how to fix frozen ipod touch

You may need to restore

Try this

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

See Here > Frozen or unresponsive iPod touch

Try holding your power button (the button on the top right) for 15-20 seconds and it will reboot your device and it will work normally. There is no need to restore it. This has even happened to me.

Holding the power button down for 20 seconds totally WORKED! Thank you. 😉

heatherboyd the post is two years old and you just repeated the last reply.

I have an ipod touch 3rd gen and I cant swipe to go to my homepage, cant press, when I hold my power button I cant slide to shut off or press cancel. its like my screen is frozen, how do I reboot it? do I need to wait ti it shuts off or what?

kourtsz, connect the iPod to your computer and restore it to your most recent backup and it should be fine, or you can do a full factory reset which will clear out everything except the OS and its pre-installed applications.