ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

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Rodrick Peterson

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Yeah...just tried to update a few hours ago via itunes. I ended up getting a message saying the update failed, so I tried to restore the phone. The restore failed & then the phone would no longer appear in itunes when plugged in the USB port. I unplugged it & tried turning it on several times to no avail. Looks like I'll be headed out to my local AT&T store for a new phone.

I sure hope no one else has experienced this kind of trouble.
 
ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

You can't brick an iPhone. So your phone is just fine. It simply doesn't have a proper boot loader and firmware loaded.

All you need to do is put the phone in DFU mode and restore it. Please you Google to find out how to do this.
 
ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

No, they will give you a refurbished one unless they are out of them. And in the particular case, they would simply do a DFU restore since there is nothing physically wrong with the phone.
 
ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

And why would you do that? A link to the proper way to fix this issue has been posted in this thread (and multiple times, I may add).

Why would you go through all that trouble when it only takes 30 seconRAB to get into DFU mode and fix it without leaving the house?
 
ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

Well im only sayin because they give me a new one. Not a refurbished one.
 
ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

Well you are not the only one. I am facing the same issue. All I get is "1611 iPhone cannot be restored". I am going to try the DFU trick later in the evening. Will let you guys know what happens. I just hope it works :(
 
ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

I started the update at 2 pm and took 2 tries to get it downloaded. Then my phone wouldn't restore, then it got stuck in recovery. I was able to update my wife's phone in less then 45 min. Around 6pm I was able to start the restore and an hour later it was done. I had to update my pc ( buying a MacBook after Christmas) turn off my security and try several times to recover.
 
ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

We offer solutions that work trust us ok. We are proud of the fact that our team plus hundreRAB of experisnce uses can resolve most issues without a problem. Taking a dead iphone to Apple is not the answer when it is software related. This is no different with a laptop or tower with soft ware issues my point is simple ask us first........

Also wait a day or so before upgrading it may resolve your issues.
 
ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

Ok, I tried the DFU method. Here is what happens:

As soon as I get into the DFU mode (I don't see the plug + iTunes logo), iTunes says something like "iPhone is in recovery mode, Need tor restore it". When I click restore and update, it starts the restore. It says "verifying restore with Apple" for some time. It then says "preparing iPhone for restore" and my phone shows a progress bar. This continues for abt 2-3 minutes (with no progress). Then the phone sort of restarts, and iTunes shows the dreaded 1611 error and the phone is back in recovery mode (plug + iTunes logo).

Can anyone shed some light as to what's going on?
 
ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

I have heard of this happening a couple times to a couple of my frienRAB. They took their phone to apple and they got a new one.
 
ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

You all ain't gonna believe this. I just got my phone back to normal (without losing any data) using this simple link. It's a lifesaver :D

Here is the link:



I still need to find a way of upgrading my jailbroken phone to iOS 5 :-)
 
ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

Update: Apparently something did kill my old phone, they checked it out & verified that it was no longer operational. I received a new phone since mine was under warranty. They installed ios5 on it for me & now I just have to restore all my music & such through iTunes.


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ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

You can brick your iPhone.

I have done it twice on my iPhone 4 trying to update to ios 5.0. I took the update to 5.0 on Itunes 10.0. When it finished Itunes states "The sim card inserted in this phone does not appear to be supported." The phone is totally useless, Itunes will not recognize it. A DFU does not work no matter how many times I have tried. Apple Tech support suggested to have AT&T check out the sim card. AT&T replaced it and their ITunes would not recognize it. Went in to an Apple store yesterday with an appointment and they tried to restore it with their special magic. They were unsuccessful in restoring it and gave me a line of ^%%@#% saying that the phone was defective and it was not until 5.0 was loaded that it was discovered. They said my phone was slightly out of warranty and they would replace it with another anyways. They told me to take the new one home and take the update again. There should be no problem in taking the update. I plugged the new phone in, it restored and then I took the update. Had a hard time hitting the enter button to launch the update. Guess what? The new iphone is broke also because the update failed and bricked the phone just like last time.

Does anyone have a clue as to getting this phone to restore so I can get back to my old IOS?
 
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