[theSpaniard]

Thanks Chinese Bob, your advice on restarting Itunes to avoid the 1601 error worked for me after innumerable other dead ends. Hallelujah!!

[veritas12983]

to get into DFU correctly

1. make sure ur phone is connected to the computer and is turned off.

2. hold the power button down for 2 SECONDS.

3. without letting go of the power button, hold the home button for 10 SECONDS

4. after the 10 seconds, let go of the power button and count from 30 backwards until ur computer recognizes ur phone in DFU mode.

if this not work, u are doing something wrong. if it does not work the 1st time u may have to try 2 or 3 more times. it has worked for me 3 times on 3 different phones. hope i helped anyone.

[tikigod19]

Originally Posted by ChineseBob

Good to see some more successes!

Apps can be restored from backup or transferred from itunes.

Bob, it seems everyone is having success so Im goign to try this again tonight. Since I last posted I have installed a great collection of apps and organised my springboard just how I like it. I assume I will nto be able to restore my 1.1.4 apps when I update to 2.0.1 but in case I ever revert back to 1.1.4 can you tell me how to back up the apps? When I sync Itunes automatically creates a back up and when I restore from that the apps are not there. They're all 3rd party apps so im not sure i'll be able to use itunes will I?

thanks for your continued help

[moviscop]

you rock man, this fix worked like a charm.

[ChineseBob]

Originally Posted by moviscop

you rock man, this fix worked like a charm.

Excellent news. Thx

[shadowhacker27]

Just to add, I was going to try your method but then i just used the 7.7.0 itunes...i was trying to install 2.0.1 with 7.7.1 when it gave me the error 6...i just uninstalled 7.7.1, restarted, installed 7.7.0, retried the custom firmware and VIOLA!!! Done.

[didaduh]

I had a White Screen And it said Error 1601 while restore.
I had the iphone connected to a HUB, I connected it directly to my MAC and the problem was fixed.

Hope this helps you.

[sethulhu]

Originally Posted by mvangogh

i unselected installer and i stopped getting error 6. upgrade worked fine after that.

yeah thats what i did, but now i can do the whole hting again and remove cydia as i got used to installer

[yoitsme_1]

i sitll cant seem to fix the 6 error... i selected youtube + installer + cydia...i am trying to unlock my AT&T iphone that has been already activated.( (i selected activation,and the other 4) i increased the root partition to around 1000mb and it still happens.. when i load the firmware, it goes through but eventually crashes with a error 6. please help!

[bountyman334]

me tooo i dont kno whats wron but im finna downgrade itunes and try that


tried and didnt ge nowhere so am goin back to 1.1.4 its just to much of an hassle to get this to work