iOS 7.0.6 update killed my iPad, and cannot be restored (error 4005)

Has it EVER been jailbroke?

sammertime wrote:

nope.

I kept it simple with oure iOS all the time

Then you obviously have a hardware problem. Unfortunately, once the device is worked on by a non-authorized repair shop, Apple won't touch it anymore.

sammertime wrote:

yeah.. I'm not really expecting much from Apple anyway since they made the initial verdict.

thanks.

It's unfortunate that they diagnosed a problem that does not meet with your satisfaction.

My iPad 4G (64 GB LTE wireless) was bricked during the iOS 7.0.6 update, during the firmware update (error 1). I could not restore it at all. I had updated iTunes to the latest version, turned off virus scanner, rebooted PC - nothing helped.

iTunes diagnostics with my PC (running Windows Vista) indicated hardware connection was good.

Solution: I had my son do a clean restore to a new iPad running iOS 7.0.6, using his MacBook Pro. From that point, I was able to restore it from the full backup I did just before starting the iOS 7.0.6 install. 2 hours later, all was back to normal. If I couldn't have done the initial restore using the MacBook, I would have tried downloading and installing iOS 7.0.6 and installing it using a PC utility.

Moral: ALWAYS do a full backup before starting any iOS updates!

I don't know how to tell you this but the backup does not include the IOS.

Philly:

When there is an iOS update available, iTunes asks if you want to install it. I chose to only download the iOS 7.0.6 update, but not to install it until I had done a backup of everything on my iPad. When that iOS 7.0.6 update failed, I had NO iOS at all, just a bricked iPad.

When my son did a "clean restore" that was the same thing you'd do to wipe an iPad - just install iOS 7.0.6 and install basic iPad apps. When you turn the iPad on after that, it indicates it wants to be connected to iTunes. At that point, my son yanked the cord so nothing else was installed. Then, with iOS 7.0.6 already installed, iTunes on my PC didn't say it wanted to update iOS, and allowed me to choose my previous backup to be restored. All was straightforward after that.

Again, there are places on he web where you can download various versions of iOS, along with a PC utility that will do the iOS update. I think these utilities are for when you want to hack your device, so I'm not crazy about this approach.

It is highly unlikely an iOS update caused a logic board to go south. I hate to be cynical, but I think the repair shop may have fried your board when attepting to solder a new USB connector. Had you followed some of the other advice here first (most importantly a DFU restore), I think you would have been ok.

Your iPad was out of warranty or the iPad would have been replaced without charge if the lightning port had gone bad. To get an out of warranty replacement you pay the out of warranty charge and your iPad would have been replaced. Wouldn't have mattered if it was the lightning port or the circuit board. You would have had what would essential be a new iPad. Now you have nothing.

Sammertime: It makes you wonder... Your iPad WAS working fine before trying to update to iOS 7.0.6, right?

So all you did was run the update, and now you have HARDWARE PROBLEMS? Sure seems strange!

I wonder what errors you'd get if you had run the iTunes diagnostic tests? Click Help, and choose Diagnostics. There are 4 tests. One for CD/DVD, one for network, one for hardware, and one for sync. When my iPad was bricked, I ran my tests (skipping CD/DVD). Network passed, hardware passed, (means ISB cable and port are good) but sync failed.

At least this diagnostic will give you a sense of what's NOT broken.