SS:mini Ipod

angl2b · 10-27-2005, 11:44 AM

So I got one last year - total time using it altogether adds up to be a month if that - suddenly I can't access the menu - and then the words fade out to nothing and blends with the backlight - then at its own will and accord the words will show up - I didn't buy a warranty - its maybe a month over a year that I bought it - I'm doomed....

gear02 · 10-27-2005, 02:37 PM

can't you buy applecare now and then use it?

angl2b · 10-27-2005, 02:43 PM

I don't think I can - they said at the time of purchase - it is ridiculous - I hardly ever used the thing.

smeakim · 10-27-2005, 03:14 PM

You could try calling and tell them you got it as a gift. They will ask for the serial number and then you might still get them to replace it becuase they know when certain serial number lots expire. Just a thought.

JackHammer · 10-27-2005, 06:21 PM

This is the reason you need to buy an Ipod Nano....Nano all the way.

LPMiller · 10-27-2005, 07:07 PM

go to apples web site, go to support, down the right side, you can put in your serial number and see if it is still under warranty. If it is, you can then submit a request to have it repaired, all on the website.

sizemic1 · 10-27-2005, 09:46 PM

This is why you purchase with your AMEX Blue to get an extra year warranty

angl2b · 10-28-2005, 07:12 AM

went to the store yesterday - it is no longer under warranty - they reformatted my Ipod. I hope that works..... other than that if the issues persist - then there are other options - one of them being I can replace it for 62$ or something and the others I haven't discussed with the guy.

MikeD · 10-28-2005, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sizemic1

This is why you purchase with your AMEX Blue to get an extra year warranty

I think a lot of credit cards offer this, not just AMEX. Many consumers don't know about it, though...

speedracer120 · 10-28-2005, 09:28 AM

Is it just me, or all these little niggling problems evidence for built-in obsolescence? My iPod is only a little over a year old but it's mangling some of my files and hangs every once in a while, and while skip songs by itself. WTF! I hope Apple isn't becoming secure in its position with such tactics like the American automakers of years past and present.

angl2b · 10-28-2005, 10:33 AM

I sure hope not - the usage of my own mini isn't even frequent enough for it to act up this way which is why I was/am upset about it. But the guy at the Apple store we are suppose to update the Ipods frequently and also once in a while restor to factory settings and stuff - but make sure the files are saved and stuff as well.

LPMiller · 10-29-2005, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by speedracer120

Is it just me, or all these little niggling problems evidence for built-in obsolescence? My iPod is only a little over a year old but it's mangling some of my files and hangs every once in a while, and while skip songs by itself. WTF! I hope Apple isn't becoming secure in its position with such tactics like the American automakers of years past and present.

It's called a corrupt harddrive. All that syncing and turning on and off and whatever affects hardrives after awhile, and has nothing to do with Apple. 9 times out of ten just doing a restore and resync fixes the problem.

speedracer120 · 10-29-2005, 02:48 PM

I did a restore, and still has those probs.

10-27-2005, 11:44 AM	#1
angl2b Overstock junkie Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: wherever mcs resides :) Posts: 920	SS:mini Ipod So I got one last year - total time using it altogether adds up to be a month if that - suddenly I can't access the menu - and then the words fade out to nothing and blends with the backlight - then at its own will and accord the words will show up - I didn't buy a warranty - its maybe a month over a year that I bought it - I'm doomed.... __________________ Love is something that is not expected but given freely-when received it touches you in a way it makes you cry...

10-27-2005, 06:21 PM	#5
JackHammer Commander Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: The Toilet Capital of America Posts: 1,328	This is the reason you need to buy an Ipod Nano....Nano all the way. __________________ "I'm very sorry for your loss. Your mother was a terribly attractive woman." -Royal Tenebaum "Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I would do everything to her, I don't care what she looks like. I would wreck that chick." -Brian from the Family Guy after Peter asked him whether he would have sex with Lois.

10-27-2005, 07:07 PM	#6
LPMiller Chief News Editor & Master of His Domain Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Minnesota Posts: 8,161	go to apples web site, go to support, down the right side, you can put in your serial number and see if it is still under warranty. If it is, you can then submit a request to have it repaired, all on the website. __________________ lpmiller Chief News Editor Nobel Prize Nominee Reverend in the Universal Life Church Once Shot A Man For Snoring Too Loud Way Too Lazy To Change His Signature "The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can't, and the incapacity to tell the difference." - Calvin and Hobbes

10-27-2005, 09:46 PM	#7
sizemic1 Owww, I feel good! Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Beautiful Temecula CA Posts: 2,002	This is why you purchase with your AMEX Blue to get an extra year warranty __________________ [___] (O lllllll O) []==O=[]

10-28-2005, 09:28 AM	#10
speedracer120 Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: HB,CA/PA Posts: 3,437	Is it just me, or all these little niggling problems evidence for built-in obsolescence? My iPod is only a little over a year old but it's mangling some of my files and hangs every once in a while, and while skip songs by itself. WTF! I hope Apple isn't becoming secure in its position with such tactics like the American automakers of years past and present. __________________ Off in La La Land

10-27-2005, 02:37 PM	#2
gear02 Admiral Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 7,223	can't you buy applecare now and then use it?

10-27-2005, 02:43 PM	#3
angl2b Overstock junkie Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: wherever mcs resides :) Posts: 920	I don't think I can - they said at the time of purchase - it is ridiculous - I hardly ever used the thing.

10-27-2005, 03:14 PM	#4
smeakim Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: CO Posts: 690	You could try calling and tell them you got it as a gift. They will ask for the serial number and then you might still get them to replace it becuase they know when certain serial number lots expire. Just a thought.

10-28-2005, 07:12 AM	#8
angl2b Overstock junkie Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: wherever mcs resides :) Posts: 920	went to the store yesterday - it is no longer under warranty - they reformatted my Ipod. I hope that works..... other than that if the issues persist - then there are other options - one of them being I can replace it for 62$ or something and the others I haven't discussed with the guy.

10-28-2005, 10:33 AM	#11
angl2b Overstock junkie Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: wherever mcs resides :) Posts: 920	I sure hope not - the usage of my own mini isn't even frequent enough for it to act up this way which is why I was/am upset about it. But the guy at the Apple store we are suppose to update the Ipods frequently and also once in a while restor to factory settings and stuff - but make sure the files are saved and stuff as well.

10-29-2005, 02:48 PM	#13
speedracer120 Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: HB,CA/PA Posts: 3,437	I did a restore, and still has those probs.

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