Originally posted by David
I had the excact same problem so i took mine to apple and they said if you have anti-virus running while you are restoring it crashes itunes.
Wait my ipod is jailbroken, will i get fined or go to juvy if i send it in and they find out?:embarrassed:
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Originally posted by bmw916
lol i had this problem also except mine was because i downloaded 2 programs that run on top of each other so it crashed, this is what you do if your on windows vista or 7 run notepad as admin and click file then open, the navigate to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc and open hosts.file and delete the "74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com
" line yours may be different just erase the one that says apple. then save the file and plug in your phone, open itunes and click restore, it should work if not post where you had issues ill assist you further more
When i go to that i dont have the host file? Please help?
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Try putting it in dfu and restore it again
The only problem is is that i did DFU mode by going to setting on my ipod, then restore and it wont even let me see my home screen. All i see is an apple

---------- Post added at 08:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:57 PM ----------
Originally posted by bmw916
lol i had this problem also except mine was because i downloaded 2 programs that run on top of each other so it crashed, this is what you do if your on windows vista or 7 run notepad as admin and click file then open, the navigate to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc and open hosts.file and delete the "74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com
" line yours may be different just erase the one that says apple. then save the file and plug in your phone, open itunes and click restore, it should work if not post where you had issues ill assist you further more
Oh ok i get it now my bad. When i open hosts up i dont have an apple file?