My friend has iPad mini working on IOS 7.0.4 and he wanted to restore it only without updating to IOS 7.1 so he download the firmware and when he tried restoring with it Error 3194 showed to him and the device went on recovery mode.
Note : his Hosts file don't conatin any link related to apple ( default hosts file) also he is using latest update of iTunes
iPad, iOS 7.0.4
You can not restore without using the latest available os, unless hyou have jailbroken your device. Apple does not support downgrades on iops devices. and if jailbroken, your warrenty and support is no longer valid including assistance from this forum.
Error details
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4451
Error 3194, Error 17, or "This device isn't eligible for the requested build"
Can I restore using 7.0.6 or it must be 7.1
How to restore to any firmware when jailbroken
Must update to 7.1.
As I said jailbreaking is against the TOU of this forum.
Have a good day.
what is the TOU
and what to do if I was jailbroke before trying to restore
terms of use.
Perhaps you should try google as a resource rather than here.
Have a good day.
Problem in restoring IOS 7.0.4 on iPad Mini
