Help with jailbreaking and Cydia for iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches.

OK, i'll try that now. Thanks. Do i need to edit the host file at all? Thanks

Er.. No. Just restore from dfu mode no need to edit anything. iTunes will do everything to restore.

Edit: yes if you were downgrading and you changed the IP address to a different server then you need to change the IP address back to the apple server.

http://www.saurik.com/id/12#howto

..Will update in a few mins on what happened. Thanks

Update

Error: "ipad could not be restored. An unknown error occured 3014"

Any ideas?

You need to change the host file back to the apple IP address. Sry think that mattered at first. Look at the link above^ if you see that line in the host file remove it. Not sure if tiny umbrella does something different but this is how Saurik has his setup.

Uninstall tiny umbrella and Here is how to clean the host file properly. http://www.jailbreakqa.com/questions/32462/frequently-asked-questions#33273

"hmmph." I try to redirect it back to apple but it keeps going to cydia. using gs.apple.com. I now get error code 3194 could not restore.

Am i doing something wrong?

Thanks for helping me

Should work if you follow this. Make sure tiny umbrella I uninstalled also.

Windows:

Close iTunes Start –> Programs –> Accessories Run Notepad or WordPad (as administrator on windows 7) Click “Open..” from File menu. Browse to Windows/System32/drivers/etc In "files of type:" select all documents Open "hosts" Either delete all line that has "gs.apple.com", or add a "#" sign at the beginning of the line to comment it out Hit Save Reboot computer for changes to take effect. Visit http://gs.apple.com/ to verify that the hosts file is pointing to Apple and not Cydia. Restore your device.

.Rebooting PC now. will update you when back. Cheers

Try restarting your computer also. Can try this if you did the above maybe open cmd in administrator and type ipconfig/ flushdns

UPDATE:

Darknlight55, Really appreciate your help! Seems to be working. It's in the restore process as we speak! Will let you know when 100% complete.

No problem I'm glad it's working. :)

Final restore complete. I think I just needed to restart my PC.

Thank god you were online when I asked this question. Thumbs up. Thank you.

New question, which i forgot to ask, forgive me.

After restoring from a jailbreak, will I still be legible for future iOS releases?

Thanks again

Short answer Yes.

If you have a jailbreak normally to get the latest version of iOS you would just remove the jailbreak by restoring the device. The jailbreak prevents updates to the iOS when it is on the device. But as soon as you restore your device back to stock you can update freely.

cool, the reason I ask is because i've tried to Restore without using the Shift key to select a firmware, but it gives error code 3014. When the device is in DFU mode, it seems to allow the restore process to proceed. This isn't the old jailbreak affecting my device is it?

UPDATE:

It seems upgrading to iTunes 11 is needed to perform the restore without using the Shift option. Thanks again - Darknlight55

No that error just means the iTunes cannot reach the update server. Because you we're using tiny umbrella to downgrade, the host file being changed was the issue.

iTunes 10.7 was giving error 3014. iTunes 11 sorted the error out.

Thanks for all your help mate. You know your stuff :)

ah really? I thought i would need tss from past jailbreaks.

I'm not trying to downgrade so to speak. The current firmware on my ipad was 6.1, i then did the evasi0n jailbreak. I now want to restore to original 6.1 firmware, so that I don't have the jailbreak on my ipad anymore.

I just keep getting the error in itunes "(could not restore (11))"

Is there anything you think, that might be stopping it? Thanks for quick response