peculiar iPhone 3GS problem

[Libertad]

Hi guys,

I'm facing a problem with my 16GB 3GS, it is currently stuck in restore. When I tried to do a restore with itunes to 4.2.1 it came up with 1002 error (It currently is running 4.2.1 as far as I know)

I've tried jailbreaking using redsn0w, it stays on the itunes recovery screen. Any way I can stop it from going back to the itunes restore screen everytime?!

Thanks all!

[Stray]

Are you restoring to a stock firmware?

[Libertad]

yeah that's what I'm trying. Am I doing something wrong? :/

[Stray]

Are you on your official carrier?

[Libertad]

I'm on a prepaid simcard, not tied to any official carrier. So I rely on an unlock. The phone is stuck at the itunes restore logo screen

[Stray]

Would you have the iPad baseband by any chance?

[iYeow]

What prompt you to restore ? did ur iPhone goes into recovery mode by itself while you were using it.

[Libertad]

I bought the iphone off a friend who sold it to me because it was stuck in the recovery screen. All I know is that it's on 4.2.1 I have no idea if it's got ipad BB or not. I cant get further than the restore screen.

[Stray]

Well I think you have the iPad baseband. What you need to do is restore the phone using a custom firmware which you can get from doing a simple google search and then putting the phone into a custom dfu mode and then restoring.

[iYeow]

error 1002 is not a good sign. Have u updated ur iTunes yet

You may have a hardware failure

[Stray]

[Libertad]

I'm using itunes 10.0.1? or something like that. So what are the steps i should take?

How do I tell if I have broken hardware or not?

[iYeow]

Is it every restore gives you error 1002 ? Can you try on another computer.

[Libertad]

I have tried on other computers, same problem persists. I have no clue what to do!

[iYeow]

same error 1002 ?

[Libertad]

Yeah 1002, and it just goes back to the restore screen. After trying to jailbreak it with redsn0w it goes back to the restore screen again.

Update: I seem to have gotten it out of the 1002 error with a custom IPSW, but now its stuck on the emergency call screen. Where do I proceed from here?

[Stray]

You will need to hacktivate with redsn0w or use the official sim card to activate.

[Libertad]

How do I go about hacktivating with redsn0w please advise

[Stray]

Just download redsn0w 0.9.6 rc 8. Just search google download the .ipsw from here and then just jailbreak.

[Libertad]

Is the ipsw a custom one or the original 3GS firmware?