interpret my iRecovery message

[rubirock]

short version: 3g, 3.1.2, 5.11.07 stuck in recovery loop. when i attempt to restore, i get stalled at the apple logo w/progress bar, then phone reboots back to "connect to itunes" and itunes gives me "unable to restore. unknown error 28". slightly longer version here

here is what i get when i run iRecovery

iRecovery - Recovery Utility
by wEsTbAeR-- and Tom3q
Got USB
=======================================
:: iRain for n82ap, Copyright 2009, Apple Inc.
:: BUILD_TAG: iBoot-636.66
:: BUILD_STYLE: RELEASe
=======================================

[FTL:MSG] Apple NAND Driver (AND) RO
[NAND] Device ID 0x3ed5d72c
[NAND] BANKS_TOTAL 2
[NAND] BLOCKS_PER_BANK 8192
[NAND] PAGES_PER_BANK 1048576ering recovery mode, starting command prompt
ER_SPARE 216
[FTL:MSG] FIL_Init [OK]
[FTL:MSG] BUF_Init [OK]
[FTL:MSG] FPart Init [OK]
read old style signature 0x43303035 (line:371)
[FTL:MSG] VFL Register [OK]
[FTL:MSG] VFL Init [OK]
[VFL:ERR] _LoadVFLCxt(line:769) fail bank 1!
[VFL:ERR] _LoadVFLCxt(wBank:1)(line 1273) fail!
[WMR:ERR] VFL_Open failed
WMR_BEEP
NAND FTL failed initialisation
Boot Failure Count: 0 Panic Fail Count: 1
Enering recovery mode, starting command prompt
(Recovery) iPhone$

i cant get iRecovery to do much else (printenv,set auto-boot true, saveenv commands just return to the next line) except "reboot".

any ideas?

 

[-aggie-]

Your USB hardware is not working. However, see this thread:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/817122/

 

[rubirock]

thanks, aggie
i am pm'ing jav6454 to see if he can shed some light on what exactly can be done to fix the phone, as i am out of applecare.

 

[rubirock]

well, i went to my genius appt today, but no luck. the genius said that all they would have done would be to try a restore in DFU, but since i'd already tried it, we didnt even bother. i'm 3 months past apple care so they offered to replace it for the standard $199, but there's no guarantee that it would have 3.1.2 fw so i could use it w/Tmobile.

overall i'm happy with the apple service and will probably buy more applecare for my mbp as a result. plus they were cool about jb/ul and said they would have replaced it if it was still under a/c.

anyways, so i guess i'm SOL

 

[spader]

Acquired used. Do not know what firmware it is. Used different ispw's ranging from 2.2 - 3.1.2 Getting various errors 9, 23, 28, 1604, 2001.

Should I count my losses?

Here's my printenv report from iRecovery

[FTL:MSG] Apple NAND Driver (AND) RO
[NAND] No supported NAND found
NAND failed initialisation
Boot Failure Count: 0 Panic Fail Count: 0
Entering recovery mode, starting command rompt
] printenv
config_board = 'n82ap'
loadaddr = '0x9000000'
boot-command = 'fsboot'
idle-off = 'true'
boot-device = 'nand0'
boot-partition = '0'
boot-path = '/System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kernelcaches/kernelcache.s5l8900x'
display-color-space = 'RGB888'
display-timing = 'optC'
P bootdelay = '0'
P backlight-level = '34'
P platform-uuid = <DATA>
P a = 'bbbbbbbbb1bbbbbbbbb2bbbbbbbbb3bbbbbbbbb4bbbbbbbbb5bbbbbbbbb6bbbbbbbbb7bbbbbbbbb8bbbbbbbbb9bbbbbbbbbAbbbbbbbbbBbbbbbbbbbCbbbbbbbbDbbbbbbbbbEbbbbbbbbbbbbtbbbbbbbbbubbbbbbbbbvbbbbbbbbbwbbbbbbbbbxbbbbbbbbbybbbbbbbbbzbbbbbbbbbHbbbbbbbbbIbbbbbbbbbJbbbbgeohotbb'
P restored-exit-status = '0x100'
P boot-args = 'rd=md0 nand-enable-reformat=1 -progress'
P auto-boot = 'false'
image-version = '0x3'
framebuffer = '0xfd00000'
secure-boot = '0x1'


I realize the "Nand Failed Initilization" is the limiting reagent.

Help please.