First up i understand that jailbreaking can be 'dangerous' and can lead to bricking and no support from apple. The latter of which is of no concern to me due to the age of the iPods.
I have a classic 60GB and a Touch 16GB that no longer connect to iTunes they are full of music, but of course i want to put more on.
I have tried to connect them to iTunes using different cables (all of which work with a iphone)
When they are connected to a Mac nothing happens. When plugged into a PC on vista a message comes up saying device has been connected but has malfunctioned and is not being recognised.
I have put the touch into recovery mode and tried plugging it in but no connection was made.
I am tentative to do a complete reset on them as this may lose all the songs that are on there, and i dont want to do this incase they cannot be jailbroken to reconnect and as a result lose the slight usability they have at the moment.
The iPod touch chargers when plugged in, however the classic only chargers off a car charger, but this is an old problem from before the non connecting issue.
My main questions are: Is it worth doing a complete reset? Is this likely to remedy the problem?
Should i try jailbreaking to make them usable, will this remedy the problem or will they remain unusable?
Cheers for your help in advance.
iPod models
Touch A1213
Classic A1238