iPod touch iPod Touch stuck at apple logo- Help

[pjcurtin08]

Hello,
I have the 1st generation iPod touch, and recently it gets stuck at the apple logo. The iPod has a full charge, and I have tried plugging it into my mac, but it doesn't recognize it. The iPod just keeps rebooting, but never getting to the unlock screen. Any tips would be much appreciated.
Thanks

 

[jmann]

Just put the device into DFU Mode, or Recovery Mode, and do a restore in iTunes.

 

[pjcurtin08]

Thanks for that tip, it worked great, except I had never made backups, so I have to put all data back on myself. Any idea what could have caused this? I did not jail break it, and I had the 3.0 software update.

 

[jmann]

It's hard to say, did you recently install anything new? So you never synced it with a computer? Because usually when you sync it with iTunes it will automatically make a backup.

 

[pjcurtin08]

When it said backing up your ipod, I always exited out b/c I did not have time to wait for the backup to complete. I did install the free game racing live from app store recently. Could that have done something?

 

[jmann]

Probably not, but it's all just a guess. Sometime phones/computer just crash. That is what restoring the phone is for. Just make sure to do a period backup every once in a while. Especially for instances like this. Are you losing a lot of stuff or is it still on your computer?

 

[pjcurtin08]

Thanks again! But all of my stuff is on my computer so there's no problem. And I actually did make a backup a few months ago, so I'm all good.
Thanks again!