itouch problems

Warribs

So my buddy hates his 32gig itouch and had it sitting for a few months and decided to on a limb just give it to me. Exceptionally nice right? Wrong, the damn thing doesn't work at all. I have no clue what he did to it he just says it's not working..

I turn it on, and get a bunch of black screen, it boots up and a bunch of script is loaded and the screen just keeps processing all this information until it stops at a screen that says..

Singleuser boot -- fsck not done
root device is mounted read-only

if you want to make modifications to files:

/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /

if you wish to boot the system:
exit

jan 1 00:30:30 launchd[30]: can't exec /bin/sh for single user: no such file or directory

where is says launchd [ x ] the number changes every few seconds if that makes any difference. Any help to get this thing working without apple's help would be much appreciated!

Six

connect it to your pc and restore it in itunes. that should fix it right up.

Warribs

I have it plugged in the computer right now and it's not getting picked up by my itunes. I already have my older ipod still operational but that shouldn't affect the touch syncing. Although.. it doesn't even show up. At all, on itunes or in my computer. I'm running on pc btw

DHS Odium

By any chance, is it still under warranty? Go to Apples website and put in the serial number, if it is, bring it in to an Apple store and they will fix or replace. Other than that, I'm not sure what you can do.

T. J. Nutty Nub

before you restore, but it in DFU mode. This will force it to accept a restore.

Then again it could be something else entirely

Jake!

DHS Odium wrote: »

By any chance, is it still under warranty? Go to Apples website and put in the serial number, if it is, bring it in to an Apple store and they will fix or replace. Other than that, I'm not sure what you can do.

You could still get it repaired. Might be worth it anyway.

Szechuanosaurus

T.J. Nutty Nub wrote: »

before you restore, but it in DFU mode. This will force it to accept a restore.

Then again it could be something else entirely

Yeah, he probably bricked it trying to jailbreak it or something. Will probably be easy to fix with a firmware restore - basically defaulting it back to factory settings which usually looses all your data but it's not your pod so that won't matter. I've done stuff like this plenty of times with older iPods, sometimes they just brick randomly, sometimes it's because I was messing about installing linux on them, once it was because I didn't properly follow the activation procedure for a brand new iPod but it's usually easy to fix yourself.

http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2008/03/19/unbricking-your-ipod-touch-with-the-manual-dfu-procedure/

jasonlester

It's pretty impossible to brick an ipod touch with jailbreaking.

I mean, I have never heard of it happening, unless the ipod was faulty to begin with.

It's pretty damn fool proof

Szechuanosaurus

Well, sorry for slandering jailbreak then. Plugging some new ipods into iTunes at the wrong time can cause them to brick, so I kind of assumed that under the right conditions it can be pretty easy to do it if you are messing around with firmware.

In any case DUFing your pod and restoring the firmware is pretty much standard procedure if the OS won't boot and is worth trying even if the pod turns out to have a more serious hardware fault.

ascot

Be worth noting the restore process is holding down the lock button and the home button until it restarts, then keep hold of the home button while you connect it to your computer until itunes recognises it

Warribs

ascot wrote: »

Be worth noting the restore process is holding down the lock button and the home button until it restarts, then keep hold of the home button while you connect it to your computer until itunes recognises it

You sir have just saved this ipod's life. thanks!