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How To Fix iTunes Error 3194 When Downgrading iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad From iOS 5.1

March 17, 2012 by Jaden Easton-Ellett 65 Comments

When you try and restore your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch iTunes sends a request to Apple to sign the IPSW with the ECID (Exclusive Chip ID) of your device. This request process is actually what an SHSH blob is. Apple implemented the SHSH blob system so that they can force users to only upgrade to the latest iOS firmware and of course prevent downgrading. To get around this limitation imposed by Apple, Saurik (the creator of Cydia) figured out a way to trick iTunes into contacting Cydia servers instead of Apple’s servers. This means as long as you have saved SHSH blobs (for the firmware you are downgrading to) you should be able to downgrade without troubles.

Earlier in March we told you two methods for downgrading your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad from the iOS 5.1 firmware. The first method involved using iFaith to downgrade from the iOS 5.1 firmware to the iOS 5.0.1/iOS 5.0, while the second method involved using TinyUmbrella and required you to edit your hosts file to downgrade from iOS 5.1 to the iOS 4 firmware generation.

One reoccurring iTunes error that we have noticed a lot of you experiencing was iTunes Error 3194. If you have been experiencing iTunes Error 3194 it essentially means that there was an error while iTunes was trying to connect to Cydia’s servers. Luckily there is an easy fix for this error that involves simply using TinyUmbrella. Thus, in this how to guide from iJailbreak.com you will learn how to fix iTunes Error 3194 on your Windows or Mac OS X computer.

How To Fix iTunes Error 3194

Step 1) The first thing you will need to do is head on over to the iJailbreak Downloads Section and download the latest version of TinyUmbrella.

Step 2) Now you will need to connect your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to your computer via the USB cable.

Step 3) Launch TinyUmbrella from the location you downloaded it to.

Fix iTunes Error 3194

Now click the Save SHSH button. You will now need to wait for TinyUmbrella to download all of your saved SHSH blobs present on Cydia’s server to your computer.

Fix iTunes Error 3194

Step 4) Once your SHSH blobs have been all downloaded you will need to click the Start TSS Server button.

Fix iTunes Error 3194

Step 5) When you have clicked the Start TSS Server button you will need to go into the log tab and search for the following two lines:

TSS Server Started!

TSS Accepting connections…

If you see these two lines it means everything is functioning correctly.

Fix iTunes Error 3194

You should always double check however, by launching your browser and going to http://gs.apple.com. If you are re-directed to Cydia’s homepage it means iTunes will be able to successfully connect to Cydia’s servers.

Step 6) You should now be able to launch iTunes and start the restoration process of the firmware you are trying to downgrade to.

Congratulations! You have just learned how to fix iTunes Error 3194 on your Windows or Mac OS X computer. If you still have any further questions or are experiencing issues please leave them in the comments.

Comments

  1. Arenaier_Max says

    March 18, 2012 at 4:02 pm

    The display while on the process of restoring :”The iPhone “iPhone” could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1).”

  2. Arenaier_Max says

    March 18, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    It displays :”The iPhone “iPhone” could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1).” 
    while on the process of restoring. It prepares, then verifies, then shows that error on the next procedure.

  3. Capt-bryan says

    March 18, 2012 at 8:11 pm

    same error message. except (2005)

  4. M Firoozzi says

    March 19, 2012 at 7:07 am

    Dont work on ipad2?????????

  5. Dshfghdskg says

    March 19, 2012 at 7:18 am

    Of course this method only works if your 5.0.1 SHSH blobs are saved !
    Unfortunately this isn´t mentioned above !

  6. Arenaier_Max says

    March 19, 2012 at 8:06 am

    Doesn’t tinyumbrella download that for us?

  7. ImSad says

    March 19, 2012 at 1:24 pm

    I get by save shsh only this error 
    CYDIA DOES NOT hAVE YOUR SHSH FOR XXXXXXX THERE IS NO WAY FOR YOU ….

  8. Nano says

    March 19, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    I have an iPhone 4 running iOS 4.3.5 and want to update to iOS 5.0.1. Already have created a custom ipsw to save my baseband. Now when I try to update through iTunes to my custom ipsw it give me the error: “The iPhone “iPhone” could not be restored this device isn’t eligible for the requested build”. Is it possible using tiny umbrella to do it?

    thanks

  9. Kiqs says

    March 23, 2012 at 1:46 am

    I’m here just to say thank’s. I was getting a big headache with these problems on iTunes and my iPod 4. But now, with your tutorials, i can fix my error’s. Thank’s a lot.

  10. Intuanthinh says

    March 24, 2012 at 12:54 am

     I have tried several times, and it didn’t work with ios 5.0.1.

  11. Same69 says

    March 24, 2012 at 5:30 pm

     ipad2: … An unknown error occurred (11)

  12. Yawnie says

    March 24, 2012 at 5:52 pm

    The problem is that Apple stopped signing iOS 5.0.1. Anyone know how to get around this?

  13. manaswa singh says

    March 25, 2012 at 11:18 am

    GET the error 1614 while restoring iPad 1

  14. Adam says

    March 27, 2012 at 7:48 am

    i need help i cannot downgrade i still get the error 3194

  15. Mail says

    March 30, 2012 at 12:29 am

    ihave the same error 2005

  16. Kelz says

    March 31, 2012 at 11:32 am

    thanks a lot! works perfectly on my iphone 4..

  17. Seepercal says

    March 31, 2012 at 7:56 pm

    I have an Iphone 3gs and I get error 11. Its not even listed on the Apple error page…

  18. Pao says

    April 1, 2012 at 1:47 am

    Error 11! Can`t downgrade

  19. Mohammad Umer says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 am

    fr my ip 4 only one shsh blog appears tht is iphone 4 (5.1) and the 3914 error still exists

  20. Ray Jeremy says

    April 4, 2012 at 12:06 am

    I wanted to restore to 5.0.1, but i got error 3194, after i fixed that error 1600 appears and error 2005 appears.
    I fixed 1600 with iReb and can’t fix 2005
    If i use Recovery Mode, i got error 21

    Hell yeah, Apple has stopped signing 5.0.1 and puts us in a situation where you have to go to 5.1

  21. Ray Jeremy says

    April 4, 2012 at 12:07 am

    No you can’t. Update to 5.1
    There is a tethered jailbreak for it and also unlock.

  22. yostar says

    April 4, 2012 at 12:41 am

    I had the same error. But now I got it to work.
    When you save SHSH from TinyUmbrella, take note of what OS versions it grabs from your device – make sure to download one of these versions from snowBreeze and use that file for your restore process… should work.

  23. Ăřąfāŧ Įşłám Şħäǐķãţ says

    April 4, 2012 at 6:26 pm

    I’m using iPad2 ios5.1… but, when i follow the step by step instruction an error occurred  ”
    The iPad “iPad” could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (11)”. plz help me by send a pm to : arafatshaikat@gmail.com

  24. Ăřąfāŧ Įşłám Şħäǐķãţ says

    April 4, 2012 at 6:33 pm

    also, iFath don’t make any ipsw with SHSH

  25. Petersrocket82 says

    April 7, 2012 at 5:57 pm

    error code 11 

  26. fayazpakistan says

    April 7, 2012 at 11:15 pm

    thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx helped me thanx alot

  27. Thomas says

    April 9, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    after i have downgraded my ipod i wanted to update (dont ask why) adn i always got errors 1600 and 3194 D: plis help

  28. Yours_vikram says

    April 9, 2012 at 2:50 pm

    i still keep getting error 3194. I have installed all above steps…

  29. Blog says

    April 17, 2012 at 2:34 am

    i have tryed to jailbreak but it just wont let me! itunes wont upload “snow”files…what do i do to fix it?

  30. Nikki Art10 says

    April 18, 2012 at 3:16 am

    I do this without the shsh thing and i get error 20. I just need around that unless you can tell me where to get some shsh.

  31. Mustafa Aslan says

    April 20, 2012 at 2:22 am

    not downgraded and not working and no error codes

  32. KEVINHELLO2012 says

    April 22, 2012 at 3:01 am

     NIKKI YOU NEED TO PUT YOUR IPOD IN DFU MODE WHEN YOUR RESTORING WITH  ITUNES -_-?

  33. Nikki Art10 says

    April 22, 2012 at 1:53 pm

     It IS in DFU mode. I can get this stuff to work on my moms old iphone 3gs doing the same thing only the different downgrades. No matter what I do I get 20 or 2005 errors. Fix the 20 I go to 2005 fix that I go back to 20. on my Iphone 4.

  34. Rhushi says

    April 29, 2012 at 12:44 pm

    Error 11 :( please help using ipad 2

  35. Dfhdfg says

    April 29, 2012 at 5:43 pm

    It has to be pwnd DFU I heard, use iFaith to get into it…

  36. Jgifjigjf says

    April 29, 2012 at 6:40 pm

    i don’t get error 3194 but i get error 2005 in pwned dfu mode with ipad 1 on ios 5.1 btw trying to restore to 4.3.5 with shsh blobs saved

  37. Jack says

    April 30, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    Heeeeeeeeelp!!

  38. Ipad Dog52 says

    May 10, 2012 at 4:19 pm

    error 11 now insted and my ipad got stoped halfway through the restore and is in restore mode

  39. Ipad Dog52 says

    May 10, 2012 at 4:27 pm

    it wont come out of restore mode…

  40. Jairovtromp says

    May 11, 2012 at 3:52 am

    did you get a way around it? if yes please email me how you did it! jairovtromp@gmail.com

  41. Logan says

    May 12, 2012 at 3:07 pm

    Thanks for the tut, it almost worked. Can you guys make one for how to fix error (2005) please?

  42. Leandro Fernandes says

    May 15, 2012 at 2:39 am

    Outstanding! it gave me error 2005 after,but all i had to do was uninstal itunes,reboot,and istall itunes 10.4 and all went well!

  43. Porepz says

    May 25, 2012 at 7:23 pm

    Thanks a lot that worked for my ipod touch 3g 32Gb didn’t close tiny umbrella while I was upgrading firmware… not sure if that will help anyone.

  44. Mark Devin says

    May 28, 2012 at 4:25 am

    it worked! i didn’t have to even kick out of recovery! thanks guys!

  45. Shariyar_29 says

    May 31, 2012 at 2:55 am

    itunes shows verifying iphone restore with apple for 5 mins den it show error i tried it several times
    iphone 3gs
    ios 4.1 lookin to update 5.0.1 i hv shsh file
    moderm firmware 6:15:00

  46. Drake Alex10 says

    July 11, 2012 at 10:13 pm

    you are the Don!!!!!!! worked flawlessly!!!

  47. Viper says

    July 12, 2012 at 7:17 pm

    after following the above steps my wife ipad now gives me a error 21 instead of 3194. Have an ipad 2 ios 5.0.1 trying to restore 5.0.1. Any ideas

  48. Adityasmahajan says

    July 15, 2012 at 8:49 am

    i cant resolve the problem even though i did exactly as u have directed. tinyumbrella shows that the device is not connected. can u please help me out. how do i get the SHSH code

  49. Petercv says

    July 23, 2012 at 5:31 pm

    my browser doesnt go to cydias homepagee!!!

  50. Ihatecelery says

    July 25, 2012 at 4:36 pm

    cydia says that my devise is too late 

  51. Jahanzaib1229 says

    July 29, 2012 at 6:51 am

    thanks     its   awsome  

  52. Anees says

    August 11, 2012 at 6:16 pm

    brother can u guide me how u did that my iphone 3GS isnt downgrading to 5.0.1 plase send me the steps on my e mail add Anees74@gmail.com
    regards

  53. Anees says

    August 11, 2012 at 6:24 pm

    brother can u guide me how u did that my iphone 3GS isnt downgrading to 5.0.1 plase send me the steps on my e mail add Anees74@gmail.com
    regards

  54. MCMedia says

    September 23, 2012 at 9:18 am

    I don’t believe ipad 1’s can run 4.3.5 – I believe the minimum IOS is 5.0

  55. Jhosil Papot Mejica says

    September 26, 2012 at 12:46 pm

    erro 11 for iphone 4s

  56. Tamer says

    October 1, 2012 at 5:51 pm

    Cannot Start TSS Service DO NOT
    TRY RESTORING YOUR DEVICE!!! TinyUmbrella MUST be run as an Administrator
    or root!

  57. Iclarified says

    October 7, 2012 at 3:07 pm

    ipad 1’s min ios is 3 or 4.. the first ipad came with 3.2 i belive

  58. ipod says

    October 17, 2012 at 12:47 pm

    the TU TSS server is not running. this is what Tu is showing me.. when i open TU i get a message that host files are not writable and do not try restoring ur device..! pls help me with it..

  59. 7! says

    October 17, 2012 at 4:17 pm

    can’t start tss server in tiny umbrella

  60. aucke says

    October 19, 2012 at 2:59 pm

    Can you downgrade without having any blobs?

  61. bigh says

    October 26, 2012 at 7:45 pm

    YOU ARE GOD ! Ive been trying to fix my iPhone for 3 days continuously and this is the only thing that worked. thank you very much

  62. Nouman Rafique says

    November 8, 2012 at 7:02 am

    well i hope it works

  63. polly says

    February 15, 2013 at 5:46 pm

    i’ve successed downgrade to ios 4.0.2 on my iphone 4 but after downgrading it’s still same baseband 04.12.2 ??? can you tell me how it work to get back old baseband 01.59.00 ??

  64. nigga says

    September 21, 2013 at 9:28 am

    ERROR 11 THATS WHAT EVERYONE GET FIX THIS PROBLEM QUICK SMART WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO HARD?

  65. amirul says

    October 17, 2015 at 2:50 am

    my ipod touch 3g is running ios 5.1.1
    and dose not work properly
    the problem is that once it starts showing the apple logo after a fer minutes it just shows the spinning wheel thing and then shutdown then it just kept doing that ,the reason im downgrading is that my wifi is not that fast so i was only manages to download the 4.3.5 as it was only 400+mb , i havent done this yet but , does the downloading shsc thing need the ipod to be on ?
    can i do it while on dfu mode?

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