On Monday night I stuffed my wash in and turned it on- Warm/Cold, Extra Large, and went to bed knowing that in the morning I would have shinny clean clothes (same as usual). Now, I have forgotten why my iPod was even in my pocket (I usually take it out as soon as I walk in the door) but it was there none the less. After the washer had finished it’s cycle my iPod sat face up all night at the very bottom of the washing machine, with all the damp clothes unto dripping down for a good six hours.

Tuesday morning when I went to stuff my things into the dryer just as I was removeing the last sweat-shirt I saw my iPod. I took my Nano out, devastated, I put it on a window sill right above a one of our radiators (I did not place it directly on the heater). I turned it over every now and then, I don’t know if this did any good but it may have, until the fallowing evening (Wednesday). Hoping, praying, but not optimistic I plugged it into my computer and immediately the little Nano lit up! It said the battery was very low and it needed to charge up for a bit after about 15 min of nothing else happening I began to loose the good feeling I had gotten when I first plugged it in. I looked around online and found a site with a simmilar story to mine. Apparently sometimes if the battery is super low you have to plug it into the wall because the USB ports don’t supply enough power. I did this and immediately it worked, really just like new. The click wheel works fine, there’s no damage to the screen, the speaker which emits the ‘clicking’ noise still works- in short I am very, very lucky. An answer to my prayers.

The one thing that’s not working (as of yet) is the battery- you have to plug it in to get it to turn on and when you unplug it it shuts off. However, I don’t really mind this because I mostly only listen in the car with my iTrip.

I would post pictures but honestly, you would not be able to tell anything at all- it looks the exact same. I’ve heard other stories like this where the screen ends up getting damaged but mine works fine.

I’ve heard people complain about how fragile iPods are and how many they’ve broken but this is not my experience whatsoever, these little guys are tanks!

written by Travis \\ tags: Apple, cool, fixed, iPod, Machine, Nano, power, Washing, washing machine