Iphone Could Not Be Restored 2009
Margaret Sieverding
At first tried connecting the phone to a MacBook (Big Sur OS) for the restore, but for some reason the Finder wouldn't recognize the phone. So instead, I connected the phone (while in Recovery Mode) to an iMac running iTunes in El Capitan. This time the computer recognized the phone, downloaded the restore software package, "extracted" the software, started to install it, and then -- got the error message in the title: "The iPhone 'iPhone' could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (10)."
Subsequently, also as noted in the title, when I now simply turn on the iPhone, it now automatically goes into the "Recovery Mode" screen, even if I simply press the power button without doing the up/down volume button trick.
Problem is, the Big Sur MacBook still won't recognize the existence of the phone, and the El Capitan iMac can't update it, and the phone's iOS is apparently messed up due to being only partly installed, so all I can get is the Recovery mode screen, so I can't restore just using the iPhone itself.
Well, I finally got the iPhone restored, but only after multiple attempts, restarts, and aborted software downloads and installations. Even though I was ultimately successful, I still don't know what the problem was. I disabled all security software, was using Apple cables and connectors, had the latest updated version of MacOS running on the computer, etc. etc., but for some reason the connection to the iPhone was balky and inconsistent, the software download kept getting interrupted and stalling, the Finder kept freezing up, the extraction and installing of the iOS kept quitting unexpectedly, and so on. I just kept trying over and over for several hours, and EVENTUALLY it all got completed and the iPhone's iOS was restored. So, thank you, although I'll never really know what the actual problem was.
If you see error 10, your iOS device might have a newer version of iOS than is supported by your computer. You'll need to update the software on your Mac or iTunes on Windows before you can update or restore your iOS device.
Thanks for the reply and the video, but it doesn't solve my problem. As I said, at first my MacBook with Big Sur wouldn't even recognize the existence of the iPhone in the Finder. I finally got past that problem by fiddling around with different cables, so now the Big Sur Finder "sees" the iPhone. But now when I click on the "Restore IPhone" button, literally nothing happens. So I'm still stuck. In fact, the Finder window refers to the iPhone as "iOS device," and can't even tell if it's an iPhone or something else -- the phone's iOS must be completely corrupted by now, due to the earlier incomplete attempt at restoring it. So -- still looking for a solution.
Finder will not be able to identify the type of device until it has be restored. Yes, iOS on the phone is corrupted, but that is irrelevant, because restoring does not require that iOS even exist on the phone. It uses a low level ROM kernel to restore.
Apparently the only Apple employee that knows what error code 4010 is the person who created it. My support person has been trying for a long time now and I'm having trouble finding a direct answer on the internet. If you see an error in iTunes on your Mac or PC is no help with error 4010. People should not be directed to that page.
Error 4010 is usually an interference via your firewall or Antivirus. If you go into Windows Security and go to the Firewall & network protection tab, you can disable your public & private firewalls temporarily while you restore & update your apple device. You're welcome in advance :)
It is 12th of December 2019 at the time of writing this. I was not able to use macOs High Sierra anymore to factory reset iPhone 6S Plus in DFU mode. I had to upgrade my macbook pro laptop macOS to Maverics in order to bypass error 4010. I was not successful using Windows 10 Home either.
AppStore of macOS High Sierra did not offer any updates for iTunes. AppStore did not initially provide any updates for iTunes just after upgrading to Maverics was complete either. I plugged in my genuine Apple Lightning to USB cable to my iPhone 6S Plus phone while iTunes application was open on macOS Maverics. At this point iTunes gave me an information box that the iTunes application needs to download updates. I assume updates for iTunes application itself because it closed and relaunched after completing the download. There was a brief "validating with Apple" style of information on top part of the iTunes application displayed at the point of process where the error 4010 had previously jumped in.
My conclusion is that error code 4010 could also be interpreted as "Unfortunatelly you seem to be one of our customers prone to drag down the speed of information technology development. We want you to buy all of our latest models of equipment at least every second year - with happy face of course."
I would be concerned about a random Internet page, because it might have been a hacked copy that contains spyware or viruses. The right page to download it from is , and you are correct, the version in the Microsoft store does not include the iPhone drivers. It is only for managing music in Windows.
Disabling my firewall and Defender AntiVirus was also not solving the problem for me. I was about to give up and decided to uninstall the iTunes Windows 10 Store App (through Add or Remove Programs) and downloaded and installed iTunes for Windows available from the Apple - Support - Downloads page: _NL/downloads/itunes
I have done everything listed in the replies. I have made sure and used the right cable. Itunes is up to date as well as windows. Firewall and antivirus are disabled and yet it is still stuck on preparing iphone. It is in DTU mode as i type this plugged into my laptop stuck on the preparing screen. Does anybody have any idea what is going on?
I was having this problem while attempting to restore a prehistoric iPad 2 on Windows 10 pro. Due to this thread I tried turning off my private and public firewalls, to no avail. It did eventually work when I turned off domain firewall, private and public firewall, real-time and cloud-delivered antivirus protection. I'm unsure which of those additional three did the trick, but it did work.
When you try to restore iPhone using iTunes but run into the problem of iPhone could not be restored, the common reasons would be: failed jailbreaking, iTunes errors, the lack of enough iPhone storage or pronlematic iOS system.
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Sometimes the apple error 4010 on iPhone may be a result of a faulty USB/Internet connection. Check whether your device is stable and connected to the WiFi. Also, use the USB cable that came with the device. You can switch to a different USB port or a different computer.
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The problems always occur when you restore iPhone to repair damaged system files, restore data to a new iPhone from a backup, or restore your iPhone to transfer ownership. In general, there are various reasons why iPhone could not be restored.
It is also suggested to connect only iPhone to your computer because any other USB devices may conflict with your iPhone. In other words, you need to disconnect other USB devices from computer during the restore process. The USB devices include but are not limited to cameras, scanners, readers, and so on.
If you are using an outdated iTunes, it may bring kinds of issues, and could not restore iPhone may be one of them. Just in case, you can simply get out of the error by updating iTunes to the latest version.
Open iTunes on your computer, click Help from the menu bar on the top of the screen > Select Check for Updates. Follow the onscreen instructions if you need to update iTunes.
FoneTool is highly recommended. It allows you to restore iTunes backup with no effort. Besides, it helps you backup iPhone to PC fully or selectively. You can also rely on it to transfer files between iPhone and computer.
How to Restore iTunes Backup to iPhone
Step 1. Connect your iPhone to computer with USB > Launch FoneTool and choose Import Backup Files to find your iTunes backup.