Update to iOS 5.1 causes iPhone to crash on "Restoring iPhone Firmware"
Hello everyone.
I have been vry please with my iPhone 4 on Verizon for the last 6 months. I was on iOS 5 which worked great. Then this morning the AppStore icon had the familiar red circle indicating some apps had updates available. I clicked Update All. In there was an update for iOS5.1. I clicked OK.
I gave me the usual License agreement etc… I clicked OK.
A few minutes later I looked at it and it showed a picture of a cable with an arrow towards an iTunes icon. SO I plugged it to my computer and it launched iTunes.
iTunes tells me that my iPhone is in Recovery mode and I need to Restore. Why is it in Recovery mode??? All I did was I clicked OK for software update!
I have no other choice but to click Restore. It asks if I want to Restore and Update. I click OK.
I downloads the software (25 minutes worth!!!) then goes through the motions.
- Restoring iPhone software
- Verify iPhone software
- Verify iPhone Restore
- Restoring iPhone firmware.
After it sits on that Restoring firmware with a striped bar for about 30 seconds, all of a sudden, a new window pops up and says "The iPhone "iPhone" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1)."
iMac 2.4G 24inch . OS 10.6.8 All my software is up to date as of this morning. That includes the most recent iTunes.
Nothing else is plugged in the USB ports.
I have restarted the computer.
No third party firmware. No illegal mods. No jailbreaking or anything, all on the up and up.
I have called Apple tech support but was put on hold for 30 minutes and finally had to go to work.
I have done a search on this and other boards but could not find a solution. Would anyone have any suggestion?
Thanks for any help.
Bo
iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1, Verizon