Let go of the On/Off button but keep holding the Home button for another 10 seconds. Then hold down both the Home and On/Off button for 10 seconds. To do this, hold down the On/Off button until the iPod shuts off. Your next step is to try booting into Device Firmware Update (or DFU) mode. You won't get the best user experience from this.

iTunes 12.2.1.16 for Windows (64-bit for older video cards): iTunes64setup.exe. Launch iTunes, from the main menu, please click 'Edit ->Preferences'. The Connect to iTunes screen you see indicates that your iPod is in recovery mode and clearly that’s not working. iTunes 12.2.1.16 for Windows 10 (64-bit): iTunes6464Setup.exe. When you import videos from iTunes library and run into a problem fails to read your iTunes library, dont need to worry, the following guide will help you out. I can’t use my iPod at all as it only displays the Connect to iTunes screen. Again, iTunes downloaded the update but wouldn’t install it. I tried this too but I got into this endless cycle where iTunes would download the latest update, the update wouldn’t install, and then I was told to restore again. And when I did, I was told I had to restore the iPod. I plugged it into my Mac, chose to update it in iTunes, and the update stalled on the iPod-the progress bar never filled in on the iPod’s screen. I’ve been trying to update my iPod touch to iOS 6 and it’s not working. Reader Cat Sorenson finds herself with an iPod that won’t update.

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