I was excited to download the iPhone 2.0.1 software tonight hoping it would stabilize my recently buggy iPhone 3G.¬ What I ended up with was this.
My iPhone hurled and was plunged into a limbo of cannot restore but cannot function.¬ I endured 3 failed attempts to restore.¬ Each ended with the dreaded “iPhone Cannot Restore Error (6)”.¬ I was using the machine I always sync it with, my iMac (iTunes 7.7.1) but I decided to roll the dice and plug it into my Macbook Air (iTunes 7.7).¬ I had to re-download the 250 MB update and restore to factory settings from the Air.¬ After that I plugged into the iMac and loaded my most recent backup.
Then I did a touchdown dance and spiked my iPhone.¬ Ok, not really.¬ Disaster averted.
To be clear I have a plain ole G3 with no jailbreak tomfoolery.