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iPod Nano 3rd Generation: My iPod nano 3rd gen will turn on until I touch the scroll wheel

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 12:34:39 -0700

What else do you need.

i charged it overnight and then unplugged it and it turned on, but wouldn’t fully boot past the Apple screen without turning off

i think the battery is having Voltage problems

⟐ Answer accepted 11월 12, 2020 at 12:34 GMT-7

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: My I POD 3rd generation Model A1236 wont play music

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 19:05:07 -0700

iv been having this problem from yesterday i put songs on my ipod it shows that the music is on it an that it has been sync to the ipod when am on itunes but when i come off it an go on the ipod the music is not there an it shows it on itunes that it is on it

⟐ Answer accepted 8월 07, 2019 at 19:05 GMT-7

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: Why is the combination not turning off?

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 00:41:03 -0700

i was messing around with the iPod since i haven’t seen or used one in forever and i had put a code and i changed it to 0000 since i don’t need one. how do i turn it off?

⟐ Answered 7월 12, 2019 at 0:41 GMT-7

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: New battery, no battery icon.

Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:12:41 -0700

I just installed a new battery in my Nano 3rd gen. It now powers up but has no battery icon at all. At the top of the screen is the bar where it should be, but no icon. The bar is a purplish color. I don’t know if the battery is charging when plugged in. And it will not sync with a computer. I’ve tried all the online remedies of restarting etc to no avail. I think the Nano itself may be malfunctioning, but not sure. Anyone had these symptoms?

⟐ Answer edited 3월 18, 2019 at 9:12 GMT-7

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: Freezing every two hours

Mon, 22 Jan 2018 00:31:14 -0700

I recently found my old ipod I got in seventh grade, and use it at work. I work at a warehouse, so it's long hours, but fast work. And the battery is definitely skipping performance wise after 11 years, but it still gets me through about two shifts on one charge, so that's cool. The thing is that after about two hours of nonstop playing, the music will just stop. I've got the toggle switch on lock, so I don't accidently mess with any controls with it in my pocket. When I pull it out and slide the toggle switch to unlock I can't do anything. It's still stuck on the kinda hibernate screen that shows the time and battery level. Nothing I do on the click wheel wakes it, so I gotta reboot it every time to get it back in and working. Which would be fine if I weren't working a very time oriented job where I can't keep wasting a minute to reset my mp3 player. I doubt there's a fix to it other than what I'm doing; and I'm sure it's most likely because of its age, but I'm just wondering if anyone knows why it's doing this. It never happened when I'd use it for hours on end years ago. I got it synced up to iTunes and updated, and accidentally reformatted it, which I'm sad about because I had a lot of good old stuff on it, but that's neither here nor there. It's up to date as much as it can be, and there's only a gig of stuff on it, with seven left.

⟐ Answered 1월 22, 2018 at 0:31 GMT-7

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: Recording a cd to this iPod

Sun, 06 Aug 2017 14:52:19 -0700

I received this IPOD in 2008 and then it was lost. Suddenly surfaced this past week at a different residence which i own.

I am interested in placing a couple of CD's on this unit, but do not have any of the cords et al nor do I know what I need.

⟐ Edited 8월 06, 2017 at 14:52 GMT-7

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: track pad and select button non responsive

Fri, 16 Dec 2016 05:28:02 -0700

no matter what I try my ipods trackwheel and select button will not respond when i push them. Ipod was dropped into water for a total of no more than 5 seconds. no water came out so I'm not sure if any went in and none wanted to come out or what is wrong but if anyone has any information about how to fix it it would be greatly appreciated.

⟐ Answer accepted 12월 16, 2016 at 5:28 GMT-7

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: Click wheel totally inoperable.

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 08:38:09 -0700

My ipod nano 3rd gen will power on and respond to the hold button. I have reset it from the computer but it will not reset from the scroll wheel no matter what I do. Everything except the scroll wheel seems to be fine so I sent it off to get it get it looked at at a recommended website thinking it shouldn't cost much since I thought it would just be the scroll wheel. They said it would be $150 and that it needed a new logic and face plate. I was quite surprised at both since its face plate was fine and I figured the logic board was fine too since only the scroll wheel seems to not work. Does it sound like the scroll wheel is the only problem and the site was just trying to make some $, or should I replace it all?

⟐ Answer accepted 11월 14, 2016 at 8:38 GMT-7

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: one work, one doesn't

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 08:03:34 -0700

hi i have a iPod Nano that was washed and i have another one that just does not want to hook to iTunes. The one that was washed, wants to connect to iTunes, the screen just does not work. Can you replace the pin connector in the one that has the screen that works?

⟐ Answer accepted 10월 14, 2016 at 8:03 GMT-7

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: What battery wire colors go where?

Sun, 14 Aug 2016 08:27:32 -0700

I'm attempting to change out my battery on my iPod nano 3rd generation and after I removed the battery I realized that i did not note what color wires go where.

Does anyone know what wire colors go where? I think the wire colors on the battery are white, black and red.

Thanks in advance.

Mark in Brea

⟐ Answer accepted 8월 14, 2016 at 8:27 GMT-7

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: Backplate pulling off the front face, click wheel play

Wed, 29 Jun 2016 07:47:16 -0700

So I just purchased a used iPod Nano 3g from Tokyo, I`m sure it was non-functional in some way and has since been repaired. It has a few quirks, but the price was right and I`m comfortable pulling it apart. I tried looking online for some answers but since it`s an older model, I had troubles isolating the issues specifically.

First, I noticed that the clickwheel has a millimeter of play before the button actually clicks, it also depresses down when the middle button is pushed. The left, top and bottom of the clickwheel is solid however. All buttons are fully functional.

My biggest grip is that the silver backplate lifts off the frame around the lower right corner. I can push it down and it stays for a while, but it always lifts back off. I`m assuming that the previous owner damaged the corner clip when repairing the iPod, but I`m not sure whether it`s the front or rear face that needs replacing?

If anyone has any ideas, it would really help me out. Thanks in advance for any comments.

⟐ Answer accepted 6월 29, 2016 at 7:47 GMT-7

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: I can not get out of the diagnostics mode.

Wed, 25 May 2016 08:26:23 -0700

How do I get out of the diagnostic mode?

⟐ Answer accepted 5월 25, 2016 at 8:26 GMT-7

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: iPod doesnt charge, I cant restart it, cant restore it

Sun, 08 Dec 2013 04:42:39 -0700

the battery died and i tried to charge it but the apple symbol never comes on... i have tried many many times to restart it and to restore it but it never works! PLEASE HELP!!!

⟐ Answer accepted 12월 08, 2013 at 4:42 GMT-7

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: iPod immediately ejecting after plugged in

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:48:28 -0700

I recently got an iPod 3rd Generation, but for some reason, it ejects when plugged into my M5 MacBook Pro. I've tried a different cable and putting it in disk mode, but nothing works. Anyone know how to fix this?

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: iPod nano 3rd gen charging fuse?

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 12:41:51 -0700

I have two ipod nano 3rd gens, I only need to fix one but there are multiple problems, the first one has water damage and will not hold a charge even after a successful battery replacement, I think the charging fuse is corroded, second one has damage to the motherboard but I know has and okay charging fuse. I want to swap out the fuses, I have zero idea where the fuses are.

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: Why cant I put any videos on it?

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:40:55 -0700

every time I put videos onto it on Itunes, it say "cannot be played on this device" i tried all different video formats and I don't understand.

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: replacing old battery(3wires) by a 2 wires battery

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:58:46 -0700

After the odyssey of opening the ipod, the original battery with 3wires (red, black and white) was replaced by a 2 wires battery and it worked fine for hours.

Unfortunately it is no charging when plugged, and it seems a common issue for whose who has replaced battery.

Is ther any way to fake the temperature sensor through a shortcut?

maybe installing a resistor?

ideas?

The dimensions of required battery are not very standard or easy to find.

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: iPod nano gen3 software problem

Wed, 31 May 2023 06:53:32 -0700

My ipod nano gen 3 doesn't load his operating system. I thought it was because of low charge but when i charged him nothing happened. It is my old ipod and it is important for me as memory. I wanted to recover him but i used apple mac and i connected ipod to finder and after "preparing" mac said that software is unavailable. I used other windows computer and i get error 1675 from itunes, problem with communication. I opened back cover because i thought that maybe sething happened inside. Also i cannot access to files on my ipod from computer. I bought new cable and it haven't change nothing also i cannot Boot it because it only react to main and select button to restart. I wanted to download Rockbox software but i cannot access my ipod from computer to load software. I have a suspicion that this is because of problem with NAND flesh memory chip. I want to change this chip, but i have read that i need to program my new chip before replacing but i have no idea how to do it. Can you help me to solve this problem? I would be grateful to you all

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: iPod used to show 3.5 GB FREE but now shows 2.2 GB free

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 06:49:03 -0700

My iPod showed that it had 3.5 GB FREE a few days ago but now it shows 2.2 GB FREE.

⟐ Commented 9월 22, 2021 at 6:49 GMT-7

iPod Nano 3rd Generation: Corrupted + All music got deleted

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 10:27:28 -0700

All the music got deleted and itunes says its corrupted