Bricked iPhone when updating to 4.1

[Pine Pienaar]

I have an iPhone 4 that was running on 4.0.1 jailbroken. I decided I was going to give greenposi0n a try so I went to update my phone to 4.1. Unaware that I was supposed to set up as a new phone BEFORE updating to 4.1 (I failed really bad apparently), I went to update and my phone is now stuck in the screen where it wants to connect to iTunes.

iTunes is not recognizing my phone. I've tried resetting everything. I tried doing the hard reset on the phone where you hold in both the power and the home button and then letting go of the power and just holding the home button. No luck. No matter what I try, my phone shows the pictures of a USB cable and iTunes, and iTunes won't recognize my phone.

Any ideas? I know I may have failed pretty bad, but there must be something I can do. Thanks guys

I think that what we can learn from this is DO NO Jailbreak your IPhone.

A few years ago I also thought I was clever and upgraded the operating system on my then HTC Pro to the latest Windows mobile 6.1

Only after a month and days on internet did I eventually get the phone going again.

Thanks but I will rather pay for my Apps on the Itunes store than to go through that pain again!

Regards

 

[maturola]

I think that what we can learn from this is DO NO Jailbreak your IPhone.

A few years ago I also thought I was clever and upgraded the operating system on my then HTC Pro to the latest Windows mobile 6.1

Only after a month and days on internet did I eventually get the phone going again.

Thanks but I will rather pay for my Apps on the Itunes store than to go through that pain again!

Regards

First at all, just because somebody failed to "read" and mess up a process doesn't make the "process" bad. Second I paid for my apps in the AppStore and on Cydia store. I enjoy my iphone with the freedom that Jailbreaking provide me and I have never had an issue, To be honest I have never have to se my personal phone as New, still restoring from same backups (my iPhone 4 had SMS that i sent when i had my first iPhone that I got 3 weeks after original release date)

 

[jlluna]

I have Jailbroken 22 Iphone since the original iPhone, I never Bricked a phone.

 

[Carlanga]

I think that what we can learn from this is DO NO Jailbreak your IPhone.

A few years ago I also thought I was clever and upgraded the operating system on my then HTC Pro to the latest Windows mobile 6.1

Only after a month and days on internet did I eventually get the phone going again.

Thanks but I will rather pay for my Apps on the Itunes store than to go through that pain again!

Regards

People don't jb just to get pirated apps you know... There is a bunch of stuff you can install to make your phone work in the way you want or need!

 

[TheMacBookPro]

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I have an iPhone 4 that was running on 4.0.1 jailbroken. I decided I was going to give greenposi0n a try so I went to update my phone to 4.1. Unaware that I was supposed to set up as a new phone BEFORE updating to 4.1 (I failed really bad apparently), I went to update and my phone is now stuck in the screen where it wants to connect to iTunes.

iTunes is not recognizing my phone. I've tried resetting everything. I tried doing the hard reset on the phone where you hold in both the power and the home button and then letting go of the power and just holding the home button. No luck. No matter what I try, my phone shows the pictures of a USB cable and iTunes, and iTunes won't recognize my phone.

Any ideas? I know I may have failed pretty bad, but there must be something I can do. Thanks guys

I think that what we can learn from this is DO NO Jailbreak your IPhone.

A few years ago I also thought I was clever and upgraded the operating system on my then HTC Pro to the latest Windows mobile 6.1

Only after a month and days on internet did I eventually get the phone going again.

Thanks but I will rather pay for my Apps on the Itunes store than to go through that pain again!

Regards

Yeah, because jailbreaking = piracy

Upgrading a TP to WM6.1? How hard is that? I flashed a new ROM to my Diamond in 10 minutes. It didn't take me 'a month and days on the internet'. Read the bloody instructions. They're clear as can be. If you still managed to screw up your phone, then it isn't xda-developers' problem any more. You can't follow instructions != others can't follow instructions