iPhone 4 help!

Meadus · Jan 5, 2013, 12:56 PM

So I recently got an Iphone 4 off of my friend, who got it off ebay and didnt want it so he gave it to me.

*it has no sim card

I hook it into itunes and update it with its current ISO 6.0.1 and I get an error -1

I do the same thing in DFU mode and still get error -1

Can anybody help please?

Greencardman · Jan 5, 2013, 01:10 PM

Well, we seem to have come full circle. That didn't take long.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1517400

Lets see if we can get further this time

Meadus · Jan 5, 2013, 01:19 PM

So It is just a hardware problem? What should I do?

Greencardman · Jan 5, 2013, 02:31 PM

Well, hopefully braddick will let us know what he tried exactly, so you don't need to do it all over again. But I suspect you'll have to get into inside your phone and start testing components.

braddick · Jan 5, 2013, 02:39 PM

Wish I could help, but I just mailed the winner of my eBay auction his iPhone4 yesterday so the timeline is impossible as for being the same iPhone.

I can give you a shortcut though:
Error -1 is a hardware issue and I honestly think there is very little if anything you can do on your end to get it back up and running again.

Perhaps I missed a YouTube video or two, but that was my (lengthy) conclusion.

Better luck to you!

From A Buick 8 · Jan 5, 2013, 02:52 PM

Could you take it to apple and get an out of warranty replacement

braddick · Jan 5, 2013, 02:59 PM

^
Apple offered me that, but on a Sprint iPhone4 8GB the $160. charge Apple wants sort of exceeds the value (when you couple in what the broken iPhone could be sold for).

Now, if it was AT&T and a 16GB (or better) model, that would make more sense.

Jan 5, 2013, 12:56 PM	#1
Meadus macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013	iPhone 4 help! So I recently got an Iphone 4 off of my friend, who got it off ebay and didnt want it so he gave it to me. *it has no sim card I hook it into itunes and update it with its current ISO 6.0.1 and I get an error -1 I do the same thing in DFU mode and still get error -1 Can anybody help please?
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Jan 5, 2013, 01:10 PM	#2
Greencardman macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI	Well, we seem to have come full circle. That didn't take long. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1517400 Lets see if we can get further this time __________________ Editor - Overnight Buses Travel Magazine for the iPad Owner - WDR - iPhone and iPad Repair
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Jan 5, 2013, 02:31 PM	#4
Greencardman macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI	Well, hopefully braddick will let us know what he tried exactly, so you don't need to do it all over again. But I suspect you'll have to get into inside your phone and start testing components. __________________ Editor - Overnight Buses Travel Magazine for the iPad Owner - WDR - iPhone and iPad Repair
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Jan 5, 2013, 02:52 PM	#6
From A Buick 8 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ky Close to CinCinnati	Could you take it to apple and get an out of warranty replacement __________________ Homemade Interocitor,iPhone 5 32GB Black & Slate, iPod Touch 4th and 5th Gen, iPad 1st gen, iPhone 4, Two Apple TV's, -- 21.5-inch: 3.2GHz Intel Core i3 iMac.
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Jan 5, 2013, 01:19 PM	#3
Meadus Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013	So It is just a hardware problem? What should I do?
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Jan 5, 2013, 02:39 PM	#5
braddick Contributor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Encinitas, CA	Wish I could help, but I just mailed the winner of my eBay auction his iPhone4 yesterday so the timeline is impossible as for being the same iPhone. I can give you a shortcut though: Error -1 is a hardware issue and I honestly think there is very little if anything you can do on your end to get it back up and running again. Perhaps I missed a YouTube video or two, but that was my (lengthy) conclusion. Better luck to you!
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Jan 5, 2013, 02:59 PM	#7
braddick Contributor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Encinitas, CA	^ Apple offered me that, but on a Sprint iPhone4 8GB the $160. charge Apple wants sort of exceeds the value (when you couple in what the broken iPhone could be sold for). Now, if it was AT&T and a 16GB (or better) model, that would make more sense.
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