I seem to have a big problem with my iPod Nano 5th generation and am seeking help.
So here's the background story. For my birthday, back in September 2009, I got the iPod. The iPod lasted a good 5 months, and then the Menu button all of a sudden wouldnt register.
I could feel tightness in the upper right corner of the button, and if I tilted it I could see it was slightly pushed in, unlike the other button.
I checked the warranty for the iPod, and it lasts a year. I sent the iPod to Apple, and got it back a week later telling me it had a liquid spill or something on the inside and excludes from the warranty.
I was pissed. I dont believe that's the problem, since everything worked fine, just the Menu button wouldn't register. Enraged, I couldn't do anything. I didnt want to pay the $90 or so to fix it.
Today, I decided I'd take apart the iPod and see if I could fix it. So, I watched a dissassemly vido and took off the button pad. Doing so, I accidentally cut the big orange wire connecting the button pad to the inside. I didn't think it would do anything, since the buttons should be in the inside. But once I tried it out, nothing worked at all.
Is my iPod permanently dead? Or now do I have an excuse for Apple to really fix it?
http://tinypic.com/r/34ezy52/6
This is the inside of the buttonpad on the iPod. You can clearly see the cut orange wire in the top left.
http://tinypic.com/r/xfcbd1/6
This is the back of the buttonpad. You can clearly see where the orange wire is missing.
Please, tell me something reassuring, I desperately need help!
John
So here's the background story. For my birthday, back in September 2009, I got the iPod. The iPod lasted a good 5 months, and then the Menu button all of a sudden wouldnt register.
I could feel tightness in the upper right corner of the button, and if I tilted it I could see it was slightly pushed in, unlike the other button.
I checked the warranty for the iPod, and it lasts a year. I sent the iPod to Apple, and got it back a week later telling me it had a liquid spill or something on the inside and excludes from the warranty.
I was pissed. I dont believe that's the problem, since everything worked fine, just the Menu button wouldn't register. Enraged, I couldn't do anything. I didnt want to pay the $90 or so to fix it.
Today, I decided I'd take apart the iPod and see if I could fix it. So, I watched a dissassemly vido and took off the button pad. Doing so, I accidentally cut the big orange wire connecting the button pad to the inside. I didn't think it would do anything, since the buttons should be in the inside. But once I tried it out, nothing worked at all.
Is my iPod permanently dead? Or now do I have an excuse for Apple to really fix it?
http://tinypic.com/r/34ezy52/6
This is the inside of the buttonpad on the iPod. You can clearly see the cut orange wire in the top left.
http://tinypic.com/r/xfcbd1/6
This is the back of the buttonpad. You can clearly see where the orange wire is missing.
Please, tell me something reassuring, I desperately need help!
John
