Disabled for 22 Million Minutes????

Yes, Hoo's ITouch was disabled for 40 years, given or take a few months or so, by some overzealous, unknown soul, who must have tried to hack his password forty thousand times.

Word to your Mother:  password hacking is B-A-D.  It results in screwing up some one's goods for an inordinate amount of time and completely wastes a sunny Sunday afternoon.  BUT, after it was all said and done, I lived up to my badger reputation and figured out how to get Hoo's ITouch back up and running without spending the equivalent of a day's pay calling Apple Customer Support for help.

Seems this problem is pretty consistent across the world.  I looked at videos of people with at least 15 different accents, ages, colors, and genders.  Seems a LOT of people 1) think it is funny to jack with friend's electronics or 2) think they can "figure out" passwords by osmosis or dumb luck if they just try 1,243,576 combinations of numbers or 3) steal or buy stolen electronics and like showing their prowess in getting past the password lockout (word to you folks:  the Internet is a really, really good place to discover thieves.  Might want to consider that before outing yourselves next time).

So, here is what I learned, step-by-step.  NOTE:  Everything that is saved on your ITouch will be gone once you complete this action because you will be going back to factory settings.  IF you had the smarts to save the contents of your ITouch to ITunes, you can always so a download once you complete the following actions.

Another NOTE:  I am NOT responsible for what might happen to your own ITouch as a result of following these instructions.  Do not proceed if you have ANY concerns.  I AM NOT an expert!

1.  Turn off the power by holding down the power button on the top, right side of your ITouch.
2.  On the screen, "slide" the power off.
3.  Verify the ITouch is off by pressing the home button (middle, bottom of ITouch).
4.  Pull up the latest version of ITunes on your computer.  You will need this in a few minutes.
5.  Plug the USB cord (short, white) into your computer.  DO NOT attach the USB to your ITouch yet.
6.  Hold down the home button--DO NOT let go--for about 10 seconds and, continuing to hold down, plug the USB cord into the ITouch.  The apple logo will appear on the screen if you've done this correctly.  Next you will see a picture of a USB cord and a blue circle with a music note and the word "ITunes" above the USB picture.
7.  You are in restore or recovery mode now (I got varying definitions from all the videos I watched).
8.  On your computer, ITunes will now display a pop-up screen asking if you want to continue.  Click yes.
9.  The computer (via ITunes) now controls the rest of the process.  At thee end, you will no longer be  locked out of your ITouch!

Now, keep in mind that I had to go through this process twice.  The first time, for whatever reason, didn't "take".  But, the second time worked like a charm.  A couple of the videos I watched warned me this might be the case;  I tell you this if, by chance, the first time isn't your charm, either.

Happy ITouch Dis-Disenabling to You!