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  • 03-05-2012, 06:28 AM
    Mauloof Ahmed

    ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

    This is true. You need to update to 10.5.
  • 03-04-2012, 02:12 PM
    Benjamin B

    ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

    Your not using the latest version of iTunes for a start!!!
  • 03-04-2012, 11:49 AM
    Phillip K

    ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

    You can brick your iPhone.

    I have done it twice on my iPhone 4 trying to update to ios 5.0. I took the update to 5.0 on Itunes 10.0. When it finished Itunes states "The sim card inserted in this phone does not appear to be supported." The phone is totally useless, Itunes will not recognize it. A DFU does not work no matter how many times I have tried. Apple Tech support suggested to have AT&T check out the sim card. AT&T replaced it and their ITunes would not recognize it. Went in to an Apple store yesterday with an appointment and they tried to restore it with their special magic. They were unsuccessful in restoring it and gave me a line of ^%%@#% saying that the phone was defective and it was not until 5.0 was loaded that it was discovered. They said my phone was slightly out of warranty and they would replace it with another anyways. They told me to take the new one home and take the update again. There should be no problem in taking the update. I plugged the new phone in, it restored and then I took the update. Had a hard time hitting the enter button to launch the update. Guess what? The new iphone is broke also because the update failed and bricked the phone just like last time.

    Does anyone have a clue as to getting this phone to restore so I can get back to my old IOS?
  • 03-04-2012, 09:24 AM
    hijackthat5

    ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

    I am actually shocked that your phone had a hardware failure during the time frame of an update.
  • 03-03-2012, 11:46 AM
    Ion

    ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

    Update: Apparently something did kill my old phone, they checked it out & verified that it was no longer operational. I received a new phone since mine was under warranty. They installed ios5 on it for me & now I just have to restore all my music & such through iTunes.


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  • 03-02-2012, 03:29 PM
    Unlimit3d

    ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

    You all ain't gonna believe this. I just got my phone back to normal (without losing any data) using this simple link. It's a lifesaver

    Here is the link:



    I still need to find a way of upgrading my jailbroken phone to iOS 5 :-)
  • 03-01-2012, 08:26 PM
    Sarah

    ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

    I have heard of this happening a couple times to a couple of my frienRAB. They took their phone to apple and they got a new one.
  • 03-01-2012, 05:05 AM
    mrlucky

    ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

    Ok, I tried the DFU method. Here is what happens:

    As soon as I get into the DFU mode (I don't see the plug + iTunes logo), iTunes says something like "iPhone is in recovery mode, Need tor restore it". When I click restore and update, it starts the restore. It says "verifying restore with Apple" for some time. It then says "preparing iPhone for restore" and my phone shows a progress bar. This continues for abt 2-3 minutes (with no progress). Then the phone sort of restarts, and iTunes shows the dreaded 1611 error and the phone is back in recovery mode (plug + iTunes logo).

    Can anyone shed some light as to what's going on?
  • 02-29-2012, 06:47 PM
    mr.YOU CAN KISS MY A$$

    ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

    We offer solutions that work trust us ok. We are proud of the fact that our team plus hundreRAB of experisnce uses can resolve most issues without a problem. Taking a dead iphone to Apple is not the answer when it is software related. This is no different with a laptop or tower with soft ware issues my point is simple ask us first........

    Also wait a day or so before upgrading it may resolve your issues.
  • 02-29-2012, 03:33 PM
    ARTmom

    ios5 update failed & now my phone is bricked!

    Did it work after PC update and turning off security settings?
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