phone is stuck at 1.0.2, 300MB file system, can't connect either via iNdependence or iTunes!

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This was previously issue 161, but has now turned into a much worse problem. I 
now have a 
jailed phone, can't jailbreak it using iNdependence, and iTunes won't connect 
to it at all! The 
phone still works, but I'm getting worried that I'm going to end up with a 
bricked phone, or one 
that can't be upgraded at all. Fortunately (for now), the phone still works.

What steps will reproduce the problem?

I had previously jailbroken my 1.0.2 phone and installed AppTapper using the 
process on the 
nullriver website, plus various apps.

When iNdependence 1.2.3 was released, I tried going through all the steps for a 
pre-1.1.1 
upgrade, and everything seemed fine.

But, when I tried updating to 1.1.1 using iTunes, I got an error saying that 
this firmware can't be 
installed on this phone.

At this point,  the phone was still jailbroken and working, except with the 
300MB limitation (e.g. 
no syncing of my music library), and the 300MB fixer app only works on 1.1.1 
firmware.

At this point, I tried rejailing and jailbreaking the phone again. At first the 
rejail failed, but 
worked when I tried it again. But, then, jailbreaking using iNdependence failed 
(sorry, can't 
remember the error message). I never did receive the Services.plist file you 
tried to send (got the 
email, w/no attachment).

At this point, I decided to try restoring to a "virgin" 1.0.2 (still 
activated), using restore/update 
mode in iTunes. This failed after some time, with an error from iTunes saying 
that this phone 
can't be restored.

I tried the restore only to 1.0.2 using option-click restore to select 1.0.2, 
but that did nothing 
(with no error message or indication that it did anything at all).

The current state:
iTunes doesn't connect to my phone. It tells me to do a restore, but when I try 
doing a 
restore/update, I get "the phone "iphone" could not be restored. an unknown 
error occurred (-
18)". The option-Restore says "extracting firmware", then does nothing.

iNdependence reports: connected, activated, 1.0.2, AFC connection, jailed. 
Perform Jailbreak 
produces "Error writing modified fstab to phone".

So, I'm pretty stuck at this point, and getting rather concerned.

On the positive side, I have MobileFinder and Terminal installed, so I can 
navigate around and 
make changes on the phone via that route (though it's somewhat painful). I can 
also get files to 
the phone using email, and by ftp'ing from the phone to my Mac.

Help!

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

indepencence 1.2.5
MacOS 10.4.10

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ruftytuf...@gmail.com on 24 Oct 2007 at 5:18

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Helli there

My situation is a little bit different:

- I successfully "treated" 6 iPhones with independence 1.2.5. They are all 
jailbroken, activated and unlocked 
(anysim) with firmware 1.1.1.
- 2 iPhones were treated exactly the same way, but are now at 300MB. Success 
rate of 75% then. Those two 
are neither the first 2 nor the last 2, but just 2 out of 8 iPhones, which were 
freed in the same atempt.
- After the pre 1.1.1 upgrade, iTunes could not install the upgrade saying 
error 1604.
- Replacing of the Services.plist finally helped (8GB again), but the same 
happened when trying to upgrade to 
1.1.1 again.
- Rejailing was OK, but jailbreak failed "Error writing modified fstab to 
phone".
- I managed to restore 1.0.2 with iTunes, which made activating / jailbreak / 
install SSHsuccessfull, but again 
the same happened when updating to 1.1.1.

So maybe the 300MB-problem is not the cause for the upgrade-failure, but a 
result? But what could be the 
cause then?

Regards David

Original comment by ktm.je...@gmail.com on 24 Oct 2007 at 1:16

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Hello there

I think I found a solution. To be honest, it's quite rediculous - just use 
another USB-port!

I tried several times without success, I tried one with a different USB-port 
and it worked. One of my two 
300MB-phones did not work with the port on the front side of my G5 but worked 
with the one on the back 
side, and the other 300MB-phone was vice versa.

How to proceed:
- Restore iPhone with iTunes using the 1.0.2 firmware
- Proceed as used with Independence 1.2.5 but use another USB-port.

Hope this also helps for others. I had the 1602 and the 1604 errors.

Regards David

Original comment by ktm.je...@gmail.com on 26 Oct 2007 at 8:19

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Hello ruftytufty57

I have the same probl. :( here, did you find a solution ?!?

Original comment by stso...@gmail.com on 28 Nov 2007 at 12:38

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Hello ruftytufty57

I have the same probl. :( here, did you find a solution ?!?

Original comment by stso...@gmail.com on 28 Nov 2007 at 12:39

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Not exactly. I ended up doing a clean restore to the 1.0.2 firmware 
(Option-Restore in iTunes). Set up new 
phone, rather than restoring old (I lost my old settings on the phone, but no 
big deal). Then, reactivated the 
phone, and used http://jailbreakme.com/ (do it when connected to wifi). Have 
not heard of any problems with 
that method for jailbreaking to 1.1.1.

Original comment by ruftytuf...@gmail.com on 28 Nov 2007 at 4:24