Fixing 1604 iPhone Restore Error – How To Go About Fixing 1604 iPhone Restore Error
64How to go about fixing 1604 iPhone restore error? Thousands of iPhone users are plagued with this issue. You may have also come across many articles asking you to do this and that but ended up with the same error. Well, I cannot guarantee that what is written here will help you in your quest to fixing 1604 iPhone restore error so do it at your own risk.
Steps to fixing 1604 iPhone restore error:
- There is no need to reinstall iTunes or whatever. Keep the same version that you have used to restore or backup previously.
- Make sure that iPhone is disconnected from your computer and that iTunes is closed.
- The following step of fixing 1604 iPhone restore error is Windows XP specific, if you are a Mac user, you may have to locate the folders yourselves as I am not sure: Go to folder C:\Documents and Settings\<username you use to login to windows>\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates. You will see one or more files. Cut and paste them somewhere else. Do not delete them in case the steps does not work for you, you can still copy them back to the folder. You can find out your username by doing a Ctrl-Alt-Del. If somehow you cannot find the folder, you are probably in the wrong user directory.
- Launch iTunes and put your iPhone in recovery mode. Refer to this article on Unable To Restore iPhone on how to do put iPhone in recovery mode.
- Proceed with restore and iTunes will download the update online. If you are downgrading to a lower version, do step 3 and leaving only the firmware file that you want to downgrade to. Double click on the file and iTunes will begin the restore.
Kindly note that restoring iPhone clears ALL personal data. In this case you probably have no choice due to the error. I hope this article has been of help to those in the mist of fixing 1604 iPhone restore error. Again, this make not work for all.
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Which version of Windows are you using?
Make sure you go to tools folder options, view show hidden files and folders.
Hey it worked for me, even without tmoving the folder thing, i could not find it asctually. I have been trying ll possible methods form changing usb ports to laptops to reinstalling Itunes. But all i had to do now was the "first b4 connnecting to ur laptop, put in recovery mode"
Thanks a Ton
Cheers
Thanks for sharing Jeff and Manjeet.
Didn't work for me, I still get the 1604 error. Thanks anyway, I'll keep looking!
Theres nothing in my aplacation data folder
Hi Pete,
You mentioned that there is nothing inside the application data folder, that is strange because every account should have something inside that folder. I suspect you may be looking at the wrong user folder or that the application folder information is hidden.
My phone was origininally setup with a Mac, but I've been a Windows user since that original setup. When I tried to upgrade to ver 3, I got the 1604 message. Nothing on any forum or Youtube videos helped, except for the advice to try the upgrade on another machine with iTunes. I tried it on a Mac & it recognized it & worked, but had to upgrade to ver 3 on the Mac. No more 1604. When I connected back to the PC, I had to rename the device to it's PC name (my iPhone), and do a restore. Freaked me out, but if the iPhone is going to be so unpredictable & freaky, may as well run it in jailbreak mode (another topic...)
alpha,
I guess the iTunes in Mac and iTunes in Windows may not interface in the iPhone in the same way hence your problem. I am not a Mac User so I never experience this before. However, from what you describe, I believe the problem should not appear if you stick to using Windows for future operations and sync.
hey - these errors (1604, 1600, 21, etc..) are all related to a ipsw incompatibility - try recreating the new ipsw with 1000mb in the boot partition - this has worked on every problematic iphone i've seen yet 2.1-3.0also - on 3.0 you can try 666mb for an extra bonus from the dev-team guys
after it says updating, it tried to change its display screen but fails saying error 1604.please help anyone
tanks a lot you help me to rescue from error 1604
Finally Someboy That Knows.....Thanks A Lot Man, Worked Great For Me
You are welcome ADON. Glad I could help.
I did the moving of the files in the app folder but i didnt work i cant start my itunes. my iphone is in recovery mode but when i plug it in i can try to restore but it fails and says that its error 1604 so i cant put it ot of recovery mode
please help me im despret iphone means everything to me
Hi iweq,
I understand your anxiety. Since you cannot even start iTunes, I think your best bet is to reinstall iTunes and try again.
i was able to do it by changing usb port. it worked just fine.
Worked great. Thanks for saving me another 2 hours
great! it worked, but i want to know the method of jail braking and installing cydia. Can you help me?
i cant find the folder....it says cannot find the folder :S
Worked perfectly! Thankyou!!
I was trying lame advices from itunes.com - waste of time.
By following advice I was able to restore factory settings from 1st try.
Many thanks to Author for sharing this tip!!!
It works- no time wasted!!!
Omega says:
10 months ago
Hi I cant find the folders in windows