Reset iPod Nano or iPod Classic

Note: These steps are also applicable to reset iPod Classics
Hi
Today I am writing on how to reset iPod Nano 4th Generation iPod. Most of the time when you are syncing your iPod with your computer,Charging your iPod or listening to the music, your iPod screen will go blank and you will be surprised what happened to your iPod.

Well actually in these scenarios it is confirmed that, your iPod is frozen and all you need to do to fix the iPod is to reset it. Follow the steps below to reset your iPod.

If your iPod is connected to a computer and displays any of the following messages you should eject the iPod from computer instead of resetting it:

• Connected. Eject before disconnecting
• Sync in Progress. Please wait...
• Do not disconnect

1.On the top left hand corner of your iPod you can see a toggle switch(lock/hold switch). Toggle it on and off(back and forth) for 4-5 times and make sure that the status light near this switch does not show orange color. If it shows orange, just toggle to other side so that it is hidden.

2.Next place your iPod on a flat surface.

3.You can see the MENU button and the CENTER(Select) button in your iPod. All you need to do is just press and hold both these buttons together at the same time and keep holding it until you see an Apple logo showing up in the iPod screen. Just let go your fingers when you see the apple logo and wait for some times.

After some time the Apple logo will disappear and and then your iPod will show the normal menu screen.
There you go. Your should be working fine now.

If this troubleshooting step fix the issue with your iPod , please let me know by leaving your valuable comments below and help me make this website a better place for all iPod users.Thank you.

Unknown error:1303, 53, 48 (Device Cannot Be Read Or Written To) While Syncing iPod

"I am desperate. Every time I try to hook up my 80gigabyte classic ipod one of three error codes pop up and won't let me: 1303, 53, or 48. I cannot update the ipod or sync it. It says the device cannot be read or written to. It costs $30 to call Apple tech support. Help?"

Hi
I do understand your desperation as your iPod is not working fine.As I understand you have an iPod Classic 80GB and every time you try to sync or update your iPod with iTunes, you get some unknown error codes(1303,53,48) and also an error message pops up "Device Cannot Be Read Or Written To".

Well This is a very common error faced by many iPod users. There are many reasons for these error pop up.I assume that your iPod plays the music fine,charges well.The main reason behind this issue is a corrupted music file which is in your iTunes music library and every time you try to auto sync your iPod, these corrupted file will cause this error pop up. So all you need to do is look for that particular music file which is causing this trouble. Now the question is how to look for that music file? All you need to do is, put your iPod in manually manage mode and try syncing songs manually one by one into your iPod by drag and drop, and the moment you try dragging and dropping the corrupted music file, you will get this error, just delete this file and try same steps until you are pretty sure that there are no more corrupted music files. In most case this will resolve your issue. In case if this step does not resolve your issue, then you have to try uninstalling iTunes and reinstalling it again by downloading it from iTunes Free Download and then try restoring your iPod, This will be formatting your iPod completely and this is necessary because in case your iPod software is corrupted which is causing these issue, then restoring will resolve your issue.

Please feel free to leave your comments in case you need further assistances from me. Thank You