Ipod touch 3rd gen 32gb problem

Yeah I currently was getting ready to trade it into gamestop so I tried restoring it to factory settings and deleting all my information off of it before trading it in. When I did that, all it does now is go to the apple logo and then show a lil loading dial that fills up and then my ipod shuts down it does not do anything else. Please help?

Try here:
iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
If yuo have a 1G or 2G iPod and you went to Settings>General>Reset>Erase aAll Contents and Settins without the iPod being connected to a charging source that can take hours and fully drain the batter before the erase is completed.
After being connected to a charging source for an least an hour try a rest:
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.
and then placing the iPod in Recovery mode and restoirng via iTunes.

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