iPod battery is _completely_ drained...

[Twilight in Zero]

My iPod started to act weird today... It thought it was charging when it wasn't, and this was in both Apple OS and Rockbox. This resulted in me not being able to shut it down, and in the backlight always being on. The battery drained the whole day, and fast, except for times when it was plugged into my laptop or my friend's computer. It charged fine then, but no matter when I unplugged it, it still thought it was charging.

That's not the bad part. I decided that a good way to get the iPod out of this was to let its battery die. Bad idea.

When I plugged it back in to my laptop with the hold switch on, it didn't have enough life to get into Apple OS. I soon turned off the hold switch, but it couldn't even get into Rockbox. Before long, the only thing I could hear from it was the disk spinning up and dying. It graduated down to mere clicks. And then silence.

The battery was completely drained.

Is there anything I can do to recharge my battery before I shell out $33 for a replacement battery kit? And after that, what do I do to fix my iPod thinking it's charging?

[scorche]

This has been answered many many many times in these forums.  Please search a bit.

As well, you don't mention forcing a reboot of the device.  Did you try that?

[Twilight in Zero]

I did search, but found nothing of interest. I may have used the wrong keywords.

I always plug my iPod in while it's in Apple OS, and I force reboot in order to get it into Rockbox. That said, it still thought it was charging when I unplugged it each time and switched to Rockbox.

[scorche]

When I mentioned to search, that was about the iPod discharged battery thing.  Not the "always showing charging" thing.

[Twilight in Zero]

That's what I searched about. I thought you were suggesting the forced reboot for my other problem.

At any rate, I plugged it in this morning after having a weird dream during the weekend where it started charging, and lo and behold. It's alive, showing the message "Please wait. Very low battery."

EDIT: After a good day of college, I am happy to report that the iPod is fully functional, and some hilarious irony: The iPod no longer thinks it's charging when it's not. So in a screwed up, roundabout way, my idea did work.

Thank you for your help anyways.