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[beeseven]

This morning I was going to listen to some music, so I got my iPod, turned it on, and it reset (I hadn't had it plugged in for a while). When I got to the music, it would go through half of a song, then skip to the next. After doing this a couple times, it would just skip entire songs. It'd skip six or seven, then do half of one, then skip six or seven more.

Later I looked on the internet for some ideas, so eventually I tried resetting it again, as instructed. This worked for a little bit, but then it started skipping over songs again. I reset again, and it lost all the data, then I reset once more and all the data came back. After that I tried playing some more things, but it kept skipping over parts or whole songs, and came close to freezing a couple times.

Does anyone have any idea what could be happening and/or how to fix it? After it lost the data once I've been reluctant to touch it, so it's just sitting there charging.

[David789]

Strange. Mine works fine.

[astraesboi]

hmmm.... ipod shuffle???
isn't it supposed to shuffle betweens the songs???
or are you actually using ipod mini??
maybe fix it at the nearest apple centre.
i wouldnt try to play with thhe chips stuff if it was me.
prefer to leave it to the professionals.
get your warranty card there.

[psychiccyberfreak]

try wiping it clean, then putting all the songs back on. Try using different computer, put i-tunes on it, and that should wipe the I-pod clean and just load your ipod back up. What happens is that if the Ipod can't read the song, it stutters, tries to play that part, and sometimes skips songs. try that, or else send it back in.

[mizako]

Yes, try to fix it in an apple center. if you try to repair it by yourself and something goes wrong the guarranty will not pay you anything.

[quiksilver]

What kind of ipod? Shuffle? mini?

I have an ipod mini and it isn't as bad as yours, but one of my songs it starts playing the first 3 seconds of and skips it. That is the only song that it does that on though.

It may be because the music files might be corrupt. If they were obtained illegaly that wouldn't be abnormal.

Definitely talk to the proffesionals.

[beeseven]

It's a regular 20GB. I'm going to try to update/restore it and if that doesn't work I'll take it to an Apple store.

I got a big burst of irony this morning when I thought it was working, but then skipped half a song and went to "I Should've Known Better."

[Adamrosso]

Get a MP3 Player. I have one of 500MB.

[Zychez]

my friend's ipod hangs at times too, i just drained itb attery since i had it with be and i dont have its charger too~
i prefer those smaller mp3s since it would less likely freeze @_@
ill get some other portable device to handle other things that an ipod has, aisde from its playing capabilites @_@~

i wasnt that fond of things that are all in one and such XD

[Artanis]

Well lets see here......

I wish i had ipod cuz then i wouldn't have burn cds and *BLEEP* cuz u can ge tin to troble for burning cds i mean big trouble i almost put in jail for burning cds and man it was *BLEEP*ed up ipods like 150 $ thats kinda alot for poor pplz so i'll probly get one some time real soon but i think u guys should get one

[iGuest]

My IPod is also randomly Skipping Songs and Losing Data. Please help.

[iGuest]

Ah yes, the "skipping song" iPod problem. I've spent the better part of two days trying to troubleshoot this with no success. Details: new computer (Windows Vista), two iPods (Nano & Mini), both song libraries saved to external hard drive, latest version of Itunes installed for each iPod, music transferred over to iTunes from external hard drive with no problem, and music transferred to each iPod.

Problem: many/some songs on iPod stop while playing and next song in sequence starts. Songs on iTunes play perfectly with no stops. Both iPods Reset several times with mixed results; they both still stop before some/many songs end. What is the fix??? Going crazy here, a little help please!

-SoCalFreddy

[iGuest]

Try this procedure. Uncheck the songs that are skipping (it's usually all of the songs for one artist on my iPod).

Then sync it. Then check them again. Then sync it. This forces the songs to be rewritten to the iPod.

Mine is a couple of years old and I figure the HD is probably nearly dead. But what the heck - it was free - my daughter won it in Pepsi contest but she already had one and give it to me!

-RedDog

[iGuest]

The same crap is happening to my ipod, it skipps over I think right now I found 30 of my favorite songs skipping. It is really ticking me off. It seems that the only way to fix it is to dump everything and start from scratch which sucks because I had so many songs on there. I called the ipod place and they told me to bring it in but the closest place is 4 hours away. I have never had any other problems with it until after my brother put his on the same computer. If anyone has an answer that does not result in dumping every song please tell me.

-reply by trackstar3099

[jwwaldschmidt]

After some expert analysis, I'd recommend you go out and buy a ZUNE or something, ANYTHING without Apple on the package. You should find that it'll work flawlessly then.

;D

[iGuest]

Skipping Ipod
My Ipod Is Randomly Skipping Songs, Losing Data,

I feel your pain! I bought a new 80G. Prior I had a 30G which I had never had a problem with. Since I bought this new Ipod 6 months ago, I haven't had anything but skipping songs, songs stop half way through and go to the next. I wiped it twice - no changes. I think it's the ipod software. My fix is that I am going to sell it and go with a Zune.

-reply by Victor

[iGuest]

Old iPod Skipping -- Solution!
My Ipod Is Randomly Skipping Songs, Losing Data,

I have an old iPod, I think it's a 20 GB mini, model A1051. It skips often at the very beginning of songs. Not all, just some, strangely enough. I've found a solution that works for me.

After you notice skipping, take your USB->iPod cable out and connect it between your PC and your iPod. Wait for it to mount on your PC. When it does and displays the folder contents, dismount it gracefully (in Windows you should click on the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in your system tray, bottom-right corner of your screen). It is USB so you could *probably* just yank it out of your PC but best to do it nicely.

Now it should work. It shouldn't skip until the next even causes it to skip again. For me that's whenever it powers down -- and I don't mean go into standby, I mean it turns itself off so that you have to press MENU to turn it back on. 8 times out of 10 this means I have to do the "USB Mount" dance again.

Hope it works. Apple sux for not acknowledging this one.

-reply by The Wangster

[iGuest]

same here
My Ipod Is Randomly Skipping Songs, Losing Data,

I have 4 80gb Ipods and 2 of the160gb ipod. They all skip. All at different places, even the videos are now skipping on two ipods.

I give up, I have 10,335 songs. I don't want to lose them so I play them from the Itunes in the computer and screw the Ipods. Anything by Apple is garbage.

-reply by michael

[iGuest]

I'm beginning to get worried about my Ipod. When I select a song that is in the middle of a playlist, it skips about 6 to 7 songs before playing a full song. Now I'm afraid to touch it, because I don't want to screw it up worse than it is! My Ipod is a 1.7 GB Ipod nano. Someone please tell me what do to try and fix it and get it back to normal

-question by Lauren

[undftdx]

My ipod has also had some issues concerning skipping songs. But the reason behind it is that the files were coming from bittorent and were coming from the folder where they were only partially downloaded. My ipod would play the song then cut off like half way through the song. To resolve this issue, you must delete the song from your library and then add it back to the itunes music. Another reason the ipod may be skipping songs is that the musics could be from the itunes store. Sometimes purchased music does not play on the ipod and required the user to sync the ipod with itunes to refresh the memory. If you need any more help feel free to message me.

[iGuest]

Ok I just loaded taylor swift and lady antebellum on to my zen and now the first song on lady antebellum plays for 5 seconds then starts over goes for five seconds then skips 3 or 4 words but the rest of the cds fine

-reply by meaghan

[iGuest]

Skipping
My Ipod Is Randomly Skipping Songs, Losing Data,

I have an ipod 5th Gen, 80GB video I've had it since August last year. I use AAC format for downloading tracks but just suddenly out of the blue it as started skipping on tracks. Usually about the last 30 seconds or the first 5-10 seconds on the start of the next track.

I always have shuffle mode on and it as never been a problem till now. Also it has not been the same track twice. It started only yesterday, it skipped the end of one track and the begining off the next track,then today the end of another.

I just hope I havent got to by a new player, can some one please help




-question by thgun2

[iGuest]

Found a fix on mine!
My Ipod Is Randomly Skipping Songs, Losing Data,

I have a 160GB Classic and I was having a similar problem with whole albums. I would begin listening on track one and it would just skip through the tracks and flash the titles and not play a thing. I'm assuming it has something to do with the bit rate because once I re-ripped them as AAC files @ 192 CBR they played fine. I used a program called MAX for MacOS not sure if it's made for Windows. I hope this helps someone else out there.

[saitunes]

Here are some suggestions:

1. clear the ipod of all music (I would do this by Making a dud playlist that's empty and telling it to sync ONLY that dud playlist) after doing that maybe try putting on some of the offending songs into that dud playlist and try it then. See if that works. If it does, then re-sync your library (or the songs you had on it) and see if that worked.

2. Format the iPod unplug it (it should give the message 'use itunes to restore' or something to that effect) plug it in, and let her rip. see if that sucker works

3. Call your apple store and ask for their advice, if there's anything you can do, if not take it to them.

Hope this helped

[iGuest]

Replying to beeseven

Try rebooting your ipod by pressing "menu and the center button at the same time, for about 7 seconds.