adamscot. exactly right, that is what I'm seeing.
Brick Mode. Everything went without a hitch. Cannot access the authorization service. (Can access the "store.") My phone is a brick. I do not know if this is server problem or a load problem but it is hard and it is serious. Do not know how to test for access to that server but if you attempt to update without that access, you will disable your phone.
WTF!!! im trying to restore my phone... but it keeps saying that the Itunes store has timed out or something!!!
It is not really the "store." It is the "authorization" service or server (iTunes does not know how to distinguish between the two.
can click on help in itunes and choose run diagnostics.