Bricked FOR REAL!!!

[kmmxracer]

I've been part of this community for a long time now and I've seen all the BRICKED stories that have been solved over and over again.

But what I have run into I have never seen before.
-iPhone 3GS new bootrom errored out 1501 at restoring to factory 4.2.1
-Stuck at Connect to iTunes no matter what I try (DFU restore, restore to custome firmware, latest redsn0w)

-I'm trying to fix this for a friend so I have no idea if it has SHSH on file

Here is a screen shot from a failed redsn0w attempt!!!!

What do you all think???!!!

[Cowboy]

first thing i would do is download tiny umbrella and find out if it does have shsh backed up and go from there

[kmmxracer]

tinyumbrella doesn't recognize it. it sees it a "?100...."

No SHSHs on file:-(

[iYeow]

Someone has updated this 3gs to ipad baseband , that is the reason why restoring to stock 4.2.1 gives you error 1015. What you need is 3gs custom firmware of 4.2.1. Use redsn0w 0.9.6b6 and browse to stock 4.2.1, check only DFU mode. Once dfu is done , run itunes and shift + restore to this file ( in your PM box) . When you received it, do not unzip, just rename .zip to .ipsw.
After restoring, you will need to run redsn0w to install cydia again.

[Cowboy]

Someone has updated this 3gs to ipad baseband , that is the reason why restoring to stock 4.2.1 gives you error 1015. What you need is 3gs custom firmware of 4.2.1. Use redsn0w 0.9.6b6 and browse to stock 4.2.1, check only DFU mode. Once dfu is done , run itunes and shift + restore to this file ( in your PM box) . When you received it, do not unzip, just rename .zip to .ipsw.
After restoring, you will need to run redsn0w to install cydia again.

Question how do you know ipad bb was used?

[iYeow]

If you cannot restore to stock 4.2.1, and it throws out error 1015, it means that the firmware of 4.2.1 doesn't match the baseband of 05.15.xx, must be ipad baseband of 6.15 is being installed.

[Cowboy]

Okay but he through out 1501 error so i am guessing he missed typed it because i was stumped on trying to find a way to fix 1501 lol

Now if its 1015 that different and then yes you right and i could of helped him like 2 hours ago lol

[nis002]

Cause I'm a moron and I did it! Still stuck too! Help!

[iYeow]

Cause I'm a moron and I did it! Still stuck too! Help!

So you want a custom fw of 4.2.1 for 3gs too.

[iNeo]

you can restore to and official 4.1 if you have your 4.1 SHSH backed up, and then use tiny umbrella when it shows the 1015 error to boot it it up!

[kmmxracer]

Thankyou iYeow. Fixed

[rollerdyke44]

Thankyou iYeow but you sent me a zip file instead of a ipsw

Read his reply again, he said rename it to ipsw

[iYeow]

+1 for rollerdyke44, yes read word by word please

[kmmxracer]

+1 for rollerdyke44, yes read word by word please

Ya, my bad, I'm at work and am skim reading you posts, sorry. Trying it right now.

[Cowboy]

Let us know how it goes

[kmmxracer]

Worked like a charm. Thank you sooooo much

[Cowboy]

Glad we could help and your working

[satyricult]

Westerman,

Could you possibly link me to the file also.

Thanks in advance