iPhone 4S stuck in recovery loop (tinyumbrella doesn't work)

[luthien]

Hi everyone, I'll be grateful if you could help me out. Sorry for my english by the way.

A year ago i jailbroke my iphone 4s. I didn't restore nor update it (via itunes or ota) before i did it. After a couple of months i tried to restore and update but it didn't work. I got "3194 error" constantly. I tried redsn0w (i got the ipsw and the blobs), but it didn't work either. Recently i saw a cydia tweak named "iLEX RAT" i tried it and it worked. Then i tried restoring on itunes again, but it failed as always. So i tried updating to 6.1.3, it seemed like it's working but in the middle of the process i got "error 16". Then it got stuck in recovery mode. I tried everything; tinyumbrella, iREB, redsn0w... it doesn't work. When i click exit recovery on tinyumbrella, apple logo appears, then it disappears and it appears again as if the phone can't even start. I can't restore, i can't do anything. Please help me this thread is my only hope right now. I dug into evey forum and every thread still i couldn't find anything.

Btw i forgot to say that my version is 5.0.1 (9A406)

 

[willerz2]

Put the device into DFU mode and restore it. You cannot selectively restore using blobs on the 4S, which is why you're getting 3194.

 

[luthien]

Do you mean i cannot shift+select my ipsw? Should i just click restore? Ok i'll give it a try. Thanks

 

[willerz2]

I tried redsn0w (i got the ipsw and the blobs), but it didn't work either.

I assumed that you were attempting to restore to an iOS selectively since you said IPSW and blobs. You can shift+click restore in DFU mode.

 

[luthien]

No, i can't. I tried and failed many times. The phone's in DFU mode. I'm sure, when i open redsn0w it detects an DFU mode device. But itunes keeps giving the same error when i try to shift+click my ipsw file. Right now i'm tyring to restore and update on another pc. Hope it works.

 

[willerz2]

3194 can also be a host issue. Remove any gs.apple.com from your host file, flush your DNS, and delete the host.umbrella file in the same directory as your host file. Then retry.

 

[luthien]

Ok i solved the problem. I restored without shift+clicking on another computer. Thanks to everyone