Comments on: How do You Restore a Bricked (non-Jailbroken) iPhone? http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-restore-a-bricked-non-jailbroken-iphone/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Ooduyin1 http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-restore-a-bricked-non-jailbroken-iphone/#comment-778601 Ooduyin1 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:19:00 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=7756#comment-778601 it doesn't show me "restore from back up" when I right click on the word "iPhone" ?! it doesn’t show me “restore from back up” when I right click on the word “iPhone” ?!

]]> By: Ooduyin1 http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-restore-a-bricked-non-jailbroken-iphone/#comment-778602 Ooduyin1 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:19:00 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=7756#comment-778602 it doesn't show me "restore from back up" when I right click on the word "iPhone" ?! it doesn’t show me “restore from back up” when I right click on the word “iPhone” ?!

]]> By: Dominique http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-restore-a-bricked-non-jailbroken-iphone/#comment-738553 Dominique Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:39:01 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=7756#comment-738553 Thanks for posting this!!! I was literally in tears (I'm a girl, plus i love my phone that much) And this seems to be working. I was in full panic... Didn't know this could be done this way, so simply. Thanks so so so much!!! Thanks for posting this!!! I was literally in tears (I’m a girl, plus i love my phone that much) And this seems to be working. I was in full panic… Didn’t know this could be done this way, so simply. Thanks so so so much!!!

]]> By: Adam http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-restore-a-bricked-non-jailbroken-iphone/#comment-716902 Adam Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:28:22 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=7756#comment-716902 Thank you so much! I was worried that my phone wasn't going to work because it kept running through the start up. thanks for all your help Thank you so much! I was worried that my phone wasn’t going to work because it kept running through the start up.
thanks for all your help

]]> By: Leo Bridgeford http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-restore-a-bricked-non-jailbroken-iphone/#comment-713219 Leo Bridgeford Sat, 09 May 2009 17:17:44 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=7756#comment-713219 Charles Strickland - Thank you for your 2008 post! I was experiencing the the horrors of the "wheel of death". 1. The phone was stuck in the reboot cycle. 2. iTunes would not properly recognize the phone when it was successfully put into DFU mode using PWNAGE. 3. The phone would not charge. I was searching and searching for any answer to this problem (simple, complex... Anything!) Your was simple, just involving a little more patience with the hard reboot steps... It may seem like a small thing, but as you said when you are panicking because you've lost all your data and contacts, it is an enormous relief to regain access to it all again. Regards, Leo Charles Strickland – Thank you for your 2008 post!
I was experiencing the the horrors of the “wheel of death”.
1. The phone was stuck in the reboot cycle.
2. iTunes would not properly recognize the phone when it was successfully put into DFU mode using PWNAGE.
3. The phone would not charge.

I was searching and searching for any answer to this problem (simple, complex… Anything!)

Your was simple, just involving a little more patience with the hard reboot steps…

It may seem like a small thing, but as you said when you are panicking because you’ve lost all your data and contacts, it is an enormous relief to regain access to it all again.

Regards,
Leo

]]> By: Moe http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-restore-a-bricked-non-jailbroken-iphone/#comment-710307 Moe Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:21:18 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=7756#comment-710307 This helped me soo much, ithought i was gonna lose my warantee. Thank you soo much. This helped me soo much, ithought i was gonna lose my warantee. Thank you soo much.

]]> By: reality is http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-restore-a-bricked-non-jailbroken-iphone/#comment-695375 reality is Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:41:20 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=7756#comment-695375 Hey Gerald, Any non functional iphone is a brick. Some are permanently bricked, many are temporarily bricked. Just because your head is a brick doesn't make you a brick expert! Hey Gerald,
Any non functional iphone is a brick. Some are permanently bricked, many are temporarily bricked.

Just because your head is a brick doesn’t make you a brick expert!

]]> By: Charles Strickland http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-restore-a-bricked-non-jailbroken-iphone/#comment-676355 Charles Strickland Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:39:27 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=7756#comment-676355 Chris, I already tahnked you for this info, regrettable I had to use it this morning - in panic mode. I do in home computer repairs and was due to leave for first housecall in a little over an hor when I plugged the phone in to charge it. I saw that there was a new update and thought that I shouldn't do this right now and then on a whim decided to do it anyway, what the heck, I had an hour! Well it failed and and the phone ended up in a constant reboot mode and was useless. You don't realize how much you rely on this phone until you really need it! I tried the rstore and it failed!!! Now it is really Panic time, update failed and restore would not work, phone in constant reboot mode, and I have to leave in less than an hour for my first house call! Remembered that the new software download was over 200 meg in size, but I couldn’t see it in iTunes. I did a search of the hard drive and found the file in my profile under App Data\roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes. There were 4 of them there so I took the newest and moved it someplace else and hooked the phone back up to the computer – restore worked!!! This answers my question of how to restore your computer to an earlier version of iTunes, I just wish I didn’t have to figure it out in panic mode! I hope you and your readers find this info useful. Chuck Promising never to update unless I have plenty of time! Chris, I already tahnked you for this info, regrettable I had to use it this morning – in panic mode. I do in home computer repairs and was due to leave for first housecall in a little over an hor when I plugged the phone in to charge it. I saw that there was a new update and thought that I shouldn’t do this right now and then on a whim decided to do it anyway, what the heck, I had an hour! Well it failed and and the phone ended up in a constant reboot mode and was useless. You don’t realize how much you rely on this phone until you really need it!

I tried the rstore and it failed!!!

Now it is really Panic time, update failed and restore would not work, phone in constant reboot mode, and I have to leave in less than an hour for my first house call! Remembered that the new software download was over 200 meg in size, but I couldn’t see it in iTunes. I did a search of the hard drive and found the file in my profile under App Data\roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes. There were 4 of them there so I took the newest and moved it someplace else and hooked the phone back up to the computer – restore worked!!!

This answers my question of how to restore your computer to an earlier version of iTunes, I just wish I didn’t have to figure it out in panic mode!

I hope you and your readers find this info useful.

Chuck
Promising never to update unless I have plenty of time!

]]> By: blog.zog.org/tag/geld | www.geldmuseum.nl http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-restore-a-bricked-non-jailbroken-iphone/#comment-673299 blog.zog.org/tag/geld | www.geldmuseum.nl Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:29:05 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=7756#comment-673299 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] I’m not talking about a small little reboot. I’m talking I have to completely wipe it out and restore everything from scratch. It’s getting very annoying, to say the least. I have to re-add the Web icons (which [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] I’m not talking about a small little reboot. I’m talking I have to completely wipe it out and restore everything from scratch. It’s getting very annoying, to say the least. I have to re-add the Web icons (which [...]

]]> By: john http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-restore-a-bricked-non-jailbroken-iphone/#comment-673266 john Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:23:20 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=7756#comment-673266 i just got a new ipod touch and i is brictd i just got a new ipod touch and i is brictd

]]> By: iPhone Problems ~ Chris Pirillo http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-restore-a-bricked-non-jailbroken-iphone/#comment-672726 iPhone Problems ~ Chris Pirillo Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:49:42 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=7756#comment-672726 [...] I’m not talking about a small little reboot. I’m talking I have to completely wipe it out and restore everything from scratch. It’s getting very annoying, to say the least. I have to re-add the Web icons (which [...] [...] I’m not talking about a small little reboot. I’m talking I have to completely wipe it out and restore everything from scratch. It’s getting very annoying, to say the least. I have to re-add the Web icons (which [...]

]]> By: techman224 http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-restore-a-bricked-non-jailbroken-iphone/#comment-672658 techman224 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:05:18 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=7756#comment-672658 If you have a iPhone that doesn't work, and you can't get it working, then you are pretty much out of luck saving it, you have to restore it in DFU mode, which formats everything. If you have a iPhone that doesn’t work, and you can’t get it working, then you are pretty much out of luck saving it, you have to restore it in DFU mode, which formats everything.

]]> By: Kirsty http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-restore-a-bricked-non-jailbroken-iphone/#comment-672015 Kirsty Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:09:01 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=7756#comment-672015 I had a similar crash/freeze problem with my 80gb ipod.. Tried for a week to restore,charge it fully, drain it fully and and restore. Mashing buttons made it start once but soon just died again. Ended up taking it to the dealer and of course, my warranty had run out 1 week prior (had i have taken it in when it first happened, i'd have been completely covered) In the end they replaced it due to the 5 year extended warranty i bought from the retailer. Had there have been a different brand with an 80gb model at the time I'd have begged for a refund to get that one. I share the same opinion of itunes, it will forever elude me the allegiance some people have to that brand.. I had a similar crash/freeze problem with my 80gb ipod..

Tried for a week to restore,charge it fully, drain it fully and and restore. Mashing buttons made it start once but soon just died again. Ended up taking it to the dealer and of course, my warranty had run out 1 week prior (had i have taken it in when it first happened, i’d have been completely covered)

In the end they replaced it due to the 5 year extended warranty i bought from the retailer. Had there have been a different brand with an 80gb model at the time I’d have begged for a refund to get that one.

I share the same opinion of itunes, it will forever elude me the allegiance some people have to that brand..

]]> By: Chuck Smith http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-restore-a-bricked-non-jailbroken-iphone/#comment-671731 Chuck Smith Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:44:01 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=7756#comment-671731 My iPhone keeps bricking on me and it's driving me nuts. I'm restoring it again as I write this comment. You can find more details on my blog at http://www.chucksmith.de/?p=7. My iPhone keeps bricking on me and it’s driving me nuts. I’m restoring it again as I write this comment. You can find more details on my blog at http://www.chucksmith.de/?p=7.

]]> By: Vishal Mistry http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-restore-a-bricked-non-jailbroken-iphone/#comment-671587 Vishal Mistry Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:20:49 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=7756#comment-671587 Wow! This was helpful! Wow! This was helpful!

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