Endless restore loop?

so i just replace the touch screen on my ipod touch 3rd gen which had been water damaged and when i whent to hook it up to itunes it whent to recovery mode and it asked for a restore so i did and than it kept asking for a restore and it wont stop asking what should i do ?

Restore loop (being prompted to restore again after a restore successfully completes): This issue is typically caused by out-of-date or incorrectly configured third-party security software. Please followTroubleshooting security software issues if USB troubleshooting does not resolve this issue.
Above from:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694

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I cannot get out of the restore loop. Let me explain: I had problems with my first 3G unit and the Apple store gave me a new one. I was instructed to go home and load the 2.0.2 software update, which I did.
Then iTunes asked me to restore my iPhone from the last synced back up which I made before I returned my original phone. When I did, it made another back up under a different name. It would not let me move past the restore step and every time I attempt to manage my iPhone (add songs, apps, etc) it asks me to restore.
I think the iPhone is okay. I suspect that iTunes is confused because it thinks my phone is a different phone every time I connect. How can I eliminate all the back ups from iTunes?

I found a simple fix to this that somone posted on MacRumors.
When you get stuck in a restore loop and your always presented with the "setup as new phone or restore from backup screen" even though you have already restored it just hit the continue button and immediately pull your iPhone out of the dock or USB.
You must be quick. do it as soon as the screen changes.
Then when you plug it back in iTunes gets tricked into thinking it's just been restored and it works fine.
Obviously this only works if your phone really did restore and the actual phone is fine just itunes is messed up.

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I,ve had my ipod for a while, and all was well, untill one day i got the screen telling me to use itunes to restore. so i went to my computer and went on itunes and it asked me if i wanted to restore, so i did.
unfortunately it did nothing and it still had the same message on it, even after countless restores.
ive tryed all my usb slots, 3 different computers, formating it with the hp formatter ( error: media device is write-protected) and changing the drive letter in computer management (tells me that its unreadable or something, cant remember, but it doesn't show it as an ipod), ive try different vesions of itunes, but nothing works....
i took it to a nearby apple product selling shop and they said it might have to be repaired...
is this true?
btw: its on a pc.

Have you tried to do a Restore on a Mac? If you got the same result then it needs for a service

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So I woke up yesterday to find my 3GS (with iOS4) was displaying the 'Connect to iTunes' message for no apparent reason. After connecting it to iTunes, a message popped up in iTunes saying I had to enter a password on the iPhone in order to access it, which I couldn't do as the Phone was showing the 'Connect to iTunes' message.
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At the moment I am left with an iPhone that I cannot use, I would be grateful for any suggestions.
Thanks,
Jack

Heh Jack did you ever get a response to this??
I'm getting the same problem now and there doesn't seem to be many people saying that it got sorted!!!
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After downloading 7.1, I'm in an endless restore loop! Help!

I downloaded the new software and then the next time when I tried to download music into the iPod, iTunes said I needed to restore. I have done this and then I return to the same screen saying I need to restore again.
I have reloaded the software but it does not seem to make a difference.
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Don't know for sure that this one will work, but I had the same problem also. It wasn't my iPod, but the updater file was corrupted. Read this one: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304309. Good luck.
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Hello Everyone,
I'm having serious problems with my iPod, because of what seems to be called an endless restore loop:
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What happens: Every time the iPod is activated it says: "Use iTunes to restore" on a white background.
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