Restoring iPhone 3GS

I recently lost all of my settings and other recent changes on my iphone 3GS after my iphone crashed during my latest update. iTunes locked me out for a while and finally when my phone was able to connect to iTunes again it forced me to do a restore to factory settings because it had no record of any of my previous syncings.
My phone works fine now, but it is just frustrating that all of the little changes are gone. I use time machine occasionally to backup my system. So I found a file on my time machine with a Mobilesync backup from about a month ago. I would much rather have lost a month instead of 2 years. But when I open the mobilesync file it is just a ton of random files that are composed of letters and numbers. I think these are what I need, but I don't know how to get them back on my phone. Any ideas?
Thanks for any help I can get

http://www.ihackintosh.com/2009/06/recovery-mode-and-dfu-mode/
here are the exact instructions . hope this helps.

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http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ITunes_Errors

HT201210 When I restore IPHONE 3GS, an unknown error occured (-1)?

When I restore IPHONE 3GS, an unknown error occured (-1).
Done anything. downloaded firmware. not worked. What to do? any one please tell?

Hi there,
You may find the article below helpful.
iOS: Unable to update or restore
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
-Griff W.

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I have been trying for hours to restore Iphone 3GS in XP. All i did was click "yes" to update iphone and now I am in a mess. Tried reinstalling, different ports, different cables, still unable to restore.

I'm not sure, or else more people would be posting about it. Best way to tell is try at a different time.
Also, you could try putting the phone in Forced Recovery mode as outlined in http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808.
Also, are you using iPhone cables or iPod cables? If you're using the appropriate cable and the same thing happens, then hopefully your phone is still within warranty and you can go to an Apple Store for the Genius Bar.

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The only advice we can give is to try and put it into DFU mode and restore. If that doesn't fix it, buy a new phone.
There is a reason that Jailbreaking isn't supported. You have just been kicked in the donkey by it.

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I am having problems with restoring a 3gs iphone. error 1015.

About Backups
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
Backing up, Updating and Restoring
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

HT1222 restoring iphone 3GS - error message 'unknown error -1' occurred.

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Hey Lawrence,
A big THANK YOU!! to you! Your suggestions worked!
Before I changed USB ports (more on that in a sec...), I employed one of your suggestions that you gave to someone else with the same problem...and that was to clean the connector on the bottom of the phone with a soft dry tooth brush. I couldn't believe the amount of lint that came out! Especially what was found in either end...had to do some very careful picking. (Almost enough lint to knit a small sweater!!)
Changing the USB port was the second and final step required for a successful backup. My computer is a laptop, and I did have a USB Bluetooth adapter (for another device) installed. I removed the adapter, plugged the iPhone into that USB port, crossed my fingers...and it worked!!!
Now if I can figure out the rest of this darn program, I might upgrade to a new iPhone!
Again, thank you very much Lawrence!
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I tried to update Iphone 3gs to ios 5 with Itunes. first try,It did sync,posted my name under devices(iphone). Tried to restore,keep recieving error message 14. I ran the diagnostic and it kept saying under Port, it does'nt not find Iphone. Tried EVERYTHING! From uninstalling, youtube, google, DFU and downloading some of the so called help links and files. It also keep saying my phone is in restored mode and on the phone it shows a usb plug pointing to itunes and a cd. Trying to fix problem from home and not be charge a fee just to talk to Apple representative. Please help !!!

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694#error3194
Apple does not support downgrading, so that is probably why you are getting error 3194. As you have to hack the phone to downgrade all bets are off now. As some of the help links and files direct you to jailbreak your phone if you followed any of those you now have bigger problems.

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I would also like to point out that it is an original O2 phone with O2 chi[p that has *never been jailbroken*. Any ideas as to whats wrong? Or what I can do? Thanks in advance for you help!

OK, so nothing else was working so I took my phone into the Genius bar and explained what had happened. The Genius said He was unsure what error 1013 was so he looked it up and explained "It's an error related to the baseband and that more than likely the phone was unable to communicate with Apple servers as Apple had the phone marked as non existent"
He continued to explain that there was a fix he could do but would be quicker and easier to replace my phone. He did so and I left happy.
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I tried google-ing error code -23 but there seems to be none on the web.
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Did you check your security software settings? http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3125
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However, last night a new one cropped up and I'm somewhat stuck. The battery, for some reason, completely, which I can only assume is due to my having left something running by mistake. When I went to charge it, it repeatedly switched on and off. As it was the middle of the night, I unplugged it so I could sleep, and tried again this morning. Same thing. It switches on, gets as far as showing the lock screen (complete with 'No Service' at the top left), says it has 5% charge and then goes black and does the whole thing over again. It does this consistently, making it so that I can't get the phone to charge or anything. I attempted to put it into restore mode, but since the battery's dead, I can't start the process without the phone plugged in because I get told to charge it.
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i am getting an error ...unable to restore iphone "iphone" unknown error ocurred (-1) and the iphone is stuck on itunes connection sign. any idea how i can restore factory setting it is ne iphone 3gs with ios 5

This is indicates a hardwre issue:
Check for hardware issues
Related errors: 1, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 1000, 1002, 1004, 1011, 1012, 1014, 1667, or 1669.
Try to restore your iOS device two more times while connected with a cable, computer, and network you know are good. Also, confirm your security software and settings are allowing communication between your device and update servers. If you still see the error message when you update or restore, contact Apple support.
Error 1015 might happen after making unauthorized modifications to iOS, also called "jailbreaking."
Use recovery mode to restore your device
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Hello there,
My iPhone 3Gs stopped working, it got stuck on the apple boot screen logo.
So i tried to reset it and it asks to be connected with itunes, this is all it shows now.
This is what I did next, i tried to restore my phone trough iTunes. It will do the whole process but at the end it fails and give me error -1.
I tried with 3 different computers and with all I get the same error.
It was not jailbroken or whatsoever, so i'm not sure why it started doing this.
Has my iPhone passed away? Or is there something else I could try?
Thanks!

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