Restoration Of iPhone - A Crash Course In Suicidal Tendencies

Well what have I been up too? Doesn't matter, here I am to tell you about my story.

So I made the amazing mistake of installing iOS 11 Beta on my only device, I'll admit that was my wrong doing. It was going fine.....until one day it just wouldn't unlock. I didn't care, I thought I could just use Apple's amazing proprietary software known as ITunes to work.....I never learn from my mistakes. Well I go to iTunes and use my 10.3.3 ipsw file to restore. Alright, I've done this before with no problema. "Extracting Software" takes fucking hours to complete, but that's alright. I just want my phone to work. So it extracts the software and........... it gets stuck in DFU mode.

No problem, I can just do that fucky button combination. Oh ok, it's still the same. I wonder what the problem is....

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ITUNES JUST DOESN'T DETECT IT ANYMOREEEEEEEE

That's fine. I'll just unplug it, at least it tells me it needs to be restored r-right? So I restore it again, OOOOOOO BUT THIS TIME IT'S STUCK ON A BLACK SCREEN I LOVE YOU STEVE JOBS

That's fine, I just had to put it in the restore process 2 other times.......

So it gets past "Waiting for iPhone" and it actually does something. Awesome. It gets half way done and...............................................

OH I FORGOT IT HAS TO CONTAQCT APPLE'S FUCKING NETWORK SERVICE TO SEE IF IT'S STILL BEING SIGNED YEAHHHHH

Me having Ugandan internet going out every 5 minutes doesn't help

and my computer says it has no internet connection dear god no

ERROR 53 UR GONNA HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN

I sit here looking at "Extracting Software" again. This has taken me sense 6am and it's 10am riight now. I have to go to work at 3:30 and I don't fucking need this. Itunes fucking STOP

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Alright, it's doing it for the 7th time. Let's see how it goes. It is going pretty good so far. God have mercy please

Alright, it worked. It went through. Now the final challenge.

I made a backup on another computer, this is my only backup. If iTunes doesn't let me restore from this, i'm kinda fucked and iTunes is a piece of shit. Come on, please.

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LETTTTTTTTS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Phone says Restore in Progress............

come on

Okay it's been 5 minutes and it's still estimating time...........

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I literally do not have 4 hours, so I decided to fuck it and start from scratch.

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What have we learned today kids?

Get android
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the_randomizer
Why does it matter? I don't like Apple's business practices, use of proprietary software/hardware, the sanctimonious loyal Apple fans, the list goes on.
 
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XLuma
You just downgraded the wrong way... depending on your beta version, you have to get trought every version before

For example, you're on ios11 beta 4

You have to downgrade to beta 3, then beta 2, and 1

When you are to b1, NOW you can downgrade to 10.3.3
 
x65943
I was just making a joke. You said "Apple is the reason I use Android". But if Apple didn't exist or went out of business right now - then there would literally only be Android.

I was poking fun at the fact that your statement is nonsensical.
 
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V
@Lglaplante I shouldn't have to downgrade like that, but yes I have heard of that method. I don't want to daisy chain Beta versions and I don't have the internet and storage for that.
 
tech3475
Before anyone says 'just get Android', just a reminder that it can be just as ****y, if not worse when dealing with firmware issues.

A few years ago it was better (miss the days of my then new Siii, even if it needed ODIN), but these days, hope you don't brick your bootloader, trigger an efuse, etc.

Of course this all depends on the device.
 
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VinsCool
I get you Vinlark.

I formerly owned a iPod Touch years ago, and iTunes was a piece of shit already. In fact, I was stuck with a very similar problem. I eventually got it back to its working condition, and gave it away. Never buying Apple products anymore. It's even more funny to see that I eventually bought an Android phone somewhere in 2012, and not only I could do more than what non Jailbroken iPhones could do, I didn't have to bother with iTunes. Drag and Drop my music in the micro SD card and I was good to go!
 
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Ricken
And this is forever why I tell my friends to buy an Android, even telling them I'm willing to rig it up with Lineage or something
 
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WeedZ
I smashed it and the battery caught my house on fire.

That's ok, I'll just pour a jug of water on it.

That was left over gas for my motorcycle, the fire department is here.

That's alright, I'll just stay at a motel.

Great they have bedbugs.

It's fine though, I'll just take all my cloths to the laundromat.

I got arrested for public nudity.

Well that's fine, I'll just escape with these serial killers.

Great, now I'm a fugitive.

No big deal, I'll just run to north korea.

They think I'm a spy and fire nukes at the US, world war 3 has started.

That's ok, I'll just call putin and tell em it was a big mistake and not to get involved.

I don't speak russian, they think I'm making threats, the entire world burns.

That's ok, I can make skeleton people for company.

I lose my mind and my imaginary friends don't like me anymore.

That's alright though..
 
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FAST6191
"I literally do not have 4 hours"
Unless you had a power cut and the batteries will not last for the duration then that seems like your problem, though one initially caused by using apple software.

Also blogs so song, and what I thought I was getting when I clicked on the one titled as such


Though as it is about a non working phone maybe the following would have been better
 
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F
my mother has a iPhone and iTunes is a pain in the ass to use since that shit is locked behind 50 things, even from Windows explorer itself so I'm mostly looking through 50 tutorials to grab anything from that peripheral device.
 
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gamefan5
Yup. God lord I love my LG V20 to death. Definitely will never use an Iphone hahaha.
 

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