Practical Question
Okay, so, every time I have plugged my ipod in to update it from my computer lately it has asked me if I wanted to update the software. I have never been in a place with a strong wireless signal, so I've declined. Today I was in a coffee shop with a signal so I said yes. It quickly updated the ipod software (I assume it did at least) and then said, "You have to now plug your ipod in to its wall charger".
Okay, well, I don't have that charger with me, and in fact, have only charged the ipod though my computer for several months now (is that bad?)
So, now all my ipod will do is display this little picture of an ipod being plugged into its wall charger.
I can ask around and see if someone here has a wall charger (someone must) but is there any other way around this? Why would it need to be plugged into the wall? And why didn't they warn me ahead of time?
The closest Mac store is in like, Cincinatti, so if I can't figure this out I may be ipod-less until I go back to DC, which makes me very, very sad.
Help.
posted by SAS @ 1:32 PM
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16 Comments:
Oh no!!! How are you going to drown out the word of our Lord!
Just turn on the citymouse charm and ask that fella over there... yeah the one with the glasses... no, not the serial killer glasses, the one with the modern black plastic rims. He has a wall charger.
Just don't mention that you hate Jesus. You're in Kentucky.
yeh i have a wall charger (does that help)
try unplugging your iPod, restarting your computer then plugging it back in to your computer... (if you haven't tried that already)...let me know if it works!
I've turned this question over to the DCist staff and they're extensive knowledge base. They're working on an answer. If you figure it out in the meantime, let me know.
Okay, so no solution quite yet.
JD - Ha. You obviously overestimate the Citymouse charm. All my good eyelash batting sort of wore off when I turned thirty, you know? But perhaps, as there is a cute boy in my cast, who is yes - married - but seems very helpful and sincere and I have noticed him pocketing an ipod when he enter the room, so, maybe.
Leila - ummm, you are not in Louisville, KY are you?
I have tried plugging it in through the computer but not having shut down first. I'll do that too.
Dceiver - Someday Dcist will take over the world, won't they? And when that happens we will all be able to get all the 9:30 club tickets we want and no one will pop their collars and someone will save the Source theater. Sigh.
I hate to be the one to say it, but I think that you need the wall charger. I love my ipod, but I have had some frustration with some of the software updates.
If you do not have access to someone with a charger, try an Apple store, or Best Buy, ahh hell do they have a Radio Shack between the strip clubs? Maybe they will let you plug it in (try batting your eyelashes again), it should only need the charge for about a minute before it will be good to go.
I hope I am wrong and simply rebooting solves the problem.
Ciao.
Someone, sadly, will always be popping their collar. At least on the inside.
Drat. I wish the news was better.
http://www.dcist.com/archives/2006/02/21/ask_dcist_resus_1.php#more
there's got to be a way to get it the rest of the way through setup. "travel chargers" don't even come with new ipods anymore. have you tried the force-reset by switching the hold on-and-off, then holding down the top and middle buttons (on the new 5g's; i'm pretty sure it used to be top-and-bottom on previous ones)? if that doesn't help, try using your ipod updater. should be on your computer somewhere, otherwise download here. plug in the ipod, run the program, update, make sure and leave the ipod and the computer plugged in until the ipod looks happy.
good luck.
there's nought wrong with popping your collar if you've been doing it for nearly a decade, right?
You know DAMN WELL that I am a proud proponent of The Hugh Owen Exception. But, baby, you gots to teach some of these pikers to have your level of self-respect!
Yes, there are exceptions to every rule, HTO. And those exceptions always apply to boys with charming accents. Actually, boys with charming accents can get away with pretty much anything. Anything. Really.
You should know that by now.
isn't there some sort of responsibility or warning label that should come with something like that? Anything? Crikey. That’s a lot of things. It's been a while since I let myself have a bit of trouble and excitement and dangerousness.
a cheeky bit of shoplifting this afternoon anybody?
dangerousness. yes, it is a word. a made up word, but a word all the same. tis true. FACT. don't mess with fact.
Okay so I wasn't thinking petty larceny.
I was thinking more like, fashion risks that can be taken (see above) and language rules that can be stretched (see above, ummm, again).
But mostly the use of words like "nought" and "cheeky".
What I would give to be able to get away with the use of the word "cheeky".
it's unfair being judged on running kit. functionality. thats the only way I can justify that sort of attire.
go on. try a little cheekiness. throw in a little "alright cheeky" at rehearsal i'm sure you could give it it's fair dues.
Wait, what? Oh no no no - the reference "see above" was to the whole popped collar thing, not the running "kit". I wouldn't make fun of that. As a non-runner I stand justifiably in awe...
And that's what I get for trying to be, ummm, cheeky in the first place. Sigh.
oh right. wrong end of the stick. me. grabbing. the. and thats not even taking grammatical liberties, that just grammatical wrongness on a silly scale.
oh come on, keep trying to be cheeky. you know you want to. don't quit now.
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