Apps won't sync after restore

I have been fighting one problem after another for two days. Finally got my ipod touch restored. I have synced everything but my apps. Progress line indicates apps are being installed but when finished there are no apps. I am overwhelmed by the responses when I search for the problem. Sorry to ask for help without thoroughly researching but it is late and I'm frustrated. Thanks.

All that seemed to be OK but next attempt to sync worked. However, several of my apps stored data and all of that is gone. I can reenter some of it but a lot of it is historical info that is simply gone unless I can find it somewhere. Any chance of getting my data back? Thanks.

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Some Apps Won't Sync After Restore

I ran a restore on my iPod Touch, and after it completed most of my apps will not sync.
Everything worked prior to the restore (Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, etc), but none of these will sync to the iPod at all. Some of my apps (Angry Birds, ESPN, Solitaire) sync just fine.
Music and Podcasts sync fine.
I deauthorized and reauthorized my PC (running Windows XP)
I ensured the Sync Apps box is checked
Restrictions on the iPod are Off
There is over 600MB of space available on the iPod
I checked for App updates, none were available
I rolled back from iTune 10.7 to 10.6.3
I reset the iPod using the power & home buttons
I ran another restore
None of these were successful.
The iPod Touch is running version 4.2.1 (this the latest this generation of Touch will update to)
I attempted to download both the Facebook and Netflix apps directly onto the iPod via wifi, and they say iOS 5 is necessary; this was not the case previously.
Any ideas? Thanks

As Ingo2711 said, the developers have updated many or their apps and the updated apps are no longer comnpatible with earlier iOS.
FB now requires:
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.

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Following the on-screen instructions I downloaded the updates for four apps. Now the updated apps simply won't sync. If I tick the boxes to sync the apps and press apply the other apps sync normally but the ticks just disappear from the updated ones and they don't sync. I've tried all the usual Apple support advice and it still happens. Any ideas anyone?

I've answered my own question.
I tried resetting and everything else recommended by Apple and nothing worked. Then, last night, iTunes finally let me download the latest operating system and all the updated apps synced normally. App providers should make it clear if upgrades don't work without the latest operating system.

IPod won't sync after restore - Please Help!!!

Hello,
Thanks for taking the time to read my posting.
I have a 3rd Gen 40gb iPod which was running the 2.2 firmware on Windows XP, which has been fine up until recently. The songs started to randomly skip during playback; this went on for a few weeks. So I decided to restore/reformat the iPod using the iPod updater software and this is where the problem started.
I downloaded the most up to date updater from Apple and updated the firmware to version 2.3. However when I came to sync my iPod with iTunes (ver 6) it would start transferring tracks and get about 5 or 6 on there and then it would hang and not transfer anymore and my iPod would just say Do not disconnect. This happened about 3 or 4 times. I decided to restore the firmware on my iPod to 2.2 using an older updater and now iTunes won’t see / sync my iPod at all…
Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong or what I should do to sort the problem?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Windows PC Windows XP

I would suggest that you go to firmware version 2.3 again (as opposed to 2.2), as this may be why iTunes isn't recognizing it now.
But, I understand that after you restored your iPod (with the 2.3 version), iTunes would bog up after updating only a few songs.
I think it's probably better to have 2.3 instead of 2.2. Try assigning your iPod a different drive letter when you connect it.
Log off of any other users on your computer.
Then, connect your iPod. When you connect your iPod, press and hold the "Ctrl" and "Shift" keys for about 20-30 seconds. This will prevent automatic-syncing from happening in iTunes.
After you've stopped automatic-update setting, assign your iPod a different drive letter (see below):
1 - Go to "START -> Control Panel -> Admin Tools (if you don't see this, click on "classic view" button on the left panel) -> Computer Management."
2 - Click on the "Disk Management" button in the left panel area.
3 - Right-click on your iPod's listing there (after a few moments when it gets recognized in this drive window), and click on "Change Drive letter and Paths". Then the "Change..." button.
Here's what it should look like:
Assign your iPod the letter "M" "N", "O" or the like (further along in the alphabet).
For more details, see this article:
Windows confuses iPod drive letter / Changing drive letter
If you need any additional help on how to follow these steps, post back with the details of your issue, and I'd be glad to try to help.
-Kylene
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iPod Touch, 1st gen., system software 3.1.3
I know this is an old device and there probably aren’t many people still using OS 3.1.3 but this is what I’ve got. All was working reasonably well before I performed a restore, hoping to remedy some slowness. However, since reloading both software and contents, I continually get the following message while performing a sync: “The iPod “Laurent Fignon” cannot be synced. The required file cannot be found.” While podcasts are updated, photo albums will not load before that message appears and the sync ends. I’ve tried the restore a couple of times since, thinking that might help but I continue to see the same message when trying to sync.
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Thanks for the suggestions so far.
After trying a couple of less labor intensive suggestions, I downloaded and reinstalled iTunes. Performed a reboot. Started iTunes. Tried to sync the iPod Touch. Still stopped mid-way through with the same message - "The Pod cannot be synced. The required file cannot be found." As the sync had been quitting at the point where it said it was installing photos, I unchecked the "Sync Photos From" button and tried to sync again. This time the sync finished successfully. However, I'd like the photos from the album "iPod Touch" in my iPhoto library to be on the iPod Touch. It is listed as an album in iPhoto and I can view the pics there but iTunes apparently can't find them. There is no folder in user/Pictures/ called "iPod Touch". I don't think I can open the iPhoto Library file. Anyone have another idea?

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What is going on with this?! I've searched everywhere for help

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Wouldn't I lose all my paid apps if I go under a different account?
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okay, that's what I thought. I think she didn't quite understand how much it would mess it up. So does it get complicated after the password?
My experience, is that Mom's understand way more than you ever give them credit for. But you don't really find that out until much later in life. Never discount anything your Mom says.

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You might try Resetting All Settings, Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings and then reset as a new phone.
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- Have you tried a reset. Nothing is lost
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- NextI would restore from backup.

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Yes, I tried that (thanks for the suggestion, though!). In my music app, when I click on certain songs, the screen moves to try to start the song, but then it bounces back to the menu screen without playing the song. On many albums, when I click on the first song, a song about halfway through the album will start to play rather than that first song. My other apps seems to be fixed, but not the music function.

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