It should restore to the current iOS version, 9.3.2. > On 21 May 2016, at 14:04, Cheryl LeFurgey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Another interesting thing i forgot to mention yesterday. > I put my ipod into DFU mode just to see what it looked like, hit > restore, and it offered to restore to Ios9.1, I believe it was. > I didn't do it, of course, because as far as i know apple isn't > signing that version anymore, so I think restoring to it would brick > my ipod worse than it already is. > Why would a DFU mode restore offer a firmware Apple isn't signing? > > On 5/21/16, Cheryl LeFurgey <[email protected]> wrote: >> Alan, >> Yeah, it is super weird that one device works while the other doesn't. >> Also, yay, someone else who thinks the way I do about xp. It suits my >> needs, I'll upgrade when my desktop dies. >> All I use itunes for is putting music on my devices, so because one of >> my devices works I can see no real reason to upgrade. If neither >> device synced that'd be different. >> Thanks for the good luck, I hope I can get this working, ugh. >> >> On 5/21/16, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Cheryl, >>> >>> I agree with you one hundred percent and I still use my Windows XP box to >>> run older programs that I had no interest in acquiring versions >>> compatible >>> with Windows 7. I've always believed that you should run the operating >>> system that you know and that runs the programs you need to get your work >>> done. Windows XP still does an awful lot of that for me. >>> >>> That's great that your iPhone running iOS 9.x is still working with >>> iTunes >>> 11.4 but it is a bit curious based on what I've also read. Your iPod is >>> acting more as I would expect but the inconsistency of the two devices is >>> baffling. >>> >>> Good luck managing the inconsistency and I'll keep my fingers crossed >>> that >>> your iPhone and iTunes keep on working. >>> >>> Alan >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf >>> Of Cheryl LeFurgey >>> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 6:39 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Weird itunes mystery. >>> >>> Alan, >>> >>> Everything I've googled does support the idea that ITunes 12.x is >>> required, >>> that's why the fact that my phone will sync is such a mystery. Not that >>> i'm >>> complaining, of course! >>> I can connect my phone, it pops up in my sources list, and I can add >>> music >>> to it, which is all i use itunes for. >>> Yeah, if I do call, the people at apple will probably hear the words >>> windows >>> xp and start laughing. Well no, but everyone else says xp is outdated, >>> not >>> secure, bla bla bla. It works just fine here, I have no issues, I'll >>> update >>> when I'm good and ready. >>> Hopefully I can get this resolved, it's kind of annoying to have an ipod >>> and >>> not be able to play music on it. I mean sure I could copy my library to >>> dropbox and use that app to play music, but that kind of defeats the >>> purpose, IMO. >>> >>> On 5/20/16, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Cheryl, >>>> >>>> I wish I had an answer for you but I was under the impression that >>>> those running iOS 9.x had to run iTunes 12.x to get correct iTunes >>>> behavior with their iDevices for things like syncing and backing up. >>>> Since you were getting your iTunes 11.4 to sync okay before this >>>> problem arose, I guess something about my information was incorrect. I >>>> too have a desktop system running Windows XP but I'm transitioning to >>>> another desktop system running Windows 7 which is the one on which I >>>> run iTunes. I ran iTunes 11.4 on my Windows 7 system until day before >>>> yesterday when I upgraded it to version >>>> 12.4 since I was finally ready to upgrade to iOS 9.x and believed >>>> iTunes 12.x was required to get correct functionality between iTunes >>>> and a device running iOS 9.x. >>>> >>>> As Richard suggested, maybe Apple Accessibility will be able to help >>>> but I suspect they're going to start that upgrade your iTunes rallying >>>> cry when they learn you're running iTunes 11.4. >>>> >>>> I hope you're able to resolve your issue. >>>> >>>> Alan Lemly >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>> Behalf Of Richard Turner >>>> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 10:08 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: Weird itunes mystery. >>>> >>>> Not to sound like a broken record, but have you called Apple >>>> Accessibility? >>>> 877-204-3930? >>>> Richard >>>> >>>> >>>> The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can >>>> be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues. >>>> Elizabeth Taylor (Sent from my iPhone 5S) >>>> >>>>> On May 20, 2016, at 7:11 AM, Cheryl LeFurgey <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, everyone. >>>>> First, before I get into what's going on, let me say that i'm using >>>>> an ipod touch fifth gen, and that my computer is running windows xp >>>>> and Itunes 11.4. >>>>> Yes, I know, my OS is ancient, please don't tell me that. >>>>> Now, on to the mystery. >>>>> About a month ago, I downloaded an AudioBoom update, didn't like it, >>>>> and tried to go back to the previous version. >>>>> Unfortunately, I didn't have the right version on my computer, so I >>>>> restored my ipod from an icloud backup in order to get my previous >>>>> app back. >>>>> The restore worked, eventually. The first few times it kept saying it >>>>> couldn't copy some of my apps because they weren't available, but I >>>>> was eventually able to complete a restore. >>>>> I import all of my music from cds, using itunes to sync it to my ipod. >>>>> Because of the restore, my music wasn't coppied over. >>>>> So I tried to sync my ipod to get my music back, only to be told that >>>>> my ipod couldn't be used because it required a newer version of >>>>> itunes. >>>>> Now, for the mystery. My iphone 5, which is running the exact same >>>>> version of IOS as my ipod (when this started it was 9.3.1, and still >>>>> happens with 9.3.2), will sync just fine. >>>>> i've tried everything I can think of to get this working, with no >>>>> success. I even downloaded the IPSW file for IOS9.3.1, put my ipod >>>>> into recovery mode and restored with that, no luck. >>>>> Now, there is a newer version of itunes that'll work on xp, but I >>>>> don't like itunes 12, and because my phone will still sync fine, see >>>>> no real reason to update. >>>>> Has anyone had this kind of thing happen to them? If so, what can I >>>>> do to get my music back onto my ipod? 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