iPad not eligible for the requested build in 4.3 iOS update?

wingiv,

thanks that worked imidiately after following ur steps. **** TU had me looking around n around. weird thing is i tried it on different computers and it had the same problem. did TU put the block on my ipad? hmm... anyways.. it worked.. 🙂

for the rest... these are the steps i used..

This works. Thanks. The best way to do this is through the terminal. Just do the following commands in terminal:

Type sudo su

Press enter

Then enter your password and hit enter

Type vi /etc/hosts

Move your cursor with the down arrow to the line that has gs.apple.com without a # at the beginning of the line.

Move cursor to the beginning of that line.

Type i# then press the esc key.

Type :wq

Press enter

Type exit

Press enter

Now you can quit out of the terminal application. This likely is a problem caused by Tiny Umbrella denying itunes communicating with the apple servers.

This worked like a charm! Thank you so much for posting this!

this worked! Thank you so much!!!!!!!

Oooh. Sounds like ~someone~ has been doing naughty things on your computer -- particularly with the HOSTS file. I don't think I'm eligible to give links or a direct explanation of the problem *ahem* here. I've said enough, now do your homework and delete that line of extra code...

*edit* OH~! Didn't see somebody already posted the solution. Well, let's see how long this page lasts on these forums now that that's been posted.

SOLTION!!

-Put your iPad or iPod into DFU mode, then iTunes is forced to restore it!

First Shut Down your iDevice

After its shut down, hold the power button for 3 seconds.

Then after 3 seconds of holding down the Power Button, press the home button and the power button for 10 seconds.

Then after that hold down the home button. iTunes should now pop up asking to restore your iDevice.

Say Yes! and WALA!

Thank you, it solved.

I tried all the previous "solutions", to no success. So, I noticed I have an older version of Tiny Umbrella hidden on my computer, so I just updated it. Then, I unselected "Set Hostes to Cydia on Exit" under the advanced tab, turned off TinyUmbrella, restarted iTUnes and it FINALLY worked. Here's a link for some help http://leimobile.com/this-device-isnt-eligible-for-the-requested-build/

This is the ONLY thing that worked, very frustrating, but I'm finally updated to the 4.3.3 iOS update. I hope this helps somebody out there. Best of luck.

Thanks just tried it on my ipad2 and it worked great.

Thanks so much, it worked!!

but should we change it back afterwards?

I just want to make sure TU will work ok after doing this in case I need to restore later.

Thanks, my iPad 2 is happily updating 4.3.3 finally. =D

all you have to do is go to advance tab on TinyUmbrella next time you use it.... make sure the "set to host on cydia" check box is checked and it will automatically change host. But if you run into the problem again you will have to go through the same steps u did here..

Doctor Dave's fix worked for me to!

Hi,

I had experienced the same problem... I was about to try that terminal change thing that someone in this thread advised but i decided not to.. INSTEAD I tried one thing... I DELETED Tiny Umbrella. THen restarted Mac and the iPAD is able to update to 4.3.3....

Hope this works for you...

The problem is TinyUmbrella. You don't have to delete it, but open it up, select your device, select advanced and uncheck set host to cydia on exit. Good write up here:

http://leimobile.com/this-device-isnt-eligible-for-the-requested-build/

Fixing the hosts file was the problem for me. I had used TU to back up my iPhone and thus the changes to the host file came back to bite me on my new iPad when I tried to update it to 4.3.5.