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PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!! Iphone bricked after 3.0 install

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iphonemarkus

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I'm devastated, I need my Iphone in the morning and it's bricked now since I did not register it before uploading 3.0.

I then registered the ID and tried to reconnect it to Itunes, but Itunes won't sync with it. Itunes won't even recognize the phone anymore.

Any ideas, help??? Thanks!
 
iphonemarkus said:
I'm devastated, I need my Iphone in the morning and it's bricked now since I did not register it before uploading 3.0.

I then registered the ID and tried to reconnect it to Itunes, but Itunes won't sync with it. Itunes won't even recognize the phone anymore.

Any ideas, help??? Thanks!
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Where did you get the 3.0 firmware? Was it off of Apple's developer site, or did you pirate it?

Don
 
iphonemarkus said:
Off the dev site, I paid for it ;O(
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I didn't mean to offend you, but I just wanted to check. If it was pirated, it could have had something written into it that would cause your phone to brick.

Is it totally bricked, or does it show the connect to iTunes message?

Don
 
If you are running OS X, go to System Profilier, click on USB, click on iPhone and note the serial number. In the Dev site enter that number to activate your phone.
 
Itunes won't recognize it once it's connected. BUT...It shows up for a split second in Itunes right after disconnecting from the mac.
 
iphonemarkus said:
Itunes won't recognize it once it's connected. BUT...It shows up for a split second in Itunes right after disconnecting from the mac.
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Well the previous poster nailed it on the head. You need to get the iPhone's serial number and register it on the Apple Developer Connection site.

Don
 
lost, I have activated the phone in the dev portal under devices. Do I need to get a certificate, too?
 
As long as your device ID registered this should work. Everything is sort of guess and check at this point so please report back with what happens for others with the same issue.

Put the phone in recovery mode (hold the power + home) buttons while it's pigged into iTunes. Keep holding them as the phone reboots and you will see just the iTunes logo with a dock connector. In iTunes you will see an option to restore. Try the 3.0 install/restore again.
 
the phone itself only show the apple logo now on the screen, no matter how often I reboot it. It's just hung up there....

Let me ask you, in order to register it you ONLY have to register it under DEVICES right? Or did you register an APP ID, get a certificate and all the other stuff, too?
 
iphonemarkus said:
the phone itself only show the apple logo now on the screen, no matter how often I reboot it. It's just hung up there....

Let me ask you, in order to register it you ONLY have to register it under DEVICES right? Or did you register an APP ID, get a certificate and all the other stuff, too?
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Have you tried to put it into recovery mode though? Most of the time that can solve your problem.

Don
 
It should just work with the proper UUID under Devices.

Have you verified the UUID you added? You should be able to see your UUID under System Profiler.
 
I did, it's the correct one.
Same thing happened again, Itunes didn't show the Iphone when connected, but as soon as I disconnected it, it showed up for a split second. This is so frustrating....
 
iphonemarkus said:
I did, it's the correct one.
Same thing happened again, Itunes didn't show the Iphone when connected, but as soon as I disconnected it, it showed up for a split second. This is so frustrating....
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I'd like to say take it to the genius bar, but I'm not sure that they'd help you. Most of the time when they get a bricked iPhone, they assume that you tried to jailbreak it.

I know that there is supposed to be a iPhone 3.0 support forum on the dev site, I don't know if Apple has it up and running yet, though. You might have better luck there.

Don
 
lostfan916 said:
If you are running OS X, go to System Profilier, click on USB, click on iPhone and note the serial number. In the Dev site enter that number to activate your phone.
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just FYI, you can also get the serial number off the phone itself-
its printed on the inside of the sim-card tray. good for those times when it won't recognize at ALL on the computer! :)
 
the phone is already registered on the dev site...and has been recognized on the site. But reconnecting and syncing with Itunes doesn't work.
 
fry3k said:
just FYI, you can also get the serial number off the phone itself-
its printed on the inside of the sim-card tray. good for those times when it won't recognize at ALL on the computer! :)
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there is a difference between serial number and uid. People are getting it mixed up. I'm not sure what the sim card holder shows but I doubt it's the uid. Plug in your device to iTunes and on the summary page it will show u the serial number. Click on it again and it shows u the uid. This is what u have to register under devices.

But if iTunes doesn't recognize it and u can't enter dfu mode then I guess your stuck.
 
No offense, but if you need your phones so badly, why are you people installing beta software on it? :confused::confused:
 
garethjs said:
there is a difference between serial number and uid. People are getting it mixed up. I'm not sure what the sim card holder shows but I doubt it's the uid. Plug in your device to iTunes and on the summary page it will show u the serial number. Click on it again and it shows u the uid. This is what u have to register under devices.

But if iTunes doesn't recognize it and u can't enter dfu mode then I guess your stuck.
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If you are on a Mac, System Profiler should show the UUID as "Serial Number" under USB.
 
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