HT201954: Unauthorized modification of iOS can cause security vulnerabilities, instability, shortened battery life, and other issues
Learn about Unauthorized modification of iOS can cause security vulnerabilities, instability, shortened battery life, and other issues
Q: Error 3194 <-- yeah, fix that.
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Oct 22, 2012 1:00 AMby John Galt,This has nothing to do with Apple.
Your computer is blocking the connection to the server, so you must fix it.
Unable to contact the iOS software update server gs.apple.com
Error 1004, 1013, 1638, 3194: These errors may be the result of the connection to gs.apple.com being redirected or blocked. Follow these steps to resolve these errors:
- Install the latest version of iTunes.
- Check security software. Ensure that communication to gs.apple.com is allowed. Follow this article for assistance with security software. iTunes for Windows: Troubleshooting security software issues.
- Check the hosts file. The restore will fail if there is an active entry to redirect gs.apple.com. Follow iTunes: Advanced iTunes Store troubleshooting to edit the hosts file or revert to a default hosts file. See section "Blocked by configuration: (Mac OS X/Windows) > Rebuild network information".
- Try to restore from another known-good computer and network.
- If the errors persist on another computer, the device may need service.
Conor Meleady wrote:
... I have tried all last night to restore 5.1.1 but both times I downloaded it
Forget that. Once you install a firmware upgrade, you cannot restore an earlier firmware version.
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Oct 22, 2012 1:38 AMby John Galt,Conor Meleady wrote:
yeah im not gonna download itunes 7
iTunes 7 is very old. You will not fix your problem unless you update it to the latest version for your OS. That might be iTunes 10.7 or 10.6.3.
Latest version: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Earlier versions:
iTunes 10.6.3 for Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1575
iTunes 10.6.3 for Windows (64 bit)
