Passcoded iPod Touch Bricked?

[resonance]

So i'm trying to help out a mate. He jailbroke his iPod but accidently updated to 1.1.2. This wouldn't normally be an issue, but hee had it passcoded, so no computers will mount it as it says it requires this code.

Now on the ipod screen it shows the passcode screen but it's completely unresponsive and every ten seconds resets (back to the unresponsive passcode screen!)

There seems very little I can do, should i tell him it's bricked?

 

[dagored]

Do the Following:

open itunes
-plug ipod into computer
-hold both sleep/wake and home button until ipod restarts.
-let go of of the sleep/wake button when you see apple logo.
-hold home button until itunes pops up with recovery mode
-click yes, and your ipod with be restored to its factory settings.