3194 error keeps me from updating iphone 3gs from 3.1.3 to 4.3.3

[lizardseverywhere]

So i have done all due dilligence, read the tiny umbrella fix, i've gone in and double checked my hosts file and all that mumbo jumbo and still am having no luck.

I have a virgin iphone 3gs running 3.1.3 with the associated baseband... i've used snowbreeze to make the custom ipsw packages and then put the phone into the dfu mode using ireb... still when i shift-restore using the custom ipsw i get the 3194 error...

i am attempting to update the phone to 4.3.3 and maintain the baseband... and like i said above i have tried many methods, i have deleted the xx.xxx.xx.xx gs.apple from hosts, i have added the cydia ip followed by gs.apple i have used tiny umbrella... and still whenever itunes finishes unpacking and tries to verify or whatever it gives me the damn 3194 error... i have been working on this on and off for a couple days now... is there a step i am missing?

any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

[iYeow]

You need to run tiny umbrella, download your 4.3.3 blob from Cydia and start tss server for your 4.3.3 blob verification to avoid error 3194

Download latest TU, plug your bootable iphone in so TU can recognize it ( if you haven't have TU recorded your ECID, if you are in rec/dfu mode , TU cannot recognize your device or no recorded device, then you have to retrieve ECID and manually input it ) . Select : request shsh blob from Cydia and click save shsh .

Finally look under general tab any 4.3.3 blob, if no then you can't restore to 4.3.3 but however you can restore to custom firmware of 4.1 as apple resigns back 4.1 for your convenience.

[lizardseverywhere]

for crying out loud... so i used the TSS server with Tiny Umbrella which resolved error 3194 and now i have error 2005, i tried moving the cable around with no success, is there another cause for error 2005?

[iYeow]

Update itunes, do a reboot or even use a different computer may help you to restore.

[lizardseverywhere]

So I finally got the device to restore but it is now stuck in a dfu loop - I've tried the tiny umbrella fix recovery - I tried ireb - ireb doesn't do anything but tiny umbrella will reboot the device (back into dfu mode) but it will scroll text while booting... Is there another fix?

[iYeow]

I don't think you have 4.3.3 blob , you should downgrade to 4.1 , let your 4.1 restore verified by apple server.

Put your iphone into pwned dfu and restore to cfw of 4.1.

[lizardseverywhere]

finally fixed it using a netbook running xp, and a older version of itunes, by using the ireb to put it into dfu mode then restoring to 4.1... thank yo

[iYeow]

Did you restore to custom firmware or stock fw of 4.1

[lizardseverywhere]

custom fw... i am not picky, just wanted the device on ios 4 with the old baseband, its done and claims it was unlocked by the repo666,ultrasnow thing in cydia... i'll find out when a sim is plugged into it.

i think a lot of my problems were stemming from the fact that i had the latest itunes beta on my laptop cause i bumped a couple other devices up to ios 5 for some folk

[iYeow]

Good, you preserved your baseband by restoring to custom firmware :
Newer itunes tends to give you more errors while downgrading, apple is trying hard not to let people downgrade their firmwares.