Click Wheel not working.... =|

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  1. bakita11

    bakita11 Member

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    Well, I have no warrenty, and it's a 5th Generation Ipod Video. I unfortunately spilt orange juice on it. And it was none responsive afterwards. Nothing. SO I read up on spills to try and get it to work, many recommended that I open it up, and dry it off. I didn't want to wait for it to dry off because orange juice is sticky, everything would be sticky. So I opened it up. Cleaned it and It worked! It turned on and everything. I closed it up and clicked the centre button to check if my music was intact and nothing happened. I tried turning the wheel still nothing. (Also the backlight isn't on, and doesn't turn on, but that's probably because the clickwheel is unresponsive...) I connected it to my computer, and my computer/itunes read it. I was confused, so I re-opened it thinking I connected it wrong. I check all the wires it was all correct. I now have it connected to my computer, without the front cover on. I tried pushing the actual black buttons (the ones underneath the clickwheel) but it still doesn't work. What should I do? =( I'm thinking that maybe that actual black buttons got ruined, if is there any way of fixing it without getting a new ipod or sending it to apple?

    I'd really appreciate the help.

    Thaanks,
    Jacky
     
  2. PeaInAPod

    PeaInAPod Active member

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    Sounds like something short circuited when that juice spilled. That could explain why the iPod still turns on, yet the touch wheel remains unresponsive.
     
  3. serpiroth

    serpiroth Regular member

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    you can buy the parts from a 3rd party site for cheap and do it oyurself
     

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