I was messing with the weather app. checking weather in random cities. I then got the whirling wheel of doom in the top corner. I tried exiting the app and it somehow forwarded me to my music, which i then could not exit.

I then tried holding the top button down( thought it would force restart)...nothing.

then press/hold top and pressed main button on bottom. this gave me a bright white screen. which is where i am stuck now.

hooked it to my mac book to see what that would do. i successfully transferred all apps from the iTouch but still have the stark white screen of doom.

any way to force restart?
any suggestions?
please help