"supervisors" phone

[dautry]

My brother bought an iphone 3g at a yard sale for very little. it has a password that of course we don't have. I tried hooking it to itunes to restore it but after a bit it will say "supervisors phone" anyone know what this means?

 

[waa1futs]

Here's the main thing I found on "supervisor mode" :

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4997268?start=0&tstart=0

The last post seemed to be the most informative to me.

 

[dautry]

Thank you-from the sound of it looks like we won't be able to use it. good thing he didn't pay much for it.

 

[Applejuiced]

Cant you do a DFU restore?
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1034