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cycocelica

macrumors 68000
Apr 28, 2005
1,801
4
Redmond, WA
Now that I have a brick for the time being, that used to be an iPhone, I guess I can get more work done.

Thank god I wasnt expecting a phone call today :rolleyes:
 

kmay37

macrumors member
Jul 8, 2008
44
0
I had that same error message at first, then i looked in my internet settings and found out that those things were ALREADY clicked and just reset my internet settings and it seemed to work....now I am timing out like everyone else....
 

benflick

macrumors 68020
Jul 11, 2008
2,148
0
Cincinnati, Ohio
please help!- connect to itunes

i just got my first iphone today. (2nd gen.) i tried to unlock it using ziphone but i bailed out and now my iphone displays the usb cable and itunes icon and says "slide for emergency" in all different languages. please help me. i dont know if i crashed the software on it or itunes is just messing up. i almost broke into tears i was so mad. please help me or give me some advice on how to restore it or something!
 

Cousin Dirk

macrumors 6502a
Jan 1, 2008
512
3
London, UK
I successfully updated to iPhone 2.0, but whenever I connect the phone to my computer iTunes can't contact the iTunes Store and so it won't re-sync, meaning none of the Apps sitting on my computer are syncing across to the phone. Any ideas?

EDIT: This is the error message I get after iTunes tries to connect:

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After that, although the iPhone stays in the Devices pane, there is no options, it only says 'iPhone'..
 

LeeTom

macrumors 68000
May 31, 2004
1,584
297
i just got my first iphone today. (2nd gen.) i tried to unlock it using ziphone but i bailed out and now my iphone displays the usb cable and itunes icon and says "slide for emergency" in all different languages. please help me. i dont know if i crashed the software on it or itunes is just messing up. i almost broke into tears i was so mad. please help me or give me some advice on how to restore it or something!

probably wanna start a new thread for this one...
 

joeyz123

macrumors newbie
Jul 11, 2008
5
0
i just got my first iphone today. (2nd gen.) i tried to unlock it using ziphone but i bailed out and now my iphone displays the usb cable and itunes icon and says "slide for emergency" in all different languages. please help me. i dont know if i crashed the software on it or itunes is just messing up. i almost broke into tears i was so mad. please help me or give me some advice on how to restore it or something!



I did somewhat of the same thing. After trying for over an hour to connect to iTunes Store I unplugged my phone to leave my house thinking I would try again later. Now each time I reconnect it scans itunes store and gives me a message that the NETWORK CONNECTION WAS RESET. Im not sure if this error is iTunes or on my end? Anyone know? I have rebooted several times and even went so far as to reload iTunes.
 

sunshineanne

macrumors newbie
Jul 11, 2008
1
0
All Day Long

I ran home this morning after work to upgrade my phone. Now I'm going to have to hear how I'm a moron for trying to upgrade today. My husband waited so now i have a brick for a phone since 9:30am and his works just fine! Now that is hell. LOL. At least everyone else is in there own private hell so I'm not alone. Good Luck everyone!
 

dswinograd

macrumors newbie
Jun 17, 2008
23
0
just got the new iphone and im getting that "accessing itunes store" then getting "connection was reset"...im soo pissed...i really expected more from apple on this one!!
 

dswinograd

macrumors newbie
Jun 17, 2008
23
0
I successfully updated to iPhone 2.0, but whenever I connect the phone to my computer iTunes can't contact the iTunes Store and so it won't re-sync, meaning none of the Apps sitting on my computer are syncing across to the phone. Any ideas?

EDIT: This is the error message I get after iTunes tries to connect:

picture7li4.png


After that, although the iPhone stays in the Devices pane, there is no options, it only says 'iPhone'..

im getting the same error on my new iphone so its gotta be the itunes servers
 

AJsAWiz

macrumors 68040
Jun 28, 2007
3,268
352
Ohio
Do you think we could get a credit for anything if we complained that we were losing money by not having access to a cell phone?

Just called AT&T and got a credit. My current opinion of Apple has slipped today :apple:
 

DarrenC

macrumors member
Jun 19, 2008
37
0
Greensboro, NC
yea i got a 3 dollar credit woop di doo

That's why I haven't even bothered. I hope either AT&T or Apple steps up and compensates us somehow but I'm not holding my breath. Under other conditions (not a worldwide epidemic) I would usually demand compensation but I don't see either of them actually doing anything other than letting time pass and us forget about it.
 

scottiep

macrumors newbie
Mar 20, 2008
12
0
I couldn't wait any longer

and had to get to work, so once I saw that my media was copied back over and thus the phone was usable, I went ahead and stopped it from trying to connect to the iTunes Store.

I tried again at lunch and after several timeouts, I finally got connected and now I am syncing again and watching my apps sync over.

Very frustrating, but I encourage everyone to keep trying--you'll eventually get thru.
 

vig1116

macrumors newbie
Feb 17, 2008
24
0
apple reps re terrible!!!!!

Thank god for time machine!!!!!! i am having the same problems as all you guys so i tried calling apple support at 9:30 eastern time and got through(great right?, nope) when i told her the error message i was getting(9838) she said oh ok you have to delete itunes and reinstall, delete the itunes music folder and the app and reinstall..... I asked,"wait wont that delete all my songs???" she said nope the songs are stored somewhere else bla bla bla..... i said ok and deleted the folders she told me to..... ALL SONGS WERE GONE!!!!!!!!! thank god i convinced the wife that we needed time capsule, whew. idiots at apple customer service
 

chappy87

macrumors regular
Jan 24, 2008
154
0
Southampton, UK
Has anyone from the UK managed to get through at all recently? i am frickin fuming right now, I cannot believe I am without a phone until this is sorted.
 

bubingaman

macrumors newbie
Jul 11, 2008
1
0
Ok, so you all thought this was going to be some smooth operation today? You just MUST have a new iphone (that is a little faster but has realistically not even a new product & has been out for a year) today!! Call out of work, stand in 95 degree heat for hours and hours, some of you in line for days knowing full well you may not even get one, gripe about service knowing it's going to be jammed, etc... What a joke that you can't wait for an electronic device for a few days. All of you deserve every bit of anguish you receive today. LMAO!! Hope you all a great day!!
 

aross99

macrumors 68000
Dec 17, 2006
1,541
1
East Lansing, MI
I didn't see this until it was to late, and got stuck when upgrading my 1st Gen iPhone also. Around 1:15pm EST, I started getting the error connecting to the iTunes store. I kept on trying, and all of a sudden it connected, and is loading my songs an pictures now. I got the "Your phone is activated" message, so I assume I am going to be OK.

My advice: Keep on trying...
 

brian.kirby

macrumors newbie
Jul 11, 2008
22
0
This is so lame what are we supposed to do while apple fixes this, I restarted my computer and still am stuck at this "accessing itunes store" step:mad:
 

cafeaulait4u

macrumors newbie
Jul 11, 2008
8
0
Almost working

I finally have my iphone back up and running except now the iPod portion of the phone is empty. I'm afraid to plug it back in for another sync since I've got stuck in emergency phone mode 5 hours ago!
 
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