Comments on: Recover your unlocked iPhone from “Please Connect to iTunes”

By: anil singh

anil singh — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:08:43 +0000

hi there, i have a big dilemma to tell, i had purchased iphone 3gs 16gb model no A1303 FCC ID:BCGA1303B IC ID:579C-A1303B, I had bought this iphone on ebay and now this ebayer doesn’t exist any longer, so the problem with my iphone is, the day i received my iphone it was working fine then i connected my iphone with the itunes, itunes asked to upgrade it with 3.1.3 which i did i thought that upgrade will give me extra feature but in return it locked my screen with emergency screen and message pops up on screen of iphone saying (install valid sim), i dont know what to do how to make this iphone running back again, any help from you guys will be highly appreciated, thanks a million for any help…… anil

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:35:31 +0000

Hi, I had bought one iphone in Europe and i got it unlocked here in USA… the problem is that my fren updated my iphone through iTunes so its stuck now… it shows the sign of itunes with usb… i could not restore it coz there is no any options left… i talked with many technicians but all of them said that i have to get the same sim card which came with it, n which is already lost…otherwise there is no any other ways to use it…is it true..?? help me plz…

By: kristine

kristine — Fri, 14 May 2010 04:27:42 +0000

Simon, I was thinking that. If I subscribe with at&t are they going to see that the phone was unlocked before? And will they do anything to the phone (upgrades) that I won’t be able to unlock the phone when the new unlock comes available for this version? Because I want to be able to go back to t mobile. Thank you for all your help! I completely understand now. I’m depressed about it, but at least I know what happened.

By: Simon Ng

Simon Ng — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:50:01 +0000

By the way, are you living in U.S.? Another option is to subscribe to an official carrier. In U.S., AT&T is the exclusive carrier for iPhone.

By: Simon Ng

Simon Ng — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:48:26 +0000

@Kristine,

The kid is right. After you hit the restore button in iTunes, your iPhone was upgraded to the latest iPhone OS (3.1.3). As of now, there is no unlock solution for iPhone 3GS running this OS version. You have to wait. I’ll keep everyone update when the unlock solution is available.

By: Kristine

Kristine — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:05:41 +0000

Hi Simon,
Wow! It’s amazing how many people you have helped. I have been searching for weeks for an answer, and I just stumbled upon your blog. And I’m hoping you can help me. I have a 3gs had it unlocked. had 1/2 battery left, for some reason the battery ran immediately and died. (you know what that means) I plugged it in to charge it, which is plugged into the computer. Hoping it would be okay. When I did, it opened itunes. Itunes said, it detected an iphone in recovery mode you must restore it. Me not knowing this wasn’t what I was suppose to do, I did. Now the phone displays the pic with the plug. I can get it to the home screen where you can only make emergency calls and there is a little lock on the top. What do I do? I’m so upset. This my business phone. I had no idea this would ruin the unlock. I went to the kid that unlocked it for me, he said I have to wait until they come out with the upgraded unlock?? That there is nothing I can do. Is this true? Thank you in advance if you can help you.

By: Rayz

Rayz — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:57:39 +0000

Hi Simon,

Before this problem happend, my iphone 3GS battery life going down very fast for lest than 1 day. Morning time it show 99%, 2 hrs later it reduse to 70%, 1 hrs later reduse to 20% and until less than 6 hrs my battery life gone and my phone switch “OFF”. I’m not using my iphone on that time. Is it because of the battery or because of other problem? I buy this iphone on last December last year and still under warranty. Can i claim it for warranty? Please help me because i always used my iphone for working. Hope can received your replied as soon as possible. Thanks. Forgot to tell you that after tried to charging for 4 hrs but my iphone still can’t switch “ON”. Please advise me…

By: Rayz

Rayz — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:54:47 +0000

Hi Simon,

By: GRAVITIA

GRAVITIA — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:53:13 +0000

You became my God for that movement ,i was shocked to see the error and i was waiting very important call .at last i was saved just followed your methods ..i have no words to thanks you ….long live…

By: wasim

wasim — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:25:07 +0000

hi
I updated my iphone 3g from 3.0 to 3.1.3 . It got updated but it was showing a message that the sim is invalid . But i could still use my iphone 3g or listening to music and etc. But couldnt call . So i restored it to 3.0 . Then it got locked showing the connect to itunes graphic please help me …

By: Rayz

Rayz — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:37:45 +0000

Hai there

I also got problem. I try to updated my iphone 3g from firmware 3.0 to 3.1.2 using and i don’t have the cd and forgot to backup. before it finish updated, my iphone show “connect to iTunes” and after that my pc (window Vista) show “Found new hardware,apple mobile device (Recovery mode)” need cd or driver to install it. After that it show “could not find driver, unable to install” .. Now my iphone only show “connect to iTunes” Please help me asap.. Thanks

By: Kyhana

Kyhana — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:13:00 +0000

Hi simon,
i just got a 2g iphone and accidentally hit the restore button and now the phone just gets stuck at the apple logo when i turn it on, can you help to fix this so i can use it, thanks’