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[Connor1903]

Hi, I was running on iOS 4.3.5 running a tethered jailbreak on an iPhone 4. Due to peer pressure and impatience i decided to not wait till the untethered jailbreak and just update to iOS 5 and again tether jailbreak just for quickness and impatience as already stated. However, instead of restoring first before updating I just decided to download and update to iOS 5 without getting rid of jailbreak first. This has resulted in an apple logo on my iPhone screen 2/3 of the way complete and on iTunes it reads 'Restoring iPhone software...' it has around a mm of loading until completion but has been the same since around 10pm and it is now 1am(starting at around 9pm). My software on macbook is completely up to date including iTunes and i was just hoping for some advice to resolve my problem. Any queries just ask.

Fast responses please.

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[troop231]

Hi, I was running on iOS 4.3.5 running a tethered jailbreak on an iPhone 4. Due to peer pressure and impatience i decided to not wait till the untethered jailbreak and just update to iOS 5 and again tether jailbreak just for quickness and impatience as already stated. However, instead of restoring first before updating I just decided to download and update to iOS 5 without getting rid of jailbreak first. This has resulted in an apple logo on my iPhone screen 2/3 of the way complete and on iTunes it reads 'Restoring iPhone software...' it has around a mm of loading until completion but has been the same since around 10pm and it is now 1am(starting at around 9pm). My software on macbook is completely up to date including iTunes and i was just hoping for some advice to resolve my problem. Any queries just ask.

Fast responses please.

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Unplug it, get it into DFU/Recovery mode and download Recboot: http://jaxov.com/2011/02/download-recboot-2-2-compatible-with-mac-10-5/ Edit: http://www.mediafire.com/?rjv1sqrfgx3lvsd

 

[Connor1903]

Recboot downloaded, when unplugged screen showing the cord and itunes logo. When entered DFU/Recovery mode using redsn0w screen goes black and then won't turn back on. Rebooted it and got it back to same itunes logo screen. Recboot claims no device connected. Any advice?

 

[troop231]

Recboot downloaded, when unplugged screen showing the cord and itunes logo. When entered DFU/Recovery mode using redsn0w screen goes black and then won't turn back on. Rebooted it and got it back to same itunes logo screen. Recboot claims no device connected. Any advice?

Try not using redsnow.

 

[Connor1903]

Try not using redsnow.

What would you recommend instead?

 

[troop231]

What would you recommend instead?

Just Recboot worked for me.

 

[Connor1903]

Just Recboot worked for me.

Right i Recovery fixed using Redsn0w and it is now showing a downloading jailbreak data on iPhone screen, been on there for around 20 minutes now, any ideas length of time it should take to do this?

 

[Connor1903]

I believe I have solved my problem and thought i would post just incase it happens to anyone else so they know what to do, I tried many things including the majority of features in the 'extras' tab for the Redsn0w app. None of this worked so basically i downloaded recboot and started to restore iPhone as you would from iTunes and then once it got to the part where it usually stuck i opened Recboot and clicked exit recovery, this seemed to have kickstarted everything back to life and i am currently restoring my iPhone back to its previous state.

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