I have had an iPod Touch 3rd Gen for two years and the apps have worked fine in the past. Suddenly the apps will not launch, they appear to start then just exit. Is there a reason why it is doing this?

I have had an iPod Touch 3rd Gen for two years pretty much and the apps have worked fine. Suddenly when I go on an app it appears to launch then just exits. I tried turning the iPod off and on again, but that made all my apps behave like that. Settings and those things work fine still. Should this suddenly happen? I dont want to lose all 204 apps.

- First try resetting the iPod. Nothing will be lost.
Reset iPod touch: Press and hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button and the Home
button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Next try downloading/installing a new app
- Restore from backup
- Last, resore to factory defaults/new iPod. this is last result since you will lose app data.

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I have had my Ipod touch 4th gen for 2+ years and was working fine until I upgraded to ios 6.1.3. Now I cannot play games and most of my apps keep crashing.

My ipod was working just fine for the past 2 years and ever since upgrading to ios 6.1.3, i simply cannot play games or anymore such as Subway surfers, carrot fantasy, 4 pics 1 word, etc. I also noticed that i had 1.2 GB of free space on ios 5.1.1 but then decreased to 900+ MB after "upgrading" to ios 6.1.3. I then deleted one of my space-hungry apps (the sims freeplay) to clear up some space and now have 1.6 GB of free memory. Just a thought, could apple have purposely done this with their software update to actually make an older, phased-out product such as my ipod touch 4th gen work worse than it has in its previous versions of softwares to force you to scrap it for a newer product?

- Double click the home button and close all the apps in the recently used dock. Then power off and then back on the iPod.
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- iOS: Troubleshooting applications purchased from the App Store
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

Bought a used Ipod touch 3rd gen for my child and when charged I get a screen with a picture of a computer charging cord with an arrow pointing to a music symbol. What do I do to get it to work?

I've plugged it into the computer and nothing happens...nothing changes....the screen still has a pic of the computer charging cord with an arrow pointing to a music symbol at the top of the screen. I can't seem to get it to do anything.

For how to restore see:
iTunes: Restoring iOS software
Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode if necessary to allow the restore.
If recovery mode does not work try DFU mode.
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings

My iTunes says my iPod touch 3rd Gen is up to date with iOs 4.2.1, how do I get the new iOs 5?

My iTunes says my iPod touch 3rd Gen is up to date with iOs 4.2.1, how do I get the new iOs 5?

You must update your iTunes software to 10.5 first then you can upgrade to iOS 5.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
According to Apple the iPod touch 3rd gen can update to iOS 5.
"iCloud requires iOS 5 on iPhone 3GS or later, iPod touch (3rd and 4th generation), iPad, or iPad 2; a Mac computer with OS X Lion; or a PC with Windows Vista or Windows 7 (Outlook 2007 or 2010 or an up-to-date browser is required for accessing email, contacts, and calendars). Some features require a Wi-Fi connection. Some features are not available in all countries. Access to some services is limited to 10 devices."
From here > http://www.apple.com/icloud/

I've had a 4s for two years and today when i turned it on it told me my phone could not be activated becasue the activation server could not be reached. what should i do? i'm lost.

i've had a 4s for two years and today when i turned it on it told me my phone could not be activated becasue the activation server could not be reached. what should i do? i'm lost.

i do not know what this means. I purchased the phone brand new two years ago and have never had any problems with it. The message i am getting reads:
"your iphone could not be activated because the activation server cannot be reached. try connecting your iphone to itunes (which i don't have) to activate it, or try again over cellular connection in a couple minutes. (which i have tried several times with no success) you can also try to activate using wi-fi connection (which i do not have). if this problem persists, contact apple support at apple.com/support."

IPod touch 3rd gen spinning wheel plus home button doesn't work. How to fix?

I have an iPod touch 3rd gen that is stuck on the Apple logo and also has that spinning of wheel death thing. I am trying to enter into DFU mode but won't work due to the home button not working. Is there any other way I can fix this and make it boot back up regularly?

Try here:
fix for Home button
Fix a broken, unresponsive or sticky iPhone Home Button
See if using thies program will get the iPod in recovery mode so you can restore the iPod
RecBoot: Easy Way to Put iPhone into Recovery Mode
If not let the battery fully drain. After charging for at least for an hour try again.
If you can update to iOS 5 and the Home button sill does not work yu can turn on the Assistive Touch Accessibility feature. See chapter 30 of the Users Guide.
iPod touch User Guide (For iOS 5.0 Software)

I have had my ipod touch (4th generation) for a few years and now within 10 minutes of use it gets very hot on the back top and also will only hold it's charge for up to a hour if im lucky

I have had a ipod touch for a few years( 4th generation) and now withing 10 minutes of use it heats up very warm and only holds it's charge for about a hour if im lucky any help?

The Basic Troubleshooting Steps are:
Restart... Reset... Restore from Backup... Restore as New...
Restart / Reset
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
Backing up, Updating and Restoring
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
If you try all these steps and you still have issues... Then a Visit to an Apple Store or AASP (Authorized Apple Service Provider) is the Next Step...
Be sure to make an appointment first...

Updated iPod touch (4th gen) to iOS 6 and iMessage won't work.

This morning I upgraded my 4th generation iPod touch to the new iOS 6, since then everything has worked fine except for iMessage. I went out to a few places with wifi and iMessage worked just fine, got back home and back on my wifi and it no longer worked. Any ideas on what I can do to fix this? Apparently my iMessage will only work on every wifi network but my own now since the update. Any ideas are appreciated...I am beyond frustrated at this point.

I have been having the same problem. My iMessage will work every now and then but the majority of the time it does not. I have restored my iPod twice and I am still having the same problem.

My iPod touch screen doesn't shut off. The auto lock is set for two mintues, and everything else is working fine. I've noticed it only fails to shut off when in the music screen. How do I get the screen to shut off without using the lock button?

Please help. This is really annoying and it runs my battery down. My auto lock is set to two minutes. I've checked several times. Thanks.

Try:
- iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- Try another cable
- Try on another computer
- If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

I updated my ipod touch 3rd gen yesterday to iOS5 and it was working fine. Then today, my music wouldnt play anymore, so I deleted all of my music from itunes, and my ipod. I have two accounts one for te amarican store and one for the german store, I got

I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO HELP v.v

The iOS update made the iPod less tolerent of marginal/fake Lightning cables. All you can do is get a certified Lightning cable. I would get a genuine Apple cable.

I have a 32gb ipod touch 3rd gen which says activation required, what does this mean?

It started to display this after getting wet and now will not sync or turn on properly and the screen is unresponsive. Is it dead or can it be fixed?

Sorry to hear that.
Lost or Stolen

My ipod touch 3rd gen fails to restore and disconnects its self mid sync. How can I fix that?

Its really annoying. Idk what happened to make it act this way, (i'm thinking the recent update for iOS 4.3)
First, it connects normally and says that there's an update for the ipod. I download it and let it install, then for some reason while starting back up, it failed. I guess it lost its connection or something but mid restart the progress bar stopped at no more than a sixth and stays there till I disconnect it physically and retry the prossess. I tried that for 3 hours, but it always failed, so I connected it to my other computer and it restarted properly with the new iOS. I tried connecting it to my main computer (with all the music and apps) and tried restoring it with all my apps and photos and things, but it failed once again like when restarting. Every time it connects, it automatically syncs like it normally should, but it doesn't sync properly and complains that the ipod is disconnected when it is clearly connected.
Currently, I don't have any of my apps on it, I only have 2 gb of music on it, and it doesn't sync what so ever. I click and drag a playlist or app to sync, says that its doing it, but then stops after 5 seconds without doing a thing saying "its ok to disconnect". Its really annoying me. Help please??
(btw. I don't think its the cable because it did work with the other computer)

Try a manual install following directions in link below.
Basic troubleshooting steps.
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HT5704 I have 2 ipod touch 4th gen for my grandkids and they are showing the apple ID is disabled, plus we tried to load a software update for 6.1.3. and it continues to show an error, what do we do?

Please note my question above and let me know what I should do? Thank you

Hello chevy6026,
You'll want to get in touch with Apple regarding account security.
Apple ID: Contacting Apple for help with Apple ID account security
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5699
Cheers,
Allen

I've had my iPod touch 4g 64gb for 3 years, can I get it fixed or replaced?

Yeah it just broke and I don't have a warranty on it anymore, what should I do? Help please

You can still get it replaced but you will have to pay 199$. (because you have a 64GB model and you don't have warranty left).
Note that Apple will replace it with the same model only. (Same model - same capacity - same color)

IPod Touch 3rd gen reboots: panic CRC ERR

My 14 year old daughter had an iPod Touch 3rd gen that, with less than a month to go on the warranty, the touchscreen stopped working. Took it in to the Apple store, where they tried to see if they could resuscitate it by upgrading iOS, reseting to factory defaults, and a couple other magic clicks they tried. All to no avail. They checked the liquid damage indicator, found no damage, and then agreed to replace the device. I walked out with a new (?) device and was happy.
A couple months later I overheard my daughter asking if she could have her mom's Touch. I asked why she wasn't using her Touch, and she told me that it has rebooted randomly since we got the replacement. Of course, I was incensed that she didn't say something sooner - like, before the warranty ran out. Knowing that the warrany had expired, I started to research the problem on Apple's forums and the Internet.
Most of the information I found seemed to indicate that certain versions of iOS seemed to incite these kinds of problems. So I went through several exercises to try upgrading, downgrading, restoring the device, DFU mode, etc. Still, the problems continued. I upgraded the device over the weeks and months, hoping to find the magic version that would stop this. I tried removing apps, not installing any apps at all, putting music on slowly instead of syncing large amounts of data, etc.
A day or two ago I installed iOS 5. It seemed like it was going to work fine, but still periodically it would crash - including during the upgrade process itself, during the restore after the upgrade, when running large apps, when running small apps, and even when not doing anything at all. In fact the reboots complicated the process such that I could no longer sync without an error, so I had to reinstall the OS again earlier today. I was at dinner tonight and looked over when something caught the corner of my eye - it had gone to the Apple boot screen all by itself, when it was simply sitting there not being used.
I found General -> About -> Diagnostics & Usage -> Diagnostic & Usage Data, and see eight files:
(4) files called 2011-10-15-xxxxxx.panic.plist (I assume xxxxxx is a time of day, since the latest one is from dinnertime)
(4) files called ResetCounter-2011-10-15-xxx (rest of file name is cut off, xxx is first three digits of above xxxxxx)
I opened them and they all look relatively similar (latest one shown):
panic.plist:
Incident Identifier: 5498CD62-1915-4CF6-AA29-68B264862600
CrashReporter Key:
1f8e6350d76b74f0edef75a88dbf683f7cf32490
Hardware Model: iPod3,1
Date/Time: 2011-10-15 20:42:29.359 -0400
OS Version: iPhone OS 5.0 (9A334)
CRC ERR!
ResetCounter:
Incident Identifier: 246DB43B-7BC1-454D-8835-FBB81C4DD63B
CrashReporter Key:
1f8e6350d76b74f0edef75a88dbf683f7cf32490
Reset count: 1
Boot failure count: 0
Boot faults:
Boot stage: 0
Boot app: 0
Now I'm no Apple genius, but CRC ERR to me means a memory problem (cyclic redundancy check, stored checksum of memory contents does not match calculated checksum of same). The fact that there is a file for each crash since I reinstalled iOS indicates to me that this device is panicking because of a memory problem.
I am generally happy with the Apple i* line - our family has an iPad, an iPad 2, an iPhone 3GS, an iPhone 4, 3 iPod 3rd Gens, and our daughter is on track to get an iPhone 4 for her birthday next month. What concerns me is that they have given me a refurbished device with a problem, and I am powerless to do anything about it? The flat rate repair cost for the device is $149, but I feel that they gave me a device that wasn't working to begin with.
Any advice on how to deal with Apple in a case like this? The device is, of course, not covered by warranty, and they want an unspecified amount of money for a single telephone incident, wherein I believe they will simply tell me/confirm that I have a hardware issue. I would like them to look in their records and see what the problem was with the original device they refurbished, because I suspect that they didn't find fault and simply repackaged it.
I am prepared to talk to them - I think I will go to the store, though, because there are scant few appointments available for someone to call me in the next week. I am even prepared to pay the money, if I thought I had a decent chance of getting some satisfaction in this. But after reading some other customers' experiences with AppleCare, I tend to believe that the tier-1 support people won't satisfy.
The device was easily $250 when I first bought it for her, and I feel somewhat cheated if they simply repackaged dead hardware. But it's my word against theirs at this point.
Again, simply looking for advice on how I might bring this to the attention of people who care and aren't just reading from a troubleshooting flowchart.
Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions, including if anyone knows of a resolution that I haven't tried?

My problem is exactly the same, and I have not found a solution. I have a 3rd generation iPod Touch with 32 GB, recently upgraded to iOS 5. My iPod reboots randomly, regardless of what it's being used for, and sometimes even when it's not being used. My "crash reports" in Settings -> General -> About -> Diagnostics & Usage -> Diagnostic & Usage Data directory are very similar:
panic.plist:
SysInfoCrashReporterKey
e0ab646b87a44daa85ab165a087e2c90b04c1cae
bug_type
110
description
Incident Identifier: 915E60F0-790A-4ABE-B153-F371E6B497F0
CrashReporter Key: e0ab646b87a44daa85ab165a087e2c90b04c1cae
Hardware Model: iPod3,1
Date/Time: 2011-10-30 00:42:12.906 -0400
OS Version: iPhone OS 5.0 (9A334)
CRC ERR!
os_version
iPhone OS 5.0 (9A334)
system_ID
ResetCounter:
AutoSubmitted
SysInfoCrashReporterKey
e0ab646b87a44daa85ab165a087e2c90b04c1cae
bug_type
115
description
Incident Identifier: B95D297B-EF08-4C6E-A411-CCBAB2515A5A
CrashReporter Key: e0ab646b87a44daa85ab165a087e2c90b04c1cae
Date: 2011-10-30 00:42:10 -0400
Reset count: 1
Boot failure count: 0
Boot faults:
Boot stage: 0
Boot app: 0
displayName
Reset count
name
Reset count
os_version
iPhone OS 5.0 (9A334)
version
101
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I have had an iPod Touch 3rd Gen for two years and the apps have worked fine in the past. Suddenly the apps will not launch, they appear to start then just exit. Is there a reason why it is doing this?

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