Resolved 21 or 1600 Restore

[jrwd10]

I have a 16gb iPhone 4 with 5.01 tethered jailbroken... I have tried to restore in recovery mode- and i get error 21, and I have tried to restore in DFU mode, and I get error 1600. I want to do a clean restore as my phone is useless right now. Please help!
~JD

 

[skoldpadda]

Try This:

- Launch iTunes.
- Put Phone Into DFU Mode.
- Wait For iTunes to recognise the phone in recovery mode.
- Download & Launch iReb r4.
- Select your device and wait for a few seconds until you get white or a red - screen on your iOS device.
- Go Back into iTunes and restore.

 

[drenline]

I can't recommend you doing this but this is what I did to successfully restore, I removed the line "gs.apple.com" in my host file that was redirecting to cydia and rebooted my computer and it worked like a charm.

 

[jrwd10]

Mac

I have a mac... do you have any other solutions??

 

[skoldpadda]

I have a mac... do you have any other solutions??

You Could Try This:

- Open Redsn0w,
- Press Extras,
- Press Pwned DFU,
- Then follow the instructions,
- Open Up iTunes,
- Then try Restoring.

Good Luck!

 

[poose22]

I can't recommend you doing this but this is what I did to successfully restore, I removed the line "gs.apple.com" in my host file that was redirecting to cydia and rebooted my computer and it worked like a charm.

this! you may have 127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com and 74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com at the bottom of your hosts file, which you would need to put a # before both for you to be able to restore. i had this problem today and fixed it by this

to edit your hosts file: http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=7556
if you're running Lion, you can download a program called "Gas Mask" that will let you edit it. I had to use this program on Lion as the instructions in the above link didn't let me save it properly

 

[jrwd10]

I can't recommend you doing this but this is what I did to successfully restore, I removed the line "gs.apple.com" in my host file that was redirecting to cydia and rebooted my computer and it worked like a charm.

That worked! Thank you so much - MacRumors is the best!
~JD

 

[drenline]

this! you may have 127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com and 74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com at the bottom of your hosts file, which you would need to put a # before both for you to be able to restore. i had this problem today and fixed it by this

to edit your hosts file: http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=7556
if you're running Lion, you can download a program called "Gas Mask" that will let you edit it. I had to use this program on Lion as the instructions in the above link didn't let me save it properly

Yup, my windows 7 laptop was not letting me "Run as Administrator" for some odd reason, so I hopped on my other PC which was using windows XP and it allowed me to edit the file. I was getting frustrated why it wouldn't let me Run as Admin, oh well.

That worked! Thank you so much - MacRumors is the best!
~JD

You're welcome lol