How to repair a hanged or corrupted iPod?Is your iPod corrupted or hanged up? Or you slept in night while your iPod was still working & now when you woke up in the morning, your iPod has just frozen up?
Its the time when you are beating your head because you haven’t created any backup of your files on it. You connect it to a PC or a mac but iTunes is requesting to restore your iPod which means loss of your important data. Well, before restoring or formatting your iPod, do consider reading this article. This method will not erase any data on your iPod. Difference between a Corrupted iPod & a Hanged iPod: How would I know that my iPod is corrupted or hanged up? How to repair a hanged iPod? Well a hanged iPod can be repaired by this way but if your iPod is corrupted, then you are in trouble! But don’t worry there is still some hope! How to repair a corrupted iPod? Now restore your iPod using iTunes & also if an upgrade is available for your iPod so upgrade it. Now when your iPod has been restored or formatted. Copy the hidden folder back to iPod (Note: Do not copy the corrupted files back to your iPod as it may again corrupt your iPod) & your iPod is ready. But if the drive is not detected, take your iPod to a your nearest recovery center. UPDATE: If you don’t have any important data on your ipod & your ipod is corrupted then simply format your ipod with Windows Format utility & then connect it to latest version of iTunes. Let the iTunes restore or update your iPod. Your ipod will be ready by this time with new firmware files. Sometimes, iTunes cannot restore or update the iPod. In this condition you should opt for the following measures:
Note: If you have an iPod shuffle you may need to use the iPod Reset Utility to restore the iPod. © Yogtec’s Digital Technology |
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on January 7th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
The problem i am facing is very strange, seemingly incomprehensible….everything is working fine….my i-pod is getting detected in the pc, i can view every data available in it….
But if i load songs into it using itunes v7.4, after disconnecting the i-pod from the pc, its showing NO MUSIC…no matter how many songs i load into i-tunes, after disconnecting, the i-pod shows no songs…..nothing…
do u think its a problem with i-tunes? i dont think so because i reinstalled i-tunes and tried, but with the same results….
can u suggest me anything?
it would be of great help
on January 7th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
No the problem is not with iTunes, as you told the problem is in the firmware of your ipod!
If you don’t have any important data then restore or format your ipod!
You may even try to update ipod firmware to the latest available.
If still nothing works then you will have to send it to Apple care center.
on January 9th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
thanx 4 helping me out of this hanging proble
on January 9th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
You are Welcome!
on January 15th, 2008 at 4:57 am
My iPod does not show any data in windows, iTunes can’t detect it, Device manager show it.. When i boot the iPod it displays a corrupt message….. any ideas…
on January 15th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Dude your idea to restart hanged Ipod rocks.. man i was struggling with it for so many times now..
thanks a ton
on January 15th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
To John Fernandes
Your ipod is corrupted! If it does not contain any important data, then try to format it! If still nothing works, sorry no solution for it. Submit it to Apple Repairing center.
on January 16th, 2008 at 4:45 am
*ok…i kinda did what u said if ur iPod is corrupted. my comp detected the ipod and whatever. i copied my itunes stuff and whatever into a folder, i no you said click the restore button…but before that..what do i do with the songs in my itunes library? do i delete them then click the restore button?
*i once cliked restore 2 c what would happen…and it was like it didnt no anthing…everything in my library was there…but my songs wont sync into my ipod =P nothing at all…
*oh and how do you update your ipod to the latest firmware thingy?
on January 16th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
To Alicia
Try formating your ipod drive it with windows. And then open itunes & itunes will automatically configure it again. This should work!iTunes automatically checks for new firmware periodically, so all you should do id just connect ipod to a computer with an internet connection. If your firmware is old then it will automatically ask you update you ipod!
on January 17th, 2008 at 12:57 am
i try to reformat by lyk rite clickin removable disk in my computer, but it freezes all up..when i pilugged my second ipod…it didnt freeze (that one is working fine, i just wanted 2 c if it would freeze too) and my other ipod is like almost 3 years old (iPod Mini) and its working fine..this one (corupted one) is the 5th generation and its not workin >.<
and it also doesnt give me the option of those 4 different restore things like it said on every other website, it just goes straight to restore…which i dont see the point because at the end it starts all over and tells me that my ipod is corupted -.-
on January 17th, 2008 at 10:51 am
To Alicia,
Read my last my last comment properly! Try formatting it with WINDOWS only not any other software! & then again connect it to itunes after formatting it with windows. It will detect it as a very new ipod & will load new firmware files in it. If still nothing works, we can’t help you any more! Submit your ipod to Apple Center near you.
REMEMBER: Perform a COMPLETE format (not quick-format) WITH WINDOWS ONLY.
It can be done as follows:
1. Open “My Computer”
2. Right Click on your iPod Drive.
3. Click on “Format”.
4. Prefer FAT32 file system.
5. Dont Label it now (Leave it blank).
6. Uncheck “Quick Format” Option.
7. Uncheck “Enable Compression” option also.
8. Click on “Start”.
NOTE: It may take some time to format the drive. Try to format your ipod on a computer with some good configuration. Means good proccessor & RAM. This will not hang the system while formating.
Now it will show “Format Completed Successfully”
Open itunes & rest of the work will be done by iTunes automatically!
Hope this helps you!
on January 29th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
hi..
actually my ipod is being detected by itunes(version 7.6) but it is not syncing the songs although videos are syncing but without sounds….
i tried to format it but it displayed the message “windows cannot format”..
plzzz help me out…
on February 2nd, 2008 at 7:02 pm
To Nidhi,
Your problem is quite strange. I think your ipod is having a hardware problem! Submit it to ipod repair center! You may also try to restore or update your ipod firmware!
on February 2nd, 2008 at 7:17 pm
To Neil,
Did you try formatting your ipod with windows? But your problem is just that your ipod firmware has got corrupted!
on February 6th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
thanks my ipod had hanged and pressed the cente button and menu for over 10 seconds ..it solved the purpose !! thanksssssss
on February 10th, 2008 at 3:53 am
can anyone help please, I am pulling my hair out!! I downloaded itunes 7.6 last week and ever since doing so my computer is not recognising my ipod. Asks me to restore and I do this but it says the ipod is corrupt and gives me a 1418 error message. It worked perfectly fine before the download. I have tried deleting and reinstalling itunes but nothing seems to work. Help!!!!
on February 10th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Well Lorraine I must tell you iTunes never corrupt the iPod. The ipod gets corrupted by itself if it is detached from computer while iTunes was working on it or iPod has been working continuously workin for some hours!
You must try to format your ipod & then open iTunes & let it restore or update your iPod!
& for your 1418 error problem, I am updating the article above!
on February 11th, 2008 at 2:15 am
thanks v.much, there was a problem with I Tunes 7.6 which I installed and the problem appears to have been solved as my ipod is now recognised and is working.
on February 27th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Hi…
I have got a 30GB Ipod….and the problem is that i am not able to detect it in my PC…..i can play the music in it …but when i connect it pc is not able to detect it…..i also tried with other pcs also…..please help me out……
on February 27th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
To Bhavin,
Is your connecting working fine. Check out if it have some defects!If any of your friend have another ipod try connecting that ipod with your cable! If it does not connects go buy a new cable! But if it do connect then check your ipod for damage at cable connector!Sometimes this happens because windows usb drivers are not installed properly but as you told you have connected your ipod to multiple computer this may not be the problem!
on February 28th, 2008 at 10:17 am
hey thnks 4 ur response….but i have checked it wid other cable as well…but did not work…..!!! so wht would be da solution 4 it…!!!!
on February 28th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
To Bhavin,
The problem now seems to be is with your ipod, it may be in firmware or hardware!
When you connect your ipod does it start charging or does it just not react?
If it is not reacting in any way, then that may be hardware problem & if it start charging then it may be a firmware problem.
In both the cases as your ipod cannot connect to computer, I can’t assist you anymore! Sorry for it but you will have to submit it to a repair center!
on March 6th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Thanks a lot … my ipod hanged ….. but ur article helped me outta the problem !!!
on March 18th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
i was copying songs to my ipod and current went off , since then my ipod shuffle is not detected by the the computer . it says there is some I/O error . wat should i do ? my itunes does not detect the ipod , nor am i able to format it. plz email me to wat to do . my email id is gudthingscuminsmallpackages@yahoo.co.in
on March 22nd, 2008 at 6:45 am
HELP - my secong gen ipod nano is corrupt. Itunes says its corrupt but when i reset it to factory settings the same error message appears. I’ve tried several times. Also when i try to reformat it the computer says ‘unable to complete format’ HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!
on March 27th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
I have a Supercomp 1GB ipod.But few days ago it does not shown any file in it, but it have the file. it shows no file. the no file message comes for music player & vedio player but it is ok for radio & game. I am very affraid. pls pls help me.
plssssssss helpppppppp.
on April 15th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
thanks , i sloved my problem
on April 18th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Hi,
I have an Ipod touch, my problem with the touch is that the videos on my touch do not have any sound.I can see the video on it but, when i play the music video the sound does not come.
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:35 am
hi…i just bought a ipod classic…and i already made a few mistakes that i wasnt aware that i shouldnt do….
for example: disconnecting my ipod for my comp before ejecting…i only did this a few times before realizing it wasnt a good idea…will those few times doing that affect my ipod in anyway… a response would be great
-thanx=]
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:02 pm
To Aaron,
Well if you are not facing any problem till now then there’s no problem. But just take care in future that you don’t get your self in trouble by avoiding such simple points. It can some times even erase all data on your ipod permanently.
Best Wishes,
Ankit.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:13 am
Hi,I have an Ipod touch, my problem with the touch is that the videos on my touch do not have any sound.I can see the video on it but, when i play the music video the sound does not come.Please help some one…. u could mail me at maherik [at] gmail.com too…..
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:27 pm
To Maherik,
Can you hear the sound while you are listening songs? If so then update your iPod to the latest firmware version available. I cannot assist you further with an iPod touch. Sorry!
on April 30th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
The magic combination really worked. Thanks a ton.
on May 1st, 2008 at 9:50 am
i hav tried to use the magic combination but still my ipod is idle……
on May 3rd, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Hi,
I have a iPod Classic 80gb. Yesterday I synced some videos using itunes & when it is completed I couldn’t eject it but I disconected it. And when i played a video that I have synced & when I tried to paly a another the screen got black & the ipod got reset it self for sevaral times with a strange sound “click”. when I connect the iPod to the computer a itunes window is opened and messege says that the ipod is corrupted & it has to be restored I tried it. It get stucks in the middle. And when I saw your web I tried your solution in My Computer the ipod is showed as a removable disk when I tried to open it it says “please insert a disk into drive” & we cannot format it. Ihave used 26/80 gb with system files videos & songs when I go to the music or video menu it show no videos or no songs. But in settings it shows only 54gb is free. And in menus the (video,music,photos) that they are empty.
on May 3rd, 2008 at 3:48 pm
I dont want my data back but I want my ipod repaired. Please
on May 12th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Hi,
I have a Creative MuVo v100 mp3 player. Whenever I connect it to my PC , my Pc gets hanged I dont understand wht is the problem. Sometimes it works fine but the moment i transfer some music from pc to mp3 player again it freezes. please help if you have any solution for this.
Thanks in advance
Pawan
on May 18th, 2008 at 8:39 am
I checked to see if my ipod was hanged or corrupted and I thought it was hanged because it doesn’t do anything at all so I tried pushing both the center and menu button together, but it didn’t work. Did I do it wrong. Or does that mean my ipod is corrupted.
on May 21st, 2008 at 1:09 am
Thanks a lot….solution really helped …my ipod was hanged….
on June 4th, 2008 at 1:00 am
Data in my ipod was very very important to me and my ipod had hanged and pressed the cente button and menu for over 10 seconds ..it solved the purpose !!
THANK YOU.
on June 5th, 2008 at 10:55 am
My ipod is frozen with a picture of a wall outlet and a plug, and is not reconized by itunes. Wuddup?
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on June 6th, 2008 at 1:08 am
Cannot restore because it contains files that are in use by another application. What can i do?
on June 6th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Unable to remove or delete songs
on June 7th, 2008 at 2:27 am
My Ipod nano has a corrupt firmware. I tried updating the firmware on iTunes 7 but after the update it still freezes as before. Moreover I have tried formating it from the My Computer Menu on vista. However I have not been able to get vista to format it either. Can anyone help.
on June 12th, 2008 at 1:36 am
Thanks for all the help. I have had my Ipod classic for about 4 years and it has crashed on before and lost over half my music. I thought it was happening again until I tried your little restart trick and now it is working fine.
You’re my hero!
on June 14th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Thank You for the posts.It did help. Thanks and Regards,
Vikrant Raut.
on June 19th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
thnx a ton man
my ipod had hung up…nd i was losgin hope..but then i came across ur article..thnx a lot man
the resart trick is a life saver
regards
rishabh ginotra
on June 20th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Thank you all for providing such good feedback’s! Well im now back to blogging! Hope to provide with such amzing articles again!
Cheers!
Ankit Duseja.
on June 24th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
is it safe to install freewares on an ipod like the one available to use ipod as a usb.how to upload photos on my ipod classic 6gen 8ogb keeping the previously uploaded photos intact
on June 28th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Oh my god thank you so much I just got my ipod like a month ago for my birthday and it wouldn’t work I got so scared but thank you so so so so so so much.
on June 30th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
I LOVE U!!! seriously.. i ws soo worried abt my ipod.. hehe thank gudness i saw ur website otherwise i mightve spent a fortune in trying to fix it!
on July 3rd, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Thank you very much. I was freaking out!!!
on July 9th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Thx dude… my ipod was hanged, magic combination worked for me
on July 18th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Thnx dude…
ur magic combo avoided a fight between two people….
on July 29th, 2008 at 12:07 am
my ipod is frozen and will not go off the lock mode.. i tried restarting it and restoring it and neither of them will wok. if i plug it into the computer nothing will happen.. HELP
on July 29th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
@Calli,
Well the problem is some models of Apple iPod’s don’t have the function to restart. Thus this trick will not work. If your iPod sceen is continuously on and iPod is not responding at all. Let it get completely dicharged. Finally it will turn off at a time. Then connect it to computer and charge it. It will now restart. Hope that works!
on July 31st, 2008 at 2:41 am
Thanks your a life saver! I thought I lost everything.
on August 5th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
my ipod has been working but my battery was low so i connected it to my laptop, suddenyly the laptop stopped working n i had to unplug my ipod without ejecting it i waited till my laptop was working then i tried to connect it again its detecting but itunes did not open and the screen has been displaying “connected eject before disconnecting” even if i unplug by ejecting it still shows that what should i do please help me?
on August 24th, 2008 at 6:00 am
Thanks for the article. It helped me out to restart my iPod. Didn’t know what to do. It was hanged and wasn’t responding at all. Just restarted pressing the centre and menu key simlutaneously.
on August 31st, 2008 at 2:55 pm
thx dude
thx alot
i dunt knw hw to thank u
thx fr tht hanging thng
on September 10th, 2008 at 3:37 am
OH MY GOSH THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I was in the process of restoring my ipod completely when I stumbled upon this website and I tried it AND IT WORKED!!
I have 4 gigs of music on my ipod nano and this site saved me from losing it all! thank you again!!!
on September 11th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
thanx man the trik really helped …..my ipod was hanged up ….
thanx man thanx alot
on September 11th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
thank you so much! my ipod got hung up and itunes was telling me to restore it and i was freaking out, but your 10 second thing worked perfectly!
on September 12th, 2008 at 12:21 am
hey, my ipod froze today on the ‘podcast menu’..had been working perfectly to date..despite me pressing menu and center continuously all evening…it will not restore. I have connected to itunes and it says its corrupted….its only 2 months old!! help!!
on September 23rd, 2008 at 12:04 am
Wow, thanks a ton! my ipod got hanged, was worried. finally i could fix it with the help of your post.
on October 5th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Oh my God!! Thank you very much!! I thought my iPod was corrupted but actually it was only hanged up!! I just pressed the menu and center buttons for 10s and it worked!! Thank you so much for this article!!!
on October 13th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
When i plug my ipod video into my computer, itunes pops up and it says that it cannot sync because the ipod is corrupted, and to try restoring it. Then i try to restore it and it does not work. I’ve tried it with a different computer too. At the end it just freezes up and i have to restart it using the middle button and the menu button. HELP!
on October 13th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
@Amber
Simply format it using windows format utility! It should work!
on October 19th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Recently bought an iPod Video and the first time I tried syncing it with my computer it said it was corrupt and to restore the iPod. I did and got the same message again. I uninstalled and reenstalled iTunes and got the same problem. Then I tried hooking up my old nano to my computer and again, got the same message, restored that, and still said theyre both corrupt. Could it be my computer??
on October 19th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
@ Jenna,
It could be anything, your iTunes copy, your computer’s USB or even your Windows. Well most probably it seems to be your iTunes.
Try downloading the latest version of iTunes and still if don’t works try connecting your iPod to another computer. If it runs on another computer, then the problem is really with your computer.
on October 20th, 2008 at 1:50 am
thankyouthankyouthankyou
my ipod is fully restored now
on October 21st, 2008 at 1:45 pm
OH NO OH NO!!!
Please don’t let me lose all of my music. Hmm lets see, accidently let iPod play all night long. This usually wouldn’t present a problem, as I play it at work for up to 8 hours at a time, but now that battery icon refuses to go green, after being charged for a significant time, and iTunes says it is corrupted. iPod won’t connect to computer, so I can’t back up all my files in an effort to reformat!!!
HELP, please, I can’t lose another 7000 songs again!!!
on October 26th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
i have no idea what to do. my ipod says that it needs to be restored by using itunes.. so i plug it into itunes and its detected but it tells me that it has detected a corrupt ipod and that i need to restore it before using itunes. and i dont know how else to restore it. please help me. i dont kno what generation ipod i have.. its black, a nano, and oldddddddd. it was the first type of ipod to come out.. ipod classic im guessing?
on October 28th, 2008 at 4:31 am
excellent thanx it really helped me ,i started to freaking out ,you should post it on applle discusion ,,,thanx again
on October 28th, 2008 at 8:24 am
hey thank you so much! i never knew about that restarting trick… but this site is a real life-saver! thank you so so so much! <3
on October 28th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
my ipod is stuck……….i think last night i left it onbecause today when i tried to run and plugged in the headphones there was a song already playing however it was not the song which the ipod was showing in now playing<the song the ipod showed in now playing was the song i had last heard on it……and then wen i tried to play some other song it completely froze and has remained frozen………wen i connected it to my computer i got a type of update saying restore your ipod i clicked yes but then nothing happened and my ipod is stuck since…..plz help
on October 29th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
@ Chaitanya
Did u tried formatting your ipod with windows?
on October 29th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
When i plug my ipod (20GB) itunes says that is corrupted and needs to be restore which i did few times but it says the same message again again and again. Somebody plz help me figure out what is wrong with my ipod. And plz e-mail me at cute[underscore]shabana[at]hotmail[dot]com
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on November 1st, 2008 at 7:52 am
i recieved a 30gb ipod from a friend after they dropped it and the screen broke. they said that it took a pretty bad fall. i know how to replace the screen but i want to make sure everything else is still good before i waste my time. i plugged it into my computer and itunes says it is corrupted, but when i try to restore it, itunes has an error. i try to restore it through ‘my computer’ and it locks up my computer. please help. email me at bigdaddyt35@yahoo.com
on November 1st, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Im very lucky that I have seen this site. At first, I was in trouble when I found out that my iPod hangs. Then, I have read the magic combination and presto! I repaired my Pod. Thanks a lot sir!
on November 5th, 2008 at 5:35 am
i recentally recieved a used ipod from my friend because it wasnt working, i replaced the hard drive because the old one was broken, the new one i put in was from another used ipod same type (30gb 5g) when i tried to format, it wouldnt let me :\
i even went into diagnostics mode (middle and left button) and it said it had 95gb left on it… and i was like wait, its a 30gb hd… i was wondering if u had any ideas? i tried itunes and explorer…
-thanks!
on November 5th, 2008 at 6:27 am
it also says its RAW and 0 memory on it when i try to format
on November 9th, 2008 at 6:20 am
I did everything i said on this page to restore my Ipod but when i plug it in to my pc iTunes still say that it is corrupted.. what do i do know?
on November 20th, 2008 at 11:29 am
I have a 160 Gig IPod Classic. It runs fine, but when I plug it into Itunes, I am asked to restore it. I am running Vista also. Anyway, I try restoring it, and it does nothing, I just get the error again. Then I read about formatting it in Device manager with Fat32 and not a quick erase. It sits there for a while and then says it cannot format. I am at a loss. Please help. I have also got the most recent version of Itunes. I don’t care about the files on my IPOD, I can always put them back on. Thanks.
on November 23rd, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Thank you :)! SO much
on November 23rd, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Hi, i have an ipod Nano and i was playing it fine in my i-station, i tried to play a playlist and they music just wouldn’t play. The ‘paused’ and ‘now playing’ in the top left would alternate if it was supposed to be playing or if it was supposed to be paused, but nothing would happen. I then tried went to, Music>Artists>All Artists> All Songs, and if froze.
i’ve tried the Menu - Centre button idea but nothing has changed.
When i plug into i-tunes nothing happens.
on November 25th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Thanks!
on November 26th, 2008 at 6:03 am
Thank you so much!!!!!
Ahh I thought all was lost,but my ipod was just hanged!