4.0 just bricked my iphone.. 3gs

[Nautilus007]

it was frozen so i pulled the phone off
now
its saying preparing iphone for restore and teh bar isnt moving its been like this for 15 mins.

 

[Mshilling]

want some cheese with that?

 

[Bettermann09]

shouldn't have pulled it...

 

[Elysian]

It probably wasn't frozen. You shouldn't have pulled it out.

Try DFU mode.

 

[markyr17]

Your phone is not bricked.

Bricked means it's worthless, and your phone will still work just fine by...

A. Shutting it off
B. Putting it in DFU mode
C. Restore from the 4.0 ipsw!

Thanks and come again

 

[Vertigo50]

It's not bricked.

"Bricked:
To render your computer useless, as useless as a brick. Usually the result of tampering with the insides and doing irreversible damage. Bricking your hardware leaves you with a new paperweight."


You will be able to restore it if you take the right steps. Anything that eventually works again is not bricked. Everyone misuses this term.

Why did pulling the phone out seem to be a smart option?

 

[-aggie-]

it was frozen so i pulled the phone off
now
its saying preparing iphone for restore and teh bar isnt moving its been like this for 15 mins.

Your phone isn’t bricked. Put your phone in DFU mode.

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

it was frozen so i pulled the phone off
now
its saying preparing iphone for restore and teh bar isnt moving its been like this for 15 mins.

First, it's not bricked. Second, you screwed up the phone when you unplugged it when it wasn't frozen. Good job.

 

[Word Warrior]

it was frozen so i pulled the phone off
now
its saying preparing iphone for restore and teh bar isnt moving its been like this for 15 mins.

It warns you at the beginning it could take an hour!
It's been 53 inutes and it is only just restoring thr iPhone firmware. watch this space.

 

[Shark131]

Why would you pull the plug?

 

[Word Warrior]

just over an hour

Mine is restarting now so wont be long to see what damage it's done
Pity I won't have all the features on my 3G but a 4 is just around the corner once the dust has settled and I've seen who has the best tariffs. O2, Orange, Vodafone, 3, Tmobile???? What choice.

 

[dojoman]

I think he likes pulling stuff out prematurely if you know what I mean.

 

[edk99]

iOS 4 did not brick your phone. You did!

 

[optophobia]

worst case scenario, you just return it to the Applestore and they will help you since it is under Applecare.

 

[goobot]

*plug is phone*
waits a whole 10 seconds*
*goes crazy and screams it must be frozen!*

*rips*

your fault op.

 

[RonnyC]

I'm having problems too, I didn't pull the cable but the update failed first time and now all I get is an unknown error 21 when I try to restore - any ideas?

 

[bndoarn]

Pulling out is always doomed to fail.

 

[-aggie-]

Pulling out is always doomed to fail.

This is one time pulling out is not advised.

I'm having problems too, I didn't pull the cable but the update failed first time and now all I get is an unknown error 21 when I try to restore - any ideas?

Sounds like a USB error. Try another USB port (one off the motherboard preferably) or use a different USB cable. You also might want to reboot your computer.

 

[quietstormSD]

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808?viewlocale=en_US

Good article from Apple support to remedy issues while updating

 

[bobab8ey]

You shouldn't have pulled it out.

That's what she said.

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

That's what she said.

Why the hell would she say that?

 

[londondude]

I have tried everything and I still get error 21. ahhhhh

dfu/ downgrading usb drivers everything. i am well annoyed.

 

[JayDude132]

whats DFU mode?

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

I have tried everything and I still get error 21. ahhhhh

dfu/ downgrading usb drivers everything. i am well annoyed.

try doing the update on another computer.

 

[M87]

No, you unplugged your phone mid update. User error.