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Question of ipods

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Chicken_P
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i have a 20gb ipod one of the older ones and when i put the cable into it and connect the other end to the computer it comes up with a picture of a battery and a little triangle with an exclamation mark i believe.does anybody no what the problem is? do i need to buy one of those charger that plug right into a wall outlet or what..help me

Feb 8 2007 4:59PM
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Xave
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try either resetting your ipod or draining the whole battery before plugging it
Feb 8 2007 6:35PM
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freeski_Shaggy
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Yea i am pretty sure you are gonna have to reset it
Feb 8 2007 9:33PM
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Chicken_P
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when you reset do you just hold in the circle and the menu button or is what you guys are talking about a diff way

and the battery is completely drained

Feb 8 2007 9:49PM
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Mr_Bojangles
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Whenever that picture comes up on my screen, the only way I've managed to get rid of it was by plugging the ipod into a wall charger. A reset may also do the trick.
Feb 8 2007 11:04PM
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fappy
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boil it for 20 min. i've had this problem tons of times, and i just boil it in a hot pot of water with a little epsom salt
Feb 8 2007 11:59PM
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bobtheskier05
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your and idiot you just need to charge it or you can't use usb
Feb 9 2007 4:37PM
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Chicken_P
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well that was my question do i need a wall charger cuz when i use the usb it doesnt charge
Feb 9 2007 4:40PM
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DANETRON
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if thta doesnt work you can always put it in the micro wave/ stove for 4-5 min
Feb 9 2007 5:02PM
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bondi011
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and after that throw it off a ten story building, that always fixes everything
Feb 9 2007 6:34PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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it actually has been known to fix a few ipods.
Feb 10 2007 2:40AM
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bobtheskier05
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haha
Feb 11 2007 11:34AM
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chipkalback
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ha weird, the same thing worked for my dead toenail!

try also putting the ipod into disk mode, or take it to an apple store to the genius bar
Feb 11 2007 4:13PM
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