Seemingly dead nano

[domromer]

My nano has been doing some weird stuff lately. When I plug it in the computer it will charge and snyc. Every time I unplug it, it just dies. I have this dark grey screen with the apple icon and that's it! Today out of nowhere it worked again and I was able to listen to music. When I got home I plugged it in. It downloaded a new itunes version, synced, and began charging. Now when I unplug it. Dead again! I re-installed all the music a few weeks ago when this all started and that didn't make a difference.

Can anyone offer some help? I'm going on vacation tomorrow and it would be nice if my ipod worked.

 

[skaheadpunk]

I'd like to say it's the battery, but then if it randomly worked today then surely it can't be? Dying when you unplug it sounds like a dead battery though. Take it to visit apple?

 

[Kilted1]

Sounds like you have a bad/loose connection in the ipod. Take it into Apple as Punk has suggested

 

[skaheadpunk]

Punk

I'm liking that one!

 

[Bluegrass]

Last thing to try before you take it in is here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1320