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PLEASE HELP! iPhone 3GS Stuck in Recovery/DFU

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bobbydewald34

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Nov 16, 2010
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Hi,

My jailbroken 3GS suddenly went into Recovery/DFU mode and I need to get it out. I don't want to do a restore unless absolutely necessary...it's been a while since I've synced and there's a lot of notes/pictures that I don't want to lose.

Here's my situation:

iPhone 3GS
3.1.3 jailbroken (yes i know, i never updated to os 4)
iTunes 9.0.3
OSX Snow Leopard

PLEASE, if you have any ideas on how to fix it, let me know.

Thanks in advance.
 
It's an untethered jailbreak. I think I used Spirit to jb. it was so long ago, I can't remember - but it's definitely untethered.

My phone always goes to the "Slide for Emergency" Screen (this one: http://mahmood1.com/attachments/Image/downgrade_os_4_(4).png)

When i click on the "i" icon, it says my IMEI is unknown and my ICCID is unknown. I am on ATT in the US...

Also, when I connect to iTunes, it says i need to enter the passcode on the iPhone, but there is no screen to do that...it's only the slide for emergency screen.
 
bobbydewald34 said:
It's an untethered jailbreak. I think I used Spirit to jb. it was so long ago, I can't remember - but it's definitely untethered.

My phone always goes to the "Slide for Emergency" Screen (this one: http://mahmood1.com/attachments/Image/downgrade_os_4_(4).png)

When i click on the "i" icon, it says my IMEI is unknown and my ICCID is unknown. I am on ATT in the US...

Also, when I connect to iTunes, it says i need to enter the passcode on the iPhone, but there is no screen to do that...it's only the slide for emergency screen.
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Your iPhone just needs to be activated if it's on the Emergency Screen.
 
1. Can I hacktivate without restoring?
2. Any idea how this emergency screen started? I activated the phone normally originally...(i.e. through iTunes/ATT)
 
i'm not sure, it's kind of odd... because if you're at the emergency screen, it seems to have forgotten about all of your settings? It could be worse than DFU mode
 
I'm not sure if it's worse than DFU mode. I can put it in DFU mode...but IDK what to do after that.
 
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