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“Verifying iPhone Update with Apple” iTunes crash
8Apr2010 Filed under: Ramblings Author: Björn SållarpAre you too having problems updating your iPhone to OS 4.0 beta and iTunes crash while showing the message “Verifying iPhone update with Apple”? Use restore instead!
Also, it is possible to downgrade from iPhone OS 4.0 to 3.1.3 using the restore function and a firmware image for 3.1.3. The baseband however will not be downgraded.
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Miguel DeQuadros
April 9th, 2010 at 1:18 am
yep that fixed it! we were hoping to be able to update like every other beta but i guess not.
Aubrey Falconer
April 9th, 2010 at 1:24 am
Just experienced this issue. Your tip solved it!
sean808080
April 9th, 2010 at 2:09 am
very cool. thanks for the tip on using restore instead of upgrade to resolve itunes crashing.
cheers.
s
Simon Starr
April 9th, 2010 at 10:20 am
Thanks for this, I only just spotted that the OS4 image file is called ‘Restore’ which I suppose should have given me a clue
Cirrostratus iPhone Developers
April 9th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
I would have used restore in the first place if it wasn’t for the frightening message that says all of your data will be deleted. Hopefully we won’t have to reinstall each and every application.
Marchaos
April 10th, 2010 at 2:43 am
Yep, Fixed my problem. Stupid Apple.
karl
April 15th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
can someon e tell me how you fix this? i cant find the answer
dfslkj
April 16th, 2010 at 9:30 am
that fixed it thank you
Samuel Carrero
April 22nd, 2010 at 5:44 am
did using this method erase your personal data on your iphone?..
JAck BAuer
April 22nd, 2010 at 7:44 am
I think it crashes because apple have altered the ‘buildmainfest.plist’ file inside the beta 2 firmware to not allow upgrade installs.
Björn Sållarp
April 22nd, 2010 at 7:56 am
My guess is that they don’t want to allow upgrades because:
1, iPhone os beta is for development use primarily and development units usually doesn’t contain important information.
2. Apple want to avoid getting strange error reports on 4.0 that happen because of some questionable data stored in earlier versions.
Björn Sållarp
April 22nd, 2010 at 8:01 am
@Samuel. Yes, you will loose your personal data. SMS, contacts, music, videos, apps, notes etc. It’s a factory reset. Make sure you store all your important stuff before restoring. If you have your phone connected to exchange that will take care of your contacts. iTunes takes care of apps, music etc.
You should make a backup of your phone in iTunes but i am not entirely sure i you can restore that backup once you’ve upgraded. My advice is not to take a chance and backup your most important stuff to your Mac/pc.
Ben
April 30th, 2010 at 11:56 am
Hi guys
Can anyone confirm if personal data/sms/contacts etc can be restored from itunes once OS4 has been installed?
cheers
William
May 6th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
@Ben. Yes, I was able to restore SMS and Camera Roll from my 3.1.3 3G backup.
grytpype
May 7th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
I can confirm that using Restore instead of Update to install Beta 3 works without crashing.
grytpype
May 7th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
And you do have to then restore your data from a previous backup.
dave
August 23rd, 2010 at 2:57 am
when i try restoring ipod… it does not get verrified to 4.0 the current version is 4.0.2