when it finally decides it wants to update, will it be kicked out of recovery mode?
For anyone who gets stuck at "Verifying with Apple" - it's literally because the servers are flooded. Time will heal your wounds.
If you're getting that constant loop, you have to get it out of that loop by forcing it into DFU mode. Other than that, it'll pick up on it's own. It was a long cycle for me to get it out of the loop, enter DFU mode, try to install, FAIL, repeat. Until it worked.
now i'm getting error 3194
so if my download stopped in the middle and now giving me an error will that cause problems in the software when it resumes download and it finally works?