Ios4 crashing my 3GS

My phone worked wonderfully until i upgraded to this ios4. Now the phone "crashes" (shows me the pic of the cord and itunes) CONSTANTLY!!!! I have restored it too many times to count, lost half of my phone contacts and have even gone so far as to restore it to one of my kids phones backups. I am so frustrated!!! There was NOTHING wrong with this phone and now it is a worthless piece of junk. I can't wait for Apple to call to tell me that I can purchace a new one!!

Hello, I have attempted to update my iphone with the new update to OS/4 i have the 3gS 16gb and it stopped working.... I returned my iphone and was given a new one again I did the update on the same day and guess what? yep it doesn't work either, and when attempting to restore it I get the following message "The iphone "iphone" could not be restored. This device isn't eligible for the requested build" now it dosen't switch on either I have now retuned it back to Apple who say they will look into it and replace it...... maybe i will be 3rd time lucky?
Good luck to anyone else who has had the same problem and it you were able to restore it please leave a message to say how because I feel like i have had my right arm cut off. I am using "windows 7" and wondered if maybe they are not compatable with each other.

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if it's useful, i've had a look at the crash logs and they all seem to be "Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)"
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Q) What's worst than your I.T support asking if you've 're-booted' when your PC crashes?
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My iPod already restored itself, though, when it showed me an error message after backing up. Maybe another restore would be a good idea.
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Alright, now I've figured it out -- the problems with our apps, it's all a matter of waiting for a patch. It *****, but they should be out any day now.
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2. There have been countless articles in the last few years explaining why some countries have iTunes music stores and others not. The main reason is something called copyright.
3. There is an Apple app store in the Philippines.
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Probably a daft question but I hope someone can answer it for me.
Following problems with rebooting in the middle of calls Apple are going to replace my 3gs which I had updated with ios4 with a replacement phone.
As part of the trouble shooting with Apple CS (who I may say were excellent) I did a factory restore and then synched it from an earlier backup which was also created when using ios4. Assuming that the replacement phone has the previous operating system on it, when I come to connect it to my itunes and restore it from the last backup will it automtically load that backup onto the phone and re-install io4 or will it give me the option to skip upgrading to ios4 and keep the earlier OS?
At present I would prefer to stay with the earlier OS until the bugs in ios4 are resolved, although I guess that a couple of apps that require ios4 to work will just not function.
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I updated my 3GS with the iOS 4 software as soon as it was available. I did all the things Apple adviced me to do prior to the update- such as transfer bought items and backup my iphone.
After updating the 3GS with iOS 4 everything seemed to be going well, except for 2 things.....I can't start the camera and I can't reach my pictures.......when I click on either- the iphone starts connecting to the picture library, but after 4-5 secs the program shuts down and I'm back in home-mode!
I've tried to restore from factory settings but the same thing remains (and restore with previous saved security backup)...can't access pictures or use the camera.
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Funny thing is that when I have the iphone connected to the pc and I look at iTunes....there is 1.65 GB of pictures on my iphone...although I just can't see it.....
Also in the previous iTunes there used to be a tab for "pictures" just like "movies" "Music" "tv-shows" etc etc......no the "picture" tab is missing.........?!?!
My wife also has a 3GS and I did the software update on hers.....and there everything works just fine!!
I have so far come to the conclusion that I could restore to factory settings and start fresh with the option "set up as new iphone", but then I would loose all contacts.....all programs and email settings........which is a pain in the butt.........
I'd appreciate if someone could help me because the help desk in Norway (Apple resellers) don't have a clew.....
Anyone?!?
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Someone gave me help in my own thread. They used a Mac program and deleted files, but Im on Windows 7.
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I have all my photos and videos back now YAY!
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