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iOS 5 restore brings up iTunes error 3194

jdwilsh

jdwilsh

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Jun 7, 2011
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Manchester, UK
Hey guys

I've had a look through the forums/google already for this but couldn't find any helpful info. A friend was kind enough yesterday to register my UDID with his dev account. I've downloaded and installed iTunes 10.5 64bit and I have the .ispw for the iOS 5 beta on my PC.

Now whenever I Shift click restore and select the file, it checks the software with iTunes then comes up with the 3194 error. I've edited the host file in system32/drivers/etc and restarted and that hasnt made a difference. I've uninstalled and re-installed iTunes without a difference.

Anybody any other ideas that I could try?

I'm running Windows 7 64bit which i thought may have been the problem but i've seen reports of it working just fine on there.
 
jdwilsh said:
Hey guys

I've had a look through the forums/google already for this but couldn't find any helpful info. A friend was kind enough yesterday to register my UDID with his dev account. I've downloaded and installed iTunes 10.5 64bit and I have the .ispw for the iOS 5 beta on my PC.

Now whenever I Shift click restore and select the file, it checks the software with iTunes then comes up with the 3194 error. I've edited the host file in system32/drivers/etc and restarted and that hasnt made a difference. I've uninstalled and re-installed iTunes without a difference.

Anybody any other ideas that I could try?

I'm running Windows 7 64bit which i thought may have been the problem but i've seen reports of it working just fine on there.
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Try downloading the iTunes beta
 
I already have it installed! As I said, i've tried uninstalling and reinstalling with restarts every time and its not helped.

I originally had the problem opening 10.5 where it jsut simply wouldnt open at all but i resolved that myself.
 
Same thing is happening to me and I can't figure out how to fix it :mad:

actually, i'm getting another type of error saying my phone is not eligible for the requested build.
 
yea guys you need to your UDID registered under an iOS dev account before apple lets you install. Sorry but apple wants there $99! :cool:
 
I added:

74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com

there was another gs.apple.com line but i cant remember the other IP.

my UDID IS registered. Thats the problem...
 
Please someone help, same thing with me. Getting the 3194 error when trying to restore to iOS 5.
My host's file looks like this:
Code: 
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost
74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com
74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com
I added the bottom line because another thread said it would help, but it's not working.
 
Himynamesnoah said:
Please someone help, same thing with me. Getting the 3194 error when trying to restore to iOS 5.
My host's file looks like this:
Code: 
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost
74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com
74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com
I added the bottom line because another thread said it would help, but it's not working.
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Why would you need to redirect gs.apple.com when it's legitimately registered?
 
I had the same issue - error 3194

what i did is to add # to hosts

should look like this:

#74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com


try it.
 
Last edited:
shayosef said:
what i did is to add # to hosts

should look like this:

#74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com
#127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com

try it.
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o_O

that just comments out the lines... and 127.0.0.1 is your own machine, which presumably wont be anything to do with gs.apple.com.
 
Any other solutions?
I just got error 1602, and now my iPad is in recovery mode and not being recognized by iTunes.
 
For legitimately registered developers you should not be editing your host file.
 
This is a developer beta. You should use the developer beta of Xcode 4.3 to restore the IPSW onto the phone.

Don't waste your time with this stuff unless you are developing. If you do, don't start bitching about Facebook not working.
 
Well it was edited from doing my iPhone before, so now it's normal.
I am now getting error 1601, before it was 1602 but now it's recognized.
So how do i fix 1601?
 
I used tinyumbrella (last version) and still getting 3194 error.....any solution there?

this also can help: i have win vista 64, itunes 10.5 and registered UDID.
 
I tried it using Windows 7 64-bit iTunes 10.5 beta, and I kept getting the same error (I am a registered developer). I restarted, redownloaded the ipsw, etc, nothing worked.

Before that, I was trying it on my Mac OS X virtual machine, and I was getting a different error. Then I tried the Win7 version, got the error you mentioned.

Then I restarted the Mac VM (previously I was just putting it to sleep), tried it again, and it worked perfectly fine.

So I ended up installing iOS 5 from the Mac, since that was the only thing that worked, but then I did a backup restore in Windows to get all of my apps/settings back.

No idea what happened
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OK

So I have been getting the 3194 error when trying to update my iPad 2 to iOS 5 Beta and finally got it to work.

Make sure your "hosts" file matches the data from this link: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3083715?start=0&tstart=0

I had 64-bit W7 and had an entry at the bottom of my host file that wasn't supposed to be there. After I deleted it and restarted my computer, I was able to successfully update to iOS 5.

Otherwise, just update to iOS 5 on someone elses computer. That also works.
 
hey, um ive found that adding anything like that for IOS5 screws up the update. my UDID isnt registered, and removing the additions to the host file fixed all my problems :p i may just be being a noob tho :D
 
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