Error 0xE8000004 when trying activate iPhone 4 (GSM)

I'm about to change Wi-FI module of the iPhone 4 with the same problem, I think the module is grayed and this is the root of the problem. I'll come after couple of days with report.

Radostin95 wrote:

I'm about to change Wi-FI module of the iPhone 4 with the same problem, I think the module is grayed and this is the root of the problem. I'll come after couple of days with report.

Don't bother. What you're doing is completely unsupported. Apple does not sell iPhone parts. If you do that, it's no longer an iPhone.

I live in Ukraine , and here any iPhone is cool 🙂

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update my iphone 4 to 7.1.2 and placed on display to set the country and after recovery starts to connect to itunes and connect mode and I get error 0XE8000004 and I can not for any reason leave recovery mode

Beauty Gustavo!

Also'm from Brazil and I am having the same problem, you happen to have arrived at some conclusion, I researched everything and I can not activate this device.

Why apple don't response to this case? My iphone was stucked and cannot use anymore.

Should I still be the apple customer?

Também Estou com o MESMO problema.

I solved about error 0xE8000004, this is only hardware issue about network at your ip, please ceck bolt by screwdriver at wifi connected, I hope you will got succes about this issue, sorry about my english

you speak french

I also have the same errors.
Some expert told me that the issue is caused by an motherboard corrupted info.

And he told me that the motherboard need a new UEFI and bootloader.

I do not know what that is exactly. But its something with the motherboard. It detects our iPhone as version 0.0.0.0

So its nulled. There is no actual information about our iphone, thats why iTunes cant activate it.

But I do have SIM card carrier network on it. I can MAKE CALLS, but I cant go on WIFI, CAMERA, AND FLASHLIGHT do not work.

But I just I also contacted Apple Support Netherlands. So I need to call them tomorrow about this issue.It seems like they are ignoring this issue.

My iPhone has no icloud locked on it. Or IMEI number also not connected to APPLE DATABASE.

So I wondered why I couldnt activate. But with the motherboard information it made sense to me that it could be the issue.

584D6E5A

Hey man, thanks for that tip.

My iPhone 4 GSM from Brazil was not working the wifi. So I decided to restore the iPhone, and i stayed stucked on the 0xE800004 error, on many computers.

So, I opened the back of the iphone, remove the battery, remove the metal plate on the top of the iPhone, that have about 5 screws, disconnected all flat cables that i found under this metal plate, and connect again. And....Voilà!!! the wifi worked immediately and no errors on itunes anymore.

Thanks, hope to help all the guys with that.

Otto Hartfelder

Error 0xE8000004 when trying activate iPhone 4 (GSM).

And please apple, don't erase my answer and take yours responsabilites, find and answer for all yours customers.

if your having activation problems, this should work 100%. take out sim card, hold down home button plus power button also, apple logo should appear, 2-3 seconds after logo release power button, keep home button held until plug into itune appear. open itune and plug it up. now you can update/restore. after this your iphone need to complete the update/restore. when completed install your sim card and wait a few to be activated.

Hey guys!

I live in Germany and I also have this problem. I have already been at an apple store. They told me the phone is "jailbraked" and apple simulates an hardware error so you cant connect your phone to ITunes anymore.

Sorry for my bad english 🙂