How to Fix Error 3194 when Restoring iPhone 4 Back to Stock IOS 4.2.1

Last night, I've been trying to restore my iPhone 4 back to Stock firmware IOS 4.2.1 after jailbreaking with Redsnow 0.9.6b6.

Why I want to restore it back to official state? because after I jailbreak and I installed SBSetting from CYDIA, everytime i boot my iPhone it always got stuck in apple logo and need to run redsnow 0.9.6b6 again (by choosing only: "just boot tethered right now" ) in order to make it normal. So based on that it is not so convenience for me and that's why i need to restore it back to official firmware.

Then, I Open iTunes and connect my iPhone 4 to iTunes and select restore.......after waiting for a while I got stuck in 3194 error :-( .

So the solution for this is just put your iPhone into DFU mode and restore back your iPhone using the stock IOS 4.2.1 and...voila! your iPhone 4 is now back to official condition :-).

G'lak and have a try!!

Error 1013 when restore iPhone 4 to IOS 4.2.1 Official

Hi here's to overcome error 1013 when you restoring iPhone 4 using IOS 4.2.1 Official.

Ok, today I've been several times encountering error 1013 when I restore my iPhone 4 to IOS 4.2.1 official from iTunes :-(.

I've tried restore mode (itunes + usb icon in my iPhone) and also DFU Mode, still no result.....then I just remember that I've done some jailbreaking process in my laptop with my 3GS and guess what the host file that reside in this folder: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc still use the saurik's server. So I modify the file from this:

74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com into this: #74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com


save the file and restart my laptop, and I restore it again and voila!!! it works!! my iPhone 4 successfully restored to IOS 4.2.1 official :-).

This is new I think, usually using 3GS i don't need to change the hosts file and it is successfully restored to official IOS. Well i think this is a new filter that apple use in their new iDevices.

G'lak and have a try!!

How to Jailbreak, Activate Officially, and Unlock your iPhone 3G in IOS 4.2.1

Ok this is how you do it:

Read step 11 first!!!

1. Download IOS 4.2.1 firmware for your iPhone 3G here
2. Download redsnow 0.9.6b6 here: windows mac
3. Open your iTunes and connect your iPhone via USB to your PC
4. Restore your iPhone 3G by clicking the shift button (windows) and click restore.
5. Select the file that you have download in the step 1
6. Wait for restoring process until finished
7. After it finished, close your iTunes
8. Open redsnow.exe from the file that you have download in step 2.
9. Step 1 in Redsnow: browse the IPSW file that same as in step 1 or 5. Hit Next
10. Select Install Cydia, and install iPad BaseBand (this two option is a "must" checked option) for the rest is an optional if you don't know what those option are, just leave it unchecked.
11. If the warning window emerged when you checked the install iPad Baseband then read it carefully. If you agree and aware of the consequences press Yes, and if you don't agree and don't want to continue, click NO and close the redsnow hence you can not JB, Unlock and activate officially your iPhone.
12. If you want to continue after hit Yes, then hit Next.
13. Follow the instructions from redsnow, and wait until Jailbreak process finished.
14. After it finished, unplug your iPhone from your PC and tap cydia to open.
15. Open Cydia - select user - upgrade essential.
16. Open Cydia again - manage - source - edit - add - http://repo.bingner.com  
17. Wait until finished, after it finished adding bingner's repo, tap manage-source-tap bingner's repo and install both SAM and SAM Prefs.
18. After it finished, restart your iPhone and connect again to your PC via USB cable.
19. If the iTunes automatically open, closed it.
20. Open Redsnow 0.9.6b6 again follow the instruction as in step 8&9.
21. Then now select only "Deactivate" and hit next.
22. follow the instructions from Redsnow (DFU mode: as usual)
23. Wait until finished
24. After it finished unplug your iPhone from your PC
25. from your iPhone Go to Setting - SAM - and tap: de-activate iphone
26. after that restart your iPhone
27. Open your iTunes and plugged your iPhone to your PC.
28. Wait until iTunes officially acitvate your iPhone
29. After it activated, go to cydia and tap manage - sources- and tap ultran0w repo and install ultrasn0w 1.2
30. After it finished, restart your iPhone.
31. Done! now your iPhone is Jailbroken, officially activated, and unlock :-)

G'lak!! have a try!!

Why I choose iPhone IOS over Android...?

I just got a tweet from @sergiomacfly (the creator of iPhodroid) who give me the link of this interesting comparison between iPhone vs Android....which I personally think is quite true....but there is something that I would questioned about...that is:

• Free Turn-by-Turn Navigation --> I would give the iPhone a point because of we have installous and apptrackr.org (Power of JB Community).  :)
• Battery Life --> well i will need to prove more on this, since after IOS 4 the battery life in iPhone is worst than the previous iPhone OS.

Additional one point from me which I personally think is the main one is that: I would give point for iPhone over Android for the cracked Apps that grow up by the iPhone community itself :) :). Yeaaayy iPhone!!! (at least up until today) :)....

Well that is my personal oppinion, you guys free to comment :)