i always have trouble updating my iphone (1603 and 1013)

[lewys]

everytime a new update comes out for my iphone 4 and i click update it always comes back with an error message and after a while it some how manages to work itself out and update.

Not this time though as i have been trying for days and it keeps saying error 1013 and just now 1603.

does anyone have any idea what i can do? i downloaded the firmware through itunes and i am using a macbook if that is any help

 

[M-5]

This is my response to another thread:

Your iPhone isn't bricked. Yesterday I was upgrading my jailbroken iPhone 4 on 4.2.1 to 4.3.1 so that I could apply the new jailbreak to it. But during the process of restoring it, while the iPhone displayed the Apple logo with the progress bar beneath it, it would keep stopping 3/4ths of the way through, and I would get that 1013 error message in iTunes saying that the iPhone couldn't be restored. My iPhone would show the USB cord saying that I needed to plug it into iTunes, but it would be stuck in recovery mode and I couldn't do anything unless I restored it, which I couldn't do.

But I looked online at an Apple Discussion forum post and found this:

Quote:
On Mac:
* Open Finder
* Hold down COMMAND + SHIFT keys and press 'G'
* Enter "/private/etc/" in the field and press "Go"
* Find "hosts" file in the directory
* Drag the file to your desktop
* Open it in text editor
* Remove the line that has gs.apple.com entirely or put a # at the beginning of it to comment it out
* Save the file
* Drag it back to the /private/etc/ folder.
* You'd need to enter your username and password to authenticate the move

On Windows:

Locate the hosts file in one of the following directories:
Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts
Windows NT/2000/XP Pro c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Windows XP, Vista, 7 c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Right click and click on "Open With..." and then click on "Notepad" on the list.
* Remove the line that has gs.apple.com completely and save the file.
I used the Mac method, and it worked perfectly for me.

Also if you have TinyUmbrella, you could possibly try selecting your iPhone and using the button that kicks it out of recovery and maybe the other button that fixes it. I'm not sure how well it works though since it didn't work for me.

 

[lewys]

done exactly what you said now i have error 21? i have never had that before.

after error 21 it doesnt go back to the connect to i tunes screen it just has the apple logo on the screen and it doesnt change

 

[lewys]

its back to 1013 now and that thing you told me to delete in hosts is still there so i deleted it again and started the updating steps again but it still wont update

 

[Thedeathbear]

I just got error 1013 also, but my situation maybe different. About 12 hours ago, iTunes could no longer read my phone and it says it detects an iPhone but it needs to be restored.

 

[Psood21]

When i get the 1013 error, i follow the steps mentioned in the previous post. Also after modifying the host file , i close itunes, do a command+Q on your macbook and then restart itunes and do the restore process. it generally works for me. Hope it helps.

 

[ClutchThese]

make sure you do the control-o then "ENTER"

If you don't hit enter, it doesn't save the file.

EDIT:

do exactly what the steps are here https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1054559/

just remember to hit enter after control-o

 

[Thedeathbear]

I just got error 1013 also, but my situation maybe different. About 12 hours ago, iTunes could no longer read my phone and it says it detects an iPhone but it needs to be restored.

I was at least able to get it back to 4.2.1 with tiny umbrella and green poison. That hosts thing doesn't work for me. I try to save it but it keeps saying that is can't be saved.

 

[ClutchThese]

I was at least able to get it back to 4.2.1 with tiny umbrella and green poison. That hosts thing doesn't work for me. I try to save it but it keeps saying that is can't be saved.

have you done the link i just gave?

When i tried the copy/paste method, it failed. The "sudo" way worked.

 

[Thedeathbear]

have you done the link i just gave?

When i tried the copy/paste method, it failed. The "sudo" way worked.

But there are 2 of them. Both of them have a bunch of number in front of them. One has then # already.

 

[ClutchThese]

yeah, comment the last one out too. The # means it's commented out.


P.S. That is the reason you're getting 1013.

 

[Thedeathbear]

yeah, comment the last one out too. The # means it's commented out.

So if I comment both of them out, no error 1013? I'll try it out.

EDIT: Success. Thank you, sir.