restoring jailbroken ipod touch. help please?

Grumbot · 12-09-2008, 10:27 AM

i have a 32 gig touch and i jailbroke it and it started to get really laggy and freeze up alot so i wanted to update and restore it with the original software. my ipod is now in recovery mode and when i try to restore it my itunes freezes up. is there any way to fix this or am i ****ed?

kenneth · 12-09-2008, 11:08 AM

Try restarting your computer with the phone connected and see if it will go ahead with the restore. Are you restoring from a back up or a new device? I would suggest setting up a new device.

Grumbot · 12-09-2008, 01:45 PM

set up a new device? what do you mean. like buying a new ipod? sorry im not that knowledgable.

Grumbot · 12-09-2008, 01:46 PM

please respond asap.

kenneth · 12-09-2008, 01:47 PM

When you click on restore it should give you an option to set up as a new device.

Grumbot · 12-09-2008, 02:29 PM

nope. is that option supposed to come up when i shift click or right click or what

kenneth · 12-09-2008, 02:33 PM

I thought it would come up when you click restore in iTunes. You are on the summary page correct?

Grumbot · 12-09-2008, 02:39 PM

yeah im at the summary page
it says extracting software, and then will say preparing ipod for restore, and gets stuck on that every time.

kenneth · 12-09-2008, 02:59 PM

How long does it set? I would suggest using a different pc and do the restore and set it up as a new device.

ThunderBull4 · 12-10-2008, 01:23 PM

Well first try getting it out of recovery mode by holding the sleep and home buttons. Then I think if you just simply click restore, you have the option to restore it back to an original new device. If you shift+click it then you have the option to choose the firmware to restore it back to.