My iphone is in recovery mode? - 2

I start charging my old iphone connecting it to the PC when i connected it to itunes it offered me to download the ios 4.2, the phone is a 3g but the problem is, when it was updating a message came out that there was an error downloading the software and the iphone start in recovery mode, then iTunes suggested me to restore and update the phone but when i do that the same error message shows up saying there was a problem downloading the software or restoring the phone… Please i really need help with this issue… And thanks by the way.

It sounds like apple has prohibited you from downloading the new software on an old phone because they want you to buy a new one. Try to find the older operating system and put that on the phone. Most likely apple has taken this down because they are an evil company.

Just find older version ios and install it onto your iphone.

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