IPhone – Can’t restore or update IPhone – TATSU declined to authorize

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I'm attempting to either restore or update an iPhone 5 which won't boot. It's stuck on the apple logo boot screen. Hard reset does nothing.

I have tried normal restore mode via iTunes and DFU mode.

I'm signed into iTunes as the same apple ID as the phone.

I've authorized the mac for this apple ID in iTunes.

each time I try and either do update or restore I get the following error from iTunes:

iphone could not be restored (updated). TATSU declined to authorize this image on this device for this user.

Anything else I can try? it does not matter if I lose the data on the phone. Just needs to work again.

Also is there a way to view the boot sequence from my mac or the phone either via terminal or xcode or something so I can see where it's hanging in the boot sequence?

Best Answer

Mac

If you're using a Mac, follow these steps:

  1. In the Finder, choose Applications > Utilities.

  2. Open Terminal.

  3. Type this command and press Return:

sudo nano /private/etc/hosts

  1. Enter the password you use to sign in to your computer and press Return. >You won't see text appear in the Terminal window when you type your >password.

  2. Terminal displays the hosts file. If you don't see a window similar to the one below, make sure you're using a nonblank administrator password.

  3. Navigate using the arrow keys and look for an entry containing >“gs.apple.com”.

If you don't see any entry containing gs.apple.com, then the hosts file >isn't related to the issue. Close the Terminal and move on to the next >section of this article, "Address TCP/IP filtering, firewall, or security >software."

  1. Add the # symbol and a space ("# ") to the beginning of the gs.apple.com >entry.

  2. Press Control-O to save the file.

  3. Press Return when asked for the filename.

  4. Press Control-X to exit the editor.

  5. Restart your Mac.

After your computer is finished restarting, try to update or restore your >iOS device again.

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201442

That being said, there is no such entry in my /private/etc/hosts or in my /etc/hosts file, so I will look for other solutions to this error.

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