Hello There,
My iPhone 3GS is stuck in some sort of boot limbo. It reboots in ~ 5 minute intervals regardless of whether it is plugged into a power source or not. After a boot loop exhausts the battery life, the screen prompts to recharge indicating a terminally low battery. Upon plugging into a power source, the battery charges just enough to re-enter a boot loop.
I should note that I have tried three different and new batteries purchased from iFixit.com (APNs 616-0434), each one having the same result as the next. As you can imagine, it has been frustrating receiving each and every new battery from iFixit.com, installing, then hitting this same dead end.
I've thought of other malfunctions: possibly a worn out logic board? Possibly faulty cables? I'm not certain as I cannot test either for functionality.
Just before having this issue, I was using a new battery from iFixit with really stellar results until one day last month, my Bluetooth randomly and automatically attempted to connect and search for devices (which was perplexing). Simultaneously, the phone froze off-and-on, then rebooted and prompted to reactivate with a cell provider as if it were brand new.
I am able to restore with iTunes by placing the iOS in recovery mode, although upon each restore's final reboot, the iOS never loads, and the reboot cycle continues; I have also tried removing the battery and connecting it to an external power source: the iOS setup wizard loads, continues to the regional setup, then prompts me to connect to iTunes which I cannot do since unplugging from the external power source would shut it down. Furthermore, I've tried this with a PC's power supply, but every time the iPhone switches to recovery mode and iTunes prompts to restore. I cannot restore this way because upon the restore's final reboot of the iPhone, the iPhone powers off because apparently it cannot reboot automatically but can reboot manually by holding power+home for ~10 sec.
What I have is a brick and three new iPhone 3GS batteries I cannot use. I'm very close to getting rid of the 3GS but any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks alot,
Randy.
My iPhone 3GS is stuck in some sort of boot limbo. It reboots in ~ 5 minute intervals regardless of whether it is plugged into a power source or not. After a boot loop exhausts the battery life, the screen prompts to recharge indicating a terminally low battery. Upon plugging into a power source, the battery charges just enough to re-enter a boot loop.
I should note that I have tried three different and new batteries purchased from iFixit.com (APNs 616-0434), each one having the same result as the next. As you can imagine, it has been frustrating receiving each and every new battery from iFixit.com, installing, then hitting this same dead end.
I've thought of other malfunctions: possibly a worn out logic board? Possibly faulty cables? I'm not certain as I cannot test either for functionality.
Just before having this issue, I was using a new battery from iFixit with really stellar results until one day last month, my Bluetooth randomly and automatically attempted to connect and search for devices (which was perplexing). Simultaneously, the phone froze off-and-on, then rebooted and prompted to reactivate with a cell provider as if it were brand new.
I am able to restore with iTunes by placing the iOS in recovery mode, although upon each restore's final reboot, the iOS never loads, and the reboot cycle continues; I have also tried removing the battery and connecting it to an external power source: the iOS setup wizard loads, continues to the regional setup, then prompts me to connect to iTunes which I cannot do since unplugging from the external power source would shut it down. Furthermore, I've tried this with a PC's power supply, but every time the iPhone switches to recovery mode and iTunes prompts to restore. I cannot restore this way because upon the restore's final reboot of the iPhone, the iPhone powers off because apparently it cannot reboot automatically but can reboot manually by holding power+home for ~10 sec.
What I have is a brick and three new iPhone 3GS batteries I cannot use. I'm very close to getting rid of the 3GS but any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks alot,
Randy.
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