iPhone 3gs baseband help?

[Sir_Axxewraith]

My friend gave me an iphone 3gs to fix, it won't restore to 4.01 via iTunes in DFU mode (giving me and error of 1013). So i'm assuming he did something to it that fucked up the baseband.

is there a way of erasing the baseband and firmware , starting again from scratch?

all help appreciated!

 

[slicer4ever]

i'm assuming you meant it won't restore to 4.1?, DFU recovery should be able to do that, otherwise, no, i don't believe there is a way to erase the baseband

 

[Sir_Axxewraith]

Yeah I did sorry, Hmmm. It always gets to like 1mm away from being complete on the iphone then chucks a 1013 error :/

 

[slicer4ever]

Error 23, 28, 29, 1002, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1611: These errors may indicate a hardware issue with your device. Follow the steps in this article and also attempt to restore while connected with a known-good 30-pin Dock Connector cable, computer, and network to isolate this issue to the device. If the MAC address is missing or the IMEI is the default value (00 499901 064000 0), this can also confirm a hardware issue.

sounds like it could be hardware

 

[Sir_Axxewraith]

It would be crazy if it was, the thing's pretty much new. hmm, i'll see what "genius" can do.

 

[slicer4ever]

it's too bad apple doesn't just specify 100% what each individual error is suppose to be, instead of just lumping a bunch together and saying that it "might" be hardware related

 

[Sir_Axxewraith]

Exactly, it's pretty damn vague. ah well, no love lost. It was just a challenge to myself to see if it could be done..and I can't!

 

[MenaceInc]

it's too bad apple doesn't just specify 100% what each individual error is suppose to be, instead of just lumping a bunch together and saying that it "might" be hardware related

A lot of companies do that, Microsoft being a right bastard with 'general' errors.

Best bet would be take it into an Apple store. They usually have a list of what the specific errors mean, more so than what is publicly available on the website

 

[angelsniper45]

http://www.thefachia.com/2010/06/download-recboot-for-iphone-recovery.html

use this ^ it should be able to kick whatever loop the phone is in.

 

[LocutusEstBorg]

Stuck at 1013 is usually a USB issue. Try it on another computer running Windows and kick it out of recovery with Umbrella.

 

[Sir_Axxewraith]

I used recboot to get it out of the recovery loop it was already in, and ive tried it on a mac too and still get 1013. Although when I was using ZiPhone(I know i shouldnt) i got a USBMUX error.

 

[LocutusEstBorg]

If you don't need an unlock then just perform a DFU restore to 4.2.1 with iTunes make sure you have a clean hosts file without any apple entries. It'll update baseband and firmware.

 

[Sir_Axxewraith]

Has it literally just been released? How to I make my hosts file clean?

 

[LocutusEstBorg]

Open it in notepad. Run notepad as admin.