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ryran:
As soon as I read that Febs, I had to run.. but I composed my response in my head:
Febs: That was way above and beyond dude. You could've just given a guess and let me check it out, but you actually did it yourself just to find out, and then answered. Thank you! :D

Unfortunately, I deviated a bit from your instructions. After I loaded the Apple firmware, I thought I'd be smart (stupid) and unplug it and have a look, just to see if it booted up normally. *shrugs* Mmm.

Well. It didn't. It presented me with an icon I'd never seen before, telling me to plug it into a wall socket. That should've been my first hint to turn back. If I had been thinking quite logically, I would've figured HEY, anytime a device like this requires wall power, it's probably because it's about to do something highly dangerous that must not be interrupted. ...... So yeah, I probably would've thought that if I had been really thinking.

Instead, I decided to plug it in, and my ipod proceeded to go to a black screen with a progress bar, thus scaring the shit out of me. (Stupid part: my ipod is not fully backed up on my computer.) I panicked, thinking it might be formatting itself, though I doubt an ipod even has that capability.. bleh. Anyway, I panicked and held down menu + select as fast as I could and it shut off.

Yes, shut off.
Now, no matter what I do, I cannot get it to turn on. No combination of keys + plugging in to walls or computers produces any response. Oh yes. I'm good.

Hope you enjoyed story-time today kids, 'cause this just might be my last one ever.

linuxstb:
That screen is the standard firmware upgrade screen - it means that the Apple software is updating the contents of the flash.

As you probably now realise, the ONE thing that you must not do during a flash update is force a reset with MENU+SELECT.

I fear your only option is to return it to Apple.

ryran:
My heart is crying... on the inside. *sigh*
Where does one's head go in situations like this? Like I haven't dealt with so many devices/computers flashing bioses 'n whatnot.... Blah. Kills me.

In any case, thanks for all the help Dave. That's not sarcasm; I really appreciate all that you hardcore guys do. Much love.

Llorean:
You might want to just leave it plugged in for a while anyway. I've never seen a explicit apple warning about a progress bar, and how you should not do X or Y while it's displayed. It may be possible that your battery has just died at a time that makes it *seem* very serious.

I know that there was a point where nothing I pressed seem to cause my Nano to react, despite me being sure the battery was over 50% full minutes before (and this was after changes to the bootpartition), but leaving it plugged into a computer for an hour, then toggling hold on and off, then holding menu+select for about 30 seconds brought it back up again.

ryran:
30 seconds? Whoa. Okay.. Rockbox read 97% right before I started this whole fiasco, but it's worth a try I guess. :D Thanks Paul.

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