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tonewheel · Oct 25, 2004, 09:52 AM

Actually, it's more of a nuisance than a problem.

Everything works fine on the 'pod. But if it sits for a couple of days unused, I'll push the select button in the middle of the click wheel to turn it on, and the thing resets every single time, meaning the first thing I see is the Apple logo (instead of immediately seeing the menu I left off with days before) and a fresh boot up. Even stranger, the only thing that actually resets is the CLICKER, which I always turn off. It turns itself back on. All other custom settings I had made previously remain the same.

This is my 3rd iPod, so I know this is not normal.

Suggestions?!

Gracias.

webcookie · Oct 25, 2004, 05:36 PM

My iPod does the same thing, as far as sitting for a few days and then having the Apple logo appear. I thought this was normal behaviour. Oh well.

t500 · Oct 25, 2004, 08:14 PM

The same thing here. When ever I leave my 4G ipod off for a day or two I see the Apple logo when I turn it on. Are we thinking this is not normal?

I just though the unit powered down instead of being in some sort of sleep mode....

Boochie · Oct 25, 2004, 09:15 PM

Same behavior on mine.

I'm thinking this is a feature rather than a bug...

hardcat1970 · Oct 25, 2004, 10:26 PM

Originally posted by Boochie:
Same behavior on mine.

I'm thinking this is a feature rather than a bug...

it happens on my 3g powerbook too. I think if you let it sits for few days, then the ipod will shut itself down to avoid draining the battery.

discotronic · Oct 25, 2004, 11:54 PM

Same here with a 3G and a Mini.

chabig · Oct 26, 2004, 12:05 AM

It's a feature to preserve the battery:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60945

Chris

tonewheel · Oct 26, 2004, 03:29 AM

Interesting. Thanks for the post.

While it is undeniably a useful battery-saving feature, it is a pain in the butt having to manually reset that darn clicker every time. You'd think they could easily fix that.

G4ME · Oct 26, 2004, 11:27 AM

same thing on my new 40, agreed about the clicker and the long restart time

Geobunny · Oct 26, 2004, 11:36 AM

How odd that you should be experiencing this problem. I've never come across it.....mind you, I've only just bought my first iPod (arrived last week) and it's been used every day so far!!

I'm quite a happy 'bunny!

Turnpike · Oct 28, 2004, 11:36 PM

yeah, I hate that I have to reset the clicker every time... hopefully an update will fix this issue...

bells0 · Oct 29, 2004, 06:12 AM

always re-sets on my 3rd Gen 20g, though never turns clicker back on? must be a 4th gen thing??

Cadaver · Oct 31, 2004, 08:38 PM

Same on my 20GB 3G iPod. After a few days, turning it on "reboots" the iPod. But, the click noise doesn't come back - all my settings are otherwise maintained. This is normal behavior, AFAIK.

SamuraiDL · Nov 3, 2004, 11:17 PM

yeah its all gravy, freaked me out the first time too.

philzilla · Nov 4, 2004, 07:10 AM

same iPod: my clicker just doesn't work any more, other than through headphones. annoying. i've had to restore it twice since i bought it, too. twice as annoying.