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".

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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.
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I keep getting an error message of (0xE80000001)!
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i have an ipod touch 2g that was on 3.1.2 software, and i needed to clear memory and start over. i clicked the option "erase all content and settings" in the settings menu of the ipod.
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Welcome to the discussions,
Did you try to connect in recovery mode? http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
If this does not work, locate the *.ipsw firmware file on your computer and copy it to a save place and delete the original file, leave the folder empty and don't delete it. This will make itunes get a new copy from Apple instead of using the one stored on your computer, maybe it got damaged. Then try again to restore.

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Try:
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- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
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I then need to present the options to my daughter before proceeding. One thing is clear: No more tumblr on the iPod.
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You're welcome, glad it worked

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hi there,
you have to connect your ipod to the computer, when you put in the cable you have to hold the home button, i had the same.
good luck,
mitc55

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Have you tried everything here:
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... quite annoying, but I guess this is safer than waiting for it to freeze.
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HT204406 after this new itunes and ios7 update all my music is off my ipod touch unless i download them one artist at a time, i have over 3500 songs in there. really? is there no easier way to get my music back into my ipod? like a download all button?

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thanks for the reply. guess i'll have to do that. apple, not really happy with what you've done with this latest update. have not been able to enjoy my music in my car since the update. most of us dont mind changes that progress timely, but this was much more than just a progression. this was a complete change. and not a good one, at all. thanks to the two people that replied. appreciate it.

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