answer:Sounds like you’re stuck in an “iPod recovery loop”. This is sort of cheating but since you’re still under warranty and it’s not jailbroken just take it to Apple and have them fix it. You can also take a look at these 1, 2, 3. The first two aren’t for touch but may give you some insight, the last one is a 1g touch all are 2012. You can drop this: site:discussions.apple.com ipod recovery loop 4g in google for more info; It’s not a link contrary to what Fluther thinks, just copypaste into google.