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ipod 5th gen

  1. FancyApple

    iPod iPod classic 5g restore

    Help, today I bought an iPod Classic 5g from Tianguis (yes, I'm from Mexico) and wanted to delete all (pirate) songs and other things from the previous owner, I erased the disk, but when restored it says that I need a firewire cable, and iTunes hangs when restoring. I don't have any Firewire...
  2. D

    iPod Security updates to macOS resets iPod/Music sync settings and must resync Ipod from scratch

    The last two security updates of MacOS Big Sur have cause my sync settings in Apple Music to reset (from sync checked songs to Manual) and when I change the setting back to manual, Music says it must remove the library from my IPod classic to sync the new library causing days of resyncing from...
  3. Mormislaw

    iPod Non-working iPod Classic 5G

    Hello guys! I decided to buy an unknown condition (which always means that it's broken) iPod Classic 5G 80GB. It looks good on the outside, the display has some black lines on the right, no big deal on the inside there's no HDD ribbon, has something that looks like a little bit of rust next to...
  4. PhillyGuy72

    iPod iPod color 5th Gen at flea market for $5

    There's a large flea market in my area every Sunday, figured I'd stop there yesterday...nothing else to do and I haven't stopped here in years. After 1 hour in the sun, 90º heat, humidity I was ready to leave, plus the vendors were packing up. As I'm heading to my car I spotted one table with a...
  5. P

    iPod iPod Video case

    hi! if someone has one of those small pouches you got with the iPod Video back in the day, please pm me, i’m looking to buy one, black or white does not matter!
  6. danimal303

    iPod iPod Video 5th Gen doesn't reach full charge

    Installed an iflash and new battery in a 30gb Video MA446LL but it never shows full charge after charging for hours. Does anyone have any ideas?
  7. E

    iPod iPod Video 30GB with HDD issue

    Hi, I just recently found my old 30GB iPod Video. I replaced the HDD when I bought it because I bought it second hand with a damaged hard drive (many dead sectors and skipping songs). It was working well but then started to fail to boot (sad iPod icon) and I just abandoned it as smartphones...
  8. mnslcsb

    iPod touch iPod Non-Responsive; Computer will Not Recognize it

    Hello! My brother has an iPod 5th Gen. He brought it to me and it was in a reboot loop, the apple logo would pop up for about a minute and then the screen would go black and then it would go back to the apple logo. It would not respond to us doing anything, it just would keep rebooting. The...
  9. Zezo Aly

    iPod Ipod Nano 5th Generation Battery Problem !?

    I buyed a second hand ipod nano 5th gen and i noticed that the battery don't last for a long time apple says that the estimated time for playback is 24 hours music !! i charged the ipod with 5w wall charger and turned on the music it lasts for 6:30 hours on continuous. does that seems good or...