iPhone Cannot Restore Error (6) disaster averted
I was excited to download the iPhone 2.0.1 software tonight hoping it would stabilize my recently buggy iPhone 3G.  What I ended up with was this.
My iPhone hurled and was plunged into a limbo of cannot restore but cannot function.¬† I endured 3 failed attempts to restore.¬† Each ended with the dreaded “iPhone Cannot Restore Error (6)”.¬† I was using the machine I always sync it with, my iMac (iTunes 7.7.1) but I decided to roll the dice and plug it into my Macbook Air (iTunes 7.7).¬† I had to re-download the 250 MB update and restore to factory settings from the Air.¬† After that I plugged into the iMac and loaded my most recent backup.
Then I did a touchdown dance and spiked my iPhone.  Ok, not really.  Disaster averted.
To be clear I have a plain ole G3 with no jailbreak tomfoolery.
August 5th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
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