While looking at a webpage about home brewing Cider:) Safari locked up, clicking on the bookmarks did nothing, trying to type a web address in did nothing, clicking the back arrow just made the back arrow stay lit.
Turning the iPod Touch off and back on did not fix it either. Even tried connecting to the computer and syncing iTunes but still no luck.
Safari seemed to be locked up for good and nothing would fix it, not even clearing all the cache and history or turning off Java.
I did eventually find a way to fix it, it was similar to the lockup on a iPod Video.
Do this to fix it:
1) With the iPod/iPhone on, or in standby mode, press two buttons at the same time as per photo below
(1) The home button (the one at the bottom) and (2) The power button (on the top edge of the iPod/iPhone) and keep them pressed, after a few seconds a new screen will show which has a red arrow which says Slide to power off.
2) Slide it across and the iPod Touch/iPhone will power off with a swirly thing in the centre for a couple of seconds.
3) Now press and hold the power button until the white Apple logo shows, it will show for 10 seconds followed by about 20 seconds of blank.
4) It will then power up in the normal way.
5) Slide the power on and goto Safari and you should now see that its working ok again.
This also works on my iPhone 3GS and I think also the 4G iPhone too !
Hope you find this useful. Please leave comments if it did.
Andy
thank you soo much
ReplyDeletethank you, it worked great
ReplyDeleteworked on my new 3rd gen ipod touch but doesn't go dark after the apple logo, only difference Thanks!
ReplyDeleteworked perfectly. Thanks! Also did it on my 3rd gen ipod touch and had the same experience as the person above, no blank screen.
ReplyDeleteThank you, it worked perfectly on my 3rd gen ipod touch.
ReplyDeleteTHANKS!!
ReplyDeleteOMG truly a lifesaver on my 3rd gen ipod touch...It got locked on the Bookmarks tab. You're a lifesaver.
ReplyDeleteSweet, thanks!
ReplyDeleteThank you. It worked on my 3GS iPhone. I had to press the power button again for the Apple logo. It worked like a charm.
ReplyDeleteperfect!! It worked perfectly with my Ipod
ReplyDeleteIt worked for me with Safari, but I had to "restore" my iPod touch the next time I synced it. Don't know if the two issues are related. Any thoughts on why the origial "lock up" happened, and what might I do to avoid it in the future?
ReplyDeleteYou're my hero! Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteWorked exactly as you said. I noticed that I had 10 pages in the browser - perhaps that's what made it choke.
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ReplyDeleteIt worked on my new iPod touch! Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteI tried a procedure from another web site, that did not work. This one works! All back to normal on my iTouch 4G.
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ReplyDeleteWorks on the iphone 4g THANKS!
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ReplyDeleteJust worked on my ipod touch 4G. Thank you so much for posting this :-)
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ReplyDeleteWorked on my Iphone 4 - thanks!
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