Help, 3GS stuck

[wevek]

i made a custom firmware from 5.01 with redsnow & restoresd it on my 3gs over 4.3.3 now it finished but the device is not coming on. I tried powering / DFU but still stuck.

I again tried to JB it with redsnow but it says now device not supported ?

I tried fix recovery still device not supported ?

Please help / Advice

 

[wevek]

even in tinyumbrella I do fix recovery... does a lot then finally last line reads on the phone: AppleBCHWLAN::handleIOKitBusywatchdogTimeout(): Error, no succeddful firmware download after 60000 ms! Giving up...

 

[fijiman]

Will it do a hard reset...? (Home+Power button till you see the Apple logo...may take awhile)

 

[wevek]

Will it do a hard reset...? (Home+Power button till you see the Apple logo...may take awhile)

nope, when I do hard reset or dfu, screen remains blank & iTunes tells me its I need to restore...

 

[MoneyMaker79]

nope, when I do hard reset or dfu, screen remains blank & iTunes tells me its I need to restore...

Why not just restore and use a backup? If you want to stay on the current firmware, download it and use shift restore. Unless it's not signed anymore.

 

[wevek]

Why not just restore and use a backup? If you want to stay on the current firmware, download it and use shift restore. Unless it's not signed anymore.

I tried retoring the same custom again but no change, now even that is giving all kinds of 16xx errors...

what you mean by restore from backup ?

 

[MoneyMaker79]

I tried retoring the same custom again but no change, now even that is giving all kinds of 16xx errors...

what you mean by restore from backup ?

Once you restore your phone in iTunes you can then use a backup to put all your music and apps and everything back onto phone.

 

[wevek]

but i cant do that till iPhone comes out of recovery right, everytime i connect to iTunes it says: iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. you must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes.

 

[MoneyMaker79]

but i cant do that till iPhone comes out of recovery right, everytime i connect to iTunes it says: iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. you must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes.

I'm lost now. What happens when you try to restore? You get errors?

Have you searched the error online?

 

[wevek]

Yes I solved the errors and can restore the custom again but gives same result...

 

[MoneyMaker79]

Yes I solved the errors and can restore the custom again but gives same result...

What's the reason you're using a custom firmware? Maybe that's your issue now.

 

[wevek]

for unlock purpose don't wanna upgrade base...

really appreciate you trying to help, thanks

 

[wevek]

now i try restoring custom IOS it started giving 1600 errors, which i solved but now again on trying to restore it starts the restore but then ituned says"THis iPhone cannot be used because the Apple mobile device service is not started"

 

[MoneyMaker79]

I'm just going on a limb here but maybe try reinstalling iTunes and then go through the process of restoring your iPhone.

 

[wevek]

Tried that, it only happens when I install a different custom iOS I made, still no luck...

 

[wevek]

solved the problem, i had made custom with redsnow but chose older models, now changed it to new & it worked like a charm, thanks for your help.