Iphone firmware corrupt

Try a forced restore:

1. Start iTunes. Go to prefs -> Syncing -> Disable automatic syncing.

2. Plug iPhone to a USB connected directly to the computer (no external hubs).

3. Simultaneously *hold down the home and sleep/wake buttons until the screen goes blank, then continue to press the home button alone* until iTunes sees the phone in restore mode.

4. Restore the phone and set up as a "New iPhone" - don't restore from a backup.

5. Before manually synching - check the phone functions.

6. Instead of synching everything, go to the applications page and add each one at a time.

7. If you still get the corrupt firmware message, there is a hardware defect and you need to take it to the Apple store genius.

Message was edited by: modular747

You will lose your messages, yes. However, so long as you have been syncing with a PIM program you will not lose your contacts.

It is not unusual to lose messages that are stored on the iPhone or any other cell that may be stored in volatile memory during these situations.

iTunes does not store your contacts. They are stored either in Windows Address Book or Outlook on a PC.

WAB is already installed on XP so if you want free, use that.