Re: [apple-iphone] Re: iOS 5.1 and the iPhone 3GS

Paul,

Is that a misspelling? Going to Apple.com and looking for "DFU mode" I got 49 hits, with no mention of DFU.

On Mar 13, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Paul Deyo wrote:

> Well I finally gave up on the 5.1 install and took the iPad2 to the Apple store. The genius told me there were lots of problems with this upgrade so he made sure it was backed up and then put it in DFU mode and restored it from scratch to version 5.1. Went smoothly and now all is well. He also showed me how to get it into DFU mode properly (I was doing it wrong). We restored it from my iCloud backup and all is well. When I got home I synched it in iTunes which transferred all my music back. I am a happy camper. He recommended doing this with any software upgrade to prevent any problems. There is no trick to going to the DFU mode… you just have to do it right. Instructions are on Apple's website.
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> On Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 4:23 PM, missladybee wrote:
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>> I have the latest iTunes installed (10.6) and I am as up to date as I can be with my SL (OS 10.6.8). With WiFi I tried through the General Settings>Software Upgrade on both devices (iPhone 4S & iPad (1). The ball kept spinning until the message " Unable to Check for Upgrade ... An error occurred while checking for the software update ... Cancel or Try Again" came up.
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>> Next I tried connecting my iPad to my iMac 10.6.8, opened iTunes, clicked to download iOS 5.1 and got this message: "There was a problem downloading the software for the iPad. The network connection could not be established." I followed the troubleshooting instructions on the Apple website and found I was still unable to download on either my iPad or iPhone 4S.
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>> My DSL and WiFi seem to be working as they should.
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>> If I wait several days then try again, do you think this will resolve the download problem I am experiencing, or is there something else going on here that I need to be aware of?
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>> Barbara E
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>> --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com (mailto:apple-iphone%40yahoogroups.com), Jim Showalter <jshowalt@...> wrote:
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>>> On Mar 8, 2012, at 3:31 PM, Jim Showalter wrote:
>>> My iPhone is 3GS. I gave up trying to download and install the 5.1 update, even after upgrading iTunes to 10.6, due to the "contacting the software update server..." forever.
>>> Interestingly, I noticed that the Settings icon on my 5.0.1 3GS showed a number badge with 1 in it, so I went into Settings > General > Software Update and clicked to update.
>>> It took about 15 minutes to update my 3GS iPhone to 5.1.
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>>> It looks to me like the new method of updating iPhone software is less disruptive than the old way, which erased the iPhone and restored it after the install. Settings > General > About shows Version is 5.1, but I still see 3G rather than 4G when I'm off wifi.
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>>> Holding my breath.
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>>>> On Mar 8, 2012, at 2:53 PM, Paul Deyo wrote:
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>>>>> does the same thing. just sits there and says "contacting the software update server". Left it all night last nite and nothing. Also does the same thing when trying wifi.
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>>>> I had the same problem 3 times last night and so far 3 times today. My only surmise is that the servers are overloaded. Still waiting here
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>>>>> On Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 5:34 PM, David Morganstein wrote:
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>>>>>> Try again. Try downloading only, then install.
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>>>>>> David
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>>>>>> On Mar 8, 2012, at 5:28 PM, Paul Deyo <paul.deyo@... (mailto:paul.deyo%40gmail.com (http://40gmail.com))> wrote:
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>>>>>>> I upgraded my 4g phone but I my iPad 2 will not update for some reason.
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>>>>>>> On Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 4:40 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
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>>>>>>>> It is awfully quite here and other Apple lists, after an Apple Keynote with a hardware and software upgrades revealed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Has anyone upgraded a iPhone 3GS to iOS 5.1, yet?
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>>>>>>>> Being that it is at the lowest iPhone eligible for the upgrade, and I am not in a position to upgrade the iPhone, I am being extra cautious. And other than one 4S user upgrading, I have seen no posts on iOS 5.1 from a user.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Brent

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