I cant update my phone

irishglass

im using a jailbroken iphone 4 with 4.1 ios and tried upgrading to 4.2 but I keep getting errors. I even restored to a non jailbroken 4.1 and tried updating that way but it still doesnt work anyone have any ideas?

aidan_walsh

What errors?

irishglass

i get error 1013

eirlink

because you jailbroke via your computer, your host file on your computer has been altered. some extra ipaddresses have been added and the update cant proceed cause it being directed away from apples verification server....anyway follow the instructions below

On Mac:
* Open Finder
* Hold down COMMAND + SHIFT keys and press 'G'
* Enter "/private/etc/" in the field and press "Go"
* Find "hosts" file in the directory
* Drag the file to your desktop
* Open it in text editor
* Remove the line that has gs.apple.com entirely or put a # at the beginning of it to comment it out
* Save the file
* Drag it back to the /private/etc/ folder.
* You'd need to enter your username and password to authenticate the move

On Windows:

* Locate the hosts file in one of the following directories:

Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts
Windows NT/2000/XP Pro c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Windows XP, Vista, 7 c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts


* Right click and click on "Open With..." and then click on "Notepad" on the list.

* Remove the line that has gs.apple.com completely and save the file.
mine also had the ipaddress mentioned in the above post so i removed both. worked fine then.

Stuxnet

eirlink is correct

and if you use(d) tinyumbrella to boot iphone out of recovery, make sure to disable "edit host file" in advanced options or it'll re-write it each time you launch it and youll have same problem again....

you will need to open note pad as administrator (just right click it) then locate the host file, and edit/save

irishglass

thanks dude