Resolved Is there any programs other than iTunes for restoring iPhone?

I bought an iPhone 3GS that was jailbroken, running version 4.something

I just went to restore it in iTunes and it removes all software and such, but when it gets to the "Verifying iPhone restore with Apple.." portion, it waits for a minute or so and then gives me an error saying that the "iPhone Software Update Server cannot be contacted or is temporarily unavailable at this time."

which I don't think is anything that is going to go away, and I doubt it would do that if I tried with another phone.

Anybody have this problem before? and am wondering if there's any 3rd party software that anybody knows about that would allow me to restore/install new OS onto this iPhone?

Thanks!

Velin said:

DFU.

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Yep, did DFU.
Tried to install it manually too, but still needs to go through a "Verify" with Apple, and that's where it gets stuck.

Even did the whole Terminal System File thing to find an Apple.com link to disrupt, but there wasn't any.

highlightshadow said:

I know some older jailbreaks updated the hosts file to prevent the iPhone from trying to talk to Apple...

Maybe this is the issue...

On a mac this is in /etc/hosts
On windows: c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Make sure there isn't anything in there thats redirecting iTunes away from Apple.

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That's what I did before, but nothing was connected to Apple.
I've also tried on my other Mac and same thing.
(I didn't personally Jailbreak it, I bought it Jailbroken. Would the phone itself change my computer's host files? Can't imagine that it would.)

Wowza, well, I guess that's what happened. What kind of luck is that?
Never had a problem like that before, first time I go to do a jailbroken 3GS, bad timing.

Ah well, resolved, I guess it wasn't a real problem then.

Thanks for all the life-support though, you guys.