Required starting in DFU mode + restore. Didn't think to try option + update as eggbrain mentioned above.
Does this mean Find My iPhone can be circumvented with a DFU mode restore?
> Does this mean Find My iPhone can be circumvented with a DFU mode restore?
I am just speculating, but perhaps iOS 7 GM and later cannot be circumvented but the beta versions could be. This might be intentional - after all, it's beta code. The circumvention might be a plan B.
I just made the same mistake, restoring with DFU. It doesn't bypass the Find My iPhone lock though, you still need to do the activation, but it will let you activate.
0. Go to iCloud and disable find my phone for your device
1. Download the GM final OS7 build
2. Restart in recovery mode: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808#sthash.qByAjn0z.dpuf
3. Do NOT click ok when prompted to restore your phone
4. Click the secret command/alt combination with the restore button.
5. Select the downloaded OS7 file. your phone will fix itself
Real asshole move of Apple to suddenly brick your phone then provide no instruction for how to do this instead of... you know just allowing the phone to automatically update or activate. Hope that you didn't have anything better to do with your life for the last hour.
Thank you for posting this. I was in this boat and I don't think I would have figured it out otherwise. I owe you a beer.
Also, in case anyone else is reading this, I was also getting mysterious "Unknown Errors" from iTunes when trying the restore, it was because I hadn't updated iTunes to the very very latestest.