I dread the sad iPod icon; you know the one, that face that shows up when you have some kind of hardware problem with your iPod? It is every iPod addictās worst nightmare, usually resulting in sending your iPod back to Apple. In other words, your paying almost the same amount to fix your 4 year old iPod, as it would be to buy a brand new one. Well, Iām too damn broke to do anything like that; I mean, you should see what my headphones look likeā¦
So in my desire to rant, I found myself surfing the net for that loathed sad iPod icon so I could write a post on it. That is when I stumbled across ITā¦the crowned king of āHow to fix an iPod postsā. Tom Coffee at Spilling Coffee is a genius, and a hilarious one at thatā¦check out his very unorthodox instructions here.
Just like Tom I was afraid to drop my iPod on the floor, so instead I gave it a little ātapā on my legā¦. no luck. I ātappedā it a couple more times, this time varying the surfaces as well as the amount of force applied. If at first you donāt succeedā¦. right? The mouse pad didnāt work, nor did the stack of paper or my French book. Iām just glad I didnāt waste my money on that iPad he was selling on his site 
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By this time, I was just angry. I had read over 300 comments on his page of satisfied customers who had struck their iPod on some sort of surface, magically resulting in their iPod returning to its former glory. Desperate times call for desperate measures, soā¦ I dropped it on the carpet from about maybe a foot and a half off the ground. Now I wouldnāt be right in the head if told everyone to go around dropping their iPods on the ground, and I think itās safe to assume that I AM NOT sane for trying it in the first place. HOWEVERā¦. my iPod now works! Who knows for how long, but I donāt care. All I know is right now, today, I have my tunes, my busted headphones, and an iPod that is likely to crumble at any moment.
Aināt life grand?
