iPod lawsuit

[fjdouse]

Originally Posted by Lt Major Burns

the european noise levels directives in small devices etc. it's the MAN telling us what we can do!

Well, bring it on I say - ABOLISH NATIONALIST GOVERNMENTS!!!

anyhoo.....................

You're referring to the power-off after sync/charge problem? Well, without getting offended, yes. Obviously that was the first thing I tried. Then adding 'sleep' to the main menu, selecting it does nothing - it makes a click sound when 'clicked' but will not, for the love of God, turn off. Before I updated the firmware, it would kill the backlight until the button was released then the backlight would come on again, now it does nothing. As I've tried saying, this IS a known problem, others have it - just do a search and you'll see postings galore about it all over the web. PLUS I've got a friend who has exactly the same problem, so it's not me, or my specific iPod. I had a theory that it was because disk mode was enabled and perhaps the iPod thought it was still connected but even changing that option didn't help.

The only workaround (since resetting does help some users with this problem - but not me) is to manually eject the iPod (since it's in disk mode) then leave it (still under USB power) until it goes off by itself (actually a big charging icon comes up), then disconnect it. I can then power it on and off without a problem. It's ONLY after a sync/charge that the problem manifests itself like the evil ghoul it is.

To be honest, I griped about it because it's crappy but this is a Mac OS X forum really, I've found more help and others with similar problems on more iPod-specific forums, and the only fix is to do what I'm doing now.. ..and hope Apple will identify and fix the problem in a future firmware release. Bit of a pain, I wanted the freedom to whack it in the dock, update then go.. now I have to sit and wait. grr.

To quote "Albert F" who put a review of the 20GB photo iPod (which my friend has) on the Amazon page (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...nce&n=172282): "Another big problem with the Ipod is it's inconsistency to turn off. Resetting the Ipod may help solve the issue but it's an annoyance. Pushing and holding the play/pause button won't always do the trick, making me click in and out of menus and repeating the hold process to make it work."

Another off a blog: "Apple did a great job making it easy to use, apart from one feature which drives me nuts! The feature I'm talking about is the way that you turn the device off. Apparently you're meant to hold down the play/pause button for a few seconds in order to turn it off. Not only is this not intuitive at all, but it doesn't seem to work a great deal of the time."

I can cite examples until I'm blue in the face. It's an irritant, there is no fix, just a workaround. I dare say if more people had the problem then Apple would have fixed it as a priority, but seeing how it's a relatively small number of users, we'll be waiting quite a while for a fix....

[pds]

Originally Posted by fjdouse

I can cite examples until I'm blue in the face. It's an irritant, there is no fix, just a workaround. I dare say if more people had the problem then Apple would have fixed it as a priority, but seeing how it's a relatively small number of users, we'll be waiting quite a while for a fix....

I think there is a solution - it's called good manners and a visit to the shop. I know that if I took an iPod to my local Apple man, showed him that choosing Sleep did nothing and asked him nicely what I should do, he'd exchange it for me. Come visit me in Cairo, I _know_ it would be replaced, even though you bought it elsewhere. Or visit a local Apple Store, be polite but insistent, these things have international warrantee protection and your unit can't be more than what - 5 months old. If they refuse to help, then you have reason to rant. But honestly - otherwise...

[fjdouse]

Nah, I'm not changing it, I'd have to travel quite a distance to do it and I'm not willing to, I can live with the inconsistancies and glitches, but the battery during video playback (which really pi$$es me off) - please don't be offended by this - is NOT going to improve by exchanging it. Sure, the "power off after sync/charge" thing may be better on another unit, maybe not, if it was a fault then that would not explain the problem that other users have, nor my friend's 4G iPod - which only started after a certain firmware update, or even (as I've JUST found out), my sister's iPod mini.. AGAIN, after an update. I'd still recommend an iPod, but point out that they are not flawless and the battery life advertised is basically codswallop. Anyway I'm done on the subject here since it's not useful to keep going round in circles, I'm posting gripes/questions etc. to a more appropriate forum

BTW: Cairo is a great place, visited it quite a few years back and can't wait to return.