Thursday, March 30th, 2006 at 10:55 PM
I grew tired of Googling each time I needed the correct button sequence to put iPods into their various modes, so I’ve put together this little interactive display. Click on one of the three darkened buttons above to display the key presses necessary to put the iPod in the selected mode. To use, Reset the iPod using the first combination, then use the Diagnostic Mode or Disk Mode combination as soon as the Apple logo appears.
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Beautiful. Thank you for the contribution. All good deeds are rewarded.
Nice. Handy and great visual design. My one question is why you decided to make different diagrams for the different click wheels as well as the first and second gen since those pairs share the same commands.
I decided to make different diagrams so that anyone could just hold up their iPod and see which buttons to press without knowing which version they’re using. If that’s the case, each wheel is labeled so that individual models can be easily identified.
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Why doesn’t somebody make a nice little widget out of this?
Nicely done! I especially like that you included each generation, regardless of whether or not their buttons were the same, and that you left an open spot for the much-anticipated 6th gen.
[...] I grew tired of Googling each time I needed the correct button sequence to put iPods into their various modes, so I’ve put together this little interactive display. Click on one of the three darkened buttons above to display the key presses necessary to put the iPod in the selected mode. To use, Reset the iPod using the first combination, then use the Diagnostic Mode or Disk Mode combination as soon as the Apple logo appears. Command-Tab [...]
most excellent. thanks for making such a great resource.
[...] Collin, over at Command-Tab, has put together a very nice interactive guide to button cominations to put your iPod into its various modes. There is a diagram of all iPod generations, and you can quickly see how to put your particular model into Diagnostic mode, Disk mode, or performa hard reset. Simple, but quite useful. The guide is available at http://www.command-tab.com/2006/03/30/hidden-ipod-commands/. Good job Collin! [...]
Simple to use and beautifully done – nice one!
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It doesn’t work on my nano :(
The Fifth Generation commands should work on the Nano. Can anyone confirm/deny this?
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I cant get this to work on my nano but yet the 5th gen click wheel you have there is small soo thats a nano click wheel.
Works fine on my nano
P.S. Everyone with nano go get IPOD Linux with vid support and idoom nano rocks
For those who aren’t able to get the button combinations to work — Are you holding the Hard Reset keys first, and then swapping your finger placement to one of the other two choices as soon as the Apple logo appears? I find it odd only because there are some reports of success and some failures…
I got it to work. Don’t let go of the click button and quickly move your other finger to second combination.
Excellent resource; many thanks. I’m in the position of having to administer at least four different types of iPods for various friends/family members, and that’s genuinely useful. I agree that having it in Dashboard Widget form would be very handy too.
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[...] Command-Tab has a useful interactive image to determine Hidden iPod Commands. I grew tired of Googling each time I needed the correct button sequence to put iPods into their various modes, so I’ve put together this little interactive display. Click on one of the three darkened buttons above to display the key presses necessary to put the iPod in the selected mode. To use, Reset the iPod using the first combination, then use the Diagnostic Mode or Disk Mode combination as soon as the Apple logo appears. Posted by Adam Filed in Site News [...]
On Shuffle, three times on PLAY go to the being of the playlist ;) This is cool ;)
iPod Commands for each Generation…
I don’t know if your like me but I own several versions of the iPod and there are times when you need to reset the device. However, with each new generation of the navigation wheel, Apple has changed the button sequences. Here is a site that i…
Easy to use and visually pleasing. Nice job!
this website is missing a crucial step. according to apple, they say you must move the hold switch on and off before pressing the buttons or continuing..
I’ve never once had to do that. I think that’s just a preventative step to make sure that people’s hold buttons are off so they don’t complain when the button combination doesn’t work ;-)
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Hidden iPod Commands…
Command-Tab has just put online an interactive display of “hidden” iPod commands. These commands, which are hard reset, diagnostic mode, and drive mode, allow your iPod to do basic tasks with a series of button combinations that vary based on……
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Will holding down the disk mode buttons make sure that iTunes will not erase my iPod if I plug it into a new computer?
Whether in Disk Mode or not, iTunes *will* ask you before linking the iPod with a new computer. As a data destroying operation, it would be terrible programming practice to simply wipe the iPod and put other songs on it. When iTunes asks if you would like to link the iPod to the new iTunes library, just click “No,” and your iPod will remain untouched.
can i put linux on my 4g ipod?
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iPodLinux currently works only on 1st through 3rd Gen iPods, and development is underway for the rest. Also, none of the color screen iPods are supported yet.
how do you get it out of this mode, mine seems to be stuck…
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Do a hard reset to get out of either mode.
*bookmark’d
Thanks, i too search the web for the correct key combination. This is handy.
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[...] Home | Reviews | Games | Contact | Advertise | About | Testimony Monday, April 3, 2006 Easy to Read iPod Reset Guide (and More) Posted at 16:18 File under: Hacks Ever need to hard reset your iPod and you fumbled through that little manual that came with your DAP or better yet, you Googled for the solution? Google and fumble no more because Command-Tab has got you covered with an easy to use guide. Simply select your desired action — hard reset, diagnostic mode, or disk mode — and every hard drive-based generation iPod wheel highlights the buttons you need to depress to enable the task you seek. Easy, fast, done. Nothing better than that, aye? [...]
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[...] Command-Tab » Hidden iPod Commands: I grew tired of Googling each time I needed the correct button sequence to put iPods into their various modes, so I’ve put together this little interactive display. [...]
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[...] Hidden iPod Commands under: Apple Mac — by efor — April 6, 2006 @12:30 am I grew tired of Googling each time I needed the correct button sequence to put iPods into their various modes, so I’ve put together this little interactive display. Click on one of the three darkened buttons above to display the key presses necessary to put the iPod in the selected mode. To use, Reset the iPod using the first combination, then use the Diagnostic Mode or Disk Mode combination as soon as the Apple logo appears. [...]
[...] All iPods except the Shuffle have a hidden diagnostic menu which includes, among other tools, the ability to run a full disk scan and report the status of the its hard drive. [...]
What do I do if it freezes after I do the diagnose thing?
and the ckickwheels not working?
Kat, what diagnostic test did you run before it froze, if any?
mine freezes up in the HDD Scan test. my hard drive keeps spinning on and off. does that mean its screwed?
i only hear clicking when it starts up, but thats more of “regular arm movement” clicking, not “oh my god, you’re so screwed” repetitive, loud noises…
any help would be appreciated!
ah, never mind. i found it. heh. i have a working ipod now! ^_^
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“Whether in Disk Mode or not, iTunes *will* ask you before linking the iPod with a new computer. As a data destroying operation, it would be terrible programming practice to simply wipe the iPod and put other songs on it. When iTunes asks if you would like to link the iPod to the new iTunes library, just click “No,â€? and your iPod will remain untouched.”
That doesn’t work for the shuffle. I plug in the shuffle and if I have deleted the songs from the library, it would automatically delete them from the player.
Is there any way I can get around this?
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This is nice, and I’ll blog it, but why didn’t you include a short summary of when you might need each mode … ?
Everyone’s linking to you so you’re bound to get a lot of traffic from curious iPod owners who’ve never yet had a problem.
…
When you might need these commands
Hard reset
Your iPod won’t turn on or is frozen.
Diagnostic mode
You’ve done a hard reset, trouble-shooterised everything you can but your iPod’s still buggered and you want to see what’s wrong with it. Not for the faint-hearted, apparently.
Disk mode
You want to use your iPod as a hard disk to store non-music files such as photos, documents etc.
…
It might also be useful to detail if you’ll need other equipment in any of these modes, e.g. the USB or FireWire cable for Disk mode.
Hope I got all that right. If I didn’t I’m sure I’ll be shot down in flames …
Martium
http://martium.org/
The Shuffle doesn’t have disk mode to being with, but that’s beside the point. The original question to which I was responding was “Will holding down the disk mode buttons make sure that iTunes will not erase my iPod if I plug it into a new computer?” I just now plugged my iPod Shuffle — which is paired with my PowerBook — into my Mac Mini, and iTunes asked if I wanted to wipe it and link it to the “new” library. Not wanting to, I clicked “No,” of course.
Point being, when you move an iPod between computers, iTunes will not erase it without asking. Doing so would ruin one of the best features of the iPod — being able to transport files between computers. I wouldn’t want to have to reload my iPod’s music every time I brought some files to a friend’s to put onto his/her computer.
I think what you’re talking about is iTunes’ feature where the music library and the iPod are synchronized, which is the default behavior of all new iPods. You can turn this off by plugging in the iPod, opening iTunes’ preferences, and clicking the iPod tab. There, you can choose “Manually manage songs and playlists” which will allow you to move specific files to your iPod without iTunes “interfering.” I have iTunes set this way, too.
Hidden iPod commands…
Command-tab has a nice little summary of the hidden iPod commands for resetting your iPod, testing the hardware and putting it into disk mode. I think the diagram could benefit from some information about when the iPod owner might need…
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I just want to say thanks SO much for posting this. My Ipod stopped playing music but all the files on it were still intact and I was rather upset about having to wipe it. All the suggestions I got anywhere else were just “Suck it up and wipe it”, this was the first thing I found that actually had a reference to the elusive Diagnostic Mode, which managed to save my Ipod :D
Hidden iPod Commands…
There are a few iPod commands you may need at some point to put the iPod in its various modes or do a hard reset. Hard Reset: You use a hard reset when your iPod won’t turn on or…
Alrite you are officially my hero. I wish I had known about your site before messing my ipod up & accidentally erasing all the songs. All the other sites that led me up to accidentally erasing all my songs because of the “helpful hints” are officially pwned by you. Told me to just wipe it all and start anew. So I did. But I still didn’t get out of Disk Mode. So.. They have nothing on you.
You actually help.
Thank you.
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my ipod is frozen and when i use this it doesnt work and when i connect it to the computer it doesnt recognize it..i have no i dea what to do!! and when the charging sign comes up it doesnt move!!
manu, try just letting it sit and wait for the battery to drain completely. Then, plug it into wall power and immediately hold the iPod to your ear and listen for any irregular hard drive clicks or spin-up-down-up-down-etc sounds. If all else fails, try testing the hard drive as descibed in this post. If all else fails, email me using the link at right, and I’ll see if I can help you out.
Thank you.
I just got a 30GB iPod and set up iTunes on the only computer we had at the time (a laptop) and we had to give it back to its original owners and we got a new computer. iTunes wasnt working all that great on the laptop after the first few times updating my ipod. So i just installed itunes on this computer and I had some of my old music transfered from the laptop onto this hard drive (but ive also downloaded a bunch of new music). All I want to do is add onto the songs I already have on my ipod. I want to add all the songs i have recently downloaded, but my ipod is going to erase all my songs that currently are in my ipod and just add the new ones (this has happened to me before). When it asks if i want to link to the new library and replace the songs i say no (because i dont want to erase the old ones–just add on) but then nothing happens after that. Its like if i dont switch to the new library and get rid of my old songs i cant get any of the new ones on there. Its like all or nothing. Im so aggravated and i dont know what to do. Can anyone help??? Is there any sort of setting i need to have it on? This is really frustrating.
[...] Command-Tab has created an interactive display tool for the 5 major generations of iPod model. It provides iPod button combinations of performing Hard Reset, Diagnostic Mode and Disk Mode functions for first through fifth generation models. [...]
thank you SO MUCH FOR THIS WEBSITE!!! IT SAVED MY iPOD!
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Hi,
First off thanks so much for the great advice, helped me fix my iPod that was acting quite strangely (all the songs had dissapeared, yet the same amount of memeory was being used…anyhow all fixed now)
I do recall one of my mates finding a way to update your iPod with whatever songs you like off another iTunes (without having to replace everything…bla…bla…you know the message you get when you plug your iPod to someone elses iTunes….)
Anyhow, for the life of me I can’t remember how to do it, I was wondering if anyone here could help.
THhnks!
Dave
Never mind!! Found it….
http://forums.ipodhacks.com/archive/index.php/t-201.html
Thanks anyway :-)
I love the HDD diagnostic that tells you the temperature of the onboard HDD…. geeky, but cute!
You have made a 29 year old geek happy. My Ipod had frozen and I went to the Apple support site and the reset options were not correct. You need to give them the correct reset options for the 5th Gen Ipod. Oh screw it..thats why you are here. Marq
I am stuck in Disk Mode on my Ipod Nano. I can’t do anything on the ipod nano. How do I get out of this?
Holding the Reset buttons for the 5th Gen iPod should reboot your nano out of Disk Mode.
i went to turn on my ipod to go outside, but when i looked at it, it said disk mode and wont do nething. i never put it into disk mode and i dont know how. So if u could tell me how to get ouyt of it thatd be great.
thnx
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I have a 2 gb ipod nano and i have sent it to apple before for this problemand they said that there was nothing wrong with it. it basically wont reset, i plu it into the usb port and all you can hear is the hard drive spinning/clicking. when i go to reset it you can hear a slight pause in the spinning but nothing happens. Itunes doesnt recognize it. I believe the battery is completely dead in it, and it wont boot back up.
It’s an iPod nano and has no hard drive — it’s flash based. What are you hearing…?
Please help ….I need to find out what happened to my ipod..The screen shows that the hold button is on but it isn’t so bascially I can only hear it if connected to the PC, not to my earphones. Which mean any of the reset options doesn’t work b/c the ipod thinks it’s on hold…I guess it’s frozen in the inside, but it works connected to the computer.
Please..
My 2g ipod nano isn’t working at all. When I plug it into the computer it recognises it, and it charges, and I can upload music onto it, but nothing shows up on the screen, at all. All that happenes is the screen lights up very bright, more of a whiteish color really. And sometimes when I plug my headphones in, I can hear the music, but I can’t do anything. And I’m assuming that this means it’s stuck in lock mode. I was wondering if anyone knows how I can fix this so I don’t have to pay 200 dollars to fix it when I get back to Canada. If you can help me, you’ll be my honest to god hero.
Faith, it sounds as if your iPod’s screen cable may have come loose somehow. If you see nothing on the screen at any point in time, it’s either a loose screen cable or a bad logic board inside the iPod. If you’re comfortable working inside the iPod, you can crack it open and re-seat the cable to see if that fixes the problem.
ok my ipod when i plug it in my ipod wont show up on itunes at all so i cant put music ont it…then something will come up and say file corrupted or something please run chkdsk uttility …what do i do?
I am trying to find out info on fixing my IPOD that has barely been used. The center button won’t press down…which is needed to select a playlist or a tune. Does anyone know how I can fix this??? Thanks so much!
I have just bought the 30g ipod and have used ephod as a tool to get others music to my itune’s. when I disconnect the ipod goes continually attempts to reboot or goes into disk mode. I have tried other google’d techniques. does anyone have any ideas
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i just got an ipod radio transmitter for my ipod mini. when i plugged it in the system it froze up and i have never had any freezing problems in the year and a half that i have had it. i,ve tried soft and hard resets, disassembling the ipod everything. but its still frozen on the ipod sign. wut else can i try?
Hey …can anybody help me….i want to put my ipod pictures into a new computer….how can i do it??? pleazzz help me!!!! ~andy~
i found an ipod nano, can i reset it and down load music
I’ve had a long history with radio transmitters and problems with ipods. My first ipod worked great for a little over a year, then I got a radio transmitter. The very first time I put the ipod on the transmitter it froze up. I let the battery run down and it seemed alright at first but then I noticed that the ipod had a mind of its own. Sometimes the ipod would just switch songs for no reason or turn off. This ipod was under warranty so after doing everything apple suggested I sent it in for a new ipod. While waiting for new ipod to come used another ipod on transmitter. Same story–messed-up the ipod. This one never froze it just did flaky things like turn off or swich songs. Total # of ipods this transmitter screwed up-3. Returned transmitter to store only to be told they had never heard of anything like that, they had had no problems with these transmitters. Now two years later I buy a new car with an option of a transmitter being put in through the wiring harness of the system. I think– they know what they are doing, surly this one will not mess-up my ipod. This ipod is about a year old, never had any problems before, then the second time I put it on the transmitter the menu button will not respond when pushed.After re-booting ipod, menu button is fine but now ipod sometimes while playing will switch off in the middle of the song giving a message about how it does not have a photo card. I know this is long but as you can see I have had quite a history with all this. Am I unlucky or is this as common a problem as it seems? Why do the transmitters screw up ipods? And last what can I do now to fix my ipod. It is no longer under warranty? (PS At car dealership I am told they have never seen this problem before.)
You guys rock!!!!!! My iPod was stuck in disk mode and I could not do a thing with it. Your quickie fix saved me alot of time. Thank you so much!!!!
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Never mind!! Found it….
http://forums.ipodhacks.com/archive/index.php/t-201.html
This does not work for me because after I click “no”, my laptop claims that there is no ipod plugged in. What can I do?
my ipod was stuck in disc mode i went to hard reset by pushing the top two buttons which would be the center button and menu at the same time my problem was fixed in ten seconds thank you
please help me ||
i have an ipod photo 4th generation 40 gb. and the problem is when i turn it on.it gives me the sad ipod..then i force it into the disk mode it successfully
goes in the disk mode saying disk mode ok to disconnect (when no keys are working).then i plug it into the computer
now the computer and ipod both detect each other (in ipod it says do not disconnect and the battery starts chargin as appears) and in the computer it detects
it as a USB device…..BUT after like 5-7 seconds the ipod restarts to the same sad face automatically..and the computer disconnects the connection as well.
THEN when i restart the ipod (WHILE CONNECTED TO THE COMPUTERS USB) IT SHOWS me the bad battery icon
can anyone please tell me if i m missing any step or what could be wrong with the ipod.
thanx alot..pardon my forum manners because i am really new here.
Nabeel
[...] The iMac restarted fine, and I got into iTunes to click all the relevant boxes; the iPod, sadly, continued to show “do not disconnect” until I finally bit the bullet and took it out of its cradle. After this, it would show its Apple logo for a while before inevitably switching to the SII. Trying all the boot-time key combinations didn’t work: booting up in disk mode seemed successful until I connected the USB cable; and diagnostic mode checked everything out, except the hard-drive test which just hung. [...]
i feel absolutely retarded. ive tried these combos so many times and none of them seem to work for me. i do the reset then do back and select or any other combo the only one that works is the reset. what the hell am i doing wrong. i have a 4th gen 20 gig ipod someone help please
[...] I can never remember, when it comes to bringing frozen iPod back to life. What was that key combination again? Ok, let ask Google. Again? So we are looking for… “ipod restart keys”. Quite a bad luck.. yeah.. Oh Oh! I got it: “ipod reboot keys”. Bingo! But ok, this time let’s bookmark it: http://www.command-tab.com/2006/03/30/hidden-ipod-commands/. And by the way, that guy has done a good job. Visiually it’s just brilliant. [...]
Thank you so much, this really is a great service to so many people!
Thanks what a GREAT help !!!!!!
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After fighting with me ipod for the last two days I decided to start hitting it with something to see if it would actually work and surprise it fixed itself within five seconds.I can’t believe it actually worked! thank you so much for the suggestion you just saved me from sending my ipod to apple and spending god knows what to fix it!
Like so many before me: Thank you for your work here!
The commands do worked on my ipod nano but you have to make sure to quickly switch your finger placement to one of the other modes after you do a hard reset.
how can i get my songs onto my new computer? i put it into disk mode correct? but what from there?
awesome…thanks a lot..really got me out of a problem..gr8 work
keep it up
Thanks a ton–that was a big time saver!
miguel says:
“mine freezes up in the HDD Scan test. my hard drive keeps spinning on and off. does that mean its screwed?”
A day later he writes:
“ah, never mind. i found it. heh. i have a working ipod now! ^_^”
But what did he find??? This is my problem. The HDD Scan test never gets anywhere.
Thanks guys. Hope everyone is well.
Gav
THANK YOU!!
hey you guys well at first my ipod was frozen and then i fixed that problem but now i cant put music on my ipod (30 gb white)every time i connect it to my computer it completly restarts my computer it does this everytime i try to connect it and i dont know wat else to do !! can you guys HELP me please and thank you
ok my 2gb iPod Nano went into disk mode the other day, and i reset it and everything, so the iPod itself is fine, but when I plug it into the computer, it will charge and everything, but windows nor itunes recognize it as an iPod, it just says USB device. what do I do?
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The Ipod Nano of my boyfriend seems to be frozen. The wheel is stuck, and the buttons are not working. I can see the menu, but can’t do anything. I gave it a hard restart several times and downloaded the newest itunes, but nothing worked. a week ago we took it with us on vacation, and on the way back it wasn’t working anymore.
What happened? What can we do?
OMG this website helped me out now i can finally listen to my music again…thnx alotttttt
My iPod began to switch songs by itself. While doing this it would make the spinning/clicking noise. A couple of days later it would show a picture of a folder and under it saying http://www.apple.com/support/ipod. Now it has frozen completely, shows the apple logo and doesn’t make any noise at all. And just two seconds ago it died wxcept it keeps freezing on the battery logo.
Any suggestions?
How about a breakdown of what each test does in Diagnostic Mode? Each different generation of iPod seems to run different tests.
You know the little button on the top left-hand corner of the ipod secreen that has either a pause sign or an arrow? Mine has disapeared! I can still pause and play it But now it won’t turn turn off! please help!
-Kelsey
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Hi guys, I have a 2 GB ipod nano. I recently dropped my nano on the snow now I seem I cant turn off my ipod. It wont go to sleep or anything, I even let it drained for 24 hours and it aint working. Anyone know the problem?
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[...] Just a quickie, my iPod nano decided to crash and my normal reboot key combination did not fix it, this post explains how to reboot it. It turns out there are three different reboot commands: [...]
hi there, so my Ipods center button won’t press down and it is driving me crazy. I don’t know what to do to fix it and I don’t want to ship it in becuase my last Ipod never came back. so if you could help me that would be great thanks!
great site. saved me a trip to the apple store…very appreciated…
Thank you so much. That was prefectly nifty of you.
Hi, I have a 4th generation 20gb ipod. I have the problem of updating one set of itunes so songs from another do not play anymore on my ipod. When I went to fix this problem and update my ipod on the older(but then updated) itunes, the itunes froze while my ipod was connected. I disconnected my ipod from the cable and all night it would switch between the Apple Logo, The folder with a question mark symbol, and “Do Not Disconnect” screen. Today about an hour ago the screen now changed to being in Disk Mode with a large check mark saying “Okay to disconnect”. I have tried all methods of resetting/restarting/rebooting, but nothing will change the screen. What should I do, do you think there’s any hope left??
Thank you so much.
Hannah
[...] I found out how to put it into disk mode (thanks to this link), which enables the player to be mounted, but without allowing the usual player OS to load. [...]
I thought they did disk mode automatically? My iPod Nano does, I use it as a thumb drive between here and work.
I like your interactive IPOD command Fix. It work fine for my 30GB IPOD
Equipment:5th generation ipod with video – purchased Nov 2005.
Worked great until last week. My ipod radio remote wouldn’t show up
in the main menu. I restored to factory settings 3 times and “radio”
wouldn’t show up in the menu. I tried my ipod radio on a friend’s ipod
and it DOES show up and the radio does work. I did the apple diagnostics and when I get to: Accessorize test:
Please plug FW
LCD ID: 2
FWPWR: 0
I try both the usb power and my radio power and the above info:
Please plug FW
LCD ID: 2
FWPWR: 0
remains the same.
Also I get go to the next test.
Has anyone ever seen this?
thanks for this blog.
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God bless you! I’ve been trying to reset my iPod forever! You’re a big help!
My husband pluged my ipod nano in his computer the other day, I guess to charge it. Now it says Disk Mode, Do not Disconnect and I can’t get it to do anything else. Have all my songs been erased? What do I do now? Thanks for any help you can give!
I have the older version of the ipod nano
it has went into ipod dignostics mode
how do i get it off of that
sumone please help !
x
you’re such a nice person, that display should be included in future ipod programs
How do I reset my 30g ipod so that the owners name and stuff can be changed. My old computer crashed and now I dont have master control to my Ipod???
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I have a really old I-pod it stopped working 2 years ago so i just bought a new MP3 Player. i tried again with the i-pod and it still doesnt work, i ran the diagnostic on the hard drive inside and it said it Failed is there anyway to fix this without giving apple more money to repair it?
i think you just saved my life, I thought my pod was broken. thanks!!
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my hard drive crashed yesterday, so I got a new one and now I want my music back!! I know you can use my video ipod as a external drive, but I didn’t go through the process on my old drive because I didn’t expect it to crash…is there anyway to get it off my ipod and onto my comp?
Wow! This worked! Thank you soooo much!
thanks. My daughter came out with “my iPod is frozen”. Not anymore!
I have reseted the Ipod(i have a 60 GB one) because i had the same problem with the “Do not disconnect” message.But after i have turned it on and insert the USB cable it still shows the same message.Can anybody help me?
this totaly blows . My bro got an ipod nano for his bday on apri29 annd now it is frozen . ive tried numerous things but no dice. What do i do
i have an ipod fifth generation i want to know whats the command to put in scandisk mode?
cheers! this was very helpful and quick to the point.
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I’ve tried every ipod command and nothing works i don’t kno whats wrong the screen is frozen but when i try to reset it the wheel wont do the command…when i plug the Usb cord into the port everything works fine and when it shuts off i put it on hold and it comes back on I NEED SERIOUS HELP I MISS MY IPOD
[...] Unter diesem Link gibts eine gute Zusammenstellung der Tasten, die man drücken muss, um den IPod in die betreffenden Modis zu versetzen, wenn mal gar nix mehr geht. [...]
[...] Earlier this evening, I find my Generation 3 iPod jammed up. I’ve tried hard reseting the ‘pod but it’s still not mounting properly so I’m currently running an HDD Scan in Diagnostic Mode. Despite the simplistic interface that doesn’t tell you what’s happening, I’m pretty certain the iPod is scanning itself because it has gotten very hot. There are so many things wrong with the previous sentence that I’m going to avoid it like an STD-ridden whore. [...]
Kat Von D…
I Googled for something completely different, but found your page…and have to say thanks. nice read….
Your commands worked!Thanks
my screen froze on play, lit up, at the start of a song. the commands don’t work and even plugging it in doesn’t work. my itunes doesn’t even read it. what do i do?
Ok so i tried to put new songs on my ipod using a different computer and i looked on the internet and aparently ephPod works (which it does for those who want to know how to put songs on without syncing) but then it went into disk mode so i tried to turn it back how this site said and then it goes to the main apple screen, the lght is on and then I will here a sound at the back like it has turned of, and then the apple screen turns on again, and then it starts all over again………for a few moments there was also a picture which DID NOT look good……………I have no idea what to do please can someoe help!!!
[...] was in a diagnostics mode i’ve never seen before. googling resulted in the following find: a site that lists all the hidden ipod commands for the five generations of iPods out there. [...]
[...] sequence of keystrokes to put an iPod classic/mini/nano into diagnostic or disk mode. The page at http://www.command-tab.com/2006/03/30/hidden-ipod-commands/ comes in handy as a graphic cheat-sheet. [...]
my 60 GB ipod is formatted to a PC and i just got a new macbook. i dont want to lose all my music by reformatting my ipod. Can somone help me out??? what can i do?
It arose! At 2 a.m., when I couldn’t sleep, when plugging it into the PowerBook accomplished nothing,and when I was wondering blearily why I was doing Web-searches by eccentric wireless connexion for eyes that could barely focus to see.
A clear presentation, with lovely useful graphics, and good results.
Now I still can’t sleep but that’s because I have Stan Kenton and his Orchestra in the room with me!
I have a 5th Generation Ipod video 30gb. I am trying to get in the Disc Scan function that Apple says is there but noone can find. I know there is a function when using a Mac OS, but I need the command for PC users. Can anyone help me out? Let me say again to avoid waisting anyones time. I do not need the hard reset, diag or the disk check function listed above, just the HDD (harddrive) scan. Thanks a bunch!!
I tried all of these but it still didnt work…my buttons are not even recognizing that i am touching the dial
I used the all hard reset button sequences on a frozen first generation iPod Shuffle. Success! Before the reset, the Shuffle only showed up in System Profiler, but not in Finder or iTunes. Also, it would only blink orange/green when any of the buttons were pressed. After the hard reset, all is back to normal. Thanks!
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The Diagnose Mode doesn’t work on my ipod. What do I do if it freezes after the diagnose command?
i have a 30gb 5th generation ipod when it turns on it makes a click click click sound then goes to the sad face apple icon and the shuts down how can i fix this? and if i take it to apple would it cost?
hey, sorry im sure this question has been asked but couldnt find the answer
how can i add songs onto my iPod from another persons iTunes wthout having to sync it hence wiping all the songs from my iPod??
To all those who have iPod’s stuck in Diagnostic/Disk modes, connect them to your computer without the charger cord, back up your music files, allow your computer to drain your iPod’s battery. Once it’s completely drained press ON (play) and it will be back to normal. Also, if it has been spinning a long time put an ice pack underneath it for this process. Drives/computers work better when cool.
Great resource! Thanks for building this page!
Hey all, just checked out this site, pretty cool. I have a 40GB iPod photo. It crashed completely on me last week. I finally got to reset after crashing so hard it even reset to the orignal firmware, not the 1.2.1 version that was loaded on there, now for some odd reason the iPod is reading as a 16GB hard drive and not a 40GB. what the hell? Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Thanks for the info…boyfriend who is a computer geek couldn’t fix it, but with your website, I fixed it by myself! Thanks again.
amazing! My iPod was stuck in disk mode for weeks, i’m so grateful for this web page
without the disk mode i would not have been able to fix my ipod. my ipod kept rebooting over and over again (on the black ipod logo screen) and i could not reset simply by plugging into the usb.
hi, im having real troubles with my ipod. its an ipod mini and on the way to the gym the other day i dropped it, it carried on playing the same song then after that just froze. i tried to connect it to the laptop and nothing comes up on itunes but the battery shows on the screen and that is frozen too! i have tried pressing the middle and menu button and all that happens is it shows a pic of a ipod and tells me to go to http://www.apple.com/support/ipod
do you have any ideas as to what i can do??
thanks
filejuicer will save your photos in your iPod. I accidentally wiped out my hard drive on my MAC when I loaded Tiger. Luckily, I was able to save the music and photos with Senuti (for the music) and filejuicer (for the photos).
Hey, I have a 15 g 3rd gen iPod that is not working. I am trying the diagnostic mode and using the HDD scan. How long is this supposed to take? It says “HDD SCAN START…. ” for the last 3 hours. Probably a bad hd, right?
i have an ipod video and it froze up, i tried reseting and all the other options and nothing seems to work, any suggustions??
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Thanks so much. I totally panicked when my ipod froze; and this site definitely saved my ipod’s ass. I am book marking for future reference!
this is the greatest day since christmas. that helpful little display helped me fix my ipod!!! i love you.
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thank you very much! you’ve saved my ipod!!
Thank You Very Much!
LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thankyou so so so much, i’m leaving for university today and my ipod just carked it and i had a psych attack thinking i wouldn’t be able to get it fixed in time
Ahhh, what a life saver you are
=)
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thank you so much! i was in a panic…thank God for google & you!
:)
Thanks a lot to whoever posted this. I thought my ipod was busted but i just had to reset it.
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thank you soo much for creating this site!!! I didn’t know what to do with my ipod! sure i had to reset a few times before, but pushing the play/pause button and the “ok” button wasn’t working. my ipod had never before been on disk mode, soo thanks to whoever made this site! you are a lifesaver! all 5 flavours! haha!
Brilliant.
Any more tricks?
azrin @http://www.azrin.net
thank you dude, i was gonna threw this iPod away but you saved me !!TY TY TY
i have a frozen ipod that doesnt want to go on.it was flat,and i charged it for an hour then found it totaly off.your commands doesnt seem to work.its stil off.i need my ipod working because my study files are on here. and im thinking maybe im not pressing the buttons at the same time acaxtly.please help
HELLo there i have a Ipod Photo 40GB
it used to work 2 days ago an otherday it would not charge
and today it will charge i left it to charge
and the apple ipod is on and now it wont go off and is frozen the lock buttion is off so it defo isint that,
any ideas id love to here as would like to sort this out,
thanks
http://www.myspace.com/djsafethedeckwizard
can contact me on there :)
hope you all can help me ill be very greatful,
it is stuck on the APPLE LOGO and will not turn off
please please help
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This worked. A “dead” iPod lives again! Thank you so much for the graphic interface!
Hi
YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the tips. I almost toss my 4th gen click wheel. now it’s back alive!
PRAISE THE LORD!!!
I just was so sad that my Ipod Video 80GB went dark. I heard the hard disk clicking but nothing. Did not show up under Windows either. So. Service said – send it in… I said – no way. I live outside the US now and know that things are easily “lost” in service stations. So, had my Ipod sleeping for months now. Today dropped in here by pure chance! The “Disc Mode” did the trick! My Ipod is ALIVE!
Thanks, thanks, THANKS!
Cheerio
hiya,
i have an ipod mini. i have just recently had my battery replaced and it works fine except my play/pause button is not responding and it is not stuck, this means i can not pause a song or turn my ipod off. how can i fix my button?
please help thanx
amazing. thank you command-tab.
Thanks! This helped me troubleshoot an ugly (and annoying) problem.
I have an 80gb ipod video.. today i put it on after having it in my friends mac.. and it says it cant find my music files none of them, i look at the ipod in the finder and it says its almost full, therefore the files must be there somewhere, i have all music there that i really do not want to loose.. the other things i have inside the ipod such as documents etc all remain there untouched and able to drag drop etc..
i put itunes on and its asking to restore since it cant read or find the files..
any suggestions as to how to get the music out without loosing it?
Thanks
Rafa
Hallo! First of all THANK YOU!!! I spent many hours looking at my iPod… and it was just doing it over and over.. I mean reset. And your interactive display helped me soooo much!!!!!!
But It seems like I’ve got another problem with my Ipod 80Gb:
After reappling factory defaults it cleared all music, pictures and videos from iPod but in iTunes I see that the volume of Ipod is only 74,38Gb. Like it still consitsts all that music and video.
If you know how to fix it I would be glad to recieve E-mail from you :)
P.S. sorry for my English.. not native language)
THANKS!!! Phew, able to get my ol’ iPod to boot up and read thanks to your lovely graphic. Only using it as a (testy) external HD these days and it got stuck at the Apple icon. Knew there was a sequence to try, just couldn’t recall the buttons/order. It’s on it’s last legs, so time to back-up and retire!!
I run the diagnostic check and I get to “HP Dectect Test” and I can’t continue. The screen says HP DETECT :0
Any Ideas???
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I have a 30 gig 5th generation iPod video, recently, whenever I try turning it on, it goes to a screen that says to go to http://www.apple.com/support/iPod . When I tried to plug it into my computer it says very low battery, even if I leave it plugged in all day. I have done everything I could think of, and I no longer have an warranty, could you please help?
Thanks. Your diagram was the ONLY solution when My iPod got stuck inDisk Mode.
All the other solutions did not work.
Thanks
Thank you for taking the time to formulate solutions to various Ipod problems. My Ipod froze but I followed your directions for a ‘hard reset” and it worked!!
As a result, I have no excuses for not getting on that treadmill tomorrow, now that I have my work out music back!!
Thanks again
I have 30gb Video Ipod that was giving me the sad face. When I plug it in it just cycles through:
Apple Logo, Sad Face, Very Low Battery.
It goes into “Disk Mode” but when I connect it, It doesn’t show on the computer or itunes. I’ve done the “iPod Diagnostics” but I don’t really know what to look for. Please help!! The Reset aslo doesn’t work, sad face comes out.
Collin:
Many thanks for the ipod button sequences. Very helpful. Also your hd replacement instructions. I am working on my 1G ipod (as I write), having bought a Toshiba 20gig from etech parts. Adios for now, Bob Hogan
Wow, you just saved my Ipod dude! Thanks!!
I have a ipod classic 40 gb and i got it and everytime i turn it on it g oes to a sad face and then i reset and it didn’t work and i tried disc mode but now it says ok to disconnect i dont no whut to do now i want it fixed please help me
hey thanx for the great reset, info it was doin my head, am very happy
My IPod Classic (5th Generation) just started getting very hot and then it comes up with an IPod icon with a sad face with a triangle with an exclamation point in it, then it has a website to go to. I’ve tried the hard reset, but it still goes black and can’t get anything to come up. When I attach to computer it still does the same thing. Been on charge all weekend so I don’t think its that. Any ideas? Please help.
Thanks, the information was very useful, i was able to reset my ipod 5th generation
Thank U for takin the time to do this! This is a great site and I will definitely pass it on!
Fantastic, your illustrations where, are, still better than what Apple Inc. provided.
ta!
can anybody answer this???
I have a 30GB Photo iPod and it is stuck in “Recovery Mode” and restoring the iPod does not fix this problem.
When I plug my iPod into my computer it says “iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes.”
I choose to restore the iPod (it erases my songs and settings, etc…); I follow the instructions to plug the iPod into a wall outlet. I choose English as my language…and finally, I plug it back into my computer to add back the songs….HOWEVER…I get the same message: “iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes.” and the process repeats….
I’ve restored my iPod about many times now and nothing changes. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
Truly outragious!! thnx whoever submit dis command, chaos!!
Hey – thanks for all this good stuff – my ipod is going thu the tests with me (uh-oh) 4th generation 30G and i’m stuck in the *accessorize test* . . . what now? Help! and Thx!
ahhh! i have a 5th Gen iPod video that has recently karked it. it was on a docking station when all functions ceased to work (music was playing but the “click wheel” was not working). it then proceeded to crash. i was then greeted with the dreaded sad face. i have followed every instruction from every forum, even apples own, but still cannot find the answer to this infuriating problem. i can force the iPod into disk mode, successfully connect it to my macbook, but if i restore it, that bloody sad face returns at the end of the process. if i disconnect my iPod from itunes without restoring it stays at a screen saying ok to disconnect. my iPod sowftware is up to date. i am so sick of this. for an iPod less than a year old, this is ridiculous. please help! im in a foreign country and my iPod was the one thing keeping me sane. any help will be greatly appreciated. cheers
My ipod won’t even hard reset. i’ve tried and nothing happens. i’ve restored it and reinstalled the software on it twice. it works for about 5 min. then goes black again. it’s a 5th gen. click wheel if that makes a difference at all.
My 3rd Gen ipod was stuck in data mode. Got it sorted thanks to your help. Simply followed on screen diagram. Cheers. Thomas
i have a 5th gen.and it says to hook it up to itunes to restore i do this and it does nothing wut do i do and i have tried to put it in disk mode but it does nothing plz help
At school were working on PSA’s and i plugged in my ipod to listen to music while we edit the PSA on an imac i dont know which one it was but it might of been an older one. SO itunes pops up and i can see my ipod and im just playing the songs off of their. Then i ejected it and my ipod said no songs like everything is gone, it looks as if it were wiped clean of everything i had on there. i plug my ipod back into the imac and my ipod pops up like it did before with all my music on there but when i unplug it, it saids it empty of any music. i have an 80 gig ipod classic i have no clue what to do. Nothing popped up saying like sync and im pretty sure i have it set to manual. please tell me what to do.
I Have The First Generation ..
I Turned It On Yesterday Morning it had full battery but yet it said “please wait .. Very Low Battery”
So I Left It On Charge All Day ..
And Its Still Not Workin ..
You Cant Rele See That It Says It Much Coz The Screen Is Dark And None Of The Buttons Will Work So I Pressumed It Has Crashed But I Have Tried That Method And It Dosent Appear To Work ..
Help Anyone ???
Sheree, it does that when your USB isn’t charging it anymore. Try using a differentUSB outlet or a wall unit.
Worked great. Thanks very much
I Have Tried A Differant Usb Cable ..
I Asked A Friend If They Knew And They Said My Battery Might Have Died And I Need a New One .. ?
Thankyou Aaron For Your Advice :)
Hi there! I have an ipod mini which will only play for about 10 seconds before it stops, goes to the apple screen, then goes to the language selection screen. I have tried resetting it, but after the apple screen it goes to the language selection screen where i choose English and then it still will only play for a few seconds. Thank you for any advice!
I HAVE USED THIS OVER AND OVER! LOVE IT~MANY MANY THANKS!
Thank you so much for your help!
I have an 8gb ipod video that I cannot get past error 1437 or that its corrupted and won’t allow me to restore. I have run diagnostic and end up at (Please plug FW) LCD ID: 2 , FWPWR: 0. What do I do next or the previous, How do I restore/get it too restore. THX Dan
Sorry 80gb
THX Dan
Thank you sooo much. I practically want to make love to you right now.
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thanks a lot i had a 4gig nano and it was telling me to restore i just put it in recovery mode format the disk and restored its working great thanks
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I LOVE YOU
I kinda have the same problem that SHEREE had except I knew my battery was screwy so I bought a replacement and after I put the new battery in I started getting the ” please wait .. Very Low Battery”
I cant get any of those little commands to work
i keep restating my ipod and trying to put it to diagnostic mode or to disk mode but it wont work what should i do?
Thank you so much for this!! my ipod was frozen and was about to open it up until I saw this! Thank you!!!!
Again — GRATITUDE!!!
(5th gen iPod Nano that was stuck in a wipe’n'restore loop that seemed unbreakable.)
have an 8gb ipod video that I cannot get past error 1437 or that its corrupted and won’t allow me to restore. I have run diagnostic and end up at (Please plug FW) LCD ID: 2 , FWPWR: 0. What do I do next or the previous, How do I restore/get it too restore. THX Dan
eric
Thank you. I was getting very frustrated until I found this VERY useful site. Many, many thanks.
I got my I pod up and running after using the imfo gllen from this web siteI had visited a lot of sites before findine this one and the didn’t give me the steps I needed to get my GEN4 machine going Thank you
Thanks…fixed my stuck I-pod
Wow! That was so quick and easy. I did it like less than a minute. My sis told me to do it the wrong way, centre and bottom. THANK YOU!!!
Just so you know…
YOU ROCK
i now have the cheapest working ipod video ever bought on ebay!
Thank man, my ipod has been down for couple, simply refused to be detected by my computer. Finally thank to your hard reset it work again.
The battery on my iPod got very very low, then died completely. I put it into the dock to recharge, but nothing happened at all — the screen remained completely dark. I tried doing the hard reset, and got a very faint Apple logo once or twice, but it wouldn’t go beyond that. Since then, I’ve tried the hard re-set numerous times and can’t even get the Apple logo to appear. I’ve tried all the combinations shown in the diagram for the various modes and the screen is still just completely black. Any advice? Thanks.
Thanks!
It was just beautiful to see simple and useful advise, and it works!
Your commands do not work for my ipod nano 2G. It will come on and say welcome and then you can go through the menu but when I try to reset or go into disk mode it will do nothing. My problem is when I connect the ipod to the pc itunes will not recognize the ipod. It is not the usb cable or hub because I have a ipod classic and it works fine. I have no way to download songs onto this nano.If you have suggestions please let me know.
thanks,
very helpful!! thanks!!
Fixed the above-referenced low battery / unable to re-set problem (Message #267). It was a very simple solution: All I did was to connect the iPod to my iMac, instead of trying to recharge on the dock. Took a while to recharge, but it’s now up and running just fine.
I am having this problem too, and I do not see a response.
I run the diagnostic check and I get to “HP Dectect Test” and I can’t continue. The screen says HP DETECT :0
Any Ideas???
nothing is working on my 4th gen, which is fustrating because I was trying to load an audiobook onto it for a long drive that was supposed to start 40 min ago, grr…
Which brings me to: Every time i plug my ipod into my computer, it freezes! what’s the deal? Anyone?
oh my god!!!!! you are a life saver i would kiss you
I love you mister! thanks a lot
OMG! thank you so much this actually worked! I have the “fourth generation” and today it froze up! usually to reset it I would have to toggle the hold switch on and off and then press menu and play at the same time…but that won’t always work so I have to plug it into the computer…but today neither of those options worked! But just holding the middle button and menu at the same time made it work! I am gonna bookmark this page! Seriously I say thank you!
Wow… Thanks for the visual. Really Helped!
Excellent! Have bookmarked this as it comes in so handy for myself and my wife who have several different models of the iPod.
Thank you for your great grafic design. My iPod 5th generation had a problem and your tips help me to hear music again. Thank you. Ralph
When stuck in Disc Mode, press the Menu and center button at the same time. When you do this, actually count to at least 10. It is not instant. This should help those that haven’t been successful. Have a Great Day!
WOW thanks for this helpful graphic! I’m currently duking it out with a 4th gen. Appreciate this!
Thank you so much my ipod would not turn on for the life of me
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I just bought my first Ipod (5th generation) used and could not figure out how to re-boot! You are a Life Saver……. Thanks
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Pls can anyone help me ? i have an Ipod nano 2, and when i connect it to pc, it always appears in windows like a memory stick, and i cannot copy any music in it. I reseted it, tryed all i seen here, and still cannot do anything to make it work. Pls send me an email whoever can help me, i will apreciate this (b_jey18@yahoo.com)
I have a 30GB Photo iPod and it is stuck in “Recovery Mode” and restoring the iPod does not fix this problem.
When I turn on my Ipod, it says it connect it to the computer and use itunes to restore.
When I plug my iPod into my computer it says “iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes.”
I choose to restore the iPod (it erases my songs and settings, etc…); I follow the instructions to plug my ipod into the computer and restore it and then it says that it is restored and to unplug it and then sync it back up to the computer. When I do this, it says the same message that itunes has detected an error and to restore the ipod. This process keeps going and it never changes the error message on my ipod.
I’ve restored my iPod countless times and would like to know if anyone can help!
Thanks mate, i did the hard reset and it solved the problem, i still dont understand how this happend.. weird if you ask me. but now it all works thanks a million!
thank you,a beautiful way to explain. thank you once again
I am a new ipod owner. I just recharged my ipod and it’s stuck on disk mode. I can’t turn it off, or even go to menu. it just stays on dick mode. I can’t even turn ipod off. what’s going on? help glenna
Thanks alot for this post.. i was quite lost not knowing what to do with my frozen ipod till i saw this site..=)
THANK YOU. I FINNALLY FIGURED IT OUT. sO I HAD TO READ IT AGAIN, AND I GOT IT. THANKS FOR THIS SITE.
Thanx… This advice save my ipod
While running the diagnostics test I get to a point where it asks:
Please plug FW
LCD ID : 2
FWPWR : 0
It’s hungup at this point. What is it asking for?
Thank you for this very helpful website. I didn’t know a “hard reset” existed until now, and I can listen to my ipod, via public transporation, tonight. Normally, I would need to log into itunes, which I cannot do from work, in order to get my device to work properly.
First of all, it means Fire Wire power. Secondly, just press and hold O and MENU to restart your iPod
hi my name is vamsi.i had brought a new apple ipod i synchoromised it and i formatted the system when i place my ipod it says u need to erase the ipod to sysc u can only sncy one time
u had used a different library to sync wat should i do now i don’t want to erase it i need to copy the songs from my ipod to the system 2gb ipod that is very small ipod not touch volume or scroll just a circl and 4 buttons around it i don’t know which gernation it comes under
I have an ipod 5th generation that is doing a sad face with an exclamation mark. Everytime I press menu the apple website appears. I’ve tried and tried to reset it and put it into disk mode but nothing works. Is it just dead? Help.
Thanks so much. I have had so many issues with the IPOD I thought I was done with this one.
Thanks again.
Simply beautiful, thanks for you help!
thank you for this!!
Hi- I have a 3rd generation I-Pod that I have had no problems with until recently- I generally was just using it a work to listen to music through Bose I-Pod speakers, but recently started walking and wanted to start listening through headphones. One day a few weeks ago at work I noticed that the I-ped had reset itself- it was on German, the time and date were messed up and everything seemed to go downhill. I went and did a Reset all Settings and then set up my I-Pod again. Now when I play music I see a symbol that I do not remember seeing before . It is on the right side- right under the amount of battery power that I have left and it looks like a sideways connection symbol. I think that when the unit is off that this symbol is draining the battery but we can’t figure out how to get rid of it. If anyone has any ideas of what it is (in case we are wrong) and how to get rid of it- please let me know.
Awesome! This was so helpful … thank you so much!
HP test means plug in your HeadPhones
FW means FireWire (plug it in). I dont have a firewire so the test wont continue…pretty stupid
do the hard reset to get out of Diagnostics
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haha. thank you SO very much for this. it went to this SDRAM fill test screen, and i wigged out. this remedied all! you are a saint!
you utter genius.
other sites wre telling me to unistall itunes,
delete all my music and films, and start again.
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iPod Boot Codes…
After showing off my G1, a friend of mine came round with an iPod Touch (8GB) that he got to play with.
It seems its already been jailbroken, but to be honest we have no idea whats going on with it. One thing that is evident, is that the battery indica…
Anyone having problems with the error “1437″ I have been searching the internet high and low and have done so much and I believe I have finally found a way to fix it. “1437″ is the error where your ipod just wont register as an ipod and when it finally does it will begin to restore but corrupt halfway through saying error 1437.
First of all I got this code which you save in Notebook as appleipod.bat
regsvr32 /s softpub.dll
regsvr32 /s wintrust.dll
regsvr32 /s dssenh.dll
regsvr32 /s rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 /s gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 /s sccbase.dll
regsvr32 /s slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 /s mssip32.dll
regsvr32 /s cryptdlg.dll
regsvr32 /s initpki.dll
You save as that to your desktop exit out of it then double click on it. A black screen will come up, load, then disappears.
Reset your unplugged ipod by pressing the center and menu button, once the apple logo appears press the center and play/pause button until it does into disk mode. Once in disk mode plug it into your computer and wait for itunes to register it and restore! KABOOM! fixed.. well, at least for now. I dont know if this was just by chance but this last step with the resetting your ipod didnt work the first time for me so I continued my google quest and on another website there was one more step. To have you ipod off and fiddle with the “hold” button the the top left of the ipod while off and then start the steps. It could have just been by chance but it worked so do try.
Thank you it worked. I held the reset button and its working again. Thank you!
Ihave a ipod nano 4gb it displays the white box on the left that has all the ifo such as videos pictures artist etc. in the background my pictures ae scrolling and i can scroll the whell and it go to whatever i want but wont click on anything it is like it is frozen in this spot i have heard of the reset button but dont see one on mine . Help please
Try pressing the menu button and center button together until the Master Reset begins
Hello Guys please help me I have an ipod classic 80gb its showing a big red X with the message http://www.apple.com/support/ipod been to the website and tried to put it into disk mode but no luck message appears again is there a solution to this problem
Thank you.
I have a ipod nano 2g, that is no longer recognised in itunes or windows xp, yet the songs already on the ipod play without any problems. I have tried a couple of different computers but the result is the same. I can get into diagnostics without any problems but it makes no difference to the problem.
Any ideas.
So I store notes on my 3G ipod nano, and sometimes when I eject my ipod and try to access the notes, it says “no notes” and not even the Instructions appear. I am ejecting it properly and when i plug it back in and view the folder the files are still there. Can you help?
Hey thank you very much. I thought my ipod had died on me
I’ve got a 5g nano w/ video and the silly thing won’t turn off. Had it for about a year and all of a sudden it gives me problems. Anyone know hoe to fix it. I’ve tried the hard reset – mashed some buttons in diagnostic mode – hope fully that didn’t make things worse – all to no avail. It just doesn’t want to shut down.
Thanks.
Comment 318 above should read 3rd generation nano w/ video…Thanks
You are a saint, thank you.
Hello I tried the hidden command it worked and the screen cut out but after that it keeps sayin connect to itunes to restore which I keep doing but it doesnt work what should I do?
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Hidden iPod Commands…
Recently my iPod crashed after it fell of my desk and came out of the cable. Don’t know why it crashed but nevermind. Anyway, I needed to reset it so I did a quick Google and found this awesome visual application showing you all of the hidden commands…
Thanks so much… through this process and getting to those hidden menues I was able to restore the iPod that would not reset or restore…Best Wishes,
c
I have an IPod Classic (80 GB) and i need to do a back up on my playstation 3. Any idea if i can do it using my iPod in Disk mode? tank U!!
Is it possible to put the 1.1.1 firmware onto my ipod 160gb? If so, how do I do it? I need to do this because I currently have 1.1.2 and I was told that this is possible the reason that my ipod continues to run extremely slow and lock up itunes on my windows vista 64 bit machine. Any suggestions?
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Amazing.
I have error 1439. what should I do
thanks dude great job its been of a great help
keep it on :)
Thanks, I was getting really irritated by not being able to reset my 5th gen iPod. It turned out that holding Menu and Pause/Play was only successful in frustrating the owner of said iPod and making him wonder why the hell it wasn’t working. You saved me a trip to the apple store.
Hi,
Great website, very useful!
I have a 5th gen 80gb ipod video and it was working fine until I plugged it in to my computer to charge up, I disconnected it properly but now it has no songs, video, etc.. it’s just empty BUT in settings it says I i have 12.8gb free and 61.4gb used. I have never had it sync-ed up to any computer ever to enable me to download songs from different friends computers therefore I don’t have it backed up, is there anything I can do to retrieve all the stuff on there??? Please help!!!
Love, Lucy. x
Great fix. Could not turn my ipod off. Resetting in diagnostic mode cured the problem. It took about a minute.
Great search engine placement.
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!
wonderful, thank you ;) x
Good info, but after I get back on itunes and restore my ipod, it still won’t work. Should I just give up?
Thanks a million. Got my 4th Gen to go into Disk Mode. Hopefully it charges now, so i can use it!
Hi. Thank you for such an easy to follow website. However, I have a 3rd gen. ipod that keeps showing an exclamation point in a triangle with a folder beside it. I can get the apple to appear using the combinations and ran a diagnostic test that seemed to show no problems. I can also put it into disk mode. Then a check appears with “okay to disconnect” but my Itunes wont recongize it and then the exclamation point returns. Does this mean my ipod is toast? Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks for any help!
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!!!!
Thanks a lot, very nice and easy explanation.
Just a hint to the others: you may need to try the sequence a couple of times before get to the hidden commands. It didn’t work straight way for me. I have a 5th gen IPOD.
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Hey, my friend’s ipod nano 4th gen is dead. It’s dead since it got wet through the rain :P
So i tried to plug in to itunes and it said that needs to be restore and update. I did and it still does the same things all the times, iTunes wants me to keep restore and update but the software info is not updated, still the older versions.
And it says that the ipod in recovery mode all the times.
I’m using macbook by the way..
Please help!
Thank you so so much!!!!!!!
you are my hero!>
thank you so much!!!
Thanks!!
I have an old iPod 2G, and it had got stuck, so I did a Hard Reset (and Diagnostic Mode to be sure) and now it’s fine again.
Thanks! This was so helpful.
my nano is not going into disk mode
Thank you!! Thank You!!! My ipod would not start at all and i tried every trick in the book. Even download some crap off the internet for new hardware. Nothing worked util this !!! thank youuuu
THANK YOU!!!!
It worked great on my 4TH generation “click wheel” iPod nano!! Thanks!
Amazing information, which is required at one point or the other for all pod users.
Thanks a maillion times
Thanks. This unfroze me in about five seconds after ten minutes of searching other sites
Thanks a lot for the work you put into this site.I have a 2nd gen Ipod still going strong after all these years,apart from the odd freeze now and then.This is now bookmarked in case of further accidents.
Cheers
Pete
Thanks, works wonders.
hi;
My Ipod doesn’t get charged;what’s the Reason behind it;
all things are Ok;But also doesn’t work;
waiting for ur answers
hi;
My Ipod doesn’t get charged;what’s the Reason behind it;
all things are Ok;But also doesn’t work;
waiting for ur answers
I think I love you. lol
THANK YOU!
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it works wonderfully! thanks!
WOW who did this one you’r a genius it really helps a lot thanks!
Oh my freaking gosh. I love you :D I have to take a 3 hour trip today, and my iPod froze and I was panicking, and I found this and it worked like a charm. THANK YOU!!!!!
Thank you! Now my iPod has the correct time! Now I can wake up at the right time.
You rock dude!! THANKS!!
Thank you so much, my iPod is fixed :-)
hey there
Knocked my 80gb 5G ipod off my desk last night whilst it was syncing. It disconnected from the computer and went into the apple logo reset screen.(it did not hit the floor only came half way unconnected)
Once it had restarted my whole libary had been wiped, The ipod stated that there was no music on it.
(yet the space on the harddrive still says its full)
When connected back into the computer it is the same story, Itunes only wants to restore the ipod and doesn’t find any songs.
IS there anyway of getting these songs back, any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Thanks for the help! Tried finding the info on the iPod site but could not. I am back up listening to tunes.
THANK YOU! Brilliant and So east to follow!
So if I dont have a FW then that means be iPod will never work? :(
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!! THIS SITE IS A LIFE SAVER!!!
Thanks for the information. Just had to reset and reformat an ipod nano 5th gen. After using the resets had to restore on my netbook as it would not restore on main PC. Then re-synced the music. Now we have a happy 14 year old!
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Trying to restore my 4gen ipod nano without i-tunes as the ipod shows up on the Mac but not in i-tunes. I-tunes opens up when ipod is plugged in. Tried all the usual fix-its… reset via settings on ipod, uninstalled and re-installed itunes, made sure Mac OS X software was up to date… is there any way i can restore it??
the only thing missing from this is that before doing theese steps you need to slide the hold button a couple of times
Saved my Ipod today, thanks
after visiting your site i have a glimmer of hope for my 30gb video, as the sad face logo came on i have failed to get it to reset or go into disc mode . i have got it into diagnostic mode but nothing happens after the program has run itself. anything i can do or try . auto diag comes up blank
My 5th generation is stuck on the accessory screen it states please plug fw….lcd id=2……fwpwr=0 what does this mean?
“I am having this problem too, and I do not see a response.
I run the diagnostic check and I get to “HP Dectect Test” and I can’t continue. The screen says HP DETECT :0
Any Ideas???”
Maybe a bit late but, this step is the Headphone Detect – to progress, plug your headphone in and then take it out and press Menu to continue.