iPhone update help

Darksaga87

Hi, can anyone help me out with this error message i receive when trying to update my phone?

I also cannot restore the phone.

The iPhone could not be updated at this time because the iPhone software update server could not be contacted or is temporarily unavailable

Any help at all will be great.

guil

It could be down for maintenance. Try again in a while

Darksaga87

Still no joy with this. Is anyone else experiancing this or knows a fix?

guil

have ya tried puttin it into DFU mode and downloading the os from iclarified or similar

Darksaga87

Ive put the phone into recovery mode and used shift click restore and selected ios4 software which i had downloaded. still wont work. ive reset the phone. still wont work. Ive tried 2 differant phones and neither will update, (havent treid another itunes) would there be a problem with my itunes or network? im running latest version of itunes.

Reganovski

have you ever messed with 'hosts' file on your c drive?

Darksaga87

Havent gone near them in a long time.

Reganovski

Darksaga87 wrote: »

Havent gone near them in a long time.

Just make sure its like the below


hosts file is here C:WindowsSystem32driversetc

# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost

Darksaga87

I found this in my host files. no idea where it came from or what it is, but it doesnt look right.

Its called "umbrella" or "tiny umbrella"


# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
#127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com

Darksaga87

Another file of the same name in another folder.

TinyUmbrella[INFO|Thread-8|10:14:02]: Recovery device disconnected:iDevice:82946W123NP
TinyUmbrella[INFO|Thread-12|10:16:58]: Recovery device disconnected:iDevice:82946W123NP

Reganovski

Darksaga87 wrote: »

I found this in my host files. no idea where it came from or what it is, but it doesnt look right.

Its called "umbrella" or "tiny umbrella"


# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
#127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com

Remove the time umbrella one and just have a hosts file like this....just copy and paste this

# Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost

Darksaga87

Im usually smarter than that.:rolleyes:

Never thought to check host files were ok. All is working well now. cheers for the help mate. You have cured my headach.

Reganovski

Darksaga87 wrote: »

Im usually smarter than that.:rolleyes:

Never thought to check host files were ok. All is working well now. cheers for the help mate. You have cured my headach.

No bother....send the cheque in post