iPhone 2.0 - Error -9838

9:34 Central Time - Okoboji, IA - had 9838 error. Retried once and now getting error 4. "Try Later". We'll seen how long later really is.

THAT'S IT! UNPLUG AND RECONNECT UNTIL IT GOES THROUGH... WORKED FOR ME!!!!

Just a heads up, I don't think that all of our phones are bricked forever.. i've been unplugging and re-plugging my phone to my computer and on my 5th or 6th time the phone is now accessing the iTunes store. There's a good chance that it'll time out but at least it's not that unknown error... right?

Lets not lose our minds here! Phones are super important this we know (especially considering I don't have a landline in my apt!! lol @ me) but now we know for next time to maybe wait a day or so to update 🙂 Hope all your issues get resolved!

I ejected and reconnected three times - I am getting an updating iphone reading now. Fingers Crossed .. Phone Says Restore -Snce in process this make take a few minutes.. Things have changed..

Hey, guys. 9:36 AM CDT. After reconnecting several times it has now finally been able to reconnect to the iTunes store.

Seriously all of you need to try docking, wait for the error to pop up, click OK, then undock. Do that idk like 5-8 times(or more) and it will go through. Everybody that has tried it, it worked for them, including me. TRY IT.

Try redocking your iphone repeatedly, i know its a hassle but it worked for other folks on the forum. Also you can try going to the itunes store and clicking your iphone icon repeatedly until the error message goes away and your update continues. Hope this helps and good luck

Got same error after upgrade, but after unpluggng about 10 times it finally worked and connected to itunes to finish upgrade process.

My Phone is back! Restoring Video and Audio Content Now. I see the New App Store Icon. Worst Case/// I have my phone back.. But looks like Thunderbirds are go!

I'm getting:
"Accessing iTunes Store..."

Seemingly forever - no error this time but I fear time out.

Should I do the re-dock trick again or should I just wait if it is stuck on"Accessing iTunes Store..."??

Same problems in Maryland.

Eject and plug the phone back in. Rinse lather repeat and eventually it will go through. I spent close to an hour on it.

Ive reconnected about 50 times so far and it just hangs on "Accessing iTunes Store". How long does it take to actaully finish, or show its doing something?

I have the "connecting to iTunes" since two houres...

arrrgghh, I NEED MY PHONE!!!