I have an Ipod Nano Gen 5 that will no longer power on. I had it on the boat connected to a usb cable supplying music. Someone dripped water on it right at the connector and it's screwed. The unit was not fully synced to Itunes so it was not backed up.
I took it to a mall store and they tried to wipe the connectors with alcohol to clean it but that did not work. Is there someone I can send this to or where to look to possibly break this thing open and retrieve the chip that contains the data?
Have you tried leaving in a ziplock bag full of rice for a couple of days? Rice should suck the humidity out of the device. If the iPod did not fry itself it might resurrect it.
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I was referred to a place in CA that does the retrieval. They'll ship it and look at it for free but I was quoted a range of $700 - $1500. So time to look for another Ipod nano and start over again. I'll give the current one a few more days to miraculously same back to life but I won't be holding my breath.
I have used this successfully on other electronic devices (an expensive calculator) but not on a nano. It may be worth trying. Alternate brief but complete soakings in isopropyl alcohol and Distilled water. Maybe 5 min per soak, with some agitation. 3 or 4 alternations. Finish with 3 cycles of just the distilled water. Then thoroughly dry, like over a heat vent for a day or left in a warm place with lots of ventilation or a fan.
The alcohol dissolves contaminants that may now be causing shorts and the distilled water helps dilute them and wash them away. Distilled (pure) water is non-conductive, so it won't cause shorts.
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Originally posted by Crom: I have used this successfully on other electronic devices (an expensive calculator) but not on a nano. It may be worth trying. Alternate brief but complete soakings in isopropyl alcohol and Distilled water. Maybe 5 min per soak, with some agitation. 3 or 4 alternations. Finish with 3 cycles of just the distilled water. Then thoroughly dry, like over a heat vent for a day or left in a warm place with lots of ventilation or a fan.
The alcohol dissolves contaminants that may now be causing shorts and the distilled water helps dilute them and wash them away. Distilled (pure) water is non-conductive, so it won't cause shorts.
Good last resort. I think you are at this point, unfortunately.
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Posts: 17699 | Location: New Mexico | Registered: October 14, 2005
I have the opposite problem. I-Tunes has blown its mind on my computer as part of a partial hard drive failure. The result is that I have lost my painfully ripped music, nearly 500 CDs in Apple Lossless.
I have started over ripping.
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