trouble upgrading from 4.2.1 Argh!

[stickman57]

My iPhone 4 is running IOS 4.2.1. Ideally I'd like to get 4.3.3 installed, but will settle for 4.3.1. I've tried many different times to get this done. Each time the phone gets a 1013 (I think it is) error and is in recovery mode. Nothing kicks it out of recovery. (I can get it into DFU mode.) Tiny Umbrella reports that the phone is still 4.2.1. The only thing that sets it free is to run greenpoison on it which results in a jailbroken 4.2.1 phone.

I'm wondering about the SHSH blobs. What size should a blob be? I've saved them in tinyumbrella. I've saved them from Cydia iSHSHit & emailed them to myself. How do I use the blobs I've downloaded from Cydia & emailed to myself? I've looked at the t.u. saved blobs on the hard disk & they are all 8k. The emailed blobs are bigger. I've tried the upgrade with the t.u. 8k blobs. I've replaced the the 8k blobs on the hard drive with the emailed blobs - after running the psw restore, the blobs on the drive are all 8k again.

I could get by with 4.2.1. At one point before I went back to 4.2.1, I did have 4.3.3 on it with baseband 04.10.01. So now with IOS 4.2.1 and baseband 04.10.01 I get call failure messages after a received call ends. (I'll skip why I downgraded to 4.2.1.) But this time, I've got MMS problems. The darn phone won't send & receive MMS.

Guidance appreciated ....

[Miztory]

Originally Posted by stickman57

My iPhone 4 is running IOS 4.2.1. Ideally I'd like to get 4.3.3 installed, but will settle for 4.3.1. I've tried many different times to get this done. Each time the phone gets a 1013 (I think it is) error and is in recovery mode. Nothing kicks it out of recovery. (I can get it into DFU mode.) Tiny Umbrella reports that the phone is still 4.2.1. The only thing that sets it free is to run greenpoison on it which results in a jailbroken 4.2.1 phone.

I'm wondering about the SHSH blobs. What size should a blob be? I've saved them in tinyumbrella. I've saved them from Cydia iSHSHit & emailed them to myself. How do I use the blobs I've downloaded from Cydia & emailed to myself? I've looked at the t.u. saved blobs on the hard disk & they are all 8k. The emailed blobs are bigger. I've tried the upgrade with the t.u. 8k blobs. I've replaced the the 8k blobs on the hard drive with the emailed blobs - after running the psw restore, the blobs on the drive are all 8k again.

I could get by with 4.2.1. At one point before I went back to 4.2.1, I did have 4.3.3 on it with baseband 04.10.01. So now with IOS 4.2.1 and baseband 04.10.01 I get call failure messages after a received call ends. (I'll skip why I downgraded to 4.2.1.) But this time, I've got MMS problems. The darn phone won't send & receive MMS.

Guidance appreciated ....

get in pwnd fdu mode via ireb and then start the tu tss server and try to restore
in case dosen't works to get out of pwnd mode use redsnow to boot tethered

[stickman57]

Thanks for your response. I've literally worked on this issue for months, and today I am pleased to report it SOLVED!!! by following the instructions below.

I'm not certain what portion actually is responsible for my "breakthrough" ... the hosts file? fixrecovery 4.3? Maybe this will be of help to someone else.

The url is
IOS 4.3.3 iphone could not be restored error 1013 - Page 2 - MacRumors Forums

(snipped from the post from Paik4Life dtd Jul 26, 2011)
Here are my explicit directions:

Tools needed:
1. tinyumbrella AND Fix Recovery from here (right side): The Firmware Umbrella - TinyUmbrella
2. 4.3.3 firmware from here: http://www.redmondpie.com/download-i...-direct-links/

Prep work:
1. Have your SHSH on file with TU
2. Go to advanced in TU and make sure you have both Cydia options UNCHECKED
3. Open terminal and enter "sudo nano /etc/hosts" (do not include ""s), comment out any lines with any gs.apple.com in it by adding # at the very beginning of EACH line. Option+O to save, then Option+X to exit. Close terminal.

Instructions:
1. Open TU and start TSS server (TU will automatically kill iTunes if it was open)
2. Open iTunes and Option+click restore. Find 4.3.3 firmware and choose it.
3. Wait for 1013 error and your iPhone is in recovery mode (iTunes icon and cable).
4. Start Fix Recovery app (not the fix recovery button in TU). Choose the fixrecovery43 (stands for 4.3)
5. Put your iPhone in DFU mode by holding Power+Home until the screen goes black. Wait about 1-2 seconds and release Power but continue holding Home. If you did this correctly the screen will remain black and Fix Recovery will start its process. If the Apple logo comes up, repeat this step until you get it right.
6. Wait a while. Your iPhone will automatically restart and show up in iTunes. iTunes will prompt you to restore from backup.
7. Restore and jailbreak.

Hope this helps. Thanks to all the helpful tips (even the ones that didn't work). Ultimately, thank you to gruppe who made me realize use the separate Fix Recovery tool, not the one built into TU.

~Paik