Was having issues on my 3g ipad2 after using jailbreakme (needed to reboot at least twice a day due to some apps randomly stop working properly), so I figured I would just restore my device. Turns out every time I try to restore I get error 1013 "Cannot resotre....." in iTunes. Did I screw myself and have to wait until 4.3.4 comes out? Thanks

Hi try this procedure.

For Mac OS X:
Step 1. Go to your “Applications” folder
Step 2. Go to your “Utilities” folder
Step 3. Launch “Terminal”
Step 4. Type “sudo nano /etc/hosts” (without quotes) and hit return
Step 5. Enter your password
Step 6. Use the down arrow key to find the “gs.apple.com” entries. Once the cursor is in front, make sure you comment out the line(s) by entering “#” (no quotes) in front of the text or remove the line that has gs.apple.com entirely
Step 7. Save the file by pressing CONTROL+O on the keyboard
Step 8. Exit the nano editor by pressing CONTROL+X on the keyboard
Step 9. Restore your iDevice

For Windows
Step 1. Start –> Programs –> Accessories
Step 2. Run Notepad or WordPad
Step 3. Click “Open..” from File menu.
Step 4. Browse to Windows/System32/drivers/etc
Step 5. In “files of type:” select all documents
Step 6. Open “hosts”
Step 7. Delete all line that has “gs.apple.com”
Step 8. Hit Save
Step 9. Restore your device

iFrog - Sent from my iPad2 using iPF

Thanks I tried it but keep getting the same error. I am stuck on the "plug into itunes screen"

Other think is make sure you antivirus and firewall ( if you have any of this) are disable and try again. I had a similar problem updating my wife's iPhone 4

iFrog - Sent from my iPad2 using iPF

Goti it! Had to reboot and edit the hosts file again. Thanks for helping me troubleshoot so quickly!

Good, glad we have it going and I was able to help you.

Have a good one.

iFrog - Sent from my iPad2 using iPF