When i closed the top of the case my Ipod touch switched off and would not swictch back on. though my ipod was knackered.!
After researching this 'black screen of death' problem on the web I took the ipod touch out of the new case and rebooted it by pressing the home button and sleep button together for 10 seconds. It worked fine until i put it back in the case, closed the lid....same problem.! Repeated the reboot procedure, put back in case, close lid....Same problem.!!
After some more web research I came across the magnet in case problem, it's claimed that some magnets become stronger than others during manufacturing and can cause problems with ipods.
In the end I couldn't be bothered to send the case back so i just cut the magnets out and now my ipod touch works fine in its new case.
I don't know if the magnets in my case were part of a mega strong batch, or maybe my Ipod is particularly sensitive to magnets.? I just kown that when i used this case my ipod crashed. Hopefully no permenant damage has been done.