My iPhone 4S is stuck in recovery mode after trying to update to 6.1

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My iPhone 4S is stuck in recovery mode after trying to update to 6.1

I was given the option to update to to thenew 6.1, and upon my phone resetting after the download I got the (-1) error and my phone was thrown into recovery mode.

I have tried to restore my phone 5 times and each time I keep getting the -1 error code.

Shutting it down with the home key / powe on off button does nothing but return me to the screen where my phone shows me the "plug me into iTunes" photo.

Anyone else wonder if this is apple's way of hitting people up for a $20.00 service fee right after their one year warranty is up?

Can someone help?

iPhone 4S, iOS 6.1

Posted on Feb 3, 2013 1:27 PM

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sberman

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Feb 3, 2013 1:30 PM in response to JDubss

This writeup comes from the article referenced below it:

Error 1 or -1

This may indicate a hardware issue with your device. Follow Troubleshooting security software issues, and restore your device on a different known-good computer. If the errors persist on another computer, the device may need service.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694#error1

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JDubss Author

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Feb 3, 2013 6:39 PM in response to sberman

I've tried all of that to no avail.

My iPhone was in perfect working order before I tried to update to the IOS 6.1, and then bam, this happens.

As far as I am concerned, this is really suspicious since my wattanty JUST ran out, and it seems like a cash grab from Apple to get me to go in to get my phone serviced.

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