cannot restore error (-18)

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cannot restore error (-18)

Whenever i try to restore my Ipod Touch it first starts to extract then gives me an error message saying unknown error (-18) and it says on my ipod that i only have 300 mb's of memory. can someone help me im on windows xp sp2

Message was edited by: bwdavies

Posted on Oct 13, 2007 9:53 AM

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razorianfly

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Oct 13, 2007 9:59 AM in response to bwdavies

After the sentence in the alert, there should be a figure in brackets. By any chance does it say (0x666D743F) ?

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bwdavies Author

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Oct 13, 2007 10:03 AM in response to razorianfly

no it says (-18) and thats it thanks thought

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Oct 13, 2007 10:08 AM in response to bwdavies

Have you tried to jailbreak your iPod Touch in any way? - the memory confusion of (300Mb) in iTunes is a trademark sign of an attempt to gain read/write acess to the iPod Touch

If Not, it had to be asked, to be illiminated.

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bwdavies Author

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Oct 13, 2007 10:23 AM in response to razorianfly

i dunno how it happened but your guide that was on the one for the mac fixed it
"Try This:

1. Turn iPod Touch OFF completely.
2. Plug iPod Touch into PC/MAC while still of.
3. Turn iPod touch on, then IMMEDIATELY do the following steps \/
4. Hold the 'Home button' and 'sleep/wake' button together for atleast 5 seconds.
5. The Apple logo will appear
6. When this happens release the 'sleep/wake' button BUT KEEP HOLD OF 'HOME' BUTTON
7. Your iPod will reboot (Apple logo)
6. iTunes will recognise iPod in 'Recovery mode'
8. You will be able to 'restore' your iPod Touch now.

Hope this resolves your problem. It should if done properly. " Thanks

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Oct 15, 2007 9:32 PM in response to bwdavies

I have similar (sort of) problem. I tried to reset my Touch by holding down sleep and home buttons as advised in another thread. Screen turned to Apple logo and I am unable to do anything now. Cannot even turn it off.

Restore in iTunes gives me error (-18)

Any ideas?

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Answer 6

Oct 15, 2007 10:34 PM in response to Andrew Miller

Finally!!!

As I wasn't able to turn my iBrick off I couldn't follow the previous advice to the letter. But here is what I did:

1. plugged bricked iTouch to Mac
2. started iTunes
3. held both buttons for long time (about a minute) until screen flickered few times, went black and Apple logo returned
4. released sleep button while holding home button until setup screen (usb connector) showed up

It turn my Touch into recovery mode and finally I was able to use the Restore in iTunes.

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