Fix Bricked iOS 4.3.3 iDevice After iTunes Update [How To]
Saturday, May 14, 2011 11:15 AM
A quick heads-up : many users are reporting their iDevices getting bricked after updating to iOS 4.3.3 using iTunes. The issues lies within the iTunes activation servers, which brick the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The iOS 4.3.3 update will all go fine on iTunes but iTunes failing to activate the iDevice resulting in a bricked iDevice. We have post details below on how to fix bricked iDevice on iOS 4.3.3 after iTunes update.
There is no official word on the issue by Apple, but many users are reporting on Apple discussion thread about bricked iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad on latest iOS 4.3.3 update using iTunes. If you have just updated your iDevice and got a same messae as shows in above screenshot, you must follow the below instructions.
Fix Bricked iOS 4.3.3 iDevice After iTunes Update [How To] :
1) Hold down the on/off button and home button at the same time with your iDevice turned off.
2) Hold down the home button while plugging into ITunes.
3) You will be prompted to reset your iDevice. Reset it.
Now, iOS 4.3.3 update will work fine on your iDevice. If you followed the above tutorial, don't forget share your results with us in the comments section below.
May 14, 2011 at 11:49 AM
PLEASE HELP IT JUST DOESNT WORK. I HAVE TO USE A BUNCH OF PROGRAMS TO FIX SOME ERRORS, THEN IT RESTORES AND IT GOES RIGHT INTO A DFU LOOP, THE ONLY WAY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO TURN IT ON IS WITH TETHEREDBOOT REDSN0W (DONT KNOW WHY)BUT IN MY HOME PAGE IT APPEARS THE CONNECT TO ITUNES SIGN. I DO BUT THEM IT APPEARS THE MESSEGE OF YOUR DEVICE IS DAMAGED
May 19, 2011 at 9:14 AM
Sorry for the late reply because your comment was there in Spam because you use CAPS.
There is some internal error in Apple's servers which will be fixed very soon. So, stay tuned as we will update you as soon as some news flow in on iOS 4.3.3 update error.
June 12, 2011 at 5:57 PM
After "upgrading" to 4.3.3, battery life was non existent. I turned everything off. Still, was losing about 20% an hour without any usage. I let the battery drain completely and the wall charged. At 100% the screen read, for emergency use only with a swipe. I swiped to check it, phone keyboard appears. Put down for 5 minutes and reset screen appeares. I tried to sync it with itunes only to get a 1611 error, which indicates a hardware problem. After searching for some remedy, seems that a battery replacement will correct the problem.
Seems pretty obvious that the battery problem is directly related to the so-called upgrade. I had NO battery problem before. 4.3.3 fried my battery.
Apparently, I'm not alone with this problem.
Class action suit anyone?
June 13, 2011 at 9:49 PM
@trypilla : Yeah, iOS 4.3.3 had server issues with Apple and battery drain was also prominent. But we suggest you to either downgrade it to iOS 4.3.2 or below or update your iDevice to the latest iOS 5 firmware now. These firmwares, as of yet, have no battery drain problems. So, try using them. Good Luck.