iPod "driver" problems

[Nicane]

I don't know if this is quite the spot for this, but my iPod stopped working on the computer after.. something. I don't remember what I did. But it won't show up as "iPod" in my computer or in iTunes. I uninstalled the driver, installed iTunes, and plugged it back it, but it doesn't work right. It shows up as a camera? And the space it shows is just the free space. I blame Windows 7! Any help?

Thank you.

~Nicane

 

[Lordbob75]

I don't know if this is quite the spot for this, but my iPod stopped working on the computer after.. something. I don't remember what I did. But it won't show up as "iPod" in my computer or in iTunes. I uninstalled the driver, installed iTunes, and plugged it back it, but it doesn't work right. It shows up as a camera? And the space it shows is just the free space. I blame Windows 7! Any help?

Thank you.

~Nicane

First off, your computer will show your iPod as a camera (mine does) but it will still work just fine.

What happens when you plug in your iPod now?

~Lordbob

 

[Nicane]

Well, I know it shows it that way, but the WAY it shows it is messed up. Showing just the free space isn't normal, last I knew. If I plug it in, it makes the ~boodoop~ noise. Then it does nothing. I can see it in Computer and that's it. I can't access the music or find it in iTunes, it was working perfectly before too.

 

[Lordbob75]

Well, I know it shows it that way, but the WAY it shows it is messed up. Showing just the free space isn't normal, last I knew. If I plug it in, it makes the ~boodoop~ noise. Then it does nothing. I can see it in Computer and that's it. I can't access the music or find it in iTunes, it was working perfectly before too.

OK, I see.

Let me think. Ok, so Windows can sense it, but iTunes cant. This seems like an iTunes issue then. Try cleaning it COMPLETELY off you computer, the reinstall another version.

~Lordbob

 

[Nicane]

I did. =/

 

[Lordbob75]

I did. =/

But try a different version.

~Lordbob

 

[Nicane]

It WAS a different version. I installed it to the newer one. I don't like updates. :|

 

[Lordbob75]

OK. When exactly did this problem start occurring?

~Lordbob

 

[Nicane]

Um, about two days ago. I don't recall doing anything. I just noticed that I couldn't put any music on because it didn't show up. So I've been fiddling with uninstalling the driver and iTunes and such.

 

[Lordbob75]

Ok. Check to see if you have a restore point from BEFORE then. If so, restore to it. If its not your iPod, it will be fixed.

Before you try that though, try installing an OLDER version of iTunes. There is a slim chance it will work.

~Lordbob

 

[Nicane]

Doesn't work. =/ Any other ideas?

 

[Lordbob75]

Ok. Damn.

Alright. If you have all your music backed up, then lets try this:

Hold down the home button and sleep button until the iPod restarts and shows the Connect screen. Then plug it into your computer.

~Lordbob

 

[Nicane]

Just so you know, and I should have mentioned this, it's and iPod Touch. So it works differently than the other iPods.

 

[ccatlett1984]

download and install "mediamonkey" see if it can see your ipod and access your music. I have it working fine with my 120gb classic ipod.

 

[Nicane]

download and install "mediamonkey" see if it can see your ipod and access your music. I have it working fine with my 120gb classic ipod.

No luck. I KNOW it's Windows or the iPod (though it seems more like Windows). Something strange happened with the driver or something. Because it used to show up as a camera, yes, but I could browse to the used space and see certain files and stuff. It's not iTunes, I know that.

 

[Lordbob75]

download and install "mediamonkey" see if it can see your ipod and access your music. I have it working fine with my 120gb classic ipod.

No luck. I KNOW it's Windows or the iPod (though it seems more like Windows). Something strange happened with the driver or something. Because it used to show up as a camera, yes, but I could browse to the used space and see certain files and stuff. It's not iTunes, I know that.

Ok, lets try this:
Download and install iPhone Browser. (This works with the touch). Connect your iPod, and navigate to user->some thing down to the music folder which will have stuff with numbers and letters and mean nothing except that your music is on there.

~Lordbob

 

[Nicane]

It won't recognize it. It just tells me to plug in my iPhone. Which I did, of course. No luck.

 

[Lordbob75]

It won't recognize it. It just tells me to plug in my iPhone. Which I did, of course. No luck.

Ok. Can you try a different cable?

I think this is a problem with the iPod. Do you have another you could try?

~Lordbob

 

[Nicane]

I used two cables. And um, if I can find my "broken" one.. yeah. It shows up fine. But that doesn't necessarily mean it's the iPod. I still think it's the driver. Since they would use different drivers. But I don't know.

 

[Lordbob75]

Ok. Did you try forcing restore mode?

~Lordbob