Ipod touch recognized as a different ipod touch

I have a brand new ipod touch 4g that i just got this christmas, and when i synced it to my computer it's recognize as a previous ipod touch 4g as a digital camera that was synced into my computer a while back ( which is my friend's ipod ). It really is not a problem but a annoying one because i don't want it to always get synced up and my friend's ipod touch device name show up. I have tried renaming MY ipod touch 4g in Itunes and on the Ipod ITSELF several times, yet it still shows up as my friend's ipod device name.

I have this problem too.. My ipod touch 4g shows up as my cousins ipod touch 4g when it is hooked up to the computer, but when my friend plugs her ipod touch 4g in, it does not have the problem. I have renamed my ipod multiple times to no avail.

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> Restart your computer
> Uninstall & Reinstall iTunes - Windows XP | Windows Vista or 7 | Mac OS X
> Reset iPod (will not delete everything)
> Go to My Computer (Windows XP) or Computer (Windows Vista or 7) and see if iDevice shows
> Restore iPod (will delete everything)
> Make sure iTunes and/or iOS firmware is up to date
Extra Links:
iPod not recognized in 'My Computer' and in iTunes for Windows
iPod: Appears in Windows but not in iTunes
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It is becoming very frustrating to say the least, and no matter what you say on these forums or the amount of times i have emailed apple i dont get any answer.
I basically have over 100 punds worth of equipment on myy desk which is a waste.
And no one is helping from apple.

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I have previously had no problems using multiple iPods on this machine.
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Thanks and Happy New Year, Karl

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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651
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When you connected the Nano to your PC, did anything change on the iPod's display? Did it appear to charge at all?
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and connecting to a friend's PC which didn't work.
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pod Touch 4G is no longer recognized by iTunes
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Got it now put into DFU mode and restore to read, unfortunately it is still not recognized by my PC but only on the laptop so I must go to my mum´s Laptop and everything transferred from there again ... pity me here is displayed only when the restore Ipods "Can not restore: errorcode 21" or something like that.

I've now uninstalled the USB device driver but now my iPod listed as a "portable device" and no longer listed under Apple MobileDevice

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All my apple products, iphones, ipad work and are recognized by itunes but with updates the ipod touch is no longer recognized. Followed what instructions I could get through apple but still cannot resolve problem

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* Deleting & reinstalling iTunes (per http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1224)
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Recently, my 80GB video iPod decided to simply die on me, so I dug out my very first iPod, from 2001 or '02 I believe.
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**I'm trying to connect to a 15-inch PowerBook G4 (Aluminum?), currently installed with iTunes 8
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The current version of iTunes should be able to connect to even the 1st gen iPod. The one you have is 2nd gen, if it's the one with the four clicking buttons around the touch wheel. I have one of those, and although I use it as my little emergency/maintenance FireWire startup drive (because the screen failed on it), it is still recognized by iTunes on my Mac. Over FireWire, of course.
The first thing you should try is to put it into Disk Mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1363
Note: The procedure for your iPod is at the bottom, where it says +If you have an older iPod model without a Click Wheel+.
If that works, connect it to the computer. Hopefully it will appear both on your desktop and in iTunes. If so, use the Restore button in iTunes to erase the iPod's hard drive and initialize its software. The latest available version of the software for that iPod will be installed.
You may also want to try a different FireWire cable. It's just a regular cable, so you don't have to use the thin white one.

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