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iPad iPad Not Restoring

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mrcowdude20

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Sep 11, 2011
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Whenever I select my IPSW from iTunes, it extracts it. Then I always get an error code. I've searched ways to solve the error. Then I get another one.

I have a jailbroken iPad 2 on 7.0 that needs to be restored because of issues. I don't want to upgrade to 7.1 because I want to jailbreak again.

I have put it in recovery mode, DFU mode, used TinyUmbrella, went on different computers, updated iTunes, changed the host file. Seems like everything.

I think I am officially done with Apple because I am just having problem after problem.

Please help me, its so frustrating having paid $700 and it doesn't even work.
 
I'm always surprised at these posts as it's pretty clear you know quite a bit about this stuff to try all this but don't see the countless posts and things saying what you want to do can't be done. 7.1.1 is your only choice. Sorry
 
Update: I restored to iOS 7.1.1 and my issue is still there. The WiFi suddenly stopped working. I thought it was a problem with the jailbreak, say I installed a bad version of a tweak, and even with my clean, fresh restored iPad it still doesn't connect to my WiFi. It connects fine at my school, but no where else.

Any ideas? I'm soon going to Apple but I'd rather do it myself. First time happening.
 
Did you do a restore to backup ? If so, you may have re-introduced the issue after the restore.

For best results, do a clean restore, do not restore to back-up and test it immediately after the restore and before doing anything to iPad.
 
dhlizard said:
Did you do a restore to backup ? If so, you may have re-introduced the issue after the restore.

For best results, do a clean restore, do not restore to back-up and test it immediately after the restore and before doing anything to iPad.
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I did a clean restore, and tried connecting to the WiFi as the first thing I did.
 
If it connects fine to other wifi networks but not yours then it's likely the router. Either needs to be restarted or doesn't play well with your iPad.
If your iPad has no problems connecting to other networks then test it at multiple different wireless networks to be sure.
 
Applejuiced said:
If it connects fine to other wifi networks but not yours then it's likely the router. Either needs to be restarted or doesn't play well with your iPad.
If your iPad has no problems connecting to other networks then test it at multiple different wireless networks to be sure.
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Kinda wierd. iPad just suddenly stopped connecting. Many users had this issue, but after the clean restore I can connect to it, just I have to stay 1 foot away from the router. If I move 1 foot, 5 inches away, it drops me. Could it possibly be a iPad hardware issue? Maybe from it accidentally falling on the carpet from a couch drop? No clue. Thanks for your help!
 
mrcowdude20 said:
Kinda wierd. iPad just suddenly stopped connecting. Many users had this issue, but after the clean restore I can connect to it, just I have to stay 1 foot away from the router. If I move 1 foot, 5 inches away, it drops me. Could it possibly be a iPad hardware issue? Maybe from it accidentally falling on the carpet from a couch drop? No clue. Thanks for your help!
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Upgrade your router firmware.
 
mrcowdude20 said:
Kinda wierd. iPad just suddenly stopped connecting. Many users had this issue, but after the clean restore I can connect to it, just I have to stay 1 foot away from the router. If I move 1 foot, 5 inches away, it drops me. Could it possibly be a iPad hardware issue? Maybe from it accidentally falling on the carpet from a couch drop? No clue. Thanks for your help!
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Yep, if you dropped it then that's probably why wifi is acting up.
Maybe the wifi antenna inside is loose.
Shouldn't drop connection from only a few feet away.
 
mrcowdude20 said:
Kinda wierd. iPad just suddenly stopped connecting. Many users had this issue, but after the clean restore I can connect to it, just I have to stay 1 foot away from the router. If I move 1 foot, 5 inches away, it drops me. Could it possibly be a iPad hardware issue? Maybe from it accidentally falling on the carpet from a couch drop? No clue. Thanks for your help!
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If you are now saying this Wifi failure began after the iPad was dropped - it would have been nice to have that info in the original post.

Hardware failure could be the reason.
 
There wasn't any wifi info on the 1st post:)
It's coming out slowly.
It was all I'm having issues with Apple I paid $700 but never he said why or what kind of issues.
Again it's all Apples fault.
You can drop it but it should always keep working cause you paid $700:)
 
dhlizard said:
If you are now saying this Wifi failure began after the iPad was dropped - it would have been nice to have that info in the original post.

Hardware failure could be the reason.
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The drop was honestly nothing big at all, the wifi was working before and after the drop. iPad was working fine -> small drop -> still working fine for 2 months -> suddenly stopped working

Applejuiced said:
There wasn't any wifi info on the 1st post:)
It's coming out slowly.
It was all I'm having issues with Apple I paid $700 but never he said why or what kind of issues.
Again it's all Apples fault.
You can drop it but it should always keep working cause you paid $700:)
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Never knew that a 2 foot high drop could damage it that bad...guess I gotta go back to school and learn some more. Jokes aside...I suppose I gotta go to a new post b/c this is way off topic. Got the iPad restored. The original reason to the restoration is because the wifi stopped while I was jailbroken, and I though a tweak could have changed something dealing with the WiFi. Now that I'm restored clean, it could be something else.

I'm going to see if there is a firmware update. Just to add on, my work computer seems to drop wifi quite often as well, although this is many rooms away. It has a strong signal, just gets dropped.

Another possible reason is that when friends come over they join the network, and we have about 10 wifi devices on one router, let alone friends and family that connect. Could that play a role in this?
 
mrcowdude20 said:
The drop was honestly nothing big at all, the wifi was working before and after the drop. iPad was working fine -> small drop -> still working fine for 2 months -> suddenly stopped working



Never knew that a 2 foot high drop could damage it that bad...guess I gotta go back to school and learn some more. Jokes aside...I suppose I gotta go to a new post b/c this is way off topic. Got the iPad restored. The original reason to the restoration is because the wifi stopped while I was jailbroken, and I though a tweak could have changed something dealing with the WiFi. Now that I'm restored clean, it could be something else.

I'm going to see if there is a firmware update. Just to add on, my work computer seems to drop wifi quite often as well, although this is many rooms away. It has a strong signal, just gets dropped.

Another possible reason is that when friends come over they join the network, and we have about 10 wifi devices on one router, let alone friends and family that connect. Could that play a role in this?
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if they're all using wifi at the same time, interference could play a factor in you being connected but everything is loading slowly

although dropping seems to imply you get disconnected from the network
 
Maybe you need to update your routers firmware or just get a new router if many experience connection drops like that.
Not sure what else.
If the ipad is having wifi issues on many different routers then it might be something internally hardware wrong with it.
 
Excuse number one.
Just a tiny few feet drop it shouldn't break or cause any damage.
But guess what? Who really knows how big of a drop it really was or how many times it really got dropped:)
Either way electronics are sensitive and any kind of misuse can cause hardware faults.
 
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