i had to restore my ipod to delete data i could not otherwise. i've been waiting for housr and it won't get off the circular loading screen. how long should this continue?
-If you have a 1G or 2G iPod and Erase all Content Settings, it can take hours. A 3G and later 10 minutes max.
If a 1G or 2G make sure the iPod is connected to a charging source otherwise the battery will likely die before it is complete.
- To recovery, try:
iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- If not successful and you can't turn the iPod off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for at least an hour try again.
are you sure again it toke me 11 hours to finish wait it didn't ever finish so i did home and power button trick to stop that.
i clicked restore ipod and it siad time remaining 11 min, then it went to 12, then 11, then 10, then it kept switching from 9 and back to 10 for about a minute, then it went down to 3 mins, then it was done. Check your internet connection. It may be running slowly. Mine signal was at exellent. I was looking for answers myself and decided to help random people with the same problem i went through.
hope it helped
try itunes restore it's much better and much faster too.
5 or 10 mintnues only.
At what stage of the restore is the iPod stuck? What does it say in the status bar of iTunes?
That is likely too long.
its been at this same loading screen now for at least 3 hours. any advice?
A full restore from backup will take about an hour or more depending upong how much has to be restored to the iPod.
i restored it from the ipod itself. all its doing is showing the little circular loader with the black screen.
a normal restore or restore from backup?
a normal restore
5 or 10 mintnues only if the ipsw is ios 5.1.1
actually, i think i selected "erase all data and restore"
wait is on the ipod or itunes? if on ipod it's take forever but on itunes 5 or 10 mintnues.
@Lester1234: i restored it from the ipod itself
how long does it take to restore ipod touch 4th gen? I've been waiting for 3 hours now.
