iPhone4 can't restore

[Moreno53]

Hello fellow iPhone rebels/insurgents and individualists.

I am trying to restore my iPhone4 but Steve keeps telling me my device is ineligible for a restore. I have Jailbroken my beloved Apple communication device which is now 4.2.1. capable. I am not trying to downgrade to anything....but just doing a straight restore. I still get the "Device is ineligeble for requested build".....que pasa folks?

[Simon]

What firmware are you trying to restore to?

[Moreno53]

Whatever the latest firmware is..

thx

[iYeow]

Open tiny umbrella , go to advance and uncheck set hosts file to cydia and close it. Now do your restore to 4.2.1 as you requested the latest.

Haha, Simon, i beat you this time

[Simon]

Well the latest firmware is 4.2.1, but you shouldnt get that error when restoring to that. Your device info says you are on 4.1. Are you trying to restore to that?

[Moreno53]

Well the latest firmware is 4.2.1, but you shouldnt get that error when restoring to that. Your device info says you are on 4.1. Are you trying to restore to that?

Sorry thats out of date (i'm slackin) its on 4.2.1 right now.

[Simon]

Open tiny umbrella , go to advance and uncheck set hosts file to cydia and close it. Now do your restore to 4.2.1 as you requested the latest.

Haha, Simon, i beat you this time

Lol, thwarted. I must be tired

[iYeow]

Go to the front page of cydia, if it says 4.1 shsh blob, then you can.

[Simon]

Sorry thats out of date (i'm slackin) its on 4.2.1 right now.

Give what Yeow said a go and see if it helps. Did you download the firmware yourself or let iTunes do it?

[Moreno53]

I tried the tiny umbrella approach and still Steve tells me I can't restore. I upgraded with iTunes....I can't remember if I upgraded and let iTunes do the downloading or not. I do have the 4.2.1 ipsw downloaded but its in my Downloads folder because I use that to reboot using redSnow.

[XxAsThEyFaLLxX]

Where did you get the ipsw from? cause if you didnt get it from iTunes, you have to make sure it says iPhone 3,1. Thats the ipsw file type that works with iphone 4

[Moreno53]

Where did you get the ipsw from? cause if you didnt get it from iTunes, you have to make sure it says iPhone 3,1. Thats the ipsw file type that works with iphone 4

iPhone3,1_4.2.1_8C148_Restore

thats the file name

[iYeow]

yup, that is the right firmware

[Simon]

Let itunes download it for instead and restore to that.

[Moreno53]

Let itunes download it for instead and restore to that.

How do I force itunes into doing that? It doesnt seem to give me the option. Infact when I go to restore it says "extracting software" and everything is fine...I get the error message when it goes to the "veryifing blah blah blah" section


thanks for all the help by the way.

[Simon]

So you arent pressing option/shift when clicking restore then I guess? Just pressing restore?

[Moreno53]

yup, I even tried the option/restore method and still got the same error.

[Simon]

Try deleting the restore file from where itunes downloads it to get itunes to download it again.

[Moreno53]

So I tried the Tiny Umbrella process again, and for whatever bloody reason it worked. Thank you all for all your help.

[Simon]

Glad you got it working