Photos Won't Start on iPod Touch [2.0 Firmware]

Question

I've got a strange issue with my iPod Touch (running 2.0 firmware). It appears that my 'Photos' preinstalled application won't start anymore. Since upgrading to 2.0, I hadn't sync'd any photos to my device and when I launched the app, it would just tell me that I had no photos as expected.
Recently I was reading an email and 5 photos were attached and I wanted to save them to the iPod, so I clicked Save All. After I clicked the button there was a delay (~1min) and I crashed back to the springboard. I say crashed because I didn't receive an error or confirmation message that the pics had been saved.
I then attempted to launch Photos and now whenever I do so, a blank list appears and then I crash back to springboard. Not really sure what's going on here and I'm thinking I may have to restore my device.
Anyone else run into similar behavior?
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Answer 1

Hmmm.. that's an interesting problem you have. While I originally thought that we might have the same problem, I think we're just showing the same symptoms. I went ahead and pulled the trigger by using the Restore function. Sure enough.. soon as Restoration was complete, I tapped the Photos button and as expected, the "No Gallery" or "No Photos" picture (I forget what exactly it states) was viewable.
I lost all my data, but everything is still on my local machine so this was a viable option for me.
I'm not sure if this will help you, but when I used the Restore function, I didn't opt to Make a Backup.. I just sync'd all my content manually after restoration. Maybe try that..
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