iPod 4G bricked by latest iTunes

I tried to update to iOS 5, and got error 1611 "unknown error". I was previously running iOS 4.3.3. Nothing on the Apple troubleshooting pages helped either.

Windows i7 920 said:

I tried to update to iOS 5, and got error 1611 "unknown error". I was previously running iOS 4.3.3. Nothing on the Apple troubleshooting pages helped either.

Restore it and try again. I did it the night iOS5 was released and got a couple errors too. Third try was the charm. Did you already upgrade iTunes to 10.5?

noobvious said:

Windows i7 920 said:

I tried to update to iOS 5, and got error 1611 "unknown error". I was previously running iOS 4.3.3. Nothing on the Apple troubleshooting pages helped either.

Restore it and try again. I did it the night iOS5 was released and got a couple errors too. Third try was the charm. Did you already upgrade iTunes to 10.5?

Yep fresh install of iTunes. Also, I tried several times. Same exact error every single time. I tried switching USB ports and such too.

your best bet is to hand brick it and put it in DFU mode, to do this, plug your iPod in to iTunes, hold the home button and sleep/wake button until the apple logo appears, then keep holding the home button but let go of the sleep/wake button, hold that for 25 seconds, the device is now in DFU mode and iTunes will detect it, restore it from here. DFU Mode is basically factory mode, it'll wipe everything so I hope you've got back ups stored on iTunes.

I have no backups as I did not have anything that I can't get back easily on my iPod anyway. As long as I can get the device to a functional state, its fine. I'd rather not spend another $299 to replace it (32 GB model).

Also I got this error when I tried to restore from this mode anyway. I'm trying once more. This time on my laptop. I hope it works this time...

Windows i7 920 said:

noobvious said:

Windows i7 920 said:

I tried to update to iOS 5, and got error 1611 "unknown error". I was previously running iOS 4.3.3. Nothing on the Apple troubleshooting pages helped either.

Restore it and try again. I did it the night iOS5 was released and got a couple errors too. Third try was the charm. Did you already upgrade iTunes to 10.5?

Yep fresh install of iTunes. Also, I tried several times. Same exact error every single time. I tried switching USB ports and such too.

Strange. My Touch upgraded that night, on the third try..... but the Shuffle I bought last Saturday, for some unknown reason, I can't get the VoiceOver feature to install. I'm not really worried about it, because I can live without it, but a Shuffle and Touch are two very different things. Did you look around iLounge, maybe? I don't know where else one might look if the Apple pages don't help.

Got it working again at least... not sure what happened! I tried to "restore" again, and it simply booted back into 4.3.3. Wow, iTunes is seriously glitched on my PC I think...

Windows i7 920 said:

Got it working again at least... not sure what happened! I tried to "restore" again, and it simply booted back into 4.3.3. Wow, iTunes is seriously glitched on my PC I think...

Have you updated iTunes to 10.5? That might let you install

MrNeeds said:

Windows i7 920 said:

Got it working again at least... not sure what happened! I tried to "restore" again, and it simply booted back into 4.3.3. Wow, iTunes is seriously glitched on my PC I think...

Have you updated iTunes to 10.5? That might let you install

Yes that's what I've been trying.