Restore help?

[Vinny#1]

Hi all I recently jail broke my iPad 2 on version 7.1.2 but have decided to sell it on but I am having trouble restoring it. I have restored it from back up which went fine, then i tried check for software update it does nothing but give me the spinning circle. I have connected to iTunes and tried to update to 8.1.1 which has downloaded but then it says preparing ipad for update but nothing happens?. I left this running until the iPad battery died. Is there something simple I am missing here?

 

[scifan57]

Since you're talking about a jail broken iPad I've moved your post to the iPad Hacking Forum where it will receive more attention.

 

[Vinny#1]

Ok thanks

 

[Mickey330]

See if this helps: http://www.ipadforums.net/threads/t...-to-restore-the-current-version-of-ios.52863/

If yes, yay! If not, holler back and we'll take another shot at it.

Marilyn

 

[Vinny#1]

One more question how long should a restore take roughly?

 

[scifan57]

One more question how long should a restore take roughly?

If you didn't downloade the update file to your computer in advance, the restore can take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours, depending on the speed of your internet connection.

 

[Vinny#1]

I have done that already and I have connected the iPad and iTunes says it is restoring the iPad, but it's been doing this for a couple of hours now?

 

[dcharleyultra]

Reboot your PC, and try it again. This recently happened to me with my IPhone 5s. Rebooting my PC was what worked for me.

 

[Vinny#1]

Ah! The old on/off trick I'll give it a go!

 

[Vinny#1]

Done! Thanks for all the help my first problem was I hadn't updated iTunes on my PC then the off/on trick worked straight away!