i have a problem...
i have just broken my ipod. well to be strictly accurate it has broken itself. the clickwheel has JUST STOPPED WORKING at the top and bottom so i can't make it play or turn off - i can't even re-boot it because that needs the clickwheel. this is a total disaster as i can't even walk to the end of the hall without my ipod on and all my music is on my dad's computer 200 miles away.

can anyone think of a solution that doesn't involve me buying a new ipod and posting it to my dad and trusting him to upload everything onto it and then posting it back to me???? free drinks/legal advice/good thoughts to anyone who can help...

Edit - thanks for all the help below and gazzes. Randomly it has just decided to work again this morning as if it never fell out with me in the first place, fingers crossed it stays working!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 23:13, 38 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Does this help?
www.reset-ipod.com/reset-ipod-scroll-wheel.htm

EDIT: If it does help, can I claim either the legal advice or the drinks as my prize?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 23:19, Reply)

it didn't work...
... it's the menu and play buttons that aren't working, so the re-set isn't working... but thanks for trying...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 23:25, Reply)

This might work
www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-reset-or-unfreeze-an-ipod-nano-ipod-touch-ipod-classic-or-ipod-shuffle/
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 23:28, Reply)

no.....
it's not actually frozen, everything is working except the play/menu buttons. thanks again though.

what else can i do, as i don't think sobbing with impotent rage is going to do it!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 23:33, Reply)

Easy.
Leave it on until the battery dies. It'll turn itself off then.

Thus allowing you to turn it back on again - meaning you'd have completed the classic 'switch it off and switch it back on again' solution that fixes as many technology problems as Domestos kills germs.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 23:35, Reply)

ooh
i wonder if this might work... good idea.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 23:39, Reply)

Let me know if it does.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 23:44, Reply)

gracias!

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 23:47, Reply)

Either it DID work
Or you are doing an elementary Spanish course.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 23:49, Reply)

How about
don't keep your music on your dads computer 200 miles away, this is a really stupid idea. Must suck being you.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 23:22, Reply)

you are such a great person to have around
AFTER a problem has arisen.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 23:26, Reply)

I dropped my Zen in the toilet.
It doesn't work anymore, I feel your pain. I'd advise you not to take public transport anywhere as without music you may strangle someone. I've come close a few times.

Let it run out of battery and try syncing it to the computer and resetting it. No guarantees but worth a go.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 23:33, Reply)

use your iPhone

(PsychoChomp, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 23:34, Reply)

Yes
don't replace it. Unshackle yourself from this unhealthy dependency and get on with your life.

alternatively: buy a cheaper iPod shuffle and some new music as a stopgap. You probably only listened to about 10% of your library anyway and most likely getting fairly bored with that and all.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 23:35, Reply)

oh god no, i couldn't do without it
i've had bereavements and breakups that are substantially less traumatic than this!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 23:42, Reply)

Barry and Jeff have said what I would have posted
Letting the charge run out is probably your best bet.

Failing that working you don't actually need the scroll wheel to get the content off, I'd recommend having a look at either EphPod or xPlay as software that might help you get your music back onto your main machine.

Either way good luck!
(bill, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 0:37, Reply)

not to sound like a computer scientist cliché
but... "You don't care about any data you don't have two copies of."

Seeing as your dad has access to it you pass the first test. Have some of Darth Foxtrot's gay points. Regardless of whether your stupid Apple product can be fixed, I recommend purchasing an external USB harddrive. Not expensive, easy enough for even your dad to fathom, and handy for backing up and storing locally your important files.

Best of luck.

*relurks*
( djtrialprice, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 0:46, Reply)

i know this
And i-tunes keeps telling me my music is valuable, back it up blah blah. But I don't know how!!! If there is no save option like in word it is beyond me.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:02, Reply)

When you get it fixed, sync it to your computer
and that way, somewhere like the 'My Music' folder on your pc's hard drive will have a folder called i-Tunes music, and all the tunes will be in there.
Well that's what my computer did with everything I've ever used, like Frostwire, i-Tunes, etc.

I think.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:15, Reply)

You do it using a backup from the hard drive
rather than a "Save As" option from iTunes.

Just copy over your iTunes library to an external drive, then you can connect that to another computer and import it again.

Or, as bill says, get a program which allows to extract the files from the iPod directly to your own computer.

If that doesn't work, get in the car, go to your dad's and steal his computer.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:16, Reply)

Or just get a Creative.
They have a reset button that you poke with a biro, and 9 times out of ten it's job done.
If not, you plug it into a computer to which you have downloaded the recovery tool, and whether or not the buttons are working, it will do a complete Lazarus.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:19, Reply)

Yeah
but an iPod costs more, and is sexier. And rswipe's a high-roller, y'know...
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:25, Reply)

They're bloody massive
I'd have willingly paid the price of an i-pod for my slim sleek Creative.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:26, Reply)

The new ones aren't that big
Especially the nanos.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:31, Reply)

My nephew's got a nano
They're still quite long
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:32, Reply)

How small do you need though?
Below a certain size, they get fiddly to use, and the screen is all but useless.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:35, Reply)

I like it to fit in a little pocket or tiny bag on a night out.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:36, Reply)

None of the pockets on any of my clothes
would be too small for an iPod nano. But then I'm a bloke, and men's clothes have proper pockets.

Which is just as well, as I end up carrying half of my girlfriend's crap around in my pockets if she doesn't have a bag with her.

And if she does have a bag, it seems to have more stuff in it that a Sherpa would need to climb Everest...

Women!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:39, Reply)

I travel light!
So hush up.
I'm more likely to be found carrying things for my boyfriend.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:42, Reply)

You are a rare breed!
I hope djtp appreciates this.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:43, Reply)

Tape the Top 40 off the radio
and listen to it at your leisure on a Saisho personal cassette player from Dixons.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:29, Reply)

The only problem with this is
that you're limited to the Hit Parade.

More esoteric music is harder to find on the wireless these days.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:31, Reply)

Don't worry - that cheeky young man John Peel plays some 'alternative music'.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:39, Reply)

Oh, OK
I must get acquainted with the young fellow.

*adjusts cat's whisker*
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:40, Reply)

He'll go far, you mark my words.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:44, Reply)

I was gonna say that!
Or mention The Old Grey Whistle Test
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:44, Reply)

Would I hear the popular melodies
doing the rounds of the music halls?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:47, Reply)

I also have a problem.
Looks like back to court for me.

Last night I requested a meeting with my ex on neutral territory, without our child present - the reply I got was 'if it's to discuss having taking her out on your own, there's no point as I have too many concerns - it's not going to happen'. When I pointed out that she regularly lets me look after our child, wholly unsupervised, as well as giving me her fucking flat and all her worldly possessions to look after, whilst she goes away for the night - and that therefore claims of 'concerns' must clearly be complete bollocks - she lost her mind and began howling like a banshee with the shits.

I've suggested mediation but I fear deep down she knows she's merely being a spiteful cunt and will thus be reluctant to have this displayed to a third party. So the nightmare begins again.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:38, Reply)

Have you considered hiring a hit man?
It would probably be cheaper and require less effort!

[Disclaimer - the above comment is intended as tongue in cheek, just in case the police are reading this]
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 8:42, Reply)

Sorry to hear that mate.
You made, what sounds like a resonable request to sort this out.

Diarise the episode, it'll help you should you have to go to court.

Has she ever said what any of these concerns might be?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 9:05, Reply)

Drink and drugs.
I do these things, it's true (shock news I know), but I also run a £1.5 million turnover business, and I've never once missed, been late or turned up for my visits in anything other than 100% clear-headed, totally dedicated sober form and never would I. My visits to my child are the high point of my week (and life) and I will never jeopardise them. I am NOT a liability and my child is as safe with me as with her mother.

She knows this, she's just being a cunt.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 9:11, Reply)

Tell you you have cleaned up...
...and don't go near any 'mutual' friends when you are partaking.

Or just stop the drugs and drink.

...

...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 9:28, Reply)

You may not be a liability (and I am somewhat late to the party here)...
But I doubt the courts would ever see it that way. I imagine that the argument would be 'just because nothing has happened so far, it doesn't mean that nothing will happen at a future point'. Whilst I'm not going to condemn the choices you make recreationally, I'm afraid that as long as drugs are part of your life then you're fucked, access wise, because some of the activity you are involved in is, let's face it, illegal, and considered socially and morally unacceptable.

If, as you say, the highlight of your week (and life) is being with your child, then to me it's an easy decision to make; no contest. If you were in a situation where your ex died suddenly, and custody of your daughter was denied to you because of your social activities, you'd be pretty pissed off about it I'd wager.

That may have come across as a bit Daily Mail but it isn't meant to be
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 15 Sep 2010, 13:24, Reply)

Also
Doesn't your ex partake in the marching powder as well?
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 15 Sep 2010, 13:46, Reply)

Risperidone generally helps in such circumstances

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 9:21, Reply)

oops
I read mediation as medication = /
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 9:23, Reply)

I'm guessing here, it may not be true what I'm about to say.
You can get the music off it into your home computer using this....
www.simplehelp.net/2007/07/08/10-alternatives-to-itunes-for-managing-your-ipod/#songbird

Once you've done that, import the music into iTunes, and upload it to your new iPod / alternative MP3 player.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 9:52, Reply)

THIS
could work. gonz you are my hero.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 10:03, Reply)

My pleasure =)

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 10:12, Reply)