Cannot restore my iPod touch 3g "Software for this iPhone is not currently"

Hello,

II have a big problem, I cannot restore my iPod touch.

I cannot get anything to show on the screen, it seems stuck in DFU mode. When I connect it to my pc, iTunes show this message "iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes".

"Check for update" is grayed. Capacity/serial/Software show N/A.

iTunes detects it as an iPhone but it's an iPod touch.
I tried 2 different computers.

I tried to download firmware and shift restore them, tried many, none work, telling it is not compatible.

When I click restore simply, it show this message "Software for this iPhone is not currently available".

I tried different ipod cable too, no luck.


The only way I can see something on the screen is with greenpoison (note that before this, I never tried nor wanted to jailbreak, but I tried a lot of things since 2 days including this, but no luck), so with green poison, I can get the iTunes + cable logo on the screen, but it won't restore either.


my iPod is just 1 year old, and 32gb, I'm rly frustrated and sad about all this :S, I tried lot of things, searched a lot, nothing work.

This happened when I came back from the gym, in my car, the iPod would not turn on, I tried again at home, and after some home/power, it turned on, I took a shower and when I came back, it was the same problem but since, it never turned on again.


Any help would be rly appreciated, thanks.

PC, Windows 7

Posted on Dec 2, 2010 6:57 PM

11 replies

Feb 7, 2011 3:03 AM in response to Community User

If its stuck in DFU mode, just hold the Power/Sleep button and the Home button until the device resets. If your unable to access the springboard, you might need to RECOVER your iPod Touch using the Recovery method, not DFU mode.

Here are few links you should check out:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1456
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht180

iTunes detects it as an iPhone but it's an iPod touch.

The iPhone and iPod Touch is very similar, except the iPod Touch doesn't have phone capabilities.

The only way I can see something on the screen is with greenpoison (note that before this, I never tried nor wanted to jailbreak, but I tried a lot of things since 2 days including this, but no luck), so with green poison, I can get the iTunes + cable logo on the screen, but it won't restore either.
my iPod is just 1 year old

If you never Jailbroken, then why is greenpois0n installed? Did you buy this from a previous owner?

Jul 5, 2011 12:48 AM in response to Xx1Dustin1Xx

Greenpois0n was not previously installed, because of the multiple difficulties he has encountered he attempted to force his iPod to fix itself by using greenpois0n to edit the firmware, obviously it didn't work correctly.

Mahika, if iTunes doesn't recognize your iPod, attempt to send it into DFU mode, if that too doesn't work, then take it to an Apple Store or a genius bar.

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