Why would an iPod go into "Recovery mode"?

if you do a hard reset while connected to itunes, that might activate recovery mode.

Sometimes it happens during an update or trying to restore the device.

If you get specific error messages/codes in iTunes when updating/restoring, check this: http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3694 for causes and solutions

If you're not able to restore the device, you should use: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808

Using that last article will erase everything on the device, so make sure you have a backup!

Good luck 🙂

JW

Message was edited by: jesterwylde

Connect the iPod to your computer and restore via iTunes.

iTunes: Restoring iOS software

The iPod went into recovery mode because the iPod encountered an error.

The device is already esentually erased. Yu can't gt sat any data on the iPod.