Comments on: When iPods Fail http://www.27months.com/2008/05/when-ipods-fail/ Cameroon from a technologist's point of view Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:21:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ourman http://www.27months.com/2008/05/when-ipods-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-3707 ourman Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:32:41 +0000 http://www.27months.com/?p=114#comment-3707 Despite my blog title - I'm not yet in Cameroon - but am headed there in September to do a VSO volunteer post for two years. I previously did something similar in Hanoi (where I bought my first Ipod) and I know how valuable they are. With this in mind I have actually invested in a new one - hoping that it will last me. And hopefully my place in Bamenda will be pretty soft compared to volunteers' experiences in more remote settings. Anyway, hop you don't mind me dropping by to say hi. I've enjoyed reading your blog. Despite my blog title – I’m not yet in Cameroon – but am headed there in September to do a VSO volunteer post for two years.

I previously did something similar in Hanoi (where I bought my first Ipod) and I know how valuable they are.

With this in mind I have actually invested in a new one – hoping that it will last me. And hopefully my place in Bamenda will be pretty soft compared to volunteers’ experiences in more remote settings.

Anyway, hop you don’t mind me dropping by to say hi. I’ve enjoyed reading your blog.

]]> By: Heather http://www.27months.com/2008/05/when-ipods-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-3166 Heather Wed, 14 May 2008 11:43:39 +0000 http://www.27months.com/?p=114#comment-3166 Yes we are, had a fantastic time. The Earthquake thing is really worrying glad we were home before that happened though. There are some pics on the blog. Hope all is good in Buea, you must be chuffed Brian is joining you. Yes we are, had a fantastic time. The Earthquake thing is really worrying glad we were home before that happened though. There are some pics on the blog.

Hope all is good in Buea, you must be chuffed Brian is joining you.

]]> By: angelv http://www.27months.com/2008/05/when-ipods-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-3146 angelv Tue, 13 May 2008 18:51:50 +0000 http://www.27months.com/?p=114#comment-3146 damn, I was going to sell you my ipod nano. damn, I was going to sell you my ipod nano.

]]> By: billz http://www.27months.com/2008/05/when-ipods-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-3139 billz Tue, 13 May 2008 10:29:08 +0000 http://www.27months.com/?p=114#comment-3139 Hev, thank you. Are you back from China? Monkey, yeah I tried running a number of utilities (including the iPod's firmware tools) to defrag & reformat the drive, all with no luck. I might have better luck with SpinRite, but then I'd have to extract the drive from the iPod and connect it to a PC with a special cable that I don't have. From the noise it's making I suspect that the problem is a hard mechanical failure such as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_crash" rel="nofollow">head crash</a> and/or a bad servo. Mea culpa. The 5th gen iPod uses a 1.8" 60GB Toshiba disk, so I might order one online and try fixing it myself...maybe. Or I might try a hack <a href="http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Ipod_Nano_200gb_Instructions/Page_3" rel="nofollow">like this</a> just for laughs. Hev, thank you. Are you back from China? Monkey, yeah I tried running a number of utilities (including the iPod’s firmware tools) to defrag & reformat the drive, all with no luck. I might have better luck with SpinRite, but then I’d have to extract the drive from the iPod and connect it to a PC with a special cable that I don’t have. From the noise it’s making I suspect that the problem is a hard mechanical failure such as a head crash and/or a bad servo. Mea culpa. The 5th gen iPod uses a 1.8″ 60GB Toshiba disk, so I might order one online and try fixing it myself…maybe. Or I might try a hack like this just for laughs.

]]> By: Heather http://www.27months.com/2008/05/when-ipods-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-3137 Heather Tue, 13 May 2008 09:19:10 +0000 http://www.27months.com/?p=114#comment-3137 Ashia for your ipod Ashia for your ipod

]]> By: monkey http://www.27months.com/2008/05/when-ipods-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-3127 monkey Mon, 12 May 2008 22:22:46 +0000 http://www.27months.com/?p=114#comment-3127 Have you tried to defray or reformat the drive? I had to do this once from my Mac and it worked fine. Have you tried to defray or reformat the drive? I had to do this once from my Mac and it worked fine.

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