Last week I found my old / first iPod touch from my gadget collection (from 2008)… was dead, kept it on charge for like about 2 day without any hope… finally powered up showing the cable connecting to iTunes… recovery mode.
Was able to restore from iTunes (fresh install) and get it working… cannot do much, some basic browsing, photos, mp3 (play using the 3.5mm jack), but it works!!!
I now have it on my desk as a calculator