<![CDATA[iFixit - Most Helpful Questions Tagged dfu mode]]> http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/Tag/dfu+mode/Most-Helpful en-US Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:27:29 -0700 <![CDATA[iPhone 3GS: Not starting, DFU-mode detected by itunes, error 1601...]]> I've had some serious problems with my old 3GS. An external battery pack fried my powermanagent chip, causing my battery performing extremly bad. 12 hours wall-charging for a full charge. Extremly low battery capacity. Anyway, it works (worked), it does it's thing, calling, texting bla bla.

That's history now, i got a new iPhone 4 so I turned my semi-brooken iPhone 3gs off.

Two weeks later I gave my friend the 3GS. But it didn't start, it was totally dead. Charged it for a couple of days without result.

When I put it in DFU-mode iTunes detects it and is asking for a recovery. After a couple of minutes "Preparing iPhone for restoring" I got error 1601, unknown error. (Screen is black during hole procedure)

Google tells me error 1601 is solved by:

Uninstalling/install itunes

Restart computer

Try different USB-cable

Try different USB connector

Try another computer with iTunes

But, noting works...

Any ideas anyone?

⟐ Answer accepted November 27, 2011 at 9:22 am -0700

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