I had the same problem too and i was on the verge of crying because i don't know what to do so i searched for solutions and after an hour i found and tried many. Now my iPod works great. This is what i did 1. I went to www.icloud.com and i signed in my apple account. i opened the Find my Iphone Icon and then I clicked the Play Sound icon and miraculously my Ipod touch opened and played an annoying sound but it only displayed the assistive touch with the black screen. I tried pressing the home icon in the assistive touch while pressing the power button and hoping that the apple logo would appear but it didn't. I tried it for over 20 minutes but it still didn't work. 2. So I downloaded Tenorshare Reiboot. After installing and running it the charging cable appeared with the itunes logo. After a few minutes the Apple logo appeared. 3. the apple Logo was stuck and i waited for a minute and it worked. I hope this helps.