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Black Screen of Death
- Thread starter stumpinho
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Put your phone in DFU mode. The tutorial for that is here https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/603129/
Tried that several times. Its just not working.
The PC recognizes it as a device, although itunes doesnt. I cant get it into either DFU or recovery mode. Nothing is on the screen...
Iphone 3GS 3.1.3 got stuck at black screen
Hi,
I have the same problem, I jailbreak my iPhone 3GS 3.1.3 with spirit after reset it worked fine for few minutes and then went off. it is now completely off, I tried everything but it is not coming up, it is detected by the itunes in the recovery mode.When I am restoring it with itunes it is giving this error" The iPhone couldn't be restored, the device is not eligible for this build"
Please help I am stuck with this phone.
Regards
Hi,
I have the same problem, I jailbreak my iPhone 3GS 3.1.3 with spirit after reset it worked fine for few minutes and then went off. it is now completely off, I tried everything but it is not coming up, it is detected by the itunes in the recovery mode.When I am restoring it with itunes it is giving this error" The iPhone couldn't be restored, the device is not eligible for this build"
Please help I am stuck with this phone.
Regards
Apple is no longer signing installation requests for any version of iOS other than 4.0.1. Unless you have your SHSH saved, you cannot restore to 3.1.3.
Your only option is to update to 4.0.1. You will have to jailbreak once the new Spirit comes out, which shouldn't be long.
I did the hold power and home for 10sec
then let go of power and keeping holding down the home button til the phone gets recognize on iTunes - around another 10-15 sec.
Then it should be in recovery mode and ask you to restore and update. I just hold the shift-key (Windows) select the firmware 3.1.2 and restore
then let go of power and keeping holding down the home button til the phone gets recognize on iTunes - around another 10-15 sec.
Then it should be in recovery mode and ask you to restore and update. I just hold the shift-key (Windows) select the firmware 3.1.2 and restore
It's a 3GS, there is no restoring to 3.1.2, only 4.0.1. This is why it's telling you that it is not eligible for the requested build.
No, you can only downgrade if you have your SHSH blobs signed for the 3.1.2 or 3.1.3 firmware. And it's too late now to save them.
Thanks, You know when i am restoring it to 4.0.1, the screen becomes white and it give error 28. I tried it on three different PCs but same error is there. I even tried to put my firewall settings off but no luck. Can you please advise.
Regards