My nano froze during a song, which it's done before, so i reset it by holding down the menu and select buttons. after this, a screen popped up saying "use itunes to restore," so i plugged the nano in to my computer and, when itunes asked me to restore, i did so. it displayed the restoring progress bar for probably a minute or so.
but when itunes detected my supposedly restored nano, the restore hadn't taken effect, and it asked me to restore again. so i did, and the same thing happened, except this time it only showed the progress bar for a couple of seconds.
the "use itunes to restore" screen is still the only thing to come up on my nano, and restoring using itunes is still ineffectual.
help?
Try putting the ipod in disk mode by pressing the center and play buttons after resetting it (by holding down the center and menu buttons). You will know it is in disk mode when it shows a check mark on the ipod screen. Then plug it into your vcomputer and format it using windows.
After you format the ipod, try disconnecting and reconnecting to the computer and restore and see if that fixes your problem.
Kay im having the same problem except itunes wont detect my ipod and my ipod is frozen its an ipod nano
andddddd i really need help
cuz its my friends and i broke it
and im gunna have to buy her a new one if it doesn't fix
:'(
Reset an iPod:
Restore an iPod:
Warning: When you restore and iPod, you...
... delete everything on it (songs, pictures, movies, files, games, firmware, etc.) Hey! That means any stuff that's on the iPod, but not in the iTunes library, will be lost. After deleting everything, iTunes reloads the iPod software with a fresh copy (referred to as "factory settings").
Using iTunes
When the iPod is connected, select it in the Source list in iTunes. Under the Summary tab, there is a button named "Restore." Click it. Select the restore option you want then sit back. A progress bar will show you the status of the restore. When it's done, you'll see a message like "Leave iPod connected to computer to complete restore." Now the iPod will show a progress bar. Do not disconnect during this part. When it's done, the iTunes Setup Assistant will prompt you to name and configure the iPod.
If that Put ipod in disk mode by toggle hold switch off then on and when apple logo appers hold action(middle button)and bottom button until a tick appers.Then connect to itunes.
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thanks! it restored just fine after this. however, now something else has come up, though minor.
my nano has 3.71 GB of free space, and my library is 3.69 GB. but when i try to sync the nano, itunes insists that 3.77 GB of space is required and i don't have enough room. whatever size my library is, itunes says that 0.08 GB more space is needed than the library shows. is there any way to fix this?
my ipod will not restore....there is a "restore using itunes screen" but when i try, the computer shuts down.....do u hav a solution?
My nano screen tells me to use itunes to restore. When I've tried this it doesn't perform the operation - keeps telling me to restore again. I've tried resetting by toggling the switch and holding down menu and centre button - no luck
same prob. try to restore thu itunes, an says "could not be restored because it is busy"
whenever i turn on my ipod nano a white screen pops up and it says use itunes to restore in three different languages. so i tried it and the itunes doesent even have my ipod icon on the left side like it usually does. what do i do???????????
when ever i plug my ipod in it always says use itunes to restore and when i installed itunes it didnt do anything HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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