iPod touch To reset, or not to reset? What would you do?

[Annalea]

I recently located my misplaced iPod touch . . . under the couch. The battery was totally dead, and I figured my nearly-four-year-old son had snuck off with it to try to play. I plugged it in to charge, and after a while, woke it up to see the charge status, and just check conditions generally. (If you haven't looked at the photo, totally check it now.)




No. Joke. This one's going in his baby book.

So, what would you do? Wait the 42.3 years, or reset . . .

 

[EricNau]

How long have you waited so far? I believe the max lockout period is supposed to be 4 hours. Perhaps the text isn't representative of the actual countdown. I would wait a little while before restoring.

 

[Annalea]

It has counted down pretty accurately for nearly an hour, so I'm thinking that in its little twisted mind, the old iPod touch is doing a bang-up job. There never really was any question of *not* restoring it, (I don't have anything irreplaceable on it) . . . it was just so funny I had to share it.

 

[Bear]

It has counted down pretty accurately for nearly an hour, so I'm thinking that in its little twisted mind, the old iPod touch is doing a bang-up job. There never really was any question of *not* restoring it, (I don't have anything irreplaceable on it) . . . it was just so funny I had to share it.

When you plugged it in to charge was it to a wall outlet? Or to the computer it normally syncs with?

If you haven't tried it on the computer yet, do so. Sometimes syncing the iPod will unlock it.

 

[Annalea]

Thanks, Bear. I just plugged it into the wall . . . I'll try the computer today. So far I've just kept checking it, because I get such a kick out of that 22 million.

 

[FlatlinerG]

It needs to be restored in iTunes. A step further, actually. It needs to be forced into recovery mode first, then restored. Once that is done, as long as you made a backup beforehand, you should be able to restore from that backup and be good to go.

 

[Annalea]

I went ahead and plugged it into mt iMac, and bingo. It's back. I was almost sad to see the huge number go. I also have an iphone & ipod classic, so this was fun. I'm really surprised that no one else here seems to have found this very funny . . . I've thoroughly enjoyed it. What are the odds a kid could do that?

Thanks!

 

[Bear]

It needs to be restored in iTunes. A step further, actually. It needs to be forced into recovery mode first, then restored. Once that is done, as long as you made a backup beforehand, you should be able to restore from that backup and be good to go.

Recovery mode isn't always needed. It depends on how and why it got locked.

 

[FlatlinerG]

Recovery mode isn't always needed. It depends on how and why it got locked.

Often times it will be required. If the passcode was forgotten and the device is locked out because of too many incorrect attempts then yes. Otherwise, you won't even be able to restore it without recovery mode because iTunes will continue prompting for the passcode.

 

[MAC MAN JW]

I recently located my misplaced iPod touch . . . under the couch. The battery was totally dead, and I figured my nearly-four-year-old son had snuck off with it to try to play. I plugged it in to charge, and after a while, woke it up to see the charge status, and just check conditions generally. (If you haven't looked at the photo, totally check it now.)




No. Joke. This one's going in his baby book.

So, what would you do? Wait the 42.3 years, or reset . . .

I think it is time to do a reset

 

[charlieegan3]

leave it for the kid, could be part of his inheritance.