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iPhone Anyway to fix this?

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gannonsamuel

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Aug 3, 2012
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So i may have bought an iphone 4 on ebay for cheap....

Stuck in recovery mode (I basically didn't do enough research and thought it would be a super easy fix), at first it was only showing the Apple logo, now it's showing the usb connector itunes guff...


I managed to get it to pop with a greenpois0n error message

"Unable to find gBdevList

Unable to find fs_mount

Unable to find fs_unmount

Unable to find fs_load _file

Greenpois0n initialized"

, so tried their jailbreaker, no luck... i also tried tiny umbrella, evasi0n, limera1n and redsn0w. Have i ****ed it by using throwing so many things at it?

i don't know what version of ios it had on it before and i don't have any shsh blobs.

is there anyway to make this a working iphone or have just been a cock and bought a fancy paper weight?

(I have become aware of how woefully ignorant i am with jailbreaks so you probably don't have to tell me)


Thanks

Sam
 
Try connecting it to TinyUmbrella and see what firmware is on there now.
Also TinyUmbrella will show which if any blobs are available
 
TriJetHero said:
Try connecting it to TinyUmbrella and see what firmware is on there now.
Also TinyUmbrella will show which if any blobs are available
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it pops up as a recovery device in tinyumbrella and i get the ECID number pop up but nothing else
 
right, an update.

was playing around with redsn0w and actually got it to do something, all fine until it hangs on "Failed to get appleS5L8920XARM7M"

i gave up with it and then now if i try again it'll whizz through loads of tiny writing on the screen of the phone and i dont have time to read any of it and then it just goes back to being in recovery mode
 
TriJetHero said:
Yes, as it might still be on a 6.x jailbreakable untether, DFU restoring wiil bring it to 6.1.3 losing the untether, always first try to salavage what is on there now.
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if im totally wrong here then let me know.

BUT

if there was just a way to get it into a workable state and restore it back to factory firmware, could i not then do a fresh jailbreak to get whatever i need?

there's nothing on it that needs saving
 
gannonsamuel said:
if im totally wrong here then let me know.

BUT

if there was just a way to get it into a workable state and restore it back to factory firmware, could i not then do a fresh jailbreak to get whatever i need?

there's nothing on it that needs saving
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6.1.3 is a tethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4
 
If you don't mind the tethered jailbreak.

But if the phone is carrier locked you might not be able to unlock at all or expensive.

Use sn0nbreeze to make a custom 6.1.3 firmware to preserve your BB
 
TriJetHero said:
If you don't mind the tethered jailbreak.

But if the phone is carrier locked you might not be able to unlock at all or expensive.

Use sn0nbreeze to make a custom 6.1.3 firmware to preserve your BB
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Just try this too, still no joy.

Any time i try any firmwares it will just hang on the waiting for reboot bit or will start and the whizz through a load of writing on the iphone screen and then be black again.
 
TriJetHero said:
You have valid blobs for 6.1.3?
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Tiny umbrella shows me only the ECID number (occasionally)
sometimes it'll have a number and sometimes it'll just be a big black question mark and a "0" underneath "Recovery Devices" on the left
 
As a last resort you could always bring it to the Apple store and play dumb, you might just get lucky and they'll help you out with a courtesy replacement.
You could also try actually calling Apple @ 1-800-275-2273, and explaining that there is no physical damage to the phone, and while updating the phone bricked, which sounds to be true based off what I'm reading.
 
ERIC273 said:
As a last resort you could always bring it to the Apple store and play dumb, you might just get lucky and they'll help you out with a courtesy replacement.
You could also try actually calling Apple @ 1-800-275-2273, and explaining that there is no physical damage to the phone, and while updating the phone bricked, which sounds to be true based off what I'm reading.
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That's very unlikely for a phone that's been 2 years out of warranty but I guess it's worth a try
 
darricksailo said:
That's very unlikely for a phone that's been 2 years out of warranty but I guess it's worth a try
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Apple appropriately tries to please it's consumers, and if the iPhone is in decent physical condition sometimes they'll try to help you out.

If you can push the argument that an iPhone shouldn't be getting bricked at software level, with no physical damage, and say how ridiculous that is, to their Customer Relations department, you could likely get them to fix it for you.
 
ERIC273 said:
Apple appropriately tries to please it's consumers, and if the iPhone is in decent physical condition sometimes they'll try to help you out.

If you can push the argument that an iPhone shouldn't be getting bricked at software level, with no physical damage, and say how ridiculous that is, to their Customer Relations department, you could likely get them to fix it for you.
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Even if you bought the phone used 2nd hand off eBay?
 
Right! AHA!

bought a new battery... on the off chance i thought i'd give it a go as the iphone wasnt doing anything when it wasn't plugged into a computer.

it lives!

unfortunately it's baseband 04.12.05-ICE_2_13 which, as i understand it is un-unlockable via jailbreak...

is the easiest option just going to be restore it to factory settings and put it back on ebay (i could probably actually turn a profit on it tbh) and just get one that i know will work and isn't going to be a jolly jaunt into the fields of ignorance?

Thanks for all the suggestions!
 
gannonsamuel said:
Right! AHA!

bought a new battery... on the off chance i thought i'd give it a go as the iphone wasnt doing anything when it wasn't plugged into a computer.

it lives!

unfortunately it's baseband 04.12.05-ICE_2_13 which, as i understand it is un-unlockable via jailbreak...

is the easiest option just going to be restore it to factory settings and put it back on ebay (i could probably actually turn a profit on it tbh) and just get one that i know will work and isn't going to be a jolly jaunt into the fields of ignorance?

Thanks for all the suggestions!
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Easiest is to buy a cheap IMEI unlock online, checkout the IMEI thread in the forum
 
gannonsamuel said:
Right! AHA!

bought a new battery... on the off chance i thought i'd give it a go as the iphone wasnt doing anything when it wasn't plugged into a computer.

it lives!

unfortunately it's baseband 04.12.05-ICE_2_13 which, as i understand it is un-unlockable via jailbreak...

is the easiest option just going to be restore it to factory settings and put it back on ebay (i could probably actually turn a profit on it tbh) and just get one that i know will work and isn't going to be a jolly jaunt into the fields of ignorance?

Thanks for all the suggestions!
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do you know what carrier the phone originally belonged to?
 
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