iPhone Techie

Thank you!!! I can now get the 3.1 update for my (currently) iBrick, (formerly an iPod touch). What the h*** was Apple thinking when they made iTunes 9??

Besides itunes and quicktime, i cant find the others…

Hey thanks alot
Just reloaded laptop installed most recent itunes and realised its a no no for jailbreaking 3.0 ipod touch.
@ vinnie…
Go to control panel and find program uninstall the majority are there, I just deleted my itunes folder in /mymusic

thank you so much, this guide was really helpful to me as i made the mistake of upgrading to 3.1.1 without realising there was no jailbreak out. This helped me downgrade iTunes and subsequntly downgrade my firmware! Thank you!

well.. it’s like I knew!

I got an even better solution !
I found out you can just double click the ipa file, it will then show up in iTunes 9 and you can sync it to the iPhone.
I checked the app, it works.

This guide is very helpful. I’m so happy that I can use iTunes 8.2 again. You can’t imagine how much I hate 9.0.

ok i did this and now i cant access anything on my iphone all the music i have is grey colored and not clickable !?

yo. thank you for this post p

HEADS UP…. If you are having trouble downloading iTunes again there is a simple fix that can take hours to determine…. if at first you don’t succeed make sure when you run the installer you right click and run as administrator.

before I do this…are these instructions for a pc or a mac???

hey i got an unlocked iphone 3G and my girlfriend updated my phone to the 3.1.3……iz there anyway to restore it because my phone wont even connect to itunes anymore

absolutely fantastic =)

kay, so there is no file called “previous iTunes Libraries” so i just skipped that part & now i’m downloading the old itunes, will it still work??

i cant find iPhone Configuration but i can find everything else. do i uninstall the files above or do i send them to the recycling bin. and i have a iPod Touch 3G 32GB firmware 3.1.3. i wanna downgrade itunes because i heard that you can downgrade the ipod’s firmware so i can jailbreak it.

Genius! Thanks a lot!

hey, i did every step, but at the end it tells me that “The file “iTunes Library.itl” cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of iTunes.”.
pls help me out?

IM IN THE SAME SITUATION AS FURRY (ABOVE), I DESPERATLEY NEED SOME HELP !!!!!!

you’re my hero now i can hack my ipod again with blackrain thank you so much if you are a girl i willl kiss you

thank you sooooo much dude!! ur a savior

i tried to do this & it keeps saying ” the files itunes library cannot be rad because it was created by a newer version of itunes” do you know what i need to do next…thanks

*read

i did this n lost all of my songs. thanks.

im having the same problem i get the message “the itunes library cannot be read because it was created by a newer version” idk what to do .

i followed all your steps and installed itunes 8 and when i ttry running the itunes it says Itunes cannot open application error -50

I also get the message that “the itunes library cannot be read because it was created by a newer version” What is the solution. Please help.

i downgraded my itunes to 8.2 but it doesnt want to take my ipod touch 3.1.3 .. i wanted to downgrade my ipod and my itunes doesnt work for me .. help lol

@Zorro
hey guys you need to rename that file its in your itunes folder under music

Jade and fuzzy u need to rename the file under music then after the itl. You can put whatever

Ok, so the error ” the files itunes library cannot be rad because it was created by a newer version of itunes” is fix-able. After 4 hours of battling with system restores and itunes reinstalls, it’s a pretty easy fix. If you’re receiving that error, you didn’t upgrade from 8.2 to 9.0, you had a version in between somewhere. In my case I was trying to downgrade 9.2 back to 8.2, the problem is I had 9.1 when i created that itunes library. You must use the same version of itunes to use the corresponding library. Figure out which version you were using before your current one, and that is the one you must reinstall…at least it worked flawlessly in my case. I hope this helps.

I am also having the same problem as others in that I get the message “the itunes library cannot be read because it was created by a newer version”.

Any ideas?

I did all you posted but this comes up ” The file “iTunes Library.itl” cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of iTunes.”

I have done everything listed but all my music has gone??!?!?!?! How do I get it back again? Also Im still having issues with my ipod, dont you just hate waiting at the Apple Store!!!

I had the same problem everyone’s having about “The file cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of iTunes”

So i looked at another article that shows you how to downgrade to a older version and they said some people have to recreate your iTunes library. Read this article to see how.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451

Hope this helps!