Help! iPhone 3gs reset went wrong and nothing helps
Is there anyone in the world that can help me?
The audio memo notes app was broken. Wanting to fix it, I did a soft reset. That didn't fix it. I finally did a full reset and it solved the problem. When I connected my iPhone to my computer it suggested that I reinstall from a backup. But as I did that, there was an error (probably because I wasn't connected to internet). My iphone is giving me the blue iTunes icon and usb cable image.
Now, whenever I try to connect my iPhone, iTunes tells me that there is an unfinished backup. It doesn't even give me the option of starting from factory defaults:
So in the screen capture, you see that it says I can restore the phone to factory settings by clicking on the botton.
It seems to work fine until it tries to validate it with Apple. At that point it gives me an unknown error 9:
Is there anyone in the world that can help me?
Thank you JayPe for trying to help! I'm hopeful again because of the ALT key tip. I looked all over the web yesterday, but you're the first one to mention that trick!
I've tried what you told me, but it doesn't work. I get a message saying the firmware isn't accepted by the phone. Any other ideas? An older firmware that would work for sure? I tried all the iOS 6's I could find to no avail.
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