Apple iPod 160Gb wont sync! :(

rtk · 11 Feb 2009 at 16:23

Hi guys

I know what your thinking, I should really post this on the apple forums, but to be honest, ive found them less than friendly in the past and theirs a good portion of technically minded people here when it comes to apple products.

Anyway, this morning I tried to upload some tunes to my iPod classic 160gb, and it basically shows 'sync' in itunes and showed 'Synchronizing' on my pod.. it did that for almost 15 mins!

So I went through the routine, soft reset, hard reset, restored it to basic settings, restored it to manufacturer default. Ive done this 4 times now! Now when I connect it to the PC it shows the same syncing thing, but it does show that its uploading my tunes and even shows what space I have so that all looks promising, however when it should be sync'ed and ready, it just stays on 'sync' and nothing happens.

Although this is a fantastic opportunity to treat myself to an ipod touch

, I love the storage space this gives me! Has anyone ever had this happen to them or know of a solution for it?

Any help would be appreciated!

Update: just saw a windows message bubble, saying "the data could not be written to the storage device (my ipod), the data has been lost" :eek:

Anyone know what to do?

Jaaay · 11 Feb 2009 at 18:53

Use Winamp.

Crappy iTunes never syncs my ipod, disk failure or something, but winamp manages to fine.

rtk · 13 Feb 2009 at 02:04

Jay™ said:
Use Winamp.

Crappy iTunes never syncs my ipod, disk failure or something, but winamp manages to fine.

Right, thats not really an answer is it chief

Any other ideas guys ?

SentineL-X · 13 Feb 2009 at 09:54

You could try a different cable... Different USB port... Because you got the windows "bubble" pop up, it's more than likely a hardware issue.

Either that or you could try reinstalling iTunes.

And who said Mac user's aren't helpful? Oh yeah, it was you!

MrMoonX · 13 Feb 2009 at 10:14

failing the above, (dont use winamp its lame) take it to a mac store, will probaly just swap it out there and then

rtk · 13 Feb 2009 at 14:46

@SentineL-X: im trying another usb port now and its uploading, its always just when it finishes the last few songs it goes gaga, so ive got my fingers crossed :s

@MrMoonX: just checked my serial number on apples website and it states im out of warranty so i doubt the apple store would do much apart from quote me a repair price. And yes winamp is a bit poo

Ive decided if i cant get me beloved ipod working again, ill sell it. I checked on ebay and people actually buy faulty ipods!