Locked out side you iPod and can’t get in? Forgot the combination to your ipod screen lock? There is a solution! Let’s see how to unlock your ipod so you can reuse it.

If you are lucky, all you need to do is to connect the ipod to your computer. If you’ve worked with itunes on this computer, the ipod should simply unlock itself.

Didn’t work? Well, restoring your ipod to its factory settings might be the only way for you to unlock your ipod. Even though restoring it would erase all the content, you can easily sync all of it from your itunes. However, any settings you had changed before will be reset.

Even though restoring an ipod to factory setting would erase all the content on it, don’t worry. You can easily sync anything you want from your itunes. However, any settings you had changed on the ipod will be reset.

So here’s how restore an ipod to its factory settings:

You can easily do it by following the “How to update your iPod software” section in our iTunes video guides.

Or follow this actions:

1. Connect your ipod to the computer, and make sure the internet connection is on.
2. In iTunes, select your ipod from the device list.
3. Select the “summary” tab.
4. Click “restore”.
5. itunes will download the ipod software (this might be a big file, so it may take a while! please wait patiently) and install it on your ipod.

If sync doesn’t start automatically, sync your ipod manually, and you are ready to go!