iPhone 5 or earlier Help! Stuck on waiting for iPhone to respond??

[Bruce Banner]

I was restoring my 4S to iOS 6.1.3 through iTunes with DFU mode and now I'm stuck on waiting for iPhone to respond with apple logo and empty bar??

I'm on latest version of iTunes and using genius Apple cable.

Any way to fix this?

 

[pmarauri]

Open your IPhone 4s and disconnect your battery about 18 seconds. Connect again and try it.

 

[Bruce Banner]

Open your IPhone 4s and disconnect your battery about 18 seconds. Connect again and try it.

Are you sure it will help?

 

[jav6454]

Are you sure it will help?

No... he is joking. Why? There is no way to disconnect your battery on your iPhone without destroying the ribbon first.

 

[Bruce Banner]

No... he is joking. Why? There is no way to disconnect your battery on your iPhone without destroying the ribbon first.

I can restore it to iOS 9.3.5 successfully, but it stucks on waiting for iPhone to respond when I try to restore to iOS 6

Not sure what's happening?

My 4S is new and never repaired.

 

[jav6454]

I can restore it to iOS 9.3.5 successfully, but it stucks on waiting for iPhone to respond when I try to restore to iOS 6

Not sure what's happening?

My 4S is new and never repaired.

You can't downgrade anymore. Apple's new security feature to prevent it. All you can do is go up.

 

[pmarauri]

Are you sure it will help?

Disconnect the battery as you can see in the following link
https://es.ifixit.com/Guide/iPhone+4+Battery+Replacement/3141

Later the system will recognize your Iphone 4S and the process will end successfully. You have nothing to lose. It served me as the last possibility. And no, you will not destroy anything by disconnecting and connecting the battery. We are talking about an Iphone 4S.

 

[jav6454]

Disconnect the battery as you can see in the following link
https://es.ifixit.com/Guide/iPhone+4+Battery+Replacement/3141

Later the system will recognize your Iphone 4S and the process will end successfully. You have nothing to lose. It served me as the last possibility. And no, you will not destroy anything by disconnecting and connecting the battery. We are talking about an Iphone 4S.

Someone doesn't realize that once an iPhone went up in OS version, it can't go down unless you have a mimicking Apple Server which serves your iTunes an authentication code for signing the firmware you just installed.

 

[Bruce Banner]

Someone doesn't realize that once an iPhone went up in OS version, it can't go down unless you have a mimicking Apple Server which serves your iTunes an authentication code for signing the firmware you just installed.

I think you are unaware that iOS 6.1.3 is still signed for 4S

https://ipsw.me/#!/version

 

[jav6454]

I think you are unaware that iOS 6.1.3 is still signed for 4S

https://ipsw.me/#!/version

Please read here:

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/01/11/apple-accidentally-signed-old-ios-versions/

That error was fixed which is why many "signing" services yielded it was allowed when in actuality they are no longer signed.

 

[Bruce Banner]

Please read here:

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/01/11/apple-accidentally-signed-old-ios-versions/

That error was fixed which is why many "signing" services yielded it was allowed when in actuality they are no longer signed.

I'm aware of this, but somehow apple still allows iPhone 4S to downgrade to iOS 6

Check the link I posted above ^^
It's still signed.

 

[jav6454]

No it's not. If it's not letting you complete the downgrade it's because it's not. Also, older software (iOS) doesn't play nice with newer firmware (modem) which can also cause authentication issues.

 

[Bruce Banner]

No it's not. If it's not letting you complete the downgrade it's because it's not. Also, older software (iOS) doesn't play nice with newer firmware (modem) which can also cause authentication issues.

My old 4S successfully restored to iOS 6 two days ago.

I got another new 4S today which is facing this problem??

 

[Bruce Banner]

Please help I'm stuck on waiting for iPhone to respond!

 

[Shirasaki]

I know this sounds crazy, but you could try to restore using an older version of iTunes and start from there, as newer iTunes cant play well with older devices with older firmware.