My mate deserves a Darwin Award

[Sun Worshipper]

Ok, how stupid can you get.

A mate of mine wanted to restore his 5th gen Ipod touch back to Factory settings and enlisted the help of a complete moron (no, not me) who managed to wipe all of the icons from the front screen.

Anyone have any idea how he can restore them??

[Ian K]

Has he tried plugging it in to his PC and logging in to his account on iTunes ?

If he clicks on Devices there is an option listed  to restore ipod

[Sun Worshipper]

Thanks Ian, I'll suggest it to the muppet!!

[Anmer]

Are there no icons at all, not even for the default apps, such as App Store?

Previously purchased apps can be downloaded free of charge if he/she uses the same iTunes account.

[Sun Worshipper]

Nope not even the default factory fitted APPS.  If your are going to screw up you might as well go big!

I suggested he contacted Apple via the web which he is doing.

[mhm]

Has he tried plugging it in to his PC and logging in to his account on iTunes ?

If he clicks on Devices there is an option listed  to restore ipod

That only works if you have done a backup to start.

[Sun Worshipper]

Well, I don't know how Apple got him to do it but they have successfully helped him get back all the default icons.  I would love to have been a fly on the wall watching the messages flowing to and fro, I expect the Apple man must have been tearing his hair out in utter frustration.

All's well that ends well