I jailbreaked my Ipod and worked fine for 2 weeks before i deleted some tweaks in cydia and then cydia crashed. One day when i was rebooting it. it was stuck on the apple screen. I did the recorvery trick but that didn't work (updating) i don't wawnt to restore factory settings. WHAT DO I DO!? ( it's updating but i don't have enough space 500mb left ; 1.71 GB download )
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iPod touch MY IPod is stuck at apple logo and force update won't work!
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Hey, not sure if this will work or not for you, only done it on an iPod Touch 4G on iOS6, for me this method fixed a Recovery loop, but can also be used to backup any files and put them on your computer if everything goes well, or if that's even a thing you want to do. Not sure if you're on PC or Mac, I've only done this on a PC myself, but I'm sure there is Mac versions or alternative software.
Download Putty:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
Download WinSCP:
http://winscp.net/eng/download.php
Download SSH_RD_Rev03B.jar:
http://www.sinfuliphone.com/showthread.php?p=781514
In that link it mentions about needing to install 'JRE-7-Windows-i586-iftw.exe' for it to work, but you can try without it to see if it works.
Follow the instructions here to get access into your iPod (even if you don't want to backup files, see if the mnt2 folder shows, if not follow the next step):
https://github.com/msftguy/ssh-rd/wiki/Windows-How-To
If /mnt2 doesnt show, restart the instructions for Putty, and after typing in the root and password, (before typing mount.sh), enter in:
fsck_hfs -r /dev/disk0s1s2
It will go through a repair, wait till its done, and mnt2 should work. Try to kick out of the Recovery Loop with Tiny Umbrella, or restore with iTunes, hope it works.
Download Putty:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
Download WinSCP:
http://winscp.net/eng/download.php
Download SSH_RD_Rev03B.jar:
http://www.sinfuliphone.com/showthread.php?p=781514
In that link it mentions about needing to install 'JRE-7-Windows-i586-iftw.exe' for it to work, but you can try without it to see if it works.
Follow the instructions here to get access into your iPod (even if you don't want to backup files, see if the mnt2 folder shows, if not follow the next step):
https://github.com/msftguy/ssh-rd/wiki/Windows-How-To
If /mnt2 doesnt show, restart the instructions for Putty, and after typing in the root and password, (before typing mount.sh), enter in:
fsck_hfs -r /dev/disk0s1s2
It will go through a repair, wait till its done, and mnt2 should work. Try to kick out of the Recovery Loop with Tiny Umbrella, or restore with iTunes, hope it works.
Hmm, not sure if it being a school laptop would matter, I don't think so, but I could be wrong, maybe the school laptop blocks or restricts certain things. I'll be honest and say I'm not an expert in any of this, I was just lucky enough after hours of googling I was able to get into my iPod and backup stuff, but also fixed a recovery loop while I was at it.
When it comes to Putty, make sure its typed like the screenshot, you could also try running Putty in administrator mode by right clicking it.
You can also try installing that JRE Java thing before running SSH_RD, then see if putty works after that.
When it comes to Putty, make sure its typed like the screenshot, you could also try running Putty in administrator mode by right clicking it.
You can also try installing that JRE Java thing before running SSH_RD, then see if putty works after that.
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Yes, but not jailbreaked. Thank you so much for your help!!! I really appreciate it! Have a good day!
Yes, but not jailbreaked. Thank you so much for your help!!! I really appreciate it! Have a good day!
Glad to hear. Thanks, and yourself.