13019: The iPod error, what's the REAL solution?

Copied from Yahoo answers, and I replaced my kid friendly words with my true feelings, ie swear words.
I have never been so desperate for an answer to such a question you guys, and to show this, look at my signature. I am truly dedicated to finding the hell this error is.

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I am SOOOOO sick and tired of hearing this response over and over:
"Unsync your ENTIRE music library, and then resync"

That is complete bulls***. Yes, it fixes the problem, but only for that time. You're going to get that same error every single time you sync, and you're going to have to completely sync your entire library anytime you get a new song. That is a complete pain in the ass for people with lots of music on itunes
F*** that.
What if you had a problem with Windows opening up? If I said "You need to start up your computer TWICE anytime you want it to start up correctly" would you want to do that every time? Hell no!

I have been syncing my iPod nano perfectly every single time for the past month, and NOW, on this random day, I get the 13019 "infection"

I want to know, WHY!?
Why does this happen for no reason? Why does it happen at all!?

I just want to sync my iPod without having to wait 2 hours, is that so much to ask?


I have tried every single solution given to me, which are always the same:
Unsync your voice memos - I don't have any memos, and that option isn't even in itunes anymore
Try another account on computer - Doesn't work
Get latest version of iTunes - I've had it

PLEASE! Do you have a REAL solution for this?
No s****y answers please, I'm well aware of the resync fix, and have stated that already, do not tell me to do something that I have already covered. (They always do that in yahoo answers; you ask something, and people answer with something you already said doesn't work)



I thought I might ask here, where more computer savvy people dwell (don't be modest, you all know computers very well).


How does this relate to line rider? I couldn't find where else to post this, but it does relate, here's the segway:
I like listening to music, if I can get music on my iPod, I can listen to it more. If I listen to my music more, I can get a better idea of what music to put in my tracks, which IS line rider related so....yeah.

are you just clicking the sync button? have you tried the manual sync (where you open the ipod in a seperate window in itunes, and click+drag all the new music onto it)

otherwise I'm stumped, I have way too much music to ever do a full sync so i never have.

just a note, please censor yourself by typing the first letter, we'll all get what word you mean. (I edited your post)

sorry I've never had this problem...

sorry if you've already tried this, but I'd suggest instead of unsyncing, you should restore it to factory settings, then resync it.

EDIT: also, wht I just did to fix a problem on my ipod was uninstall, then download, then re-install itunes. it wasn't for the same problem, but it's worth a shot maybe. =/

Why didnt you ask me?? Seriously, the answer is simple.

1. Upgrade your iPod to the latest firmware (not needed if it is already the latest)
   
2. Make a full backup of your iPod's settings
   
3. Restore your iPod (not from the backup)
   
4. One you restore your iPod, restore it again from the backup
   
5. Use your iPod error-free
   

One last note, if your iPod still doesnt work after all that, do not do steps 2 & 4

Try deleting all caches and preferences for iTunes. I've got no idea where these are on Windows though.

One other random thing i'm thinking about is maybe try changing the iPod's name.

for windows users: C-Users-"Your username"-Roaming-Itunes

fairly sure it's there, but this sounds like more of a firmware issue.

also way to bump an old thread