this has really annoyed me because on my itunes a message poped up saying would i wish to update my iphone software, so naturally i clicked yes.... this software poped up on my phone which the restarted itself and now is just stuck on a screen telling me to plug the phone into itunes which i have done and now nothing is happening?!?!?!?!!!!! Can somebody please help me!!???
You need to find the "host" file on your computer and remove the "gs.apple.com xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" (x=IP Address) by either placing # in front, or simply deleting it.
"On Mac:
Open Finder
Hold down COMMAND + SHIFT keys and press 'G'
Enter "/private/etc/" in the field and press "Go"
Find "hosts" file in the directory
Drag the file to your desktop
Open it in text editor
Remove the line that has gs.apple.com entirely or put a # at the beginning of it to comment it out
Save the file
Drag it back to the /private/etc/ folder.
You'd need to enter your username and password to authenticate the move
On Windows:
Locate the hosts file in one of the following directories:
Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts
Windows NT/2000/XP Pro c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Windows XP, Vista, 7 c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Right click and click on "Open With..." and then click on "Notepad" on the list.
Remove the line that has gs.apple.com completely and save the file.
This should work fine.
Kian"
After fixing your hosts file reboot.
Users of Windows 7 (especially 64bit) should right click on iTunes and Run As Administrator before attempting the
Thank you so much!! I knew it had something to do with the modification to my Host file, but I couldn't figure out how to remove the mod. You're a life saver!!
