iPhone Help!

[Ben.]

Right.. So I got my mates iPhone to try and sort out.. He messed around with it and jailbroke it and now it won't boot up, it either goes to one of the following screens when I try and do anything with it, Apple logo, Connect to Itunes or black screen.

Itunes detects it and says it needs to be restored & updated, so I went ahead and downloaded the update and it started fine but then it pops up with error 1015.

I did some research on this error and found a way to get around it here: http://www.redmondpie.com/fix-itunes-1004-1015-error-and-restore-iphone-4-3gs-successfully-on-ios-4.0.1-how-to-guide/

however this just presented me with an error when it got to the verifying update patch thing stage and that error meant that I need to upgrade my iTunes even though its the latest one.

Any ideas anyone? I just want it back to factory to be honest!

[Bonz]

have you tried to flash to the IOS he originally had on it as apposed to the new one from itunes

[robin1989]

put it into dfu mode and restore it with latest ios firmware

[Ben.]

put it into dfu mode and restore it with latest ios firmware

Still getting the same error (1015)..

[snowcolt17]

its stuck in recovery mode.. ive had this happen alot
you can try

1.use iREB to try and kick it out of recovery mode, or to put in dfu and try and restore

2.or TinyUmbrella and see which shsh blobs you have and restore to another custom .ipsw.

tinyumbrella is your best bet. if you need any more help just ask..

[Ben.]

its stuck in recovery mode.. ive had this happen alot
you can try

1.use iREB to try and kick it out of recovery mode, or to put in dfu and try and restore

2.or TinyUmbrella and see which shsh blobs you have and restore to another custom .ipsw.

tinyumbrella is your best bet. if you need any more help just ask..

I tried both of these but I'm getting a different error now, 3194. Any ideas?

[snowcolt17]

yea. error 3194 is when you try to downgrade or try to install the same firmware.

what iphone and which ios are you trying to install

[Ben.]

3gS and I have the latest one downloaded within Itunes which I've tried and I also have 4.0.1 which i use the shift and click restore to select but both produce the same error..

[snowcolt17]

ok.. that helps alot..

save the shsh blobs.. and tell me which ones you have. like i did

[Sammy]

I dont know if it will work for you, But this Same Exeact thing happened to me, I couldnt get anything to work at all, But what i did was I used snowbreeze and made a custom ios, the ios i was on, and restored from it and it worked perfectly.

[snowcolt17]

I dont know if it will work for you, But this Same Exeact thing happened to me, I couldnt get anything to work at all, But what i did was I used snowbreeze and made a custom ios, the ios i was on, and restored from it and it worked perfectly.

you gotta get you shsh blobs first. and figure out which ones you got. then make a custom ipsw. and the run tinyumbrellas server so it will bypass itunes...

[Sammy]

you gotta get you shsh blobs first. and figure out which ones you got. then make a custom ipsw. and the run tinyumbrellas server so it will bypass itunes...

I never did any of this lol, I dont know how it worked, i just tryed it as a last resort, and it worked. i didnt save shsh blobs or anything.

[snowcolt17]

I never did any of this lol, I dont know how it worked, i just tryed it as a last resort, and it worked. i didnt save shsh blobs or anything.

which iphone though

[Sammy]

which iphone though

its a 3gs, im not sayin your wrong or anything like that, but i dont remember saving blobs or thing like that, but maybe it used the same ones from my iphone? i dunno. but snowcolt prolly knows alot more about all this than me, so go with what he says.

[snowcolt17]

its a 3gs, im not sayin your wrong or anything like that, but i dont remember saving blobs or thing like that, but maybe it used the same ones from my iphone? i dunno. but snowcolt prolly knows alot more about all this than me, so go with what he says.

yea. just from exsperience :p. i went through hell with mine. it showed dead battery. replaced the battery and still.. come to find out was stuck in recovery. on 4.3.5. and i updated the baseband so i could unlock it.. and from there it went to hell. and i figured out about what to do..

error 3194 is itunes is checking the baseband. and thats why you cant downgrade. tinyumbrella takes the blobs. and it will bypass that. and will let you restore a custom fireware that you previously had on it..

confusing. but it works.

[3D0kassiah]

download redsnow  http://www.idownloadblog.com/iphone-downloads/
and your current fw assuming 4.21?
download
http://forum.iphone-developers.com/hacking-jailbreaking-modding/917-ios-4-2-1-custom-ipsw-files-made-pwangetool-all-idevices.html
custom ispw for the iphone

fire up redsnow and locate the offical fw you download from idownloadblog
enter pwned dfu mode

after that head back to itunes and hold shift and click restore itll ask you to locate the ispw locate the ispw you downloaded from the second link i posted

and you should be back in business

[snowcolt17]

if he updated the baseband. like say he went to 4.3.5 and is trying to go to 4.2. not going to work. you could make a custom ipsw.. but you need shsh blobs. i have been there..

Error 3194
Occurs when trying to install an old firmware and Apple’s server disallows the installation. The only solution is to have SHSH backup and modify the hosts file to point to Saurik’s Cydia server where they are backed up (or localhost if you have it yourself).

that's your probem. you don't have the SHSH blob.

[Cookie Monster]

try it on a different itunes on a different laptop, sometimes that works....