iPod Touch - The $300 paperweight. Need help!

QNev

First off, I'm a Mac user and I don't know stuff about iPods.

Second of all, I f'ed up my iPod. I tried this jailbreaking thing using a program called ZiPhone or something like that and now my ipod is stuck in what I'm guessing is a debug mode.

iTunes won't recognize it. I tried restarting it, and holding the home button as I reconnected it to USB. Running software version 1.1.4 and there doesn't seem to be any help for it except for iBrickr which happens to be for lame ass Windows.

What should I do? I'm thinking of calling Apple tomorrow and if that does no good, I'll try hustling those Future Shop nazis for an exchange.

HELP!!!

Thanks,
Q

Wakeboard K-Fed · Posted: Jul 14, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject:

yeah calling apple would probably be the best idea for this and if not i bet if you took it in to a store that could repair electronics inside that bad boy is probably a reset switch or on of those batteries that keep it running even though its dead you know the cirlcular flat ones and they could pop that out and all would reset but thats just a guess call apple though first for sure... and good luck with that

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

I don't mean to be completely insensitive to your situation, but I find it pretty god damn hilarious that you're gonna have to use a PC to fix your Apple product.

But on a more serious note, I wouldn't bother calling Apple. I mean, you tried to jailbreak the thing do you really think they're gonna wanna help you fix it? Laughing

QNev · Posted: Jul 14, 2008 11:31 pm Post subject:

scott a, shh I won't tell them that. Apparently the same thing can happen from other things. All the repair information is completely irrelevant to Mac though Sad

JTRebel · Outlaw Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 119 City: Graham

Do some searcing on the internet. The same thing happened to mine when I jailbroke it. The is a certain set of steps do bypass the debug mode. Just type what you see on the Ipod Touch's screen in google and you should find it.

edrex · Posted: Jul 15, 2008 9:27 am Post subject:

scott a, brilliant!! \/ \/ \/ Laughing

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

I vote for this

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qg1ckCkm8YI

Dragonlady8 · Black Widow Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 9198

Get a hold of Chavez, he has an inside connection.

QNev · Posted: Jul 15, 2008 11:12 am Post subject:

No need. Just called Apple and they helped me force it into recovery mode and now I've got it. Told them the power went out during the 2.0 update Laughing

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

Well played! Laughing

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

I'm pretty sure my brother would have recommended Q do the same thing. Laughing

And yes, well played sir.