iPod, what a piece of crap

Wally Balljacker · Post by **Wally Balljacker** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:01 am

I've had a 4th generation 40gb iPod for exactly 1 year now, and the thing just took a sh!t on me. I was listening to a podcast at work, paused it, it went into sleep mode like usual, and now it's completely dead. I've tried plugging it into the wall, syncing it with GTK Pod, and pressing all the buttons, and it refuses to do anything. It's been acting flakey for quite some time; sometimes it'll pause for no reason even when I have the hold switch on, and other times it'll just shut off. I'll probably crack it open and see if I can repair it, but what pisses me off even more, is that its been in a nice plastic case since I bought it, the iPod doesn't have a single scratch on it, and the battery is still at full capacity. Screw Apple.

Jza · Post by **Jza** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:56 am

n0b0dy said ip0ds were g00d.

Wally Balljacker · Post by **Wally Balljacker** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 4:20 am

Well, it's a nice device, and I thought I'd get atleast a couple years out of it before the battery needed to be replaced. I didn't expect it to just die.

jamathis · Post by **jamathis** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:56 am

I had the same thing happen to mine twice. The first time it just locked up in the middle of a podcast and the other time it just died like you described. Both times I was able to correct it by leaving it disconnected until the battery ran down and then recharging it from the AC adapter. It worked perfectly for me both times. I agree that it's aggravating as hell. I've gotten to where I just use my RIO that plays MP3 files burned to a CD more than my iPod.

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:20 am

It's a surperior Apple product you know!

snarkout · Post by **snarkout** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:23 am

Try pressing the play and menu buttons for 15 or 20 seconds.

jsusanka · Post by **jsusanka** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:04 pm

I know two people who bought them and both have died with in the first two years.

apple's response is just go by another one -

they are throw away items at not throw away prices. hey but they look cool.

one of these days when I have the time and money I am going to buy what pat bought from new egg - but I just don't see a media player as a big priority item for me right now. i would rather just download them to my usb stick and play them when I am working at my computer. my liftestyle just doesn't call for a lot of mobile mp3 playing.

I will always buy one that plays ogg format - I should not have to be paying twice for all the dam mpg patents. - If I sat down and figured it out I would probably be paying more than twice.

CptnObvious999 · Post by **CptnObvious999** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:16 pm

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=iPod&r=f
^A lot of those definitions are hilarious. Appearently you're not the only one who hates iPods. (NOTE: they are offensive to iPod owners so if you are sensitive to that stuff *don't* click on it)

I'm glad I have my iAudio X5L although the harddrive gets stuck or something and I have to flick it or move it to get it to go again but that seems to be happening to just me (according to the iaudiophile.net forums) so Im going to send it back soon for a new/fixed one.

shopRatt · Post by **shopRatt** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 4:22 pm

The only "Superior Apple Product" I own is a generation 2 Ipod 15 gig. The one with the four buttons. I can't say anything bad about it because I listen to it at least 10 hours a day at the shop. (either that or listen to the machine rumble). It has only died once and I had to reset by pressing all four buttons for 20 seconds.

I would not have bought it myself because I have heard a lot of people I know have problems with theirs, but it was a gift from mom. I guess some of them are crap and some last. More often than not, crap.

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thetza · Post by **thetza** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 4:20 am

I'll never want a portable music player because I prefer to pay attention to my surrounding when I'm outside.

I live/work in a college town, and you wouldn't believe how many hippies walk around alone, at night, advertising their $300 device with their stupid ear pieces. You could make a decent living mugging them and selling the loot on ebay.

Jza · Post by **Jza** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:39 pm

Isn't that a business model right there?

CptnObvious999 · Post by **CptnObvious999** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 7:00 pm

thetza wrote:I'll never want a portable music player because I prefer to pay attention to my surrounding when I'm outside.

I live/work in a college town, and you wouldn't believe how many hippies walk around alone, at night, advertising their $300 device with their stupid ear pieces. You could make a decent living mugging them and selling the loot on ebay.

I rarely use it when Im walking around (though I don't walk that much or that far) but its usefull when Im bored somewhere I can whip it out and listen to some tunes or watch a movie or something. I also carry it around because I have PortableFirefox and PortableGaim on it and you never know when you will need a portable harddrive handy

. I usually listen to music when I am home a lot (AmaroK is my friend)

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iPod, what a piece of crap

iPod, what a piece of crap

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