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iPhone 5s iOS 8 Restoring To iOS 8.1 With iTunes NOT WORKING!

I have been trying to restore my iPhone 5s Model A1533 to iOS 8.1 from iOS 8.0 for the past 8+ hours, but I am still failing.

I have also been trying to do this with a windows 7 pc and a macbook pro.

  • Macbook pro: Yosemite 10.10.3; iTunes 12.1.2.27
  • PC: Windows 7; iTunes 12.1.2.27
  • iPhone 5s: iOS 8.0; Factory reset; Model A1533
  • Firmware I'm trying to resore iPhone with: iPhone6,1_8.1_12B411_Restore.ipsw
  • Macbook pro iTunes restore error: "This device isn't eligible for the requested build"
  • Windows 7 PC iTunes restore error: "3194"

- I have the latest versions of iTunes on all of my computers.

- Port forwarded port 80 and 443 TCP

- All antivirus and firewalls disabled

- iPhone 5s in iTunes recovery mode when plugged into computers

- Hosts file in all computers have # in front of apple gs # 74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com

- I did this on terminal on my mac dscacheutil -flushcache

- Rebooted wifi router and modem

- Rebooted both computers

- Rebooted iTunes

- Used ethernet cable connected to windows pc and router

- Disabled safari automatic unzipping

Please help me.

Posted on May 24, 2015 4:08 PM

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iPhone 5s iOS 8 Restoring To iOS 8.1 With iTunes NOT WORKING!

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