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

The iPhone wiki pages have a good description:
http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=DFU_Mode

HTH,
Jon

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Robert Poland <rpoland@usa.net> wrote:

> 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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