Headache in a Suitcase said:
some are misunderstanding the folder of death...
i can't access my iPod... at all. not just a folder, everything. the folder of death is what's being displayed on the iPod's face.
all the files i've purchased are on one of three computers... my old desktop at home, my desktop at work, or the laptop i'm on now... so thankfully i'll be able to reload everything once either figure this shit out or buy a new one... but it's still a pain in the ass... my ipod and me haven't been apart for more than a day or two. i don't know what i'd do with a prolonged absence
I know how you feel. My U2 iPod that I got last Christmas (2004) had the exact same problem a few months ago, except the folder popped up randomly, not because of updating the software. But there it stayed, preventing me from doing anything on the iPod at all. I kind of felt like part of my soul was missing.
I actually fixed it by...well...dropping it. Seriously. I tried everything Apple had reccommended except wiping the hard drive clean and nothing had worked, so I was going to do that (regrettably, because I actually didn't have all of my music backed up). I got up from the computer to go somewhere and accidently knocked my iPod from the table to the ground, and
the folder disappeared!. I don't think I've had a single problem with it since. My friend was really mad - he was like "WELL YOU SHOULD RESTORE THE FIRMWARE BECAUSE JUST DROPPING IT CAN'T FIX WHAT WAS WRONG AND IT'S GONNA FUCK UP AGAIN" but that was last fall sometime, and like I said it's worked perfectly ever since
Does it make sense? No. Do I reccommend it? No. But it
did work for me
I'm glad you had an extended warranty Headache... three weeks, though. That's tough. You should buy a video iPod to make the wait go by quicker