iPod touch How NOT to brick your iPod on 2.0

MattGTO

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Jul 13, 2008

• #1

THis may be the only reason it bricks, it may not be, but its the only one I've found:

If you hard-reset the iPod while the app store is trying to load, it will brick your ipod.

Just my experience.

 

wyatt23

macrumors 6502a

• Jul 13, 2008

• #2

any word on how to unbrick your ipod? or will an itunes restore do the trick?

 

MattGTO

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Jul 13, 2008

• #3

Bricked mine last night, if you go into recovery mode while your iPod is docked, iTunes will restore it.

 

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pisces03x

macrumors regular

• Jul 13, 2008

• #4

I bricked my iPod on the Facebook app by app-jumping (hopping from app to app to app quickly)... I didn't know it would die ;D

But after putting it into Recovery mode (and waiting like half an hour) it restored itself to factory settings and re-synced with my iTunes library.

 

.Andy

macrumors 68030

• Jul 13, 2008

• #5

Bricked mine twice now.
* Once by trying to download an app on the touch in the background whilst browsing the app store. Touch just hung and wouldn't reboot.
* Second time was Cube Runner - it just wouldn't load and my touch ended up resetting itself and hanging on the apple logo boot screen.

A restore from iTunes worked both times (and thank goodness for the new auto-backup). Very time consuming and a bit of a piss off really.

 

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macfanboy

macrumors 6502a

• Jul 13, 2008

• #6

this has happened to my mutltiple times.

the first 3 times it was forced into reboot, it was bricked (luckily i hadnt spent the time syncing music/vids) and restored.

after the 3rd time, i did a COMPLETE erase of content and settings (which took 2 hours, and i didnt mind)

the next 4 times i think, it was forced into reboot, but came back.

for those that are getting bricked, try COMPLETELY wiping content and settings, for me it helped prevents future 'bricking'