My iPhone won't restore. Please help meee :(
I'm restoring my iPhone 'cause the connect to itunes mode just wont go away and it wont turn on but I cant do it even though I have the latest version of itunes(11.0.2) installed in my pc. So here's what really happened, one of my friends accidentally restored my iphone back to 4.1(I had 4.2.1 before). So when I was finally trying to sync it from my last backup, itunes said that I needed to update my software in order to sync my backup, but I failed to do it 'cause my internet's temporarily gone. Then after that itunes said that i need to restore my iphone(again). But it won't restore, it always stops in the middle of the process. And that connect to iTunes mode never goes away now. Please help me I really really need to use my phone asap. Sorry if it was long too.
bona dea wrote:
one of my friends accidentally restored my iphone back to 4.1(I had 4.2.1 before).
As Lawrence pointed out, that is impossible to do accidentally.
Downgrading constitutes an unauthorized modification to your phone. A "hack".
Tell your friend to replace the phone. You can not get help here.
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