iOS6 failed update, phone erased, unable to restore

[Googlyhead]

Run the command in the terminal on the Mac, not the phone. If you have Windows, I think the hosts file is located in C:/Windows/system32.

Basically; if jb'd, you need the entries, and not hashed (the # disables the line)
If vanilla (no jb), you want to avoid redirecting requests to apple servers, so either delete or add a # to the mentioned lines if present.
In my case; windows system just had a block list generated by spybotSD. No apple entries; so I thought I'd remove the whole lot just in case. Made no difference.

File on windows is /windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts

 

[BowTheMan89]

after full restart of my comp. iPhone now tries to update/restore, then fails again at about 90% with error code -1.

 

[Googlyhead]

My news is better; got the sw installed (so presuming apple servers are less overloaded or something); doing a restore...

Edit: Think I need an estimate of how long it will take to estimate time remaining at this rate! Teach me to have an almost full 64gb.

 

[Klingi]

I'm too experiencing the update AND resto error "-1". At the Apple Support they say that it could potentially be a hardware issue... But no, it worked fine just before the update. My iPhone 4 TOO fails at 90% or so

 

[Discostu7]

Useful advice

I'll give you some helpful advice.

Before you do any major update

BACK UP YOUR IOS DEVICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =)

 

[sharkbait006]

How long did it take for you to update to iOS6? Mine started about an hour ago and it's been stuck on this screen with an Apple and progress bar that hasn't moved...

 

[Orlandu]

Try using a different computer to restore/update. After you do that, you can plug it in to your normal computer and restore from a backup.

 

[JamesM1053]

I'll give you some helpful advice.

Before you do any major update

BACK UP YOUR IOS DEVICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =)

The failed install/upgrade corrupted my backups. So now I have no contacts or apps or anything, and it tells me to restore every time I open iTunes.

I also had to plug it into another computer to get the phone to factory restore out of that "plug into iTunes" screen.

I found that every time I tried to restore from backup it made a bunch of junk backups, so I deleted those and am trying to update from my original backup. Praying that it works.

I mean, I was sort of tempted to wipe out and start fresh with the iphone5 but I would've preferred that choice to not be made for me.

Last freaking time I update from PC! iPad over wifi worked just fine.

 

[Aryababa]

Me too!

The damn update got me too. I tried to update my iphone 4s over wifi and it froze. Restarted it, updated again, and then I got the itunes symbol on my phone. Plugged into my mac and it said iphone was in disk recovery mode and it needs to restore the phone. I couldn't even back the damn thing up and so It restored my phone and I lost everything. The pictures in my cameral roll, my saved passwords in a local app (1Password) and some of my contacts info was missing. I even tried to restore using a previous backup but itunes would claim it worked while my iphone was taking me through the setup screen.

I really hate the last waves of apple updates that have been coming out. I'm so scared of updating because I forget to backup my iphone. Lost a ton of valuable pictures I'll never see again. Warn all your family to back up their phones before updating!

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The failed install/upgrade corrupted my backups. So now I have no contacts or apps or anything, and it tells me to restore every time I open iTunes.

I also had to plug it into another computer to get the phone to factory restore out of that "plug into iTunes" screen.

I found that every time I tried to restore from backup it made a bunch of junk backups, so I deleted those and am trying to update from my original backup. Praying that it works.

I mean, I was sort of tempted to wipe out and start fresh with the iphone5 but I would've preferred that choice to not be made for me.

Last freaking time I update from PC! iPad over wifi worked just fine.

Woah, it corrupted your backups too??? I was like WTF the whole time when I tried restoring it! What the hell is going on.