I, like many others, kept getting "An internal error occurred" when trying to upgrade my iPhone 4 to iOS 5. Foolishly, I continued to hit the Update button and try again. It eventually led to my iPhone being in recovery mode. I am now unable to restore the phone due to the ongoing issues with Apple's servers and unable to use the phone because the failed upgrade process placed the phone in recovery mode.
its done the same to my ipad its just turning it self off and on going to the apple logo with the progress bar and then off again.😟 im just glad i did my ipad before my iphone other wise i would have been in a mess. not happy at all. 😠
Joshua,
The same is happening to many of us. I did my Iphone this morning with nary a problem, but have been trying to do the Ipad2 this evening and have had 5 error messages, but the solution is, instead of doing anything with cables, re-booting., etc, just keep trying. My Ipad2 is now almost completely updated, and it only took me 7 tries. It is an Apple server problem in that they have too many people upgrading at the same time.
Had every single problem like everyon else has stated. And now my iPhone is looping also....it's stuck in apple purgetory... oh dear god.....it needs help.
same here, iphone just keeps restarting, and get spining dealie for awhile... this does not seem godd, if it can't even connect to itunes, i doubt it can connect apple servers. so i have a brick, and no phone.
"it just doesn't work" :-/
Same here. Infinite loop of start / shutdown / start.
Wonder how this is going to be fixed, given the phone won't even start anymore.
iPhone4 and iPad2 both caught in recovery mode. Now I'm getting the error message when I connect and hit the "restore" button in iTunes. 😟
Same here with my iPad 2. Got stuck in recovery mode, but managed to get it back. Got my iPhone 3GS updated, but you can't use iCloud until all your devices are on iOS5 anyhow. What have Apple been up to for the last few months, waiting for this day? It's a total mess, and joke!
just adding a plus 1....did everything right... upgraded Mac OS and iTunes...then plugged phone in....eventually ended up with a brick...thank you Apple !!
Does anyone else get this error message 'An internal error has occured' I used to get 3004, now I'm just getting this one?! Sounds more serious 😟 Phone just turns on and off now.. Whhhyyy did i think it was a good idea to do this on the day of release!! Should've waited a day for it to calm down, now I have now phone!!!!!! Worst nightmare..
I'll add my name to the chorus, this is ridiculous. I've never had an update brick my phone before, so this is not an auspicious start to iOS5.
As with others, I received the "internal error" message, and tried again. After I tried to restore, it partially progresses through the process, but seems to blow up after "Restoring iPhone Firmware" and dumps me out with error 3004.
This is most un-Apple like. Presumably there is a fix of some kind in the works, but let's hope it arrives within the next few minutes.
now my iPhone won't even register when I plug it in to the USB. 😠
I have the same problem with my iphone 4 and with my ipad 1st generation.
Sometimes the error is 3014, sometimes 3004.
Right now I have my two devices in recory mode without solution. I need my phone operational tomorrow.
After two hours of trying and getting error messages at various points in the process, I was able to get my iPhone restored and on iOS 5. I knew better than to try the update on the first day when the servers would be slammed but did not expect it would drop my phone into recovery mode where it would be unusable.
I have exactly the same problem - after trying and trying again against error 3004 for more than two hours I suddenly got an "internal error" and now my iPhone 4 is stuck in recovery mode and is not recognized by my Mac anymore.
Of those of you who are saying try and try again and you finally succeeded, how did you get your phone out of the recovery mode?
I have tried pressing home and on at the same time for a longer period, home only, on only but nothing has yet changed anything.
jep.. me 2. i even had a password check with a no password backup and then it didn't even recover 😉
doesn't matter that much as my macbook is having hardware trouble now..
grrr
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iOS 5 Upgrade Bricked My iPhone 4 (Stuck in Recovery Mode)
