iPod iPod mini just...died?

[SkyBell]

I have a 2G iPod mini that seems to have just up and quit. It was working fine, until one day I plugged it into my eMac to update. I hadn't used it in a few days, and the battery had died, so the charging icon appears. I leave it alone for an hour or two, come back, and there's nothing on the screen, and it will not turn on. I unplug and replug it, and the "Syncing" screen appears. I leave it alone again, and upon my return, again, nothing on the screen. Except this time, it won't do anything. Won't turn on, even when plugged in. I tried using a wall charger, still nothing. Several days and attempts later, it still shows no signs of life.

Any idea if this is a solvable issue, or is my ancient mini truly gone?

 

[SkyBell]

Well, problem solved. Turns out my USB cable is the one that just somehow died, I was lucky to find a spare one deep in my junk boxes.

 

[LeandrodaFL]

Wow, thats really old hardware, both for ipods and macs.

funny thing, I actually miss the ipod mini and the CRT Macs

 

[76ShovelHead]

Wow, thats really old hardware, both for ipods and macs.

funny thing, I actually miss the ipod mini and the CRT Macs

OMG.

I totally read that as "iPad Mini."

LOL! Thanks for pointing it out!

 

[itickings]

i think its time to say goodbye to your ancient 2G ipod mini.

Why? Because the USB cable died?

 

[SkyBell]

Wow, thats really old hardware, both for ipods and macs.

funny thing, I actually miss the ipod mini and the CRT Macs

I'm a bit stuck in the past with my tech, but as long as it still does what I ask of it to do, why waste the money upgrading?

Why? Because the USB cable died?

Of course, don't you know when your laptop charger breaks, you buy a new laptop?

 

[XboxMySocks]

I'm a bit stuck in the past with my tech, but as long as it still does what I ask of it to do, why waste the money upgrading?

So accurate. I don't know why people are hounding you for this.

 

[praterkeith]

The iPod mini is a great capable device. I put an an SD card for flash memory in mine and it worked great until I dropped it in a glass of soda. I still use my 5th gen iPod video every day and also have a 4th gen nano as a backup. Sure then iPod mini is ancient but I LOVED mine so keep using it!

 

[mayuka]

I'm a bit stuck in the past with my tech, but as long as it still does what I ask of it to do, why waste the money upgrading?

I envy you. The eMacs were great, especially the last generation. As long as you don't miss something and the eMac works, there's no need upgrading.

Somewhere I read that the iPod mini is capable reading a 128 GB compact flash card... That's nearly the capacity of the latest iPod classic.