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Error 3004
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Mine just went through. I was getting a little nervous cause it kept crapping out around when it was restoring firmware... but after several attempts I got it working!
So keep trying!
Thank you.
My mom called me FREAKING out because she couldn't get her phone back. After trying a couple of things I gave this a shot and it worked like a charm.
Yeah, this is not cool. I got 3004. Unplugged the phone from the computer and when I plugged it back in had to do the restore. For the more part I don't care. All my contacts and everything are in contacts and iCal. I deleted all the music from my phone in preparation of just using iCloud. I will have lost all my text messages which is a pisser, but my big thing is apps. I have never had to do a restore before so I have no clue what I am going to be looking at once this finishes. I'm kind of freaking out right now :-(
Just bricked my 4
nice, started an update, put my iphone in recovery mode, and THEN decided to contact the server... which consequently gave me 3004, (servers are down from load), and now my phone is bricked until i can get that update. probably wont happen for at least a few more hours. phone isn't completely vital to my survival, but i was hoping that it wouldn't die without warning like this. hopefully everything goes smoothly when the servers are back up.
nice, started an update, put my iphone in recovery mode, and THEN decided to contact the server... which consequently gave me 3004, (servers are down from load), and now my phone is bricked until i can get that update. probably wont happen for at least a few more hours. phone isn't completely vital to my survival, but i was hoping that it wouldn't die without warning like this. hopefully everything goes smoothly when the servers are back up.
I had never had this happen before! I have now been at this for 3 hours and am in the same loop. I am totally freaking out! I can't even call anybody because this is my only phone. I get the 3004 message, then it'll go for a while and look like it's restoring but then throw another error, I'm so flustered right now that I don't remember the message. I have to leave in less than an hour and I have no phone! I think I'm going to be sick. :-(
It just went through restore then verify then back to same error message. I don't know what to do! I AM FREAKING OUT HERE!
It just went through restore then verify then back to same error message. I don't know what to do! I AM FREAKING OUT HERE!
Keep on trying, folks!....I had the same problem but finally got through and downloaded iso5!...
I keep getting as far as "restoring iPhone firmware" and them error. This is ridiculous! Did not have this when upgrading to iOS 4 last year, why is this so much worse? I need to leave in 30 minutes and I need my phone! So mad right now I could spit nails!
Just so I have this right, are you saying quit out of itunes and type that into terminal?
Theoretically, you:
1. Quit iTunes
2. Type 'dnscacheutil -flushcache' into the Terminal
2a. Restart your computer (I do this just in case; maybe not required)
3. Open iTunes again
4. Restore
But, I am on my 3rd attempt and it craps out at the end like many others. Trying again. Fun times!
Mine FINALLY finished the restore. It then went to a screen that looking like I had a choice to either set up as a new phone or restore from backup. I was reading to try to figure out what I should do and it started restore from backup. Now my phone says "Restore in Progress" and iTunes says that it is restoring.
Now, what I am wondering, since it is restoring from backup are all my apps and settings going to still be there? At this point, I don't care so long as I have a working phone! Thanks for giving me a place to vent and something to read while freaking out on the inside. Thank goodness I backed it up before all this! LOL! While it seems like it's been hours and hours, I did the backup at 7:30 and it's only 8:18. Guess it wasn't as long as I thought!
Now, what I am wondering, since it is restoring from backup are all my apps and settings going to still be there? At this point, I don't care so long as I have a working phone! Thanks for giving me a place to vent and something to read while freaking out on the inside. Thank goodness I backed it up before all this! LOL! While it seems like it's been hours and hours, I did the backup at 7:30 and it's only 8:18. Guess it wasn't as long as I thought!
I'm glad it helped someone.
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Theoretically, you:
1. Quit iTunes
2. Type 'dnscacheutil -flushcache' into the Terminal
2a. Restart your computer (I do this just in case; maybe not required)
3. Open iTunes again
4. Restore
But, I am on my 3rd attempt and it craps out at the end like many others. Trying again. Fun times!
That worked for me, and I don't know if it helped, but I also changed my DNS address to 8.8.8.8 (Google's I believe) because I've had issues in the past with this (netflix unable to connect for actual streaming etc.)