How to Fix an Apple iPod Touch with a White Screen of Death

iPod Touch Buttons

We show you how to fix your iPod Touch when you encounter the white screen of death. If your iPod is frozen, then follow these simple steps and you’ll be back up and running in no time. It requires what is known as a system reboot.

step-1 Locate the power button. This is the rectangular button on the top left side of the iPod Touch.


step-2 Locate the home button. This is the circular button on the face (screen) of your iPod towards the bottom.


step-3Hold the home button and the power button at the same time and wait until the device shows the Apple logo on your screen (should take around 30 seconds). Your iPod should reboot with your files just the way you left them.


step-4If the hard reboot doesn’t solve your problem then connect your iPod to iTunes. iTunes should detect a problem with your iPod and give you an option to restore it to factory settings (erases all your songs and files so back them up first).

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  • What a helpful article! Learned a lot. Thanks for helping me solve my ipod issues. I owe you!
  • A useful article with easy to follow instructions
  • kal
    what if this still doesn't solve the issue?
  • Ty Schwartz
    apparently it's not the white screen of death if you can just fix it easily, haha
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