iPhone 4 restoring error (16)

Hello all,

Apple Engineers came back to me and good news, problem fixed.

Solution was simple. I had to uninstall AVAST anti-virus programme, reboot te PC and then restore the iphone again.

Hope this will help you,

Not working for me

Hello all,

I had this problem 3 days ago. It's show the message " need to connect to itunes...'' when I play the game Clash of Clans on iphone4. After I connect my PC, I couldn't see my device on itunes. I try many times to recovery the phone. But the error coed(16) was annoying. Even use another PC, it's still not working. Hope any one can solve the problem ASAP. There is hard working if live without iphone.

I also have error 16. Unplugging the battery does not work. Changing the battery does not work. All original parts, iPhone 4 AT&T.

Same problem.
_Unplugging/Changing battery does not work
_Restore with iOs 6.1.3 -> error 3194
_Different PCs does not work

Conclusion:
Instead a upgraded Iphone i (we) have now a deadweight waiting for solution.

I also have error 16 when I restore my iPad. My ipad 2 doesn't work......

Hi!

I have the same error (16) just when it's almost finished the installation.

I phone Apple Barcelona and they tell me that MAYBE it's something about non oficial software installed, like jailbreak or something like that. When the installation is about to finish, ios7 trail something "malicious" and stops itunes.

Now I have my iphone4 only with itunes logo... I don't know what to do.

Sorry for my English.

Hi!

I only buy my iPad 2 in Vancouver (Burnaby) and last week, I try to update to iOS 7, and.....Error 16.

I never used jailbreak or software malicious.

Never.

I don't know what I do.

My iPad doesn't work......

Sorry for my English too.

Same error message after attempting to update to iOS7.02 on iPhone 4. Apple do not want to take any responsibility for breaking the phone with their software update. If we hadn't bothered to update we would all have phones that worked.

I ended up going to the Apple Store. They tried to update it, experienced the same problem. So, they said it was a hardware issue.

I said, "How is this is a hardware issue that manifested itself the instant I tried to upgrade?"

Shrug. "It could be due to a bent pin in the USB port."

I tried to get them to downgrade back to iOS6, but he said they couldn't do that.

I bet that if we wait long enough, a solution will be available... but I couldn't wait, so I paid the $250 for a replacement.

Luckily, the replacement was brand new! It was still an iPad 2, but it was flawless and untouched. Hopefully it lasts a few more years.

Hi,

I'm really sad.

I need my iPad to study, but it does not work.

😟

I hope the next update 7.0.3 corrects this problem.

I can confirm that every thing I tried on a Windows PC I have now done again on a Macbook Pro and guess what? still the same error 16. Luckily the phone is one I am trying to get running again for a friend and not my own. I have repaired and updated coutless of iphones and ipads including my own without a hitch but this is certainly something to do with the IOS 7 upgrade. I believe that the people who are having this problem may have had something in common installed which has resulted in this error happening. I am not ready to give up yet and if I do find the answer I will post back.

Hi,

My iPad 2 was with 6.1.3, so, I try to update to 7.0.2 (iTunes recommended).

I try my iMac e windows, but, error 16.

Seems to me error 16 covers a whole host of things and could be software related as well have you tried uploading an older software version.

You can download them from the internet and there's a few videos around on how to do it maybe try that

I have a repair shop, I repair all sorts of phones, both iphones and androids. I have a phone from a customer right now, its an iPhone 4 GSM model. With error 16. This phone was working perfectly until updated to ios 7.02. It was working on 7.0 just fine. It has never been jailbroken. it is ATT. Everyone else with these problems, what model phone is it, what carrier? The ipads, are these wifi only ipads? I would like to know everyones specs so I can see if I can learn something from this.

I changed the charge port, screen, and every part, trying to see if it was hardware, but if it is hardware it would be motherboard related, and cause by the new OS. I have updated in DFU mode and normal mode. I am not sure what applications were installed on this phone.