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by Xav de Matos, Sep 02, 2010 5:00pm PDT

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Ok, this is bullshit. IOS 4.1 update failed, and it appears my 3GS is bricked. The second it's connected to the PC, it tries to start up, then iTunes gives me an error - 'Itunes has detected an iphone in recovery mode. You must restore this iphone before it can be used with itunes.'

Ok, swell. Apps, music, everything... fuckered for now. Now, to restore...

Powered device off, disconnected it from the computer. While holding the home button, connected it. itunes launches, flashes something about connecting to apple servers or something, then I get the same error.

What can I do here? Anything?

Sep 02, 2010 9:42pm PDT

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Ok, this is bullshit. IOS 4.1 update failed, and it appears my 3GS is bricked. The second it's connected ... : ionic.airblast
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- Wish I could help but doing early upgrades to Beta versions of iOS like you've done I used to do all the ... : phinn
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  just so we're clear, after you got that message, you clicked on your iphone in itunes and then clicked th... : electroly
  - Know what? This didn't even occur to me until immediately after I had posted. Tried it, and it's now i... : ionic.airblast
- Google up DFU mode or try this : http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1034 : jingletard
- DFU, flash, restore from backup. : Yanks
- Thanks, y'all. : ionic.airblast
- Happened to me too, did a clean restore of 4.1 and then it restored all my apps and data automatically. : Halen
- I had this issue as well. Try Recboot. It'll kick your iPhone out of restore mode. The only way I was ab... : ProtoPunch
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  HIJACK Has anyone loaded iOS 4 or 4.1 onto a 3G? My 3G is only on 3.1.2 and it's slow as shit as it is. S... : Goblin au
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    I am gonna try again in a few minutes, but I think Dave-A}a had a 3G, and he said the difference was very... : ionic.airblast
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      Interesting. I've been hearing the complete opposite, hence why I've delayed updating. : Goblin au
      
      He has a few folks agreeing in that thread. I have successfully restored and upgraded, and have forgone p... : ionic.airblast
      
      It's gone from being annoying and slow to a device I'm quite happy to use! : Dave-A
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    I upgraded and its snappier. Probably 10% on average. Maps, music, camera, and unlock loads quicker, but ... : not work safe
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      On mine it's at least 30% faster. That and it's over doubled my battery life. : Halen
      
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      Same. It's awesome.
      
      Sep 02, 2010 11:01pm PDT
      
      Same. It's awesome. : Pacalon
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    4.1 is still slower than 3.1.3 in my experience. : Yanks
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      My friend's 3GS is WAY slower now that he installed 4. Almost unusably slow. : MrBig0
      
      Oh, 4.1, I don't know which version he has. : MrBig0
  - Still some slow downs here and there but it's much better than 4.0.2. I disabled Spotlight search prior t... : Mmmmmoo
- Was it jailbroken? : Mad Brahmin Disease