My 1st Gen Ipod Touch screen won't turn on

Do this:

RESTORING IPOD TOUCH:
Try plugging it into your computer. Press and hold both the sleep and home buttons
at the same time until the screen goes black (can take longer than 10 seconds) then
let go of the sleep button (the button on the top of the unit) while keeping the
home button held in (the button on the front of the iPod). Keep the home button
held in until your computer recognizes new hardware. You should hear some sort of
sound coming from your computer speakers. That and the "installing new hardware"
notice should come up in your taskbar (this is where you computer shows the clock).
Let go of the home button once this happens. Open up iTunes and then restore it.
Keep in mind, that by restoring it, you will lose all data!!!!!

Try this:

RESTORING IPOD TOUCH:
Try plugging it into your computer. Press and hold both the sleep and home buttons
at the same time until the screen goes black (can take longer than 10 seconds) then
let go of the sleep button (the button on the top of the unit) while keeping the
home button held in (the button on the front of the iPod). Keep the home button
held in until your computer recognizes new hardware. You should hear some sort of
sound coming from your computer speakers. That and the "installing new hardware"
notice should come up in your taskbar (this is where you computer shows the clock).
Let go of the home button once this happens. Open up iTunes and then restore it.
Keep in mind, that by restoring it, you will lose all data!!!!!

You may not have restored it properly. Try This -

RESTORING IPOD TOUCH:
Try plugging it into your computer. Press and hold both the sleep and home buttons
at the same time until the screen goes black (can take longer than 10 seconds) then
let go of the sleep button (the button on the top of the unit) while keeping the
home button held in (the button on the front of the iPod). Keep the home button
held in until your computer recognizes new hardware. You should hear some sort of
sound coming from your computer speakers. That and the "installing new hardware"
notice should come up in your taskbar (this is where you computer shows the clock).
Let go of the home button once this happens. Open up iTunes and then restore it.
Keep in mind, that by restoring it, you will lose all data!!!!!

Try plugging it into your computer. Press and hold both the sleep and home buttons
at the same time until the screen goes black (can take longer than 10 seconds) then
let go of the sleep button (the button on the top of the unit) while keeping the
home button held in (the button on the front of the iPod). Keep the home button
held in until your computer recognizes new hardware. You should hear some sort of
sound coming from your computer speakers. That and the "installing new hardware"
notice should come up in your taskbar (this is where you computer shows the clock).
Let go of the home button once this happens. Open up iTunes and then restore it.
Keep in mind, that by restoring it, you will lose all data!!!!!

To reset iPod touch, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least 10 seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
If this does not resolve your issue please do let me know. :-)

You might want to try holding the top button and the home button until it turns on, then let go of the top button. Keep the home button held down until the "Plug Into iTunes" picture comes up. You should be able to normal restore now. If this doesn't work, just go get it repaired.

try holding the home and sleep/power buttons if not... hold the home button and plug it into your computer and continue to hold if not... plug in to the computer then wait until you see the apple logo hold both buttons until the screen is blank then release them. hold them both again until the apple logo appears then continue to hold them until it goes away. release the sleep/power button then hold the home button until it appears in itunes next time jailbreak using blackra1n it is a lot easier

1. Back up your iPod Touch's data to your computer before the restore to prevent losing data. You'll need to reinstall it after the restore process.
   
2. Connect to the internet and install the latest version of iTunes from the Apple website.
   
3. Make sure your iPod Touch is connected to your computer.
   
4. Pick "iPod Touch" in the Source pane of the iTunes program.
   
5. Click on the Summary tab.
   
6. Choose "Check for Update."
7. Select "Restore" and follow the instructions to finish restoring your iPod Touch.
   
Complete an Advanced Restore
8. If following the steps in the previous section did not work, follow these steps to perform an advanced restore. Turn off the power on the iPod Touch.
   
9. Plug the iPod Touch into your computer.
10. Power on the iPod Touch.
11. Press the "Home" and "Sleep/Wake" buttons together for 5 seconds until the Apple logo appears.
12. Release the "Sleep/Wake" button but continue holding down the "Home" button. The iPod Touch should reboot, and iTunes will notice the iPod Touch in recovery mode.
    
13. Return to the above section and follow those steps to restore your iPod Touch.
    

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what you could do is restore it to do that hold the power button for 3 sec then home button with it for 10 sec than just hold down power button for 30 sec then connect to itunes but do not restore becaus eyou will still have the code