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I think I have a legitimately bricked iphone. Experienced user.
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Ok for this you will have to find and download 4.0 for iPhone 4 on the web, once downloaded go back in iTunes and when you get to the restore window hold and press "alt key" (this is for Mac users) then press restore it should then open a window for you to point it to the downloaded file.
tried it once again and now it's restoring. cool.
have to wait and see if I can get past the lock screen this time.
will post back in a few minutes.
EDIT: got to the end of the restore and error message again. bummer. looks like a trip to the apple store is in my future.
thanks for the response. I have already downloaded a copy of 4.0 for my phone (i made sure to grab the right one) and it doesn't work either. says I'm not authorized for the restore.
I think that saurik's server is having the same issue that apple's is.
basically my iphone doesn't know what it is anymore. it does not know the model, the serial number, the capacity, or the software version. it's 100% bricked.
therefore my hypothesis is that when I connect to saurik's server, it thinks I have no shsh files on backup because my phone doesn't pass on any useful information.
oh well. life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.
thanks for the help everyone. I think this one is beyond repair.
basically my iphone doesn't know what it is anymore. it does not know the model, the serial number, the capacity, or the software version. it's 100% bricked.
therefore my hypothesis is that when I connect to saurik's server, it thinks I have no shsh files on backup because my phone doesn't pass on any useful information.
oh well. life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.
thanks for the help everyone. I think this one is beyond repair.
Double check your host file entry, did you press enter after entering "74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com" without quotes.
Or try pointing to your 4.0.1 from apple in ~username/Library/iTunes/iPhone/Software Updates/
I did press enter and I tried it with both the 4.0 backup and the 4.0.1 in the itunes folder.
That sucks, anyways goodluck with apple hopefully they don't give you a hard time. Let us know how this goes.
I'll post back once it's all said and done. Hopefully things will go smoothly. Will either be Saturday or Sunday.
Went to apple store.
they looked at the phone, checked for water damage, and gave me a new one. suspected hardware failure.
thanks for help everyone.
also, this KB article mentions the 0049 IMEI address as well linking it to a hardware failure, so I had it on backup in case they challenged me on it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1275
they looked at the phone, checked for water damage, and gave me a new one. suspected hardware failure.
thanks for help everyone.
also, this KB article mentions the 0049 IMEI address as well linking it to a hardware failure, so I had it on backup in case they challenged me on it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1275
Told you that you'd be fine
Glad they got it squared away for you. Now get TinyUmbrella and back your SHSH's up locally and on Saurik's server!
Good to hear
Told you that you'd be fine
Glad they got it squared away for you. Now get TinyUmbrella and back your SHSH's up locally and on Saurik's server!
At once!
Told you that you'd be fine
Glad they got it squared away for you. Now get TinyUmbrella and back your SHSH's up locally and on Saurik's server!
Both steps done and done. Thanks for the help once again.
When you get the error 1004 try using tiny umbrella to kick your device out of recovery