How To: Fix Brick iOS 4.3.3 iPhone, iPod touch and iPad After iTunes Update

Posted by haseeb on May 14th, 2011

We have just heard that thousands of iOS devices are getting bricked after updating to iOS 4.3.3 using iTunes. The issues lies within the iTunes activation servers, which bricked the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The update will all go fine on iTunes but iTunes failing to activate the device resulting in a brick device. We have post details below on how to fix brick iOS device 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 update using iTunes.

If you have just updated your iOS device and got a same messae as shows in above screenshot, you must follow the below instructions, One poster on the forums has posted a solution for this:

After holding down the on/off button and home button at the same time the phone turned off.  I then held down the home button while plugging into Itunes.  The phone prompted me to reset the phone which I did. Luckily I had backed up prior to trying to update.  Now I have the 4.3.3 update and the phone is working. Whew!

If you follow the above instructions must share your results with us in our comments section.

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  • Chris

     I have done the above 8 times….it’s an iPad so it when I hold the home button when connecting to USB itunes says the device is in recovery mode, I click ok,then click restore…it downloads the update (4.3.3) and upon completion of the restore, I get the same message as above. Took it to the Apple store and being told through the support line that I needed to take it in and they told me the validation servers are down specific to the iPad and could not tell me when they would be back up, but to just keep trying. 2 days now….WHY OH WHY DID I DO A RESTORE?!?!

    • Brophy

      Just got back from the Apple Store and they are giving me a new iPad2. They don’t have the 64 gig in store so I have to wait until Tuesday but the new one will have the update.

  • Anonymous

    I don’t think this will help me now. I decided to reset the phone back to factory settings and it said I would be given an option to save all contacts, text messages, that sort of thing and it never did so I am stuck with my phone set back to factory settings and everything else lost, all pictures, all contacts, text messages, applications, everything…and all because of this stupid update that caused all applications to crash when I tried clicking on any of them. Is there anything I can do about this now?

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