Messed up big time... HELP!

[toad]

I have a 16GB iPod Touch. It's running 1.1.4. I jailbroke it with ZiPhone, then added some sources and some applications to my iPod.

Then since some of them didn't work, I went into WinSCP and changed the version from 1.1.4 to 1.1.3. Later I installed the BossTools v0.35 and chose "Relocate Applications" so I could free up some space for more applications.

Then I went back to work, and my iPod quickly died. I plugged it into my computer, and my battery didn't charge to over 10% after being there for an hour or so.

I was in Installer, and the screen froze, and I turned my iPod off. I rebooted my iPod, and it took about 5 minutes. Then a blank screen came up. I have NO APPLICATIONS at all.

There is NOTHING there.

iTunes won't detect my iPod and neither will ZiPhone to unjailbreak it. The battery is almost dead, and I've tried putting the iPod into restore mode, and that doesn't work. I've tried every USB port on my laptop and nothing works.

I'm running the latest version of iTunes. I need help really bad because my iPod has a blank screen with nothing on it and I can't fix it and iTunes won't detect it for me to restore it and PLEASE any solutions at all!!!

[depthnerd]

I think you might be screwed. You can't do anything.

[themanofthedark]

IM me over AIM to : thenewmrbob44

you *may* be able to save it.

I can't guarantee anything.

[psylichon]

Not certain because I have never done it myself, but I thought I read that if you hold the home and lock buttons together for over 30 seconds, it will prompt you to connect to itunes to restore.

Again, I could be wrong here, but either way I wish you the best of luck. I know that sucks!!

[x999x]

Yep, DFU mode with save the day.

Power the phone down by holding the Power and Home buttons. When the phone turns off, let go of the power button and continue to hold the home button. While still holding the home button, put your iphone into it's dock with iTunes open. Itunes should recognize the phone in recovery mode.

I've not heard of one Brick when it comes to iphones and ipods. The only "brick" that ever "was" were users who had their basebands borked by Anysim and the 1.1.2 firmware update. Didn't matter much since 1.1.3 reflashed those very same basebands and "brought them back to life."

[amiroo79]

Like he said, try the various restore modes (DFU restore, etc...)

The problem here is you wiped out the core OS functions but I would imagine there has to be a way to reload the whole OS back onto it.

Manofthedark, let us know how it goes with this thing. I've always been curious about what happens if you erase everything with WinSCP.

GOOD LUCK!!!

[x999x]

Like he said, try the various restore modes (DFU restore, etc...)

The problem here is you wiped out the core OS functions but I would imagine there has to be a way to reload the whole OS back onto it.

Manofthedark, let us know how it goes with this thing. I've always been curious about what happens if you erase everything with WinSCP.

GOOD LUCK!!!

I've literally pulled my iphone out of the dock during the 1.1.4 flashing process just to see what would happen. I reckon you're pretty screwed at that point no?

Interestingly, DFU mode still worked. It must reside in its own memory bank somewhere, because I was certain I could brick my phone if I pulled it out while the firmware was being flashed. I mean typically thats a death sentance for any hardware going through a crucial update like that.

Hats off to Apple.

[amiroo79]

My thoughts exactly. I think there is a spot in memory that is unaffected and that's where the phone looks to when doing the DFU restore. If that's true, then indeed, hats off to Apple as a power outage for even normal users could corupt the OS and render the phone useless. They have to have thought of that.

[Bone]

I'm with x999x a hard reset wstarting by hold both home and power should bring it back.

[depthnerd]

What good will DFU mode do if his iPhone wont charge, nor be detected by iTunes? Then he said DFU mode didn't work.

[x999x]

What good will DFU mode do if his iPhone wont charge, nor be detected by iTunes? Then he said DFU mode didn't work.

Actually he said Restore mode didn't work.

DFU mode doesn't fire up the core OS like Restore mode does, so now you know...

...and knowing is half the battle.

[themanofthedark]

interesting that the OP has not contacted me.

[depthnerd]

interesting that the OP has not contacted me.
They ask questions, wait for reply, when they get no replies they get temperamental and leave.

[lman]

If this had been me, i would have sat on the refresh button until a reply came up...even if it were hours.

[themanofthedark]

I bet he goes to apple, and gets yelled at, and goes home, checks his thread, and fondly decides to IM me.. at 2 am..

[depthnerd]

I bet he goes to apple, and gets yelled at, and goes home, checks his thread, and fondly decides to IM me.. at 2 am..
Talk about hilarity.

[x999x]

Don't Panic!!!

[Bone]

if you can get it into DFU mode then it will take a charge.

[amiroo79]

he probably got it into DFU restore mode and did the restore and re-jailbreak. otherwise, he would have said something by now. i sure as hell know i would have! i've been stuck a couple times and it was the worst... uughh... that sick feeling...

[x999x]

I actually get excited when things look dismal during a Jailbreak. Its like a forum scavenger hunt on google for the answers. When things are all back to normal you're on the up and up, plus you've learned something! :D

[Bone]

I think that's what I enjoy most about the iPhone and EIC is learning things about the phone I didnt already know.

[muhca]

Hi,

I've have problem similar to toad's. I had jailbroken my iPod Touch by reverting the iPod Touch firmware to 1.1.1. That was back in January. Everything was fine.

A few days ago, from iTunes, I installed the latest firmware 1.1.4. It seemed to work as I was goofing around with iPhone SDK. When I tried to upload my little app on the iPod, my OS X told me no device was connected. So I disconnected the iPod and connected it again. Since that, iTunes (Windows and OSX) will not detect my iPod. Everything is fine when I connect it. iTunes starts automatically, but my iPod doesn't appear. The battery seems to charge as well.

WTF.

In Windows, if I toggle on and off (disable and enabling the driver) the Apple Mobile Device USB Driver from the Device Manager, the connected iPod Touch's screen turns on. Clearly the iPod isn't screwed, since the drivers detect it. But something in iTunes is screwy.