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3GS/FW 3.0.1 , so im basically out of luck if i need to restore?

aphexacid

aphexacid

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Jul 31, 2007
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i was just thinking about what would happen if i need to do a factory restore on my 3GS with 3.0.1. Unless i'm wrong, because of the new signing, i'm going to have to either upgrade to 3.1, or....nothing??

how would i get a clean 3.0.1 on my phone again?

I suppose i could make a backup right?
 
AFAIK, you can't restore a 3.1 backup to an earlier firmware.

I tried to downgrade to 3.0, which was successful, and restore from a 3.1.1 backup, and iTunes said it couldn't restore from it because the software was too old (WTF?).
 
iSpaghettiCat said:
AFAIK, you can't restore a 3.1 backup to an earlier firmware.

I tried to downgrade to 3.0, which was successful, and restore from a 3.1.1 backup, and iTunes said it couldn't restore from it because the software was too old (WTF?).
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I dont have 3.1, i have 3.0.1. I never upgraded and i dont want to. I want to know what i could do in case of an iphone emergency
 
"Erase all settings and content" will be the closest you will get.
 
I just restored a 3g I sold to 3.0 without issue so I don't see why you couldn't do 3.0.1 without issue. Also updated a 2g from 2.2.1 to 3.0.... same non issue.
 
army91c said:
I just restored a 3g I sold to 3.0 without issue so I don't see why you couldn't do 3.0.1 without issue. Also updated a 2g from 2.2.1 to 3.0.... same non issue.
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How did you restore from 2.2.1 to 3.0? You really should post a guide for us. You must be the guru we've been looking for. And on a 3G. Amazing.
 
army91c said:
I just restored a 3g I sold to 3.0 without issue so I don't see why you couldn't do 3.0.1 without issue. Also updated a 2g from 2.2.1 to 3.0.... same non issue.
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OG and 3G iPhones are not affected by this firmware signing nonsense, as far as I know.
 
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