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ནཝཇངᎯངᎿཔᎦ༽༨རསཁྭ May 2, 2012

So I want to restore my iPod 4g 5.0.1 without updating it and iTunes won't let me do that. I will be working off of a windows 7 computer with norton. Google has been absolutely no help whatsoever -.-

Reason why I want to restore it without upgrading it is because it says I have over 2 gig of "other" when I plug it in to the computer and I have no clue what this "other" is. It is jailbroken so I don't want to upgrade it to 5.1
Mr Dillinger May 2, 2012

Goddammit if google doesn't know no one will know. I guess it's time to bring out the big guns. Somebody go find Chuck Norris😜
gunnwr May 3, 2012

Firstly download the firmware you want to keep

Restore your iPod

Right click update, choose open or choose file then choose the previous firmware.

I'm not too sure if it will work like that on a windows comp. tho, as I done mine on a mac.
nonoman May 3, 2012

Please attack Makay320139
ℋ₳աҡ(ⅇ552) May 3, 2012

nonoman wrote:
Please attack Makay320139

No no😡
Demonic Drake99 May 3, 2012

You must get the firmware for 5.0.1 and go to iTunes.then just right click restore and go to the 5.0.1 firewater and hit open. Then restore. It worked for me and I have windows 7
ནཝཇངᎯངᎿཔᎦ༽༨རསཁྭ May 3, 2012

Where do you get the firmware at?
gunnwr May 3, 2012

ནཝཇངᎯངᎿཔᎦ༽༨རསཁྭ wrote:
Where do you get the firmware at?

Google it.
papabear72 May 3, 2012

Similar problom, same phone. Went to apple store. They advise to back everything up and do a factory restore. Then re-upgrade. Apple techie at genius bar said for some reason when you install it the first time, the files get corrupted.
ᏟᏞᏫNᎬ May 3, 2012

The other is the system updated. So if u buy a 8 gig iPod you're paying for 6 gigs
Demacia May 3, 2012

Tinyumbrella look into it. I just did this last night. Good luck lol
†‡†ℍøƖγ☀Ǥɧøs†‡† May 3, 2012

ང༐བℵཇ wrote:
The other is the system updated. So if u buy a 8 gig iPod you're paying for 6 gigs

👍This other is basically everything that makes your iPod run