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I pod is disable , unable to unlock using password

I Pod has a message on it "Ipod disable try again in 689752364 minitures " My I Pod is also locks using my password. I connected it to the Mac and a message Stated for me to unlock it, but I can't. The I pod is disabled and unable to do angthing....HELP!!!!!

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  1. Power off the device (Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then slide the slider. Wait for the the iPod touch to turn off.
  2. Press and hold the Home button while reconnecting the USB cable to iPod. When you reconnect the USB to iPod, the device should then power on. 
  3. Continue holding the Home button while iPod starts up. While starting up, you will see the Apple logo.
  4. When you see "Connect to iTunes" on the screen, you can release the Home button and iTunes will display the recovery mode message:
  5. Restore and it'll download ~240mb firmware and you're done
Warning: you will lose all your data   

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I think this might help. i've locked my i-pod before and all i did was connect the USB cord and plugged it into my computer. when it comes on, its registered to the cumputer and the i-pod automaticly unlocks. i did this with my shuffle nano. im almost sure this method wroks with any i-pod though.

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I can't move the slider to access to my itouch it's in lock mode...no slide access...please help

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