For 19 hours my iPod touch is displaying a black screen, no matter what I do.  It appears to be reloading.  I've tried everything.

My iPod touch has 'freezed up'.  It has displayed a black screen, which appears to be reloading.  I've tried to turn it off, I have also charged it; connected it to my MacBook and 'Restored' it.  However, nothing has worked.  It still appears to be reloading.  It is going on 20 hours since the problem started.  I have a 32GB iPod touch 3rd Generation.

Have you tried resetting the iPod?
Try this:
Press the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time.
Hold until the Apple Logo appears.

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