Broken iPod
So my iPod died on Friday on the train home. It locked up so I mashed a few key combinations until it reset, unfortunately I was then greeted with the pretty picture below of a rather unhappy looking iPod.
Not very happy with this i went to the URL it told me to to find the fix. None of the five fixes worked so I started Googling around for some more info. As I searched some forums I kept seeing a lot about the ‘click of death’ and sure enough while holding my iPod to my ear I could hear it clicking. Then I came across a link to this page.
It certainly was an unlikely fix but with as much amazment as everyone else who had tried it, my iPod rebooted and the click of death was gone. Proof if proof were needed that smacking things which are broken may actually fix them!
I suspect this won’t be the last time I whinge my iPod has blown up though in the next few weeks…
September 4th, 2006 at 4:17 am
Foamy the Squirrel (www.illwillpress.com) released a Rant about batteries and he mentioned the iPod a few times. Like the little problem that it doesn’t actually come with a charging adaptor because that would make the package look big and thus “Not cool” He also has a go at the $120 “servicing fee” to change the battery when it finally dies.
It’s good to see that good old persussive maintenance works on high-tech stuff as well as old cars.