Using tiny umbrella NOW??????

[vamshi032]

I'm having trouble using tinyumbrella now. I happened to erase my iphone jus a day before iOS 4.2 release. Now Im stuck in a position where I dont knw if it is a good idea to restore my iphone. I downloaded the firmware iOS 4.1 from a link. but can I restore my iphone to it using itunes saving my baseband??? Would itunes be updating my baseband if I do it?

[Simon]

What firmware and baseband were you on before this happened.

[vamshi032]

iOS 4.1, bb 2.10.04

[Simon]

Ok, here's what you can do. Open tiny umbrella, click on advanced, deselect the box that says "set hosts to cydia on exit", then close tiny umbrella. Now open itunes and shift-click restore to the 4.1 firmware you downloaded. You will stay on 4.1 with that baseband.

[vamshi032]

Do u think apple is still accepting it???

[Simon]

Yup AFAIK Apple has not stopped signing 4.1 yet. Make sure you put it in dfu before you restore though. I think Apple is still on vacation

Also make sure you have saved your 4.1 SHSH so that you can do this even after Apple has stopped signing 4.1

[vamshi032]

do u happen have a step by step guide for my case? thnks in advance

[Simon]

What is your current situation? Are you stuck on apple logo, or in recovery mode, or are able to boot up normally?

[vamshi032]

Wel to tel u d truth i dnt hav it vth me. My dad has it and he happend to erase evrything the day right before apple released ios 4.2. Now Im doin a rescue mission if you can giv me a guide wht to do I wud really appreciate it.

[Simon]

Sure

1: Do what I said above with tiny umbrella
2: Put the iphone in dfu.To do this, plug in your iphone, hold the home and power button for 10 seconds, then release the power button while still holding the home button until itunes recognizes it as being in restore mode (actually it is dfu, you should have a black screen).
3: Hold down shift and click restore, a window will pop up where you can select the 4.1 firmware you downloaded.
4: Let itunes do its thing and restore the iphone.

At this point if you have a official sim activate it with that in itunes.

[vamshi032]

So Thrs no need to do all tht "start tss server" thing in tinyumbrella?

[blkcadi]

^There are a bunch of You tube vids out there that may make this easier for you. Seeing it happen is kind of like on-the-job-training.

[Simon]

So Thrs no need to do all tht "start tss server" thing in tinyumbrella?

Right now no since Apple is still signing 4.1. Once they stop though it will be necessary to use tiny umbrella tss server to do a restore like this, which is why it is extremely important to save your 4.1 SHSH while they are still signing it.

[vamshi032]

Well I tried to restore. Its showing me an error saying " The iphone cannot be restored at this time, because the iphone software update server could not be contacted or is temporarily unavailable"

[Simon]

You get that error when you dont have internet connection or itunes isnt able to reach the apple server. Reboot and try again.

[vamshi032]

hey I did it. thank you so much bro.