When I plug it in it will charge, but not connect, it doesn't show up in iTunes, explorer, disk manager or device manager. The iPod is otherwise fully functional.

Things I've tried:

Hard Reset (both when connected and not)

Disk Mode

Original Apple cable, and aftermarket cables (charges on all, won't connect)

Uninstalling iTunes

Restarting computer with iPod attached

Uninstalling all USB drivers and restarting

Plugged into Windows 7/10 and OSX, no change.

I even tried connecting it to an android phone with an adapter .

Reset iPod settings

I am pulling (what little is left) of my hair out with this! I have come to the end of the internet and I've run out of options, the only thing left to assume is that it's a hardware issue but it was literally working, then sat on a desk for a bit, then stopped working, nothing happened in between and it never had any issues before.

Any insight is appreciated, even solidarity if you are experiencing the same thing. It's just so frustrating, at least if it showed some sign of connectivity I would have a glimmer of hope, but I have nothing to go on if I can't even try to access the device.

SIGH.

Thanks,

⟐ Answered 4월 11, 2026 at 6:11 GMT-7

. These are pics. Hope it works??

⟐ Commented 4월 07, 2026 at 1:14 GMT-7

⟐ Answer edited 4월 05, 2026 at 7:23 GMT-7

⟐ Answered 4월 03, 2026 at 22:18 GMT-7

⟐ Answered 4월 03, 2026 at 22:11 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 3월 29, 2026 at 17:23 GMT-7

I think the major problem would be to have it connect to a Wi-Fi network.

Maybe a possible solution is to make the iPod be a piggyback of a mobile phone where you have Spotify, but idk.

Problem is Spotify won’t let you sync your iPod when you connect it to your pc so there’s no way to download your entire Spotify library to your iPod.

I found there are some programs that claim to be able to do it, but they have two major problems:

1 - you have to select each song and drag it onto the program;

2 - they are quite expensive (30-40$) whereas most iPod mods can be done with less expense.

Big thanks to anyone who’ll answer!

⟐ Answered 3월 29, 2026 at 9:57 GMT-7

I found out that the charge port had bent pins at the data transfer outs. I had someone help me to replace it and the ipod worked fine for about a month, even the battery it came with was holding a charge for a long time.

Now out of nowhere it won't charge anymore. Neither on Wall or Computer USB. When I connect it to my PC, I get a windows notification saying that there was a power surge at the port because the device is drawing too much power and telling me to disconnect it immediately.

I tested different cables and even replaced the battery with a new one. So I can safely rule out those two things.

I can't imagine it being the charge port again since I just replaced it, unless the soldering wasn't perfect and something became disconnected.

What could the problem be? And what components could I test for voltage on the logic board to see where the problem could be, starting from the pins on the charge port? There are no schematics available I think so I don't know where the electricity runs through. I know there is like a fuse and an IC for controlling the flow but I'm also not sure which one it is.

⟐ Answered 3월 27, 2026 at 9:49 GMT-7

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⟐ Answered 3월 24, 2026 at 15:12 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 3월 23, 2026 at 11:11 GMT-7

I went to charge it on my wall outlet now and it wouldn't show any signs of life.
I waited a good 2 hours and still nothing happened.
Whenever I tried turning it on, it would just show the apple logo for a brief second and then shut off again.

Something weird to note is that after nothing happening via wall charge I tried charging it on my computer and when I plugged it in I got a windows notification for a USB power surge, telling me to immediately remove the device from USB because it was drawing too much power.

What could be happening? And how do I fix it?

⟐ Commented 3월 19, 2026 at 18:57 GMT-7

I checked the headphone jack and found that all the contacts are connected to the motherboard, but it simply refuses to connect. Another Shuffle 2 I bought half a year ago connected to pc and showed the files in finder despite having no battery soldered on at all. Is there a way to force reset it other than simply turning it off(entering disk mode like other iPods)or is this caused by something else?

⟐ Commented 3월 19, 2026 at 5:14 GMT-7

⟐ Answered 3월 19, 2026 at 4:48 GMT-7

I have been browsing quite a lot around the forum to see if I can find any solution but nothing working so far. So here's what happened.

I had the ipod shuffle 2nd generation since it came out, then after 2 years I decided to use it again, I tried plugging into my laptop, it will recognize into my iTunes but the light just keep blinking orange and won't charge, so I tried different ports and that didnt fixed the issue. Then I moved into my desktop, I tried all the USB ports, nothing working and then at the end I decided to give it a last try and for some reason it worked on my PC, and it started charging, the orange light was constantly on without blinking which means the battery is charging and once it was fully charged it was green. It was all great, I was adding new music whenever I needed.

After 1 week I decided to format my PC, then reinstalled all the programs, and when I wanted to add new music on my ipod shuffle I saw that the orange light started blinking and whenever I plugged my ipod it won't charge at all, just orange light keep blinking .... Because before whenever I used to plug the ipod shuffle it used to charge right away whenever I added new music, I mean in the meantime it would charge while I am browsing through my music library, now it's just orange light keep blinking. The other thing that I've noticed now is whenever I eject the ipod shuffle and then try to remove from the charger I can see that for like 1 sec the light changes colors from orange into green.

I have tried the method that some people recommended, to disable "Enable disk use" and select "Open iTunes when this iPod is attached" and what happens is whenever I plug my ipod with these settings it won't even blink or give any signs but however it's recognized in the iTunes and it works fine, it just won't charge.

Btw I am using Windows 10 Pro 64 bit, if that matters. I tried to restore the ipod but didn't work at all.

Or maybe it got changed and it's charging when the orange light is blinking? Because I have been going into the gym and for the last 2 weeks I have been listening to the music and it never showed any signs of low battery, it just green light on it all the time and it has been plugged for those 2 weeks just like 15 minutes MAX.

Any help?

⟐ Answered 3월 19, 2026 at 4:10 GMT-7

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