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Bricked 1G Nano 4gb. Suggestions? (FIXED!)

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sadffffff:
more life signs showing. stuck again.

I dissasembled and de-soldered the battery. I partially put it back together (without the battery) and plugged it into the computer. It starts up, but it's in an endless boot cycle and wont be detected by the computer. If i boot into disk mode it stays for half a second and then reboots there as well. I can boot into diagnostic mode. the flash scan causes it to reboot.

Any ideas?

sadffffff:
more progress! I plugged in a wall charger that provides the 12v firewire connection. The ipod boots! it even plays music in the OF. rockbox says low battery and shuts down (theres no battery attached).

I think the surge had the ipod stuck in a state where not even the reset keys worked. so disconnecting the battery was necessary (or let the battery die, how ever long that would have taken).

Next i'm going to try to re-solder the battery and see what happens.

sadffffff:
SUCESS! battery soldered back on and the ipod boots and works. I'll make sure the battery charges before I reassemble.

Edit: should this be moved to "Repairing broken players"?

AlexP:
I'm glad you have it working, but please note the forum guidelines and do not double (let alone triple) post in future.

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