iOS 5 Firmware: Direct Download, Manual Update, Fix Error 3002 & 3200
Apple has released iOS 5 mobile operating system and the update is available via iTunes but many users failed to update their iDevices (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch). Some are getting random error codes like Error 3002 & 3200.
In this article, you will learn how to manually download iOS 5 firmware and update your iDevices without getting error messages.
Download iOS 5 firmware
Visit this page to download iOS 5 firmware (.ipsw file) for your iDevice directly from Apple’s server. Use your favorite download manager for faster and resumable download.
Manually update to iOS 5
After you downloaded the correct iOS 5 firmware for your device, follow these steps to update to iOS 5:
- Quit iTunes software.
- Disconnect your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch from computer.
- Copy the downloaded iOS 5 firmware (.ipsw file) into the correct folder under iTunes folder:
On Windows:
%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\iTunes\{iDevice} Software UpdatesOn Mac:
~/Library/iTunes/{iDevice} Software UpdatesNotes:
- Replace {iDevice} in the path with: “iPhone”, “iPad” or “iPod” (without double quotations)
- %APPDATA% is a Windows “Application Data” folder. It might be a different path depending on your Windows version. You can access your “Application Data” folder by running this command from the Run box (Windows+R): %appdata%
- OS X Lion defaults to hiding user’s “Library” folder. To access it, open Finder > Go > Go to Folder… and type in:
~/Library(more info here)
- After copying the .ipsw iOS 5 firmware file, connect your iDevice to computer using USB cable.
- Launch iTunes, click on your iDevice in the left menu under “DEVICES”.
- Click “Check for Update” button on the right to update your iDevice to iOS 5. It will pick up the local .ipsw file (no more online download) and update your device without any error.
This manual installation method is rather complex and troublesome. Let me know in comment if you have problem to manually update to iOS 5.
The good news is that all of the future iOS updates will be “PC Free” and incremental. Small size updates are downloaded directly on your iDevice. So this is the last time you ever need to download hundreds Megabytes size iOS update. Cheers!
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p>[Thanks Digital inspiration for the iOS 5 upgrade trick.]
error 3194 persists =(
Jailbreak? Try: http://osxdaily.com/2010/12/06/error-3194-fix-for-itunes/
Greetings :) , Whoever post this article , it works for me. It solves the error 3002 issue.
Thanks alot
:)
Thanks, it works for me, after failing numerous time using the standard itunes update.
But funny, i cant access twitter, echofon, and certain sites like FB using digi (phone thethering) on ios5 (email works fine though). works fine using my office wifi line. Previously, everything was okay when i was on ios4.2
Can you access those apps without tethering?
Thanks for replying. Yes i can. No problem at all. I i am using N8 to wifi em with my ipad1 (wifi). Funny, i can open google search, but i cant click FB (Via google search)
Olla, just to let you know. For no apparent reason, everything works okay now. Facebook, twitter, mypad. Weird. Probably, digi was having hiccups.
Happy Wednesday ya : )
Okay. Glad that everything working now :)
Great article. it works for me. It solves the error 3002 issue.
Great! :)
its not working in my iphone 3gs. older version of ipsw is still no chane. what is the problem of my devise. could you help.. tnx
What was the error message you received? Is your 3GS jailbroken?