Stuck in Recovery Mode

[DGH94]

No matter what I do, I am constantly stuck in a reboot cycle.
So far, I have hard-reset, and reJBed, and nothing.
I do not want to restore because the back up a lone took 7 hours, so that'll take over 12 hours easy.
If that's the only last option, I guess I'll have to, but if there's anything else I can do, please tell me.

[super6ft7]

Wash your ipod with soap

[Boardumb]

DGH you're most likely going to have to restore. The same thing happened to me a couple days after I JB. It would reboot, then sit with the Apple logo for about 15 minutes, then flash a white screen and reboot again. I literally left it like that for something like 8 hours hoping it would just end itself, but it never did. I had to completely restore and re-JB, and go through the hassle of getting everything off Cydia again and re doing my folders. It sucked! The only good thing was I had just backed up like 3 hours before that happened, so I could keep all my game saves that I cared about. It sucks, but you'll be good as new after that restore.

Now that I know a full restore might be a possibility at any time, I try to plan ahead for it. I downloaded AptBackup from Cydia, which creates a list of all your JB apps so if you have to re-JB you can get all your Cydia apps back fairly easy. And, even though it's kind of a pain in the ass, I back up A LOT. And finally, I took screenshots of the different folders I've made and what games are in them, so if I have to do it all over again I have some sort of reference and don't have to go through 600+ apps one by one figuring out what folder I want them in. Hopefully this helps, restoring sucks but try to make it as painless as possible on yourself and plan ahead a little. :)

[DGH94]

DGH you're most likely going to have to restore. The same thing happened to me a couple days after I JB. It would reboot, then sit with the Apple logo for about 15 minutes, then flash a white screen and reboot again. I literally left it like that for something like 8 hours hoping it would just end itself, but it never did. I had to completely restore and re-JB, and go through the hassle of getting everything off Cydia again and re doing my folders. It sucked! The only good thing was I had just backed up like 3 hours before that happened, so I could keep all my game saves that I cared about. It sucks, but you'll be good as new after that restore.

Now that I know a full restore might be a possibility at any time, I try to plan ahead for it. I downloaded AptBackup from Cydia, which creates a list of all your JB apps so if you have to re-JB you can get all your Cydia apps back fairly easy. And, even though it's kind of a pain in the ass, I back up A LOT. And finally, I took screenshots of the different folders I've made and what games are in them, so if I have to do it all over again I have some sort of reference and don't have to go through 600+ apps one by one figuring out what folder I want them in. Hopefully this helps, restoring sucks but try to make it as painless as possible on yourself and plan ahead a little. :)
My story matches mine exactly.
I've restored (-ing), and it looks like it's gonna take forever.
Hopefully it'll be done tmrw morning, and I'll try reJBing and download BlueBird.
I'l report here if everything goes smoothly.

[MystikSun]

its happened to me. You've been ibricked, and have to restore.

[TMAC34]

i didnt read all the posts but if i understand whats happening its stuck on where it says jailbreaking on the computer forever. If this is the case, unplug you iDevice and replug it 2 seconds later. Worked for me when i jb'ed.

[DGH94]

Thanks for your help everyone.
I eventually had to restore. :(
So far it's 3 hours in and half way. >.<
Hopefully all works well, and I'll be able to get it done tonight.

[motitas]

do you have USB 1.0 on your computer? it only takes like 10 minutes max to restore on mine... and backing up only takes like 20 mins.

[DGH94]

do you have USB 1.0 on your computer? it only takes like 10 minutes max to restore on mine... and backing up only takes like 20 mins.

I haven't backed up in 3 months... and have over 750 apps on my ipod, close to 2000 songs, and 20 movies.
That's why it's taking so long. >.<

[wootbean]

I haven't backed up in 3 months... and have over 750 apps on my ipod, close to 2000 songs, and 20 movies.
That's why it's taking so long. >.<

holy **** :eek::eek: that's a lot
750 apps and 3 months?!
I have 50 apps and back up every day

[DGH94]

holy **** :eek::eek: that's a lot
750 apps and 3 months?!
I have 50 apps and back up every day

Ya... I'm a freak. :p
2/3 of the way there after 7 hours now!

[MystikSun]

Good choice. If it ever happens again, you might have to restore yet again :P But trust me, it is VERY hard to brick your ipod, but somewhat easier (way easier) on the iphone.