3.1 breaks my iPhone

[NewGenAdam]

Plugged it in, pressed the button and BAM, broken. Keeps erroring when I try to restore, can't get anywhere. Having to DFU it to get anywhere. An official update breaking a completely unhacked phone!

What's no fun is, and yes I'm sure the point of my stupidity here will be made, the photos I took over a fortnight in Japan are now probably gone because I hadn't saved them. Lucky iPhone was second to my real camera...

 

[ctt1wbw]

I was in the same situation. I can't even get mine to go into DFU mode. I've tried to restore on a Macbook and a Dell laptop, still can't get it to work. I've used two separate usb connectors and still can't get it to work. I created a new user account on my Macbook and still can't get it to work.

So I called Apple support and they said the errors I was getting meant I had a hardware failure. I now an appointment at the Apple Store in Fairfax to get it replaced.

I suggest you call Apple support about your issues. Most likely a hardware failure, too.

 

[NewGenAdam]

I was in the same situation. I can't even get mine to go into DFU mode. I've tried to restore on a Macbook and a Dell laptop, still can't get it to work. I've used two separate usb connectors and still can't get it to work. I created a new user account on my Macbook and still can't get it to work.

So I called Apple support and they said the errors I was getting meant I had a hardware failure. I now an appointment at the Apple Store in Fairfax to get it replaced.

I suggest you call Apple support about your issues. Most likely a hardware failure, too.

Ah bad luck, I've been lucky over the last few hours. DFUd, restored from a backup I made and got all my data back. Hope you're in warranty!

 

[ctt1wbw]

Yes, thankfully I am. I have an appointment on Friday afternoon at the Apple Store in Fair Oaks, Fairfax Virginia. Hopefully they can't fix it AND are out of white 16 gig 3G iPhones.

 

[NewGenAdam]

Yes, thankfully I am. I have an appointment on Friday afternoon at the Apple Store in Fair Oaks, Fairfax Virginia. Hopefully they can't fix it AND are out of white 16 gig 3G iPhones.

Haha good, and fingers crossed =D

 

[ctt1wbw]

Tell me about it. Hopefully things work out my way and they are "forced" to give me a replacement iPhone that happens to be a 3GS.

 

[samcraig]

Tell me about it. Hopefully things work out my way and they are "forced" to give me a replacement iPhone that happens to be a 3GS.

Yeah.. not going to happen. There are plenty of 3G phones to replace your 3G. They aren't going to give you a free ugrade.

 

[NewGenAdam]

Yeah.. not going to happen. There are plenty of 3G phones to replace your 3G. They aren't going to give you a free ugrade.

Stranger things have happened. Although it is unlikely. Hence fingers crossed ^^

 

[ctt1wbw]

Yeah.. not going to happen. There are plenty of 3G phones to replace your 3G. They aren't going to give you a free ugrade.

Hey, I can dream can't I???