iPod Dead

[Margaret]

Yeah so my 30gb Video iPod broke proper today been having bad problems with it but lived with them, such as:

Short Battery (3 hours max on Music, should be around 14 hours)
Never charges through USB, tried multiple PC and cables.

Today it was doing this:

Hard Drive making clicking noises
VERY hot at the back of the iPod
Taking about 30 secs to load songs up, and usually just crashes
Plus the above issues.

Yeah and now it's just dead basically hardly works at all.

Anyway Apple are coming to collect it, anybody else had there iPod replaced, are they fast? and do you get a brand new iPod back?

It's just over 1 month old also so I do have warranty, currently using my year and a bit old iPod Mini for now, does the job!

 

[1337z0r]

My ipod mini does the same, hasnt broke yet though.

 

[Voodle]

I suspect you would get a new one back since they sell the refurbished ones elsewhere

 

[BillytheImpaler]

My G4 B&W broke back in the day. They sent me a brand new one about 7 days after I shipped the broken one off in the box they provided me. I think you've not much to worry about.

 

[1337z0r]

Hope this dont happen to the one im getting for christmas .

 

[J1234]

I sent back my 60gb video iPod after it did a similar thing, I got a brand new sealed one back within 7 days.

 

[jongeeone]

Buy a creative =]

 

[Margaret]

Buy a creative =]

Easy to say that, but these things can happen to anything

Anyway, yeah Apple dispatched me the Parcel, so should have my shiny new one back next week

 

[Margaret]

Impressed with Apples service, my new iPod has been dispatched earlier today, sent them mine last Thursday.

 

[Ecl]

I sent my old mini back through the shop that I bought it. It had to be sent for testing which proved it was broken and I got a brand new one after about 2 weeks.

 

[Johnny|lucidcomposure]

send it away to apple. they will give you a new one within a week I bet.

I got a new one within 5 days.

 

[iamdjdz]

apple will definately replace it, my brother's was replaced twice, ups is the courier i think and they're fast have hope it will be back soon

 

[bailey12856]

Yeah so my 30gb Video iPod broke proper today been having bad problems with it but lived with them, such as:

Short Battery (3 hours max on Music, should be around 14 hours)
Never charges through USB, tried multiple PC and cables.

Today it was doing this:

Hard Drive making clicking noises
VERY hot at the back of the iPod
Taking about 30 secs to load songs up, and usually just crashes
Plus the above issues.

Yeah and now it's just dead basically hardly works at all.

Anyway Apple are coming to collect it, anybody else had there iPod replaced, are they fast? and do you get a brand new iPod back?

It's just over 1 month old also so I do have warranty, currently using my year and a bit old iPod Mini for now, does the job!

im a bit worried now because my iPod seems to be doing a few of these problems you have mentioned it takes ages to first start and i have to hold the reset buttons, and regarding charging with usb it does charge but if the ipod is moved it will stop and disconnect its quite annoying

 

[lay-z-boy]

I had that problem with my gen 5, walked in to a certain shop and got it changed on the spot for a gen 5.5.

 

[Margaret]

im a bit worried now because my iPod seems to be doing a few of these problems you have mentioned it takes ages to first start and i have to hold the reset buttons, and regarding charging with usb it does charge but if the ipod is moved it will stop and disconnect its quite annoying

The most worrying problem I had was putting the iPod in diagnostic mode and looking at the HDD temp, 41c and max temp it can take was 50c according to the iPod menu.

My new iPod came yesterday, it's so much better slightly enhanced model, 5g still but the click wheel feels better and it plays videos properly now, my old one used to "glow" on videos when there were black colours!