Does itunes tell you anything like iphone needing to be restored? Have you tried a hard reset on the ipod? Are you using a USB ports that comes right of the motherboard, most likely the ports in the back? Do a soft reset first
1. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button on the top of the unit until a red slider appears
2. Drag the slider.
3. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.
Now if you have no luck with that perform a hard reset by pressing and holding both the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button until the Apple logo appears.
You may have to also try to restore your device under itunes, even so it tells you its a phone.
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And as [http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1375967|this forum] shows you are not the only one. Good Luck and let us know how it is going.
Does itunes tell you anything like iphone needing to be restored? Have you tried a hard reset on the ipod? Are you using a USB ports that comes right of the motherboard, most likely the ports in the back? Do a soft reset first
1. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button on the top of the unit until a red slider appears
2. Drag the slider.
3. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.
Now if you have no luck with that perform a hard reset by pressing and holding both the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button until the Apple logo appears.
You may have to also try to restore your device under itunes, even so it tells you its a phone.