Solution to fix error 3194 for iPhone 3gs 3.1.3

[Benedykt]

1. First, go to "c: \ windows \ system32 \ drivers \ etc \" and open the file 'hosts' in notepad. To do this, click the file and select Open With-> Notepad. At the end of the document, add this string 74.208.10.255 gs.apple.com.
   
   
2. Now connect your iPhone to iTunes in recovery mode. To do this, first turn off the device. Then press the Start button on your phone and connect the USB cable. As soon as you connect the USB cable, the boot device and a "Connect to iTunes" screen. Users can now stop pressing the Start button.
   
   
3. Start iTunes now. You can view your iPhone / iPod Touch in recovery mode detected. Now, while pressing the Shift key for Windows or the Alt key on the Mac, click the Restore option. Now just select the original OS 3.1.3, you are done. You can now take pleasure in your device OS 3.1.3 iPod Touch.

[switchblade327]

Note-You need always need to sign in iTunes while upgrading or degrading

[BansiJ]

I'm with the 64 GB iPod 3 in this block of code tried the above procedure to change the location of iTunes; I used several versions of FW 3.1.3 to 4.3.3 of and follows the same mistake in 3194.
I used this FW.

• iPod3, 1_3.1.3_7E18_Restore
• iPod3, 1_4.2.1_8C148_Restore
• iPod3, 1_4.3.1_8G4_Restore
• iPod3, 1_4.3.3_8J2_Restore

[Farrah]

If you have used your iPhone with Cydia installed and should be supported, usually the done automatically. If your iPhone goes to home screen after Tiny Umbrella open and click Save SHSH. That will give you a list of firmware Cydia has accumulated. Download the ipsw to restore. Click the Advanced tab and uncheck "SHSH request Cydia" .click "start server technical support services" .while that is running, open iTunes and maintain changes and click Restore and discover the ipsw you downloaded.