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If you're like many of the other millions of Ipod users out there, you take your little Ipod with you everywhere. Every time you expect it to perform flawlessly, and most of the time it does. However, after months and months of use and abuse, years even, your little Ipod isn't so keen on performing like it did when it was brand new, so one day when you wake up and greet your little Ipod with ears ready for music listening it doesn't greet you back. Instead, it frowns on you and tells you to contact Apple for support only to realize your warranty just ran out 3 days ago. Out of luck? No! Luckily there is a solution to the Ipod Sad Face.

Ipod sad Face Solution

1. Hug it tightly and give it a good kiss, because what you're about to do is not recommended by Apple support, but a very big group of bloggers who have found the solution to this problem.
2. Firmly grasp your Ipod.
3. Slam it (charging port down) onto your desk, a dresser, a table, anything around you that is flat, sturdy, and quite possibly won't hurt you Ipod, you can use a mouse pad or something slightly soft to cushion it a little bit, if you feel insecure about doing this, have a friend do it, because they won't have an emotional attachment to your Ipod.
4. Now repeat step 3 two more times, and wait for your Ipod to rise out of the grave feeling rejuvenated and happily greets you with your favorite tunes.

What seems to happen is after using it time and time again, the hard drive connection to the Ipod seems to loosen up so much that it can no longer detect the connection and/or communicate with the Ipod. By slamming it down onto the desk you secure the connection so that way your Ipod can now detect your hard drive.

Make sure you take care when slamming your Ipod onto anything, because you don't want to hurt your Ipod or the 'anything' that you're slamming it onto. I, personally have experienced this problem and followed the above steps to fix it, now my trusty 20GB Ipod Photo is working just as happily as it was the first day I got it.

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