Ipod Touch won't boot at all

Question

Last night, I plugged my Ipod touch into a radio system to listen to music falling asleep. When I woke up this morning, I grabbed my ipod and it wouldn't open, just had a black screen. There is no apple logo when I press the power button or "plug to itunes" icon, when I plug it in it doesn't show it's charging (so I'm not even sure if there's battery in it at this point, it might as well be at 0%), if I hold down power and home button for 10+ seconds nothing happens, if I hold down power button nothing happens, you get the point: it simply won't open. Also tried everything while it's plugged in to my computer with iTunes open. 
The only thing which produces a reaction is when I enter DFU mode while plugged in. I see this message on iTunes: "iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes." And it shows "iPod Touch" is connected and in recovery mode. I have the option to restore it. Nothing happens on the ipod screen itself though, it's still black. I click "Restore iPod", then it gives me a confirmation message (this will erase everything...) and I click restore and update.
Now I'm doing this in real time as I'm writing this, usually what happens when I click restore is it starts extracting packages, then preparing iPod for restore and after 10 seconds or so gives me 2006 error with "can't be restored". Apparently this is due to USB cable, so I tried it with another cable, same thing happened; also tried both cables in a different USB port, same error.
I also got error 1604 one time, also related to USB issues.
This time around I got 3014 (first time I see this). According to Apple, "If iTunes can’t communicate with the update server, you may see one of these messages".
It tells me to update iTunes which I did reluctantly since I hate the new look of iTunes (had restored to previous version with time machine backup). Then it tells me to look for the host files; I don't see this file in Terminal like it wants me to do. So at this point I'm at a loss what to do. I'm starting to think my iPod is basically dead, but then why does it even tell me it detected and iPod in recovery mode?
Also just tried restoring again after updating iTunes, error 2006 again.

Answer 1

Check your USB connections
Related errors: 13, 14, 1600, 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604, 1611, 1643-1650, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 4005, 4013, 4014, or “invalid response."
If the USB connection between your device and computer is interrupted, you may be unable to update or restore.
To narrow down the issue, you can also change up your hardware:
Use the USB cable that came with your device, or a different Apple USB cable.
Plug your cable into a different USB port directly on your computer. Don't plug it into your keyboard.
Try a different computer.
If necessary, resolve any further issues with the USB connection, then with your security software.
If you're still seeing the error message, check for hardware issues by following the next section.
Check for hardware issues
Related errors: 1, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 1000, 1002, 1004, 1011, 1012, 1014, 1667, or 1669.These errors mean that your device or computer may have a hardware issue that's preventing the update or restore from completing.
Check that your security software and settings aren't preventing your device from communicating with the Apple update server.
Then try to restore your iOS device two more times while connected with a cable, computer, and network you know are good.
Confirm that your security software and settings are allowing communication between your device and update servers.
If you still see the error message when you update or restore, contact Apple support.