"Device not eligible for requested build"

[Quojil]

I have a 5th generation iPod Touch that was running the iOS 7 beta some time before December 2013. After some time, I was locked out of my iPod because I was not a developer. I tried to restore my iPod or downgrade it, but iTunes kept on saying "Device not eligible for requested build."

Today, I have tried again, with no luck. I have tried many methods that have worked for others, but not for me. Here are some of the ones I used:
Removing gs.apple.com from my hosts file Restoring in DFU mode
Restoring in restore mode
Installing the full iOS 7 release the same way I installed the beta
Doing all of the above on another computer

And I have still been unsuccessful. I do not care if I loose any data from fixing this.

 

[Intell]

You cannot downgrade an iPod Touch 5G to anything but what Apple is signing. In this case, nothing other than iOS 7.1.

 

[djtech42]

I have a 5th generation iPod Touch that was running the iOS 7 beta some time before December 2013. After some time, I was locked out of my iPod because I was not a developer. I tried to restore my iPod or downgrade it, but iTunes kept on saying "Device not eligible for requested build."

Today, I have tried again, with no luck. I have tried many methods that have worked for others, but not for me. Here are some of the ones I used:
Removing gs.apple.com from my hosts file Restoring in DFU mode
Restoring in restore mode
Installing the full iOS 7 release the same way I installed the beta
Doing all of the above on another computer

And I have still been unsuccessful. I do not care if I loose any data from fixing this.

Can you try to update to iOS 7.1?