Ipod touch won't start after restore

Ipod touch 3rd Generation- battery was completely dead after sitting for a week or so. I charged it but couldn't get it to turn on. Went into recovery mode, connected it to the computer and re-loaded everything, but when restore is done, the IPOD still won't start or display in itunes.

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 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

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IPod Touch won't sync after restore

iPod Touch, 1st gen., system software 3.1.3
I know this is an old device and there probably aren’t many people still using OS 3.1.3 but this is what I’ve got. All was working reasonably well before I performed a restore, hoping to remedy some slowness. However, since reloading both software and contents, I continually get the following message while performing a sync: “The iPod “Laurent Fignon” cannot be synced. The required file cannot be found.” While podcasts are updated, photo albums will not load before that message appears and the sync ends. I’ve tried the restore a couple of times since, thinking that might help but I continue to see the same message when trying to sync.
Rest of the platform is MacBook Pro 4.1, OS 10.6.8, iTunes 10.6.3

Thanks for the suggestions so far.
After trying a couple of less labor intensive suggestions, I downloaded and reinstalled iTunes. Performed a reboot. Started iTunes. Tried to sync the iPod Touch. Still stopped mid-way through with the same message - "The Pod cannot be synced. The required file cannot be found." As the sync had been quitting at the point where it said it was installing photos, I unchecked the "Sync Photos From" button and tried to sync again. This time the sync finished successfully. However, I'd like the photos from the album "iPod Touch" in my iPhoto library to be on the iPod Touch. It is listed as an album in iPhoto and I can view the pics there but iTunes apparently can't find them. There is no folder in user/Pictures/ called "iPod Touch". I don't think I can open the iPhoto Library file. Anyone have another idea?

Ipod Touch Won't Start after Latest Upgrade

I was just prompted to upgrade my Ipod Touch 4g to the latest version of software. It went through the download process and started to install the software. At the end of the installation I got an error message that said something to the effect that the software could not finish installing. Now my screen is stuck with the usb cable and the itunes logo and I can't reset my Ipod. I have pressed the ON/OFF button with the HOME key button for ten seconds and I can't get rid of the usb cable and Itunes logo.
Do I have any options here? My Ipod is less than 3 months old.

You can use RecBoot to get it out of recovery mode or try doing a manual install, as outlined in link below.
Basic troubleshooting steps
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Ipod touch won't start, just shows screen saying to connect to itunes.

Ipod touch won't start or charge, or do anything other than when I plug it in, the screen shows a picture of the usb cord connecting to itunes. When I tried to connect to itunes using my computer, nothing happened. Any suggestions?

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.
- 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

My ipod touch still freezing even after restoring it

plz i need help....my ipod touch still freezing even after restoring it...plz send me email to [email protected]

If you did not restore to factory defaults/new iPod do that. If yuo are still having problem then an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order. You likely have a hardware problem.
You are not addressing Apple here. We are just users like yourself.

I have first iPod touch, but can't after restore can't reinstall some apps I bought because they have been updated in iTunes to newer versions

I have first iPod touch, but can't after restore can't reinstall some apps I bought because they have been updated in iTunes to newer versions? I am giving this to my grandchildren and their favorite game Skee-Ball updated and now can't reinstall on iPod touch.

If you still have the apps on the iPod you can delete them from the computer and then transfer the apps from the iPod t the computer by:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to a computer
Next would be to look in your computer backups file for a version of the apps that works with the iOS on the iPod.
Otherwise you are out of luck.

IPod won't start after restore

When I got a new iPod touch 4G, I tried to restore it from a previous backup that I had on my computer. Unfortunately when the iPod was finished restoring, it wouldn't start up! All I got was the screen frozen at the Apple logo with an empty loading bar. I've tried everything from a hard reset, to moving the backup, but it just won't work. When it was synced to my computer (the only time it actually read the device without having to put it in recovery mode), it showed that it had all of the data on it on the summary page. However, the data was not broken up into music, apps, photos, videos, etc. It was only listed as other. I really don't want to lose my data, so I was wondering if there's any way to get the iPod to start with the backup still on it. I had restored to factory settings, and it worked fine, but I'd hate to lose two years worth of data. Neither the computer nor iTunes detected a corrupted file, and a computer system scan did not show anything either, so I'm not sure what the problem is. This has been going on for about a month, and any help would be truly appreciated.

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.
- If still not successful that indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar
It is very ikely that there is no way to recover any data from the iPod

My iPod touch won't start up/charge/sync

on what i think is the ipod touch 3rd gen (if that helps) when i plug it into my laptop the black screen with the apple sign comes up as if it were to start up as normal, however it just stays on that same screen for as long as it's plugged in, it then says it has no power, also it my itunes also doesnt 'see' my ipod, HELP?

To get iTunes to see the iPod try:
- A reset.
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.
- Place the iPod in recovery mode. For recovery mode:
iPhone and iPod touch: Unable to update or restore
- Try DFU mode
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings

Ipod touch won't start up beyond apple on screen, just keeps flashing. Tried restoring but I continually get error messages but none of the solutions work. Help?

My Ipod touch stays on the start up screen with the apple and just blinks. I have tried all suggested
resolutions but none work. I have tried to restore it but continually get error code 1611 or 9. I have
tried all of those solution to no avail. Any other suggestions?

If you tried all the suggestions of:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694
You likely have a hardware problem since the article says a possible cause of the 1611 error is a hardware problem. I would make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.

Ipod touch won't work after installing a new app.

Hi!
Last night, I decided to install a new "Alarm clock," app and test it out by setting it to ring a minute later- what a BIG mistake, because during the time it was supposed to ring, it made my Ipod touch completely crash instead. For the past few hours all it's been doing is flashing back and forth between my homelock screen (with the "slide to unlock," bar at the bottom) and the Apple logo, with the round 'processing' image infront of it.
I have tried many different things to get it out of this funk but nothing has worked! I tried resetting the Ipod by holding down the menu and power button, the screen went black temporarily, didn't show the "slide to power off" bar and then just reloaded with the same two flashing images. I tried restoring it, but it wouldn't restore, until I did a special reboot that I read about via online boards- where you have to hold the power + menu buttons for 10 seconds, then release the power button whilst holding just the menu button for 10 seconds- but, whilst the Ipod did go through the whole restoring process thereafter, it didn't manage to sync up.
Now, not only does my ipod STILL flash back and forth between those two images. I keep getting an error message of (0xE80000001)! I used a different cable to try and sync up, but the blasted thing still won't stop flashing back and forth between those two images, and the ipod is not being recognised by itunes so the ipod keeps beeping, in and out of itunes and won't sync!
My ipod isn't 'jailbroken,' I haven't touched it's software or altered it in any way, to how it was sold to me. I would've liked to have brought it back the the Apple store to be looked at, but I don't think they'll help me because the top left hand corner of my Ipod is completely missing after my niece dropped it a few months ago- the Ipod still worked (up until I installed the **** alarm app) perfectly well until now!
Also, I have a mac, so any tips on how to access/help/fix this problem would have to have instructions for a Mac OS not Windows please!
Many thanks!

I keep getting an error message of (0xE80000001)!
Read here. iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Unknown error containing '0xE' when connecting

IPod touch won't boot after memory issue

I've spent the evening diagnosing my daughter's 32G 4th gen iPod touch. She was getting very sluggish performance and syncs. I took a look and she had under 200MB free. The vast bulk of the memory was being held in apps, according to iTunes (I never could get Settings->General->Usage to finish for me). She has very few apps on the iPod, but I suspected that tumblr was the culprit since it downloads so many images.
I removed tumblr via iTunes and found out that my guess was right. But then I saw that the supposedly freed memory (over 20GB!!) was filling the "Other" bar. I read that excess Other memory could be cleared up by doing a restore, so I disconnected the iPod, did another sync to get a fresh backup, and then tried to restore. iTunes told me that it could not restore because there wasn't enough memory on the iPod. At the same time, the iPod rebooted but never got off the screen with the Apple.
At this point, I can get rid of the Apple screen by holding down both the power and home keys to reset, and after the reset, I hold just the power button. The Apple appears briefly and then it shuts off.
I can also get into DFU mode connected to iTunes on our iMac. I understand that if I go forward with that, I wipe everything on the iPod, a fresh version of iOS gets installed, and then we can do a restore from the last good backup I did - hopefully without reinstalling all of that Other memory.
So, after that lengthy explanation.... Is the clean start my only hope with this thing? If I took it to my Apple Store, might they be able to get it working without the factory reset? Any ideas?
I then need to present the options to my daughter before proceeding. One thing is clear: No more tumblr on the iPod.
Thanks in advance!

You're welcome, glad it worked

IPod touch won't start at all!

Hi all,
My iPod touch is a 2nd gen. version3.1.2 . I did a restore from iTunes and now my iTouch won't start at all. I think it's dead, someone please help me!

First ? would be is it charged sorry got to ask. Did you try and hold the button on top and the one on the front at the same time and keep holding it even when the turn power slide shows don't let go until you see the apple than let go. than try to turn it on. Sometimes they freeze it happen to me when I first got it.

Ipod touch won't restart after putting it in standby

Hi,
After putting my ipod touch on standby for a few hours, it doesn't start up again until I connect it to my computer via USB. The battery's always fully charged but it still doesn't restart from standby. Any idea what to do?

Same problem here and there are also other topics covering this.
I have an "end of September" very first version of the 16 GB iPod Touch and after 1.1.2 update this problem appeared. Unfortunately 1.1.3 does not fix this.
If the iPod "goes to sleep" and you leave it in this state for some of time, it just freezes/locks up and the only way to recover it is either to press Home + Sleep buttons (as AAPL points out) or connect it to your computer via USB cable.
Someone suggested to totally restore the iPod (with iTunes) WITHOUT importing the last backup (that is select "New iPod" after restore), but it does not work.
By the way, it seems to work for about a day, but then the problem reappears. I have tried several times the complete restore + new iPod, but no luck!
The only change (after the last restore) is that now, instead of totally locking up (black screen), sometimes the iPod reboots (otherwise it locks up), though it is expected to simply wake up from sleep.
From other topics, I learned that Apple is far from acknowledge the problem and if you send the device to Service, they will return it as "no problems found".
I suspect this issue involves the first version of iPod Touch only and has something to do with power management and battery.
Let's only hope that Apple will set up a repair program for us...
The only workaround I found is to shut down the iPod Touch if I plan not to use in the next 10 minutes...
... quite annoying, but I guess this is safer than waiting for it to freeze.
Cheers!
Cande

My ipod touch won't dim after one minute

I have an ipod touch 3rd gen and the other day I was changing some settings which changed a setting regarding the back light. I have it set to auto lock at one minute but as I have the music playing the ipod won't dim or lock itself unless I physically lock it.

Follow the instructions here: http://www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch/assistant/ipodtouch/
It will probably result in having to restore the iPod. Here are those instructions, with emphasis on some easily overlooked requirements:
Disconnect the USB cable from the Pod touch, but leave the other end of the cable connected to your computer's USB port.
Turn off the device: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then slide the slider. Wait for the device to turn off.If you cannot turn off the device using the slider, press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time. When the device turns off, release only the Sleep/Wake button.
Continue pressing and holding the Home button while you reconnect the USB cable to the device. The device should turn on.Note: If you see the "low battery" screen, let the device charge for at least ten minutes to ensure that the battery has some charge, and then start with step 2 again.
Continue holding the Home button until you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen. When this screen appears (iTunes icon and USB connector) release the Home button.
If necessary, open iTunes. You should see the "recovery mode" alert ("iTunes has detected a phone in recovery mode").
Use iTunes to restore the device.
If you do not see the "Connect to iTunes" screen, try these steps again. If you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen but the device does not appear in iTunes, see this article and its related links.
Select the iPod in iTunes and choose "restore from backup".

IPod touch won't start

After upgrading to the 2.0 update, my iPod touch started getting really slow, and eventually crashed - it shut itself down and did the Apple logo thing. But it stayed on the Apple logo forever, never moving on. I tried restarting it again, turning it off, plugging it into a dock or computer, and everything else. As it crashed, it disappeared from iTunes, and as it didn't even get up to the Slide to unlock screen, it didn't appear in iTunes.
I restored it by holding down the home button, and did a clean, fresh install. Everything seemed to be working fine. Annoyed that I'd lost everything, but happy that it was working. Then, today, I had just finished syncing in iTunes, and it said 'iPod OK to remove', so I did, but the sync screen was still on the iPod, even after I removed it from the PC. I did the power + home button restore, and guess what - it got stuck on the Apple logo, exactly the same as last time. I know what to do now, and I have it backed up, but it's still going to take me 1/2 hours to re sync everything.
I am confident that there is some problem with the 2.0 update - I have never had this problem before. It is impossible for me to cope with the re syncing of ALL content if it simply freezes, but I don't know what to do. Any suggestions?

It's not a particular application. The 2.0 firmware is a total disaster. I've had my iPod Touch since March, and I never once had to restore it in four months of running the 1.1.4 firmware. Ever since I updated to 2.0, I've had to restore it completely at least a dozen times. I have repeatedly lost all of my data and settings. The only way to avoid the problem completely is not to install or use ANY applications except the default ones.
If you do choose to use other applications, you have to exercise extreme caution at all times, but even that might not be enough. Here are a few tips...
1. Never install ANYTHING through the App Store on the iPhone/iPod itself. Not even updates. App installs on the device frequently get stuck, may never finish installing, and once that happens, you're hosed. You'll have to restore and reinstall everything again. All installation should be done through iTunes. Never, ever use the App Store on the device.
2. Never cancel a backup or sync (by clicking the X in the iTunes window). I realize the backup process takes forever, but if you cancel it, you'll end up with a corrupt backup, and if you try to restore from it, it will not work. The worst part is, it deletes your previous backup before starting the new one. So, if you cancel the backup, you will not be able to revert to a previous backup either. You will lose all of your data in all of your applications, and there is no way to get it back.
3. After completing a successful backup (during the sync process), you can disable backups so you don't have to sit through the whole process everytime you sync. To disable backups, paste the following command into Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes DeviceBackupsDisabled -bool true
However, you will want to turn it back on and do a proper backup at least once a day, if you're using any apps that store data that you don't want to lose. You can do so by changing "true" to "false" in the above line, like so:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes DeviceBackupsDisabled -bool false
After doing this, run a sync in iTunes, and it will do another full backup. Then you can disable it again.
4. Applications are going to crash. The 2.0 firmware is extremely buggy and it affects all third-party applications. Don't blame the apps. Don't bother removing and reinstalling apps. They are going to crash anyway. Sometimes it will just return you to the home screen with all of your app icons. But usually it will cause your iPhone/iPod to spontaneously reboot, and you'll have to stare at the Apple logo for at least a minute or so while it reboots.
Apple is furiously working to fix these and other issues in the 2.1 firmware update, which is currently in beta. Until that update has been released, and confirmed to have fixed the many, extremely serious problems in 2.0, the iPhone OS platform should be considered unstable and unreliable. If you decide to install any applications, you have to accept the risk that the entire device may freeze and completely stop working at any time. Even if you follow all of my advice, it might happen anyway.
So my final advice is this: If you absolutely need your iPhone/iPod to work, and you don't want to risk having to restore/reinstall everything all over again, DO NOT INSTALL ANYTHING ON IT. Not through iTunes, not through the App Store on the device. Use the built-in programs only, and wait for the 2.1 firmware.

Ipod touch won't start after restore

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