Help! Ipod touch 5g stuck in recovery loop and cant restore
Hi. I have an ipod touch only a few weeks old. All was fine, but last week I started to experience dramatic reductions in battery life (flat in 12hrs, even if properly powered off).
I now have the "connect to itunes" logo on the screen and the ipod is not working.
Connecting to itunes, it requires a restore, but I am stuck in a loop of downloading, not recognising and then starting again.
I can see the file (all 900mb of it):
C:\Users\J\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPod Software Updates\iPod5,1_6.0.1_10A523_Restore.ipsw
But it just keeps re-downloading everytime I click restore - even though the file is already there. During the download, I think the ipod/itunes connection disconnects and then reconnects as you get a new "ipod in recovery mode warning".
Considering this file is nearly a gb I am reluctant to try any more. Is there a way I can force it? The ipod is otherwise not working at all now.
I have turned off my firewall per the advice elsewhere on here.
Cheers
James
Wow. I solved this.
To force the restore after downloading, but without the downloading again:
- Disconnect and then reconnect the ipod (important in my case)
- Hold the shift key and then click "Restore" SUPER SECRET or what!
- Navigate to the file as per the above.
Hope the restore happens before the next disconnect (did in my case)!
Sorted.
Now I hope my battery lasts better than before - was going flat overnight, even if turned off properly.....
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