit for your iPod, try a different cord. I have one that works to play music easily, but if I want it to charge, I have to have the cord pulling in the right direction.

You have 90 days free phone service, yours is new enough to qualify. If you have an Apple Store near you, it's free to have them check it out anytime. There is a specific charge for a new battery if out of the 1 year warranty period.

The standard Apple apps cannot be deleted from the Touch. I guess if that is a complete deal breaker, pm me to send the Touch here.

You don't have your Touch set right if you want to pull data from more than one PC. Fix the settings and it will work.

 

[triviasue]

Recent iPod Touch Problems

I just got a 32GB iPod Touch for Christmas, and only in the last few weeks began having issues with it. I hope someone can tell me what the problems might be.

1. I listen to a lot of podcasts, and I have my iTunes set to only sync unplayed podcasts. So now when I listen to a podcast, it will mark it as played or partially played, but when I sync to the macbook again, it sees it as a new podcast. I keep getting podcasts I've already listened to marked as new when I sync my iPod again.

2. When listening to podcasts, my voice control randomly comes on and searches for music. I assume that there is something wrong with my microphone on the headphones, and that it constantly thinks the button is being pressed, but it's not.

3. The weirdest thing, which makes me think my iPod is possessed, is that I'll have an app open (usually happens with Words With Friends) and the app will suddenly close, the iPod will scroll through my different home panels, and stop at the search page all by itself. I turned off the wifi to see if that would affect it, but it happened right after I did that.

Thoughts?

 

[triviasue]

Last several months I am running into a weird problem with my 2nd gen ipod touch. After running any app for few minutes , the app quits and takes me back to the home screen with a semi-transparent window in the centre showing the music album ( with Play, forward, volume buttons). This happens even if I am not playing any music, the app just quits and goes back to Home with this screen coming on and off periodically.
Also, when this happens if I press the On/Off switch it takes the picture of the screen ( I believe it thinks it is an iphone). Its very weird and annoying. My photo section has several photos of the screen taken due to this bug. I don't know if this is software bug or something else. I tried deleting everything and restored to factory defaults , still I see this issue.
Is this known/ seen by anyone else? Its extremely annoying.
Thanks

Yes! This has been happening to me too.

 

[triviasue]

Trouble Restoring

I just tried restoring my iPod Touch after reading about all of these errors, and got a message that my restore was complete and that my iPod would show in iTunes. Then iTunes told me that it saw a device in recovery mode and that I would need to restore it to use it. WTF?

I restored again, and again, and still same message: I need to restore it. Can anyone help me?

I'm currently in the process of installing the latest version of iTunes and updates to my Macbook in the hopes that this might help.

 

[reubs]

I'm having what I think are problems with my home button on my first gen iPod touch. I'm on the third iPod touch I've had (first one got sent back b/c of a bad headphone jack; second got sent back b/c of no wifi reception) under the original one year warranty.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think when I double click the home button it's supposed to wake the iPod from sleep; it's not doing that right now. I can click it 7, 8, 9, 10 times, and I get nothing. I think have to click the top button once, and then a second time to wake it from sleep. I don't think I'm doing anything differently than I was on my previous two touches, but I could be wrong...

Is this a problem other folks have seen or experienced? It seems like it from other things I've read.

 

[JenniiDee]

iPod Touch is ***** up..help

My iPod Touch is begining to mess up..
Its my first one and so far my photos look cut...
yeah cut like if theres pieces missing..and all my songs in my playlist sound scratched yet when i hear them on my itunes they sound fine..
Whats going on?

 

[patton686]

Bought an iPod Touch 3g back in october '09. On last thursday it was working right, used it in the morning, turned it off when arriving at work. When I wanted to use it on my lunch time it simply wouldn't turn on. A black screen, that's all I had.

When I came back home I began to read how to reset it, boot it in DFU Mode, I tried everything but nothing worked, so I called Apple. They sent me a box to ship it back to them, but tonight the DFU trick worked (holding the home button while plugging the USB).

The first thing I did was to restore it, and let it go full charge (the battery was completely drained). And now, even if everything is back, if I unplug the USB, it will keep on working, going onto sleep mode after a few seconds and if I hit the Home button the screen pops back up normally, but if I hit the power button to "put it to sleep mode manually", it won't come back. I hit the button and nothing happens, I keep holding it nothing happens.

Even if the battery is full charge, it will only turn on when plugged onto USB AND if I do the reset thing. That sucks. I will have to call Apple tomorrow to tell them about the developments. I thought I had my ipod back, now I'm gonna lose it for 2 weeks.