Has your phone ever randomly bricked itself on its own?

[marker227]

I was at work today and I was playing with my iPhone 3G... Well the springboard locked up so I did a hard reset with the home and power button. When I turned the phone back on it had the restore to itunes logo and "slide for emergency calls" button as well.

I was instantly puzzled... When I slid the bar my blue keypad theme was still working. I also noticed for a quick second my lock background came up and then disappeared.

So I did another hard reset and everything came back to normal. The main screen came back and it said "iPhone Activated" and I hit dismiss.

Has anyone had this happen to them before?

My other problem has been, mail constantly crashes after I open it. Could it be that one of my programs or themes is conflicting with it?

 

[madfresh]

I'm not too sure if my iPhone has actually "bricked itself" but my iPhone has randomly shut off without me being able to do anything about it. Pressed every button possible and nothing happened. I then forced a restart by holding the home and sleep button and it restarted.

 

[mdecker79]

Yup the same thing happened to me the other day... I did a hard reset like you and my 3g was bricked..... I held the power to power off and did a reboot. The phone came back up normally and said it was activated..


It was very odd..

 

[TheConfuzed1]

If it came back on, it was never "bricked."

It was... uh... something else.

 

[Brandon Heat]

i really dont like how you have to connect to itunes when the phone messes up... sometimes i dont have access to my computer for a long time...

 

[madfresh]

i really dont like how you have to connect to itunes when the phone messes up... sometimes i dont have access to my computer for a long time...

Yeah, it's sad that the iPhone requires a computer to do certain things. I know people who would have bought an iPhone but have not a clue how to even use a computer.

 

[DN7335]

Not to be nit-pickey, but your phone was never "bricked". Its only a brick if it won't come back on and can't be recovered. Yours just did a reset or something and had to be reactivated.

To my knowledge there have been no incidents of true bricking with any of the 2.x jailbreaks.

 

[marker227]

Yup the same thing happened to me the other day... I did a hard reset like you and my 3g was bricked..... I held the power to power off and did a reboot. The phone came back up normally and said it was activated..


It was very odd..

Ah, well it's good to hear someone else had this problem .


Thanks for the replies.

Can anyone comment on apps crashing? Is there a way or technique to lessen it?

 

[Me1000]

If it came back on, it was never "bricked."

It was... uh... something else.

locked up...

 

[lavrishevo]

+1 on the same exact thing happening to me. Weird.

 

[Bobeder9]

The mail app has to do with you restoring from the backup of your phone. You have to set it up as a new phone and not sync your mail accounts. Then set up your mail accounts from your phone and it will work.