Clod

That shouldn't be necessary. I didn't change the volume since the last time I listened to something. Instead my iPod decided to play it so loud that you couldn't actually understand anything. You could listen to the quietest thing on 1% volume and it'd be destroying your ears. And I have done that. It doesn't become bearable until it's muted. It doesn't become quieter until it's muted. There is no difference between 1% and 100% because it can't handle anything louder than it was putting out. And this is every sound. A notification. Music. A video. Everything.

You can't fix it by unplugging your headphones and plugging them back in. Unplugging them prevents any sound from playing ever until you turn it off. Even if you plug the headphones in again it won't play any sound until you turn the iPod off.

Something tells me this would be an easy fix if you took it to an apple store o3o

I'm sure it was fixed by an iOS update but I haven't updated in forever. I'm in an old version where the gun emoji isn't a water gun.

It hasn't been a problem in a long time anyway. Like, a really long time. Some time ago it happened frequently but that was only for a short time. Then it never happened again and I forgot about it. Well, until today.