Thaw Your Frozen iPod

by Jon Chase — Oct 20th 2009 at 6:34AM

Impress your less tech-savvy friends by rebooting their seemingly "bricked," or frozen, iPod. For older, click-wheel versions: Toggle the Hold switch from on to off, then press and hold the Menu and Center buttons simultaneously until the Apple logo appears. For iPod Touches and iPhones, simultaneously press the Sleep button (on top) and Home button until the Apple logo appears. (Ignore the option to shut it down and keep holding.) Ta-da! You just saved someone a couple hundies!

Tags: brick, frozen, iphone, ipod, tech tips, techtip, TechTips, top

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jared said 7:22AM on 10-20-2009

Or you could use a anti-brick program easily available through a google search so you don't have to "re-itunes" your pod. Just plug it into the computer, run the antibrick, and tada. No need to connect to itunes, just keep on jammin.

Peter said 10:34AM on 10-20-2009

Nice work. You reposted the instructions for rebooting your device that have been available from Apple for years. That's some good reporting.

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