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Take it into the apple store if you have one near, a couple hours out of your time but otherwise, free. No stress needed. – Scott Fleckenstein, on July 22, 2008 03:56

i'm having the same problems but with an iPod touch. every time i try to restore it, it says error 1604. it won't ever show up in iTunes. when i unplugged it and tried to turn it on all i got was a connect to iTunes picture. what should i do?

fuuuuuuuuuc..................kkk My iphone is now rendered useless. After running iphone 2.0 update But i had an error I cannot restore to 1.1.4 I get the same error (20). I cannot find a method to downgrade it's something about baseband upgrade incompatible. HELP? fuck fuck fuck

hi Sheim,
the thing is that you are getting that itunes error because you havent removed itunes completly first you have to go to ur usic folder if you are using mac and rename the folder name or move it to trash and if you are using windows then go to my music folder in my documents and do the same thing rename or delete the folder and then do the process which i told before
gudluck lol

Well, I had to bring mine into the apple store today, and they replaced it free of charge, even a couple weeks outside of warranty.

Good job Apple!

Answer to your question you need to delete the 7.7 version of the itunes library under you /usr/you/library/itunes, don't forget to rename your itunes folder under the music folder. I have Jail broken iphone (original) too, and I have yet to successfully downgrade to a firmware version lower than 2.0. I even tried using both versions of version 2.0 ispw files , I you cant even restore using 7.7 again remember this is a difference between Restore mode and DFU mode, I believe the combination of correct firmware boot loader portion of firmware which is black screen state of the device would be the less progmatic recovery mode, I have no problem fully restoring the device back to version 2.0 but cannot activate it as I am not and AT&T customer. Hence I just might have to wait a few more days till the guys at iphone-dev.org to release their Version 2.0 PwnageTool hope this helps, but I think apple have really done a number on behalf of AT&T as part of their original deal with profit sharing etc! (this is a guess) to get people to register more original hand sets on the AT&T network, dispite known how important the jail broken devices a led to the success of apple breaking the mobile device market. Props to iPhone Dev Team! Wooot! – mossy, on July 13, 2008 21:45

Hi W86k, does this apply to a jailbroken phone as well, my phone is completely dead i don't even get the connect itunes image.

When i connect my phone i get the message "the file "itunes library.itl" cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of itunes.

I wish i knew what that meant but i think it is because i am trying to connect my upgraded phone to itunes 7.5?

Can any body help?

uninstall itunes 7.7 and install itunes 7.5 then once you have done that download 1.1.4 firmware for your iphone. put your iphone in DFU mode by doing that follow these stepsThis is how to achieve DFU mode. You can do it on every phone: * Attach the phone to the pc * Turn the phone off * Hold power and home together for *exactly* 10 seconds * Release power but keep holding home until the pc beeps as a USB device is recognized. * At no point will the display come on. Now your restore should work. then go back to itunes n hold SHIFT n click restore and open the 1.1.4 restore firmware and it will be fixed in the end but unfortunately be 1.1.4 firmware not 2.0 :( – iphoneknowitall, on July 13, 2008 10:49

Hello ,
here is the solution for it , well if it is giving you the error 20 then it is becaus
e of the itunes 7.5 and you are running iphone 2.0 the easiest thing is to make your iphone work is this that install itunes 7.7 and if your are struck in recovery mode then restore your iphone 2.0 firmware and remmber to remove itunes completly from your system and reinstall it clean when your iphone 2.0 is installed put the 02 pay as you go sim card when it will be restored the itunes will say to activate it click on continue and enter your apple id if you have or make one and then click on continue and den agree the terms and conditions and den click continue DATS iT!!!!!!!!!!! your iphone will say iPhone is Activated but remember there will be no installer in it anyways the new Appstore App is really cool and i think there must be a way to hack the iphone 2.0 to unlock after doing this like in older firmwares....,
ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you have an original iPhone in a country unsupported by Apple (had to unlock to recognise sim), and upgraded to 2.0, you need to downgrade back your brick back to 1.1.4. Instructions are here http://sleepers.net/news/?page_id=216
Problematic and quite technical on a Mac, I found.
Bottom line is that you need to surgically remove (most) bits of iTunes 7.7 and DFU restore using old version of iTunes (7.5 is good). That leaves you with 1.1.4 iPhone which is unusable for any modem - calls, sms, wifi - so you have to then downgrade the baseband.
This may take several attempts and at least two hours.
So from an original iPhone owner in Australia's point of view:
DO NOT UPGRADE TO 2.0 YET. It ain't worth it until, if ever, the telcos recognise the original iPhone.
I'm sick of routing around "hacking" this thing to work.

wow this must suck or u guys but dont worry wat for a day or two cause there are 6 million ppl with iphones and mmore than a mill wtih iphone 3g AND ALLL OF THEM ARE PLUGING in their iphones to the computer thats y its not working and ontop of that all the ipod touch users n the world are hooking up their ipod touches to get th newfirmware so justr wait little while and itll work....btw i got 2.0 and IT FING ROCKKSSS WOHHOO tap tap revenge is the best:)

I FINALLY GOT ITUNES TO DO THE UPGRADE. I just kept retrying.. anyway, now it installs then syncs everything EXCEPT MUSIC & PODCASTS & VIDEOS!!! i restarted itunes, the iPhone, and do new install & restore. I had tried downgrading & redoing restores- so i think i might have done something that required the restart & re-restore again.

And not two minutes after that last positive note I left you with,
BEHOLD!!!

It works now! It finally was able to restore; and I now have a working iPhone. Only thing is that if keep it connected to iTunes; then it will keep restoring over and over again. – FortunePlaza, on July 11, 2008 19:45

where is the firmware 2.O located? I can't seem to find any of my itunes downloads – Lally, on July 11, 2008 19:43

Well it seem as if Apple has not prepared themselves for such a large launch. Perhaps they forgot to beef up their itunes servers to accommodate the activation of all of the new phones from each of the 72 countries they're now in.

Don't worry Apple, I would have overlooked such a small piece of the puzzle myslef.

And to all those suffering out there from the iPhone woes, be it first gen (like myself) or 3g. take comfort in the fact that in a day or two, the server traffic will die down, and we will all get our turn to fix our phones. patience is a virtue. Remember, that not even ten years ago, many of us got by just fine without a cell phone...

So take a deep breath... We will all be OK!

I've clicking since 9am. Still thick as a brick. I got nuthin.

Apple.... what gives?

I'm getting the same dialog box as Sandy
connection was reset.