iOS 6.0.1 on 3GS Problem

[rypaca]

Hi all,

I have an iPhone 3GS that I've been using as an iPod for the past few years and I performed the upgrade to 6.0.1 this evening... and the upgrade finishes, the iPhone reboots, and then the "plug into iTunes" graphic appears. I do as I'm told, and iTunes tells me the phone is in recovery mode and has to be restored. So I dutifully follow iTunes' instructions, and it falls into a loop: graphic on iPhone, iTunes detects a phone in recovery mode, performed restore, iPhone reboots, shows graphic.

I've hard reset the iPhone twice, rebooted my iMac - no luck. Seems to be stuck. I went to the Apple Store today and played around with a new iPod Touch... I think the iPhone knew I touched another!

Any ideas out there?

Thanks much in advance!
Ryan

 

[mdehoogh]

My 3GS actually did the same thing last night. It didn't loop though, it showed the message about recovery mode once and after restoring it worked alright.

 

[rypaca]

Fixed - As soon as it restarted after being restored through iTunes, I unplugged it from iTunes and it recovered on its own.

 

[Beeplance]

Fixed - As soon as it restarted after being restored through iTunes, I unplugged it from iTunes and it recovered on its own.

How's 6.0.1 performance on your 3GS after its fixed? Is it ok? It's working like an absolute breeze on my 2 3GS, really appreciate Apple making an effort to support a 2009 phone in 2012 & into 2013.

 

[MikeGrant]

You guys are lucky - iOS 6 has wrecked my iPhone 3GS. Apple want more to repair it than a second-hand 3GS costs!

 

[blair554]

How's 6.0.1 performance on your 3GS after its fixed? Is it ok? It's working like an absolute breeze on my 2 3GS, really appreciate Apple making an effort to support a 2009 phone in 2012 & into 2013.

I also have an old 3GS but I don't update to iOS 6 because I'm afraid to destroy it, after all, it is a 2009 phone. But now I think I can do that from your experience.

 

[Beeplance]

I also have an old 3GS but I don't update to iOS 6 because I'm afraid to destroy it, after all, it is a 2009 phone. But now I think I can do that from your experience.

If you're afraid of any problems, update using iTunes instead of OTA. Downloading the 6.0.1 firmware over iTunes is better IMO. Hope it'll be a good experience for you too.