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iOS 5 Upgrade Bricked My iPhone 4 (Stuck in Recovery Mode)

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.

Posted on Oct 12, 2011 2:15 PM

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Oct 12, 2011 2:30 PM in response to Joshua Blevins

Same thing here ... Tried a number of times to get the update to work, but kept getting 3004 errors. Now every time I try to do the upgrade, I get past the software install, but it fails at the firmware upgrade. Phone now permanently in "Recovery Mode".


Really stuffed my day as I no longer have a phone ...


Would really love to know how to solve this ... Worst Apple Update ever for me ...

iOS 5 Upgrade Bricked My iPhone 4 (Stuck in Recovery Mode)

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