I want to completely wipe everything off the phone and start over.. My Iphone 3gs freezes multiple times through out the day and now everytime you run an app it throws the phone into DFU mode.. I want to wipe the phone out completely and reinstall the firmware.. Anyone know how?
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Anyway to SSH into Iphone and Reformat the phone?
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yes but i still get the freezing up.. I even deleted all data from the General>Settings feature
Make sure you are actually getting it into DFU mode. A VERY good percentage of the time people don't actually get it in DFU mode.
DFU Mode=iTunes detects a phone in recovery mode. Screen is completely BLACK.
Restore Mode=iTunes detects a phone in recovery mode. Screen has stuff on it like "Connect to iTunes"
If the phone is actually in DFU mode, restoring the stock firmware will completely wipe the phone. If the problem persists through a DFU-mode restore, then you probably have a hardware problem (assuming you or a previous owner hasn't done something silly like install the iPad baseband)
DFU Mode=iTunes detects a phone in recovery mode. Screen is completely BLACK.
Restore Mode=iTunes detects a phone in recovery mode. Screen has stuff on it like "Connect to iTunes"
If the phone is actually in DFU mode, restoring the stock firmware will completely wipe the phone. If the problem persists through a DFU-mode restore, then you probably have a hardware problem (assuming you or a previous owner hasn't done something silly like install the iPad baseband)