Erased all Content and Settings on my iPod Touch 3rd Gen

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Erased all Content and Settings on my iPod Touch 3rd Gen

I've erased all my contents and settings on my ipod touch 3rd gen because I wanted a fresh new start. What happened was I clicked accept to erase all the contents and settings then it shut down and it was erasing everything. Now my problem is that it's stuck on the apple logo, it won't load at all. I've tried doing the restart thing with the home button and on button but it just ends up staying at the logo. My computer doesn't detect my iPod touch nor does my iTunes. I'm in serious trouble. I haven't used my iPod touch for 1 month because of this problem. Please anyone help me 😟

XPS M140, Windows Vista

Posted on Jul 20, 2010 12:49 PM

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Ingo2711

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Jul 20, 2010 12:56 PM in response to kriziad16

Welcome to the discussions,
Did you try to connect in recovery mode? http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
Make sure you charged it at least for 10min. before you connect.

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kriziad16 Author

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Jul 20, 2010 1:02 PM in response to Ingo2711

I will try this out and will keep you update on what happened..

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kriziad16 Author

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Jul 20, 2010 1:09 PM in response to Ingo2711

Right when I was about to give up after trying to do it 4 times, the itunes logo popped out and I'm happy to say that I'm restoring my iPod touch now! Thank you so much!!! I love you!! haha thank you!

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Ingo2711

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Jul 20, 2010 1:19 PM in response to kriziad16

You're welcome,
Enjoy your ipod again 🙂

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kriziad16 Author

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Jul 20, 2010 2:22 PM in response to Ingo2711

Hey Ingo, I have a problem now.. I get as far as the waiting for ipod popout on itunes. On my ipod theres a apple logo and an empty loading bar. The iTunes has been "waiting for iPod" for more than 5 minutes. Is this normal?

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kriziad16 Author

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Jul 20, 2010 2:23 PM in response to kriziad16

Stuck on the recovery loading screen..

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Ingo2711

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Jul 20, 2010 11:09 PM in response to kriziad16

Do you have any security software installed? If yes, make sure iTunes can connect to Apple during the restore process: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3125
If this does not help, delete the ipod firmware file (*.ipsw) on your computer, located C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates to make iTunes download a new copy when you connect again in recovery mode. Maybe the file on your computer got damaged. Also make sure to run the latest version of iTunes (9.2.1).
Good luck.

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