Iphone suddenly says it needs to be restored, so i attempted to restore but now it says it wont activate?
Hi guys,
this morning my Iphone 4 came up with a message on the screen saying it needed to be restored, i thought it was strange so i rebooted my phone.
Then it just went to the 'connect to itunes' screen like it was a new phone.
I attempted to restore and failed a couple times, finally it seems to have worked but wont activate?
any ideas would be great!
Justin
VOR LOCK wrote:
I paid somebody to get it factory unlocked ,It was working fine for quiet some time but suddenly since last week message appeared phone needs to be restored ,i put it on itune and it restored but after few hours it went back on the same state,I did it few times on each attempt,It got restored but exactly after 40 to 50 minutes again pop up with the message NEEDS RESTORATION, please need some help.
Then the device has been hacked.
Restore as new, this will remove the hack that unlocked the device.
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