Bricked iPhone with 3.0!!!

[infamous.iphone]

I recently installed the 3.0 software to my phone and took it into an Apple store today to try and get the mic serviced and the tech bricked my phone!!! Is there any way for me to either get the 3.0 running again or downgrade??!!
Please help!!!

[shutter13]

Some genius, did you tell him you were running the beta before he started to work on it? Most likely he tried a restore to 2.2.1. If you want to stay with 3.0 you should be able to update to 3.0 the same way you did before, although you will probably have to put it into DFU mode to do it, or you han restore back to 2.2.1 following these instructions, (windows)



1 - Open iTunes
2 - Get your iPhone in DFU mode
3 - Select restore iphone (using the original 2.2.1 firmware, not a custom one)
4 - Let your iPhone do the restart process until you get ERROR 1013
5 - Close iTunes
6 - Open Quickpwn. you will get a message saying to hold power and home for 15 seconds.
7 - Turn on your iPhone by holding power button for 2 seconds
8 - Open iTunes and your iPhone is recognized and activated

It should be noted that once you open quickpwn, you can close it and reset your phone. After your phone is activated you can continue with the jailbreak, if you like.

[infamous.iphone]

Thanks. I'm going to try it right now.

[infamous.iphone]

AHHHH!!! It worked!!! The phone is syncing and iTunes recognizes it. Thank you SO MUCH!!! I really appreciate your help! :laugh2:

[Europa]

Cool, glad you got it fixed :)
But just for the record, it was never "bricked", it was just locked up. Bricked phones are unresponsive to DFU mode and can't be restored. It's very rare.