<p>My Ipod works fine at home and in the car. When I walk about 10 minutes away from the house it stops midstream. I turn it completely off and on again and get nothing until I am back home. This is for podcasts or music downloaded.
Any ideas? Battery is fine and full.</p>
<p>Have you dropped it?
Maybe something is loose.</p>
<p>How old is that ipod? Has the ipod/battery been subjected to high heat?</p>
<p>No injuries, No heat. Again works in the car without a plug and at home fine. Just when I take a walk and, of course, that was the reason I bought it…
It is about 2-3 years old and used lightly.
Battery reads full.
I am going to walk around in the house tomorrow and see if it has anything to do with movement.</p>
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<p>Be aware that lithium ion batteries used in many portable electronics…including ipods/iphones have a max lifespan of 3 years at 100% charge capacity from the moment they’re manufactured. This applies even if they’re sitting on a shelf for 3 years. </p>
<p>If they’re used, that lifespan could be shortened through maxing out the approximately 400 max full recharge cycles within that 3 years or through being exposed to high heat or other damaging conditions.</p>
<p>Other possibilities include possible loosening of ribbon cable* connecting the battery to the device’s motherboard/logic board** or the possibility the battery was defective from the getgo. </p>
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<li>Very unlikely IME.<br>
**Apple’s name for the motherboard</li>
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<p>Thanks! but why is it only NOT working when I go walking and yet it is perfectly fine at home and in the car. I keep wondering if there is some setting I do not have right…</p>
<p>That is odd but that is why it sounds like something is loose.
Have you done a soft reset?
( hold down the home & power keys till it restarts)
Even if you dont have Apple care, I would take it in. H uses his ipod everyday even though the screen is completely cracked & it is six yrs old.</p>
<p>There is a setting on iPods that makes them respond to a “shake” by advancing to the next song or whatever other options there are. This setting is worthless for running, jogging, or maybe even walking because of the inadvertant “shake” from footsteps. I’m guessing that you’ve got a setting that responds to a “shake” by pausing or advancing to the next song.</p>
<p>The other possibility is that you are putting the iPod in your pocket and the iPod, brushing up against material, is skipping to the next track. This happens to me when hiking. The solution is to hit the main power button to put the iPod into lock mode (screen goes dark) before putting it in your pocket. You have to hit the button again to bring the screen back to life.</p>
<p>^^^ yes this is exactly what I was going to say. I have had this happen before - I either have had it advance to the next song or just pause with no music.</p>
<p>It does not go to the next song but just freezes. I have done restarts but it just stays frozen. Something loose could be it.
I appreciate all of your ideas. Thanks!
I also am very sure to keep it from brushing up against anything. In any event, it will not unfreeze when I am walking until I am back home. But then that could lead back to the “something is loose” and I am not longer moving it.</p>
<p>You can be as careful as you want, but if the screen is still lit when you put an iPod in a pocket or pack, it’s probably going to do something you don’t want. With this touch-screens, the only way is to put them in sleep mode (screen off) before putting them in pocket, clipping them to a shirt, or whatever. You can’t wait for the screen to time-out by itself iike you can in the house or the car. I learned that right away exercising with a touch-screen nano.</p>
<p>I would hard reset it back to factory settings.</p>
<p>Q: if you hold it in your hand, does it freeze? Some people say this doesn’t happen when they clip it on. A reason could be the thing runs out of buffer and stops working. That sounds right given the time before it freezes. In other words, the ipod loads a bunch of data so it can play without accessing the hard drive. That data runs out, the drive is bouncing and can’t work. This would indicate a drive that’s not in tip-top shape, which is why keeping it on a clip or some less jostling manner sometimes works.</p>
<p>You guys are genius’s ! And you even said it in language I understand! Ok–will try it on a clip–the buffer makes sense–and will also set back to factory.
Will let you know what happens.</p>