hardware issues , weird 3g problem

[foreveraudio]

iv never had this issue before but i have a customers 3g, was at the connect to itunes screen

he bought it offline

so he dont know what version was on it however

i hooked it up to itunes to update and restore

its gets about 99 % done then doesnt do anything all i see is the apple logo with the status bar about 99 % of the way done

tiny doesnt read it connected when it was at the connect to itunes screen

any suggestions

[Simon]

It doesnt give an error or anything? It just sticks there?

[Cowboy]

What itunmes are you using?

[foreveraudio]

yes just sticks there no error

im using 9.1 but im about to throw it on my other computer with the newest itunes version and see if that changes anything

actually when i exit dfu mode itunes says phone cannot be restored unknown error (9)

[Cowboy]

Ya you need the newest version to restore to the newest firmware.

[Simon]

Ya, try the other computer. Error 9 can be a real pain.

[foreveraudio]

ok im trying now ill write with a uodate in a few

[Cowboy]

Ok let us know

[foreveraudio]

nope same thing on other computer running newest version of itunes , hmmmmm so any suggestions ?

[Simon]

Like I said error 9 can be a real pain. I got it working once by restoring on a Mac even though the windows computers I tried always came back with that error.

[Cowboy]

Ya error nine is probably one the worst out there

[foreveraudio]

ok so ill consider the 3g bricked then huh


maybe yall can help with this issue for a 3gs i cant seem to get passed
basically it was jb and unlocked with newest redsnow and baseband
customer took phone home and for somereason she did a reset on the phone itself which put her at the apple logo

she brought it back to me and explained what she did i restored it to 4.2.1. however its at the connect to itunes screen

and i cant get passed it, iv tried doing it by cfw with snowbreeze and no luck
i get error 3194 on itunes no matter what i try

[Simon]

you need SHSH for 4.1 to use the 4.1 custom firmware. To restore to 4.2.1 you will need a custom 4.2.1 firmware made with pwnage tool without the baseband update.

[foreveraudio]

can someone email me the 4.2.1 custom then , i only have wondows based computers, ill run that and see if that works

my email is [email protected]

thanks and ill do it right now and let you know if it worked

man i love ya , it worked , however at the activate screen i went ahead and reran redsnow to jb it

i didnt choose the bb since it already had it, it went through everything and at the reboot or apple logo with the loading circle it froze , now im back at apple logo with the loading circle frozen

[Simon]

When using redsnow make sure you point it to the 4.2.1 regular firmware, not the custom one

[foreveraudio]

i did point to stock 4.2.1

[Simon]

What option did you pick in cydia?

[foreveraudio]

ok after i use the cfw u sent , it restored it, brings it to the activate screen

well since i need it unlocked i put it back in dfu mode, then ran redsnow checked install cydia and and let it do its thing, when its done it goes to boot up but gets stuck at the apple logo with the swirly loading circle and freezes

Wow ok check this out i figured it out , when it got stuck i put it back into dfu mode ran redsnow choose boot tethered, and also put it a att sim card in it, and bam got to the home screen with cydia, now im going back into unlocking it, ect.

So basically i think to bypass on the new bb on a restore on 4.2.1 you have to have a att sim card in it to activate it then u can unlock it, hope this helps others , i seen alot of people having this same issue

[Simon]

If it is new bootrom then you have to run redsnow to boot tethered every time you reboot. And yes it is always good to use the ATT sim to activate as you say you did.