4g Ipod touch is stuck on black screen with apple logo, please help!

i have a 4G ipod touch, while downloading an app it froze and i restarted it using the home and sleep buttons. now its stuck on a black screen with the apple logo. Ive tried to restart it again, plug it into the computer and do what all the forums say but none have worked. When i plug the ipod into the computer and restart it, itll stay on the black screen for 5-10 minutes then flash to a white screen and restart itself all over again, any ideas how to fix this problem? thanks

Well it depends if you restore from a backup or not (if you have any).  Try restoring from a backup first. If the problem still continues, then you'll need to set it up as a new iPod, meaning you would lose the content stored on your iPod including, music, videos, apps, app data, etc.
See this article for what is included in a backup.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
And see this article for assistance on restoring your iPod from a backup.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1414
Either content, such as your music, movies, apps, etc should still be in your iTunes library as well.  So you should be able to sync it back over to the iPod once you have restored it.
B-rock

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