Comments on: Where’s My iPod Search?

By: Sanchit Mehta

Sanchit Mehta — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:42:39 +0000

Hey guys i hv iPod 30 gb 5G, Rockbox firmware would change the music quality?and if i have installed Rockbox firmware can i uninstall it later?Any idea how to get the other equilizer i mean setting in decibels?
Pl reply urgent

By: jjmmggbb

jjmmggbb — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:54:27 +0000

I got the same problem, search is gone??????

By: c0oKiE

c0oKiE — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:50:17 +0000

this is a load of doodoo

By: c0oKiE

c0oKiE — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:48:41 +0000

i bought a 30 GB ipod and i had search. now its gone. i dont know how its gone but it just dissapeared as soon a s i put songs on it.

By: Jose

Jose — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:27:40 +0000

Forgot about asking Apple for this functionality. They obviously seem not to care. To me it is absurd that they just couldn’t add this as part of a software upgrade. But yes they can add the ability to rent movies, etc. No way Apple! One day this will come back and slap you in your face.

Now back to Search, come’on Hackers, I don’t want to have Ipod Video or Iphone on my Ipod. I just want to be able to search. I don’t care for the other updates although they are nice, but come’on just crack this functionality. Because asking Apple to give it to us does not appear to make any headway. Screw you APPLE!

By: peter

peter — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:40:18 +0000

and the best thing is, apple tells me i CAN get the search function, even though i can’t:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304338

citing:”iPod nano (Second Generation) and Fifth Generation iPod (Late 2006), both announced 2006-09-12, allow you to search iPod for songs, album titles, artist names, podcasts, and audio books.”

wtf??!!

By: Jose

Jose — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:14:14 +0000

I can’t believe this functionality still has not been added to the 5th Gen Ipod. I thought Apple was better than Microsoft, but I guess not. This is absurd that they can’t provide this a new firmware update. It is just a code change nothing to do with the limitation of the hardware. Thank you Apple??? geez. This is my last Ipod I plan to buy.

By: Rory Cartmell

Rory Cartmell — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:39:57 +0000

That is absolutely ridiculous. It has made me so mad! That is the one thing that would make my iPod worth more to me. And like so many people have said before me… it would cost apple absolutely nothing to put it on the older 5G ipod! ahhhh… but nobody in their right mind would pay for a new ipod just for a bit more storage space and a search feature.

By: paul

paul — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:22:40 +0000

Carrie, it sounds like you’re missing a font. Have you made any changes to your system lately? Are you on a Mac or PC?

Also, try this… select a song in the library and “get info” on it (Command + i on a Mac or Control + i on a PC). Is the song info displayed in the resulting dialog box?

By: carrie

carrie — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:00:22 +0000

hey! does any one know why when i open up iTunes all the main text and song titles etc. come up as little squares. i’ve tried uninstalling and then reinstalling but it still comes up as squares. i can’t read anything!

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By: AceRoom

AceRoom — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:42:41 +0000

If anyone still wants the search feature and a bunch of cool features such as background, advanced backlight settings (Fade in and out), parametric equalizer, etc. You could switch to RockBox firmware. The scroll seems a little slow but you can always switch between the original firmware and rockbox. There are loads of skins that you can download. Try it.

By: Welshman89

Welshman89 — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:49:26 +0000

My Mate’s got a new ipod 5G he had this year and his has got search, but mine is the original 5g first model and i want a search, NOW!!!!! not to wait for next update

By: null

null — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:54:51 +0000

bleh…………….its the same for the videos too…i got my roomy one for xmas and she has search and what not….tell me how they can update my screen brightness settings and not a search bar……………………*cries*

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:06:39 +0000

Robbo: did you figure out the problem with the boxes-replace-text in your iTunes? I’ve encountered the same thing out of the blue. Makes it pretty tough to navigate. Thanks, Joe.

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DominoKeys.com (aka Kevin Hansen’s Blog) » Searching for a search — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:57:44 +0000

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By: DominoKeys

DominoKeys — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:22:53 +0000

[...] Searching for a search October 7, 2006, 5:23 pm When Apple announced their new 5G iPods I felt the urge to rush out and immediately buy one. Then I realized that I haven’t yet filled up my 60GB iPod, I think the screen brightness is perfect and I rarely need the extra battery life … so I really don’t need it.And since the new ones are also a 5G (fifth generation) iPod, I really couldn’t justify spending the $$$ on a new one. When you factor in the fact that they’d let me download movies and their new games its even harder to justify. Now, I’m not complaining … I’d be really upset if this iPod couldn’t use some of the new features that will come out from Apple in the future.But there’s one in particular that I DON’T get that I’m kinda upset about. The latest firmware update gives you the ability to jump to a letter of the alphabet in your song/artist/album listings … which is really handy when you have a ton of songs in there. For some reason, mine doesn’t seem to work as fluidly as the new 5G iPods in the store. It also DOESN’T have the full searching capability that the new one does. And that sucks!And I’m not the only one to think that. There are plenty of others that do too. Like this guy. So I’ll have to live without it. In the mean time, I can dream about what mine would look like with that feature on it. Probably something like this: by Kevin Hansen in Apple 0 Comments [...]

By: Mikel

Mikel — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 19:14:17 +0000

F*ck Apple for being so lame.

By: John

John — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:40:28 +0000

Okay, I’m not crazy. Before heading out on vacation I had the sense to print the Ipod manual so I could finally figure out how to search – I figured I’d have plenty of time on the beach to figure this out. No luck, I burned the crap out of myself reading the manual describing the “Search” feature and then trying to find it. Along with the burn, I reset the settings so many times that I now know how to do that blind. I could NOT find the search.

Now, I see why. Apple, please post a reason for this. If there is a technical reason for not providing software updates for this, then say it. If not, then you are wasting very good customer loyalty capital. Hell, sell me $100 worth of music and give me the update???? Lets be more creative than toss your old one.

Thanks to everyone for this great information.

By: Some Random Guy

Some Random Guy — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:14:58 +0000

yea, so that scroll feature is automatic with the 1.2 upgrade. I have a 30G iPod video that did not come with that feature. Now(after the 1.2 version) when i scroll fast it automaticlly comes up. but not every time

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By: Tetsuo

Tetsuo — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:28:15 +0000

I’d rather Apple got around to fixing all the broken shit in the last firmware upgrade before adding the search. You know, like making it so that my iPod doesn’t randomly reset on podcasts or MP3s that used to play normally.

By: Nico

Nico — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:01:24 +0000

I am with you guys, I got my 5G / 30GB last December (for $299) after a lot of thought due to the none replaceable battery ….. and I can’t even get the search feature !!!! I was using a Sony MD before and I had a search feature besides a custom EQ …. Just give us the search feature and I forgett about the $50 cheaper price

By: zach

zach — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:01:37 +0000

yea, thats kinda dumb, i went to an apple store and i seen the search feature and couldnt wait to get home and try it out on my ipod, but it was nowhere to be found, this irritates me, i dont want to pay $250 for the search feature, or download linux that will mess up my ipod

By: Sonesh

Sonesh — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:21:42 +0000

this is an outrage, i bought a 60gb ipod not long ago, the most expensive ipod ever created, and what does apple do? They go out and lessen the price, add the search feature, give it a more brighter screen, and add 20gb to it. It is unfair especially to those of us who paid for those 60gb ipod videos and now we can’t even update it to get the simple search feature, but instead must waste another $400 on a new ipod, this is stupid and ubsurd and apple always screws people over like that. Apple really needs to get their act together and make the search feature available in a simple update.

By: justin

justin — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:49:26 +0000

this whole situation sucks. i don’t have anything to add; i feel the same as all of you. i just wanted to post something so i would be notified when one of you *geniuses* finds a way to get search working!

By: moldyapples

moldyapples — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:09:41 +0000

I went into iPod Help thru iTunes, it let me download a pdf guide to the iPod. Funny thing is, Apple’s website was able to get the serial number of my updated 5G 60GB ‘pod to figure out which manual to get. Well the manual talks all about searching and my iPod can’t do it! I bought it last November. It does the gapless playback and the letters while scrolling. It even will play the games the ITMS has. Just no search which is the feature i wanted most!

By: Feije

Feije — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:11:44 +0000

i havea 30g and i just saw my friends brand new 30g and he showed me the search…..its nice! it makes me mad how little difference there is between mine and his. its just the software.

By: paul

paul — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:19:10 +0000

DavidZMetal, Gapless playback is something you’ll never use, unless you have albums that were meant to play that way. Some albums were meant to play without a gap between the songs, like Pink Floyd’s, The Wall. The songs on those albums were meant to play as one continuous song. Previous versions of iTunes (and iPods) would put a gap between the songs. It’s a feature that most albums won’t need.

You are corect about the battery life. You need a 5.5g iPod.

By: DavidZMetal

DavidZMetal — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:49:46 +0000

Guys , what is gapless playback actually ?

Another function i found useful is the brightness control . It really helps saving the battery life .

ANyone tried the 4 hours video playback features? Isit available for the new 5.5g only?

By: Ram

Ram — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:57:36 +0000

with regard’s to Matt, V all r waiting for he same feature!!! Can u do it pal???

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 04:14:53 +0000

5.5g owner: Can you post the search feature online from the firmware?

By: 5.5g owner

5.5g owner — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:57:38 +0000

I just received mine this morning, I didnt even know they were released with a search function until I turned it on.

This is the ONLY thing I have wanted in an iPod.. and is it worth $699 NZD for it? Yup!! After 5 generations of iPods, i finally get search.. stupid – but hey, its my opinion.

By: jen

jen — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 04:29:54 +0000

I found a way to somewhat replicate the alphabet search function on my ‘old’ 5g. You lose the genre field but I never looked for music there anyway. I tag my music in comments and use the smartlists to organize by tag.

As for the alphabet search…I sort by artist in itunes then mass update the genre field to the letter of the alphabet corresponding to the artist.

It did take some time to multi-select then multi-change the genre field to the letter of the artist name but not as long as it takes me to find the bloody song I want to listen to with the clickwheel!

Be certain the checkbox is checked next to genre field in info and all multi-selected files will be updated with the change.

Now, when I go to genre sort on the ipod, I get a list of the alphabet and chosing a letter shows me all artists that start with that letter.

I feel like I have gained control of my music and while giving up ‘genre’ might not do for some, it was a piece of cake for me.

P.S. Be prepared to wait a long time for your ipod to synch with itunes the first time you do this because each song has been changed and if you have a large library of songs it will take longer than usual.

Hope it helps. Oh, I almost forgot, I use @123 in the genre field for the numbers and symbols artists.

By: esteban

esteban — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:36:36 +0000

I updated the firmware… but I don’t even get the box with a letter on it …

I got my iPod on August … As soon as I used it, I though that a search feature would be nice (that’s the way I find the songs on WMP). Now, you can have it … if you buy a new iPod.

Apple sucks. iPods are pure brand.