Anyone got any advice or wanna try to fix this phone. I stuck at Apple boot logo. It seem it cannot boot. Able to enter recovery mode and DFU mode but unable to restore.

After starting a restore, the phone will reboot and Itunes will never to detect it again. After some time it just give error msg 1604. Try on multiple computer even mac. Kick out of DFU/Recovery mode using ziphone + iLiberty both fail. Any suggestion please post here.

Anyone wanna try fixed also can PM me with location + fee.

This post has been edited by aneip: Apr 1 2008, 03:35 PM

try this:
remove the sim card in the iphone, restart the iphone and pc

Done that.. Still the same.. Also try on xp, vista + mac.. After Itunes extract the firmware, the progress bar end then Iphone will reboot show white apple logo. Usually Itunes will start writing the firmware, and Iphone show spinning wheel. But on this phone, Itunes progress by just scroll around like waiting for Iphone. In Iphone, no spinning wheel come out.

Have u tried restoring with older itunes version i.e below v7.5? Do u have a battery charging problem?

Just tried 7.4.3 same thing.. Last night drain out the battery.. Today charge with no problem.. Any idea guys?

You restore to what firmware? 1.1.4....
Try restore to 1.1.1 or 1.1.2...

Freshly install 7.4.3 or just downgrade coz if downgrade then u need clean all the leftover from the previous install. I think u know what to do since u offer unlock/recovery/upgrade service for RM100.

Tried DFU mode?

sorry... i LOL hard at this thread...

no offence...

but the TS seems offering unlock/recovery feature but himself cannot recover the phone.... hahah

Yup.. I do offer the service but sometime thing happen which it shouldn't happen. Car mechanic sometimes send the car to other. Dr sometime send their kids to other clinics.. Soft engineer to send their computer for servicing to other places..

No offence taken. You pass to somebody else when you can't do it right..

Tried DFU, clean reinstalling of Itunes.

I not only seeking for help here but paid service also welcomed.

there is alot of google result for this issue
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307007
http://www.yourcustomiphone.com/vbulletin/...thread.php?t=25

Maybe the last option is to Refurbish the phone using ZiPhone.

No offense TS, but i actually never understand why do people charge for unlocking services...worse still, at a hefty price. Local handphone shops offer such a service at RM200+. In the first place, all these unlocking tools were released FREE for the benefit of the community. The original authors did not even charge us a single cent for all the time and effort they spent...who are we to start charging people money by using their work? To make the price look even more ridiculous, these tools are completely automated, require no programming skills, and absolutely idiot-proof. I can understand if you're selling hardware unlock tools like the modified SIM card (or whatever you call it) but this...?! It wouldn't hurt really to just let people know sometimes how to do it. Just my 2 cents. No hard feelings.

This post has been edited by zc_squash: Apr 2 2008, 10:55 AM

The problem with the phone is dat it's not booting correctly. Thats why u can't get it to restore. When i ask about the battery whether its ok or not becoz when we restore or upgrade, the phone relies solely on the battery even we have it connected to USB. So it must have enough juice to go thru the restore procedure. Its either it can't boot properly or it just booted up halfway. Thats why u got error 1604.

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About people charging money for unlocking or the one asking for the service actually it depends on ones preferences. Some time people just don't want to know all the term and software and what not. They just want it to be done with and use it straight away and don't bother if theres upgrade to it or not. Usually these people have $$$ to start with and they got the stuff not becoz of its a wonderful gadget but just following trend. I believe the term is "Kiasu" right? ... not refering to u aaa kiasunkiasi. Hehehehehe. Just like when 3G phone came out ... these people rush out to buy but don't know what is 3G and how to use it. Actually i would charge people money if they just want me to do everything for them coz it takes my time to do those things. I would gladly teach for free ... like i did with some other forumer that i've met coz sharing is caring right.

This post has been edited by frozzbyte: Apr 2 2008, 01:49 AM

well to some they just don't wanna screw things up and let others who have experience to do it.
I myself have quite a handful of customers that are like that.

oh ya i do donate to those guys, its not a big amount but still is doing something for the community

Or maybe this: http://www.teirney.net/blog/2008/01/25/sol...hone-in-itunes/

Will check all the post above.. Well I do have the reason why I put RM100 services. Actually it just to discourage people with simple problem. I deal with 100+ customer, even the simple thing the make a bit noise and ask to meet. I do this part time, no shop whatsoever. It hard to meet ur customer again just to show a few minutes of trick.

FYI I never charge my customer RM100, it just a figure. Just think like this, this is a vallet service for Iphone. You can choose to park ur car urself or ask the vallet (correct words a??) to do it, 1 free and another with fee.

Agreed completely with hanx/frozzbyte, it not about free tools it about time and effort.. I help a lot in here and ask for nothing. I don't use the Iphone but I know a lot. Mostly from reading and that is my effort and my time.

BTW, for this case I just help 1 of my customer. I shouldn't be responsible since it 100% working when I pass to him and he already use for a long time. Also hoping this info can help others.

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Added on April 2, 2008, 11:42 amBTW, I see a few cases like this in hackintosh.. I believe the problem is not with Itunes.. It the phone it self.

I found out, for normal process

1. DFU mode -> DFU driver
2. After Iphone reboot (DFU complete) -> Iboot driver
3. Wheel start spinning -> Apple Mobile Driver

but for this phone it stuck at step 2.. After reboot it can't enter Apple mobile driver and after a while Itunes will timeout show error 1604.


This post has been edited by aneip: Apr 2 2008, 11:42 AM

I have repair one before and it took me 5 hours to get it works.

Thats what i said ... its not booting correctly. Try ask ur customer ... what did he do before this?

Another update.. Now it involve some invalid data calibration.. I was able to boot the phone by using ibooter command line. But need to turn the radio off. At least the hardware is ok.. All radio function, phone, bt, wifi is off. Still searching..

This post has been edited by aneip: Apr 2 2008, 11:58 PM

i remember reading this in hackint0sh but forget where. Maybe in the hardware section. Better ask ur customer what did he/she did before this to determine the root of the problem. Its the same problem with the "invalid data calibration" thing.

Anybody doing comm board replacement. Looking for something like RM500 including replacement board n installation n testing.

Still no hope for this phone to come alive.

Side story..

Yesterday got a person PM for coz of their problem. I reply and guide him to right direction and then he ask a few more questions. Plus offering some money to be transferred to my account if I can help. I referred him to iclarified tutorial with some tips/trick. Then I heard nothing, not even thank you. Guess the phone come alive back. Not even my customer.

Yesterday also, got 5 missed can in 15 minutes. Customer call with a problem. Teach him to restore and unlock. Then silent, not even thanks sms..

This is reality worlds we live in.

ok the person that aneip refer to is me. I had successfully restore my phone at 4am yesterday, after downloaded the firmware and unlocking it using iliberty. Was out the whole day yesterday and going to bed early last night. Just send pm to aneip and told him I am sorry if he thinks that I do not appreciate his help.

And infact, my offer to pay him for his help is still open.

I had the similar problem on my iPhone, after change password using passwd, the Springboard gaves an infinite loop, and when I wanna try to reboot it. The phone is stucked on the appl boot screen.

What I did is boot the iPhone in restore mode, connect it to itunes and let it do the restore. Then using Ziphone to unlock and jailbreak it.

To enter restore mode on iPhone,

1. Hold the sleep/standby button on top + Home button to force it to shutdown
2. Keep holding the Home button and release the sleep/standby after it shutdown
3. Press again the sleep/standby button to boot it and immediate release it when u saw the apple boot logo
4. At the point, u r require to still holding the home button, wait for around 10-15 secs, the iPhone will prompt u to connect it to itunes
5. u can now connect it to USB n open iTunes to do the restore and master reset

Hope this helps.

Hmm i seem to be having the same problem too, and i used passwd too hmm..
testing the restore now :/ i hope it works

That's restoring under DFU mode, try that in the 1st day get this phone. This mode should be allow you to restore even if you phone under corrupt file system. But this problem more severe I would said. Even under DFU mode, it unable to restore.

@aneip
How sure are u its the commboard itself need to be replace? If the phone having problem charging and restoring then it would be the logic board. I've encounter a case where the logicboard is busted and can't restore thru itunes with error 1604.

Since u can boot using ibooter then its not the commboard problem. If not mistaken ... the invalid data calibration can be solve with ibooter or the dev team wifi-fix. I'm not too sure bout this. Need to google more on this.

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Added on April 14, 2008, 1:17 am@andynyau and @scripted
That thing happen to u bcoz u tried to change the SSH password in 1.1.3/4 using the inferior BSD subsystem despite its being warned. Maybe u didn't read thru the warning when installing BSD. There's ways u can do to patch this up so u can change the password. I would recommend using cydia as this will install telesphoreo, a more advance and stable version of the BSD subsystem. With this u can change the password without locking up ur phone.

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Added on April 14, 2008, 1:52 am@aneip
Yup ... read thru ipluspwns and they recommend using the wifi fix from dev team. U got nothing to loose right. If this fails then u need to replace the commboard after all. Good luck mate.

This post has been edited by frozzbyte: Apr 14 2008, 01:52 AM

Wasted so many hour on this.. Will try again when got concrete solutions. The problem is, the Iphone will not boot. It stuck at white logo if I don't turn off the radio function using Ibooter.

All those people that able to fix using swifi never got problem to boot as far as I read.

Also try ieraser, sping, iunew all will stuck at some point. Must be because of radio off.

Right now will wait till winpwn out, hopefully it will patch some bootloader or bootrom to allow baseband reflash.

As far as my understanding, new comm board will means new S-gold thing which I believe will solve this problem.. Anyway, it up to my customer to choose what ever he want to do.

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Added on April 14, 2008, 11:08 amoh, forgot. Swifi need BL to be FB which I unable to do coz bootneuter stuck at determine current setting.

This post has been edited by aneip: Apr 14 2008, 11:08 AM

New commboard will still use the S-GOLD2 chip. Same as other iphone. If bootneuter stuck at determine current setting then it might be a busted commboard after all.

Winpwn won't solve ur problem. Pwnage works with the s5l8900 chip while bootneuter handles the S-GOLD2 chip.

Hi,

I think I've a similar problem. Going back from 2.0.1 to 1.1.4 a few days ago. All the things worked fine since this morning. After receiving a short message, the iPhone hungs (applications opened and closed immidiately). After a reset the Phone bootes into recovery mode.

DFU Mode is ok, iTunes starts the restore, but after quiting DFU mode the white Apple appears and no spinning wheel comes out. After a few seconds the error code 1604/1603 appears.

I've testes several iTunes Versions and OS X / Vista / XP Systems. Like the thread startet - no chance to get the phone working :-(

When I start ibooterwin.exe the following appears:







I think the phone is missing some files in memory? Is there a way to get it working again? Is there a way to get a clean / fresh Image onto the iPhone?