Take a look:

http://www.rbarrios.com/projects/NANO6BU...

Emily Routh, if it works when you plug it in, but not when it is not connected, start replacing your battery. After that you have at least a starting point if you should continue to have problems.Installing iPod Nano 6th Generation Logic Board Assembly gives you an idea of how to do it. Good Luck and let us know if you need more help.

if you don't want to tear down, try pulling up the button w/ needle nose pliers or tweezers. if it just got something sticky around the button you can work it loose w/ alcohol.

The Standby/Power button on my iPod nano 6G got stuck, making it impossible to turn on the iPod (except via USB). With the warranty having expired a few months ago, I gave it a try to fix it.

It was of course the small metal shim under the power button that just slipped a bit to the side. Reseating the shim did the trick. With the right tools it took about 30 minutes.

Note: There was a black tape over the button assembly, all along the inside of the top of the case. This tape is not shown in the tear-down pics and had to be peeled off to reach the power button.

I wonder why Apple opted for such a bad design. It almost appears as if this is some improvised solution.

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Before I forget - many thanks to iFixit for the tear-down pictures and to R. Barrios for the detailed explanation of the actual problem!

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Somehow the glue strip between the display and the case has suffered a bit when I disassembled the nano and I notice the backlight shining through at the edges of the display. Does anybody have a solution for replacing that glue strip?

I got the same problem with the 6th generation ipod, broken powerbutton. The little cloth on top of the powerbutton was gone (inside the ipod).

Here is what i did:

I dismanteled it. I used my nails to get a grip around the touchscreen, and then i gently took it out and to the left side. unscrewed the metal plate behind the display.

You dont need to unhook the cables, but you have to move the battery aside so you can get accsess to the cables and buttons. I Removed the black tape first and then i unscrewed the 4 little screws on top and i gently took out the buttons and cables (they are all connected to eachother), so i could take a look at it.

I cut out an little piece of doublesided tape and i folded it once. then i used a needle to place it on top of the powerbutton(the button connected to the cables, because everything is so small. There is a small gasket around the powerbutton, that one i removed completely, cause it caused me alot of trouble. After that took 2 of the 4 screws and mounted it back together, just to test the powerbutton(test the button several times) just to check that everything is in order. If it is a go, just reverse the whole operation. At the end i used some superglue to seal the deal :P

What i needed to to this operation:

- Good lightening, I used my cellphone cameralight. I placed it on top of a glass, so i got good lightning down towards the ipod.

- Tiny screwdrivers, Star-screwdriver, but you can do it with a flat one too.

- A little piece of doublesided tape and a scissor to cut out the pieces of tape.

- Superglue, to use around the seal of the screen.

- Take good time, this is tiny bits and pieces.

I had to do this operation several times to get it to work.

I was not interested to send it back to the webshop and wait several weeks to get it back.

Im guessing im not the only one having problems with this.

Good luck :)

Benjamin (Flip-Da'Script)

hi everyone.

i hav found the answer; first of all my shime was squint so thanks torbarrioss for that and also if u look at your working volume buttons u will see a black piece of material. this is the problem for people who hav fixed there shime but its still not working. i hav not yet found a peice to go in its place but i will keep trying and post if i do

Found by accident that I can get my Nano - with the broken power button - to play with my iPhone earbuds. Then, I watched the Youtube video to learn about the other controls (double click, triple click, etc.). Just plug your earbuds in, press the center of the earbud controller to unpause and . . . you have music. Press once to pause. What I don't know is if the battery is shutting down with the pause. I'll find out soon. Can't see the screen, but it will do until I break down and buy another or Santa brings me one.

I had an xtra power button ribbon. Just replaced it.

This is by far the most common fault I encounter on the nano 6g. followed by the broken screen.

As mentioned in previous posts the issue is either the square metal shim which has shifted on the back of the button or the black dimple spot on the button itself is missing. Or Both

It's a real nuisance aligning everyting back up again with the ribber gasket but you can leave that out if you wish. It is a waterproofer mostly and only adds a little spring to the button itself.

The black dimple button is about this size "." so it's a bit fiddly to replace. You can use something lightly bigger but no more than 1mm thick really.

Hi

I found a simple but not very clean solution for the stuck power button problem.

1. Follow the Headphone Jack Assembly replacement guide.
2. At step 13, remove only the rightmost 3.9 mm Phillips screw (the orange ones on the photo).
3. Test tour power button, it might work again (at least it did for me). If not, you may also unmount the third screw starting from the left and mount it again. I indeed found that the level of tightening these two screws had an influence on the exact location of the switch, and thus on its contact with the power button.
4. Mount your IPod again, without remounting the rightmost screw.

Hope it helps,

My problem was that there was a small plastic bit missing from the on/off-switch. I just glued it back on and now the device works again.

Here is a picture of the plastic bit and the switch where it belongs to:

http://i49.tinypic.com/14t62x4.jpg

And here is a video that helped me to find the issue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHrLLfMXk...

How shall it work with the headphones? I have some but it doesn´t turn on by pressing it

Not a fix, but a workaround:

1) Remove the outer button and use the plug of the dongle to push the inner button to turn the ipod on or off

2) When the inner button falls off or stops working, remove it. You will be left with just the base contact for the button, which looks like a small round metal contact separated into 4 quarter sections. Now you can lightly touch the plug of the dongle to the contact and move it around a bit to close the contact between any 2 of the 4 sections in order to power the ipod on or off. It only takes a couple of seconds to do the trick and the inconvenience may be worth it compared to forking out another $150 for a new ipod.

Thanks for the instructions to repair the iPod nano 6 case when using this manual something goes wrong and the cable for the on and off switch is damaged, it can be purchased portatronics.de here.

Vielen Dank für die Anleitung zur Reparatur des iPod Nano 6 Sollte beim Verwenden dieser Anleitung etwas schief laufen und das Kabel für den An und Ausschalter beschädigt werden, kann dieses in Deutschland bei portatronics.de erworben werden.