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My 3rd gen iPod was working fine until a couple months ago when I let the battery drain. When I tried to recharge it about...

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The clickwheel connector on my 60gig iPod Photo (Late 2004) became detached from the logic board, and since It's the...

My 60GB iPod Photo/Color has a seriously damaged 30-pin connector. Can it be replaced with a connector taken from a...

I accidentally peeled the orange cable off of the connector. Can I reconnect the cable with the connector? I'm only asking...

The 30-pin connector on my iPod Color was seriously damaged, I have a spare iPod Photo, can I replace the broken connector...

The connector fell apart, can it be weld or glued back to the logic board?

Update: I had abandoned the idea of repairing this iPod, I took it to a technician which soldered the Dock Connector, but the result was the same and even worse as the iPod didn’t charge when connected to the FW Adapter. As of last month, I purchased an used iPod Color U2 which had a fully working hard drive, after restoring it to factory settings on my Mac I got the same folder screen which the 3rd gen showed me. So after many hours of frustration and forethought, I decided to format the Hard Drive with Windows… Voila! I formatted both iPod Photo and the 3rd gen hard drive with a Windows and it solved the problem, I can now use them and sync the music on my mac. I guess it has something to do with the Read/Write permissions on my Mac or the quantity of iPods that I have synced to my mac (I’m a collector). I hope this helps some of you that are having trouble with the folder with exclamation mark and a working hard drive!

Found this on a related question, it might be helpful: http://www.techjamaica.com/forums/showth...-iPod-Touch-A1367-4th-Gen-Battery-Pinout

I’m having the same problem with my 15GB model, I’m thinking of replacing the dock connector and cleaning up the motherboard to avoid any possible shorting. You could try this: Connecting the iPod to the FW charger without the battery (open up the iPod and disconnect the battery), if it turns on then the battery might be faulty.

Have you checked the 30-pin connector (where you plug the cable)? Make sure it’s clean and there are no broken or bent pins.

Have you tried restarting the iPod? Hold Menu + Center buttons down for about 5 seconds, then your iPod will restart.