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Error 1004 while trying to restore my iPhone 4

So I wanted to restore my iPhone 4 cause it wouldnt sync my apps and now every time I connect my phone to the itunes it keeps giving me the error 1004 during the restore."The iphone "Iphone" could not be restored. An unknown error occured (1004)." 😟 does anyone know what should I do?

iPhone 4, iOS 4

Posted on Jun 26, 2010 12:23 PM

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Sep 28, 2011 3:04 PM in response to willpowern

I will reply since there are still some of us with the problem. Like a few above, my host file did not have gs.apple.com. this is it...



# Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost


HELP!!!

Sep 29, 2011 11:32 AM in response to salar Barekatain

I will reply since there are still some of us with the problem. Like a few above, my host file did not have gs.apple.com. this is it...



# Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost


HELP!!!

Error 1004 while trying to restore my iPhone 4

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