I keep reading how people can't enter DFU mode on the new itunes or whatever when jailbreaking. However is it really necessary? Whenever I restore I just press alt restore and select my custom firmware and it works. I managed to get 2.2.1 doing this. Am I missing something fundamental?? Thanks in advance!
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I've always wondered why you need DFU and a normal restore is not recommended. I cant get either to work "error 6001"
OS X does not allow you to enter DFU mode from their USB ports.
you can edit the .kexts, create an ADC account - OR you can purchase a powered USB hub and do it from there.
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=os+x+10.5.6+DFU&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
a simple serach will yield many results
you can edit the .kexts, create an ADC account - OR you can purchase a powered USB hub and do it from there.
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=os+x+10.5.6+DFU&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
a simple serach will yield many results
It's a bug in the latest USB driver and only affects some computers. The way you've phrased the statement implies that Apple is not allowing DFU, which is incorrect; it's just a bug.
Well you didn't make that very clear. Infact, you made it sound like it was a problem with iTunes.
You can either change some files, or use a powered USB hub.
Sorry, I wasn't asking how can I can enter DFU mode, more why is it nescessary and why is it such a problem to people as everytime I restore with a custom firmware I just click alt and restore and chose my custom firmware and bish bash bosh done.
You're not performing a complete restore. A DFU restore flashes more things than just the system partition.