I have an iPhone 4. I tried to install the update 6.1. It failed, apparantly due to verification. After the second try, I was directed to plug my iPhone into my iTunes. I then had to restore my iPhone. If I had not had my laptop, my iPhone would have been unuseable. There appears to be a problem with the update.
Works fine for my iPhone 4.
I have an iphone 4 and the 6.1 install worked fine.
I update through my laptop itunes. You can also use your iphone to do it wirelessly, but the one time I did it I had a problem.
Hope it helps.
Exactly the same thing happened to my iphone 4 just now. Very frustrating! Hopefully the iCloud backup was successful last night. GRRRR!
I have the same problem after update to ios 6.1,only tinyumbrella helped me to exit from recovery mode!
My iPhone 4 updated fine via WiFi. People seem to be randomly having this problem. I suspect that that servers are overloaded and at some point during the verification process the connection drops.
Mine updated OK, but then when I started using it, it asked my my AppleID password four or five times before it "stuck", also indicating things were overloaded.
Normally I hold back on iOS updates for just this reason, but when I heard they fixed all the stuff they broke in Match with iOS 6.0, I just couldn't hold myself back 🙂
I have an iPhone 5, and it won't boot after installing ios 6.1 through the phone itself, then I conected to my laptop and use iTunes and won't restore it, just gives me the message "The iPhone could not be restored, an unknown error occurred (-1)"
Lensho wrote:
I have an iPhone 5, and it won't boot after installing ios 6.1 through the phone itself, then I conected to my laptop and use iTunes and won't restore it, just gives me the message "The iPhone could not be restored, an unknown error occurred (-1)"
With the phone connected to the computer, hold the top button and home button (like you're doing a hard reset). When the screen goes black, release the top button while continuing to hold the home button. In a few seconds, your computer should say "Detected an iPhone in recovery mode" and guide you through the restoration process.
Good luck.
Updating thru iTunes and a computer is much preferable and safer than OTA.
Just did a writeup on the process: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4754741?tstart=0
I'm using iTunes to update from one version to another (from 5 to 6) and OTA for updates of the same version. Never had a problem with: 1 3GS, 2 i4, 1 pad2, and 2 iTouch 3&4 gen.
Problem installing update 6.1
