My 8GB iPod Mini has had a few, shall we say, glitches. While I love it, today I was alittle annoyed when it froze halfway through a podcast. I had just hit play again and it shifts halfway to the play screen with the album art on it and freezes. So the screen has half the playlist and half the album art. It says its playing but nothing is happening no matter what I press.

I try to power on and off. Nothing happens.

I try to connect it to the computer with the sync cable. Nothing happens.

I look for a little reset button somewhere. Doesn't exist.

I cannot take the battery out... soooooooo....

I don't want to use my one free Apple tec support phone call. Not after this past weekend and the Quicktime Pro fiasco.

Luckily, I found a reference to little known iPod reset button sequence and it worked for me:

Turn the Hold switch on
Turn the Hold switch off
Press and hold the Menu and Center for 10 seconds until the iPod restarts

If it worked, you'll see the Apple logo

I don't know what iPods this will work on, but it worked for my new Mini. It certainly saved me having to wait for the battery to die and recharge and hopefully make the problem fix itself.

Posted by sorsha on January 29, 2007 2:48 PM | Permalink