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iPhone 3GS randomly shuts off and won't stay on until plugged in
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Hi, I had similar isses as described in this thread. After replacement of the battery with a 616-0435 all is working fine for me. Thanks to you all and especially edgeyted for the very valuable help.
My MB was also bend because of a expanded battery (approx. 3 years old), but it luckiliy survived.
I have successfully replaced the battery--I hope this works. The battery seems to be dying fairly quickly right now, but maybe it will improve after I've run it through a few charge cycles.
Hopefully you bought a load-tested battery - otherwise it's just a lottery whether you have a good one or not. I think the price is a good sign: if you spent ca £10/$15, you've got a load-tested battery and the thing will be fine after two complete charge cycles (ie run it down to exhaustion twice before recharging...thereafter keep it as close to 100% as much as poss! - li-on batteries apparently hate deep discharges after those two, necessary, initial ones).
I got it for $11, and it seems to be working fine. I'm currently charging it for the second time, after letting it run all the way down twice. Also, are you saying that once its gone through two charge cycles, I should always keep it at about 100%? If so, why?
hey guys i red the entire post so far and my problem is similar but not the same so i decided to ask you.
my iphone 3gs also keeps shutting off, but only when its in sleep mode. BUT, and thats why i ask in this post: when the phone is plugged in, it doesnt shut off even when its in sleep mode.
i just ordered a new battery and will change it now DIY too. i also red before that someone couldnt restore his device due to a dying battery, mine isnt restorable either. after having changed the battery i will tell you what has changed, if my problem was also related to the battery.
oh what may be important too is that the iphone is jailbreaked ( tethered ).
my iphone 3gs also keeps shutting off, but only when its in sleep mode. BUT, and thats why i ask in this post: when the phone is plugged in, it doesnt shut off even when its in sleep mode.
i just ordered a new battery and will change it now DIY too. i also red before that someone couldnt restore his device due to a dying battery, mine isnt restorable either. after having changed the battery i will tell you what has changed, if my problem was also related to the battery.
oh what may be important too is that the iphone is jailbreaked ( tethered ).
I have successfully replaced the battery
I'm in the US and I am trying to find the best place to get the APN 616-0435 battery that edgeyted strongly suggested. Where did you get yours Danny?
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I purchased mine on ebay for about $11 from the seller "yourcamerasupplies."
From what I can tell this one looks good, but I can't guarantee anything (especially when it comes to ebay).
Let me know if you need any other help.
Well I have the same problem and it can't be the battery as its only a few months old unless it needs another battery if it is I think I'm better off getting rid of the phone can't keep paying out for new battery every few months so any suggestions on what I can do xx
so any suggestions on what I can do xxWhat do you expect anyone who has read this thread to say other than: "Your battery is dying, replace it"?
3gs won't stay on since software upgrade
Hi to everyone having trouble. i had the exact same trouble and there was no way i was risking spending money on a battery without knowing it would defo work as already bought one a few weeks ago as i put my phone in the washing machine and it messed the battery up.. anyhow i plugged it into itunes and restored it from a few months ago and it now works fine.
I am guessing that the battery i bought was a bit rubbish to be honest and when you do a update it sets the phone to factory settings which isn't very battery friendly. for example screen brightness is set high and all notifications on. push is on,wifi blutooth etc are all on so those that are having problems have probably got a weak battery and it will need replacing but try turning all these settings off or doing a restore from itunes and see if it solves your problems.... its solved mine for now but i'm not hopeful on the battery i bought to be honest
Hope this makes sense. let me know if it helps anyone else
Hi to everyone having trouble. i had the exact same trouble and there was no way i was risking spending money on a battery without knowing it would defo work as already bought one a few weeks ago as i put my phone in the washing machine and it messed the battery up.. anyhow i plugged it into itunes and restored it from a few months ago and it now works fine.
I am guessing that the battery i bought was a bit rubbish to be honest and when you do a update it sets the phone to factory settings which isn't very battery friendly. for example screen brightness is set high and all notifications on. push is on,wifi blutooth etc are all on so those that are having problems have probably got a weak battery and it will need replacing but try turning all these settings off or doing a restore from itunes and see if it solves your problems.... its solved mine for now but i'm not hopeful on the battery i bought to be honest
Hope this makes sense. let me know if it helps anyone else
Hey guys!
I basically googled my issue and this forum thread came up, glad it did, was very helpful, I also have a 2 year old iPhone 3gs and though I have not upgraded to iOS5 yet I was having the exact same problem that the first poster described. I actually am able to turn my iPhone back on without pluging it in if I let it rest like 5-10 min after it shuts down (it's even more obvious that the battery is the issue, I know) but if I try to use the camera or FB app or something like that it shuts down again, though the ipod works fine (so far it has not turned off if I only use the ipod)
I am actually not keeping my iphone, I am buying a new one but I wanted to sell this one and I was not sure if it was something more complicated than the battery. Seems that most of you have been able to fix the issue with the battery replacement so the person who's buying my phone will know what to do!
Thanks again
I basically googled my issue and this forum thread came up, glad it did, was very helpful, I also have a 2 year old iPhone 3gs and though I have not upgraded to iOS5 yet I was having the exact same problem that the first poster described. I actually am able to turn my iPhone back on without pluging it in if I let it rest like 5-10 min after it shuts down (it's even more obvious that the battery is the issue, I know) but if I try to use the camera or FB app or something like that it shuts down again, though the ipod works fine (so far it has not turned off if I only use the ipod)
I am actually not keeping my iphone, I am buying a new one but I wanted to sell this one and I was not sure if it was something more complicated than the battery. Seems that most of you have been able to fix the issue with the battery replacement so the person who's buying my phone will know what to do!
Thanks again
I have had the same problem since December. this phone is a used one so im thinking it has something to do with the hard ware. i have replaced the battery three times and nothing seems to change.
Iphone4
hello everyone i had the same problem with my iphone 4 i updated my phone from 4.3.3 to 5.1.1 doing so i lost my unlock for my tmobile and now i have at@t but every since updated to 5.1.1 my phone would reboot, shut off at 100% only way to keep it on was to keep it plugged into the computer or wall charger i bought a new battery and it still does the same exact thing so there for i have downgraded my ios and it seems to be working fine message me if you want to try to downgraded your ios for iphone to 4.3.3 hope this helped because i know everyone else is either dealing with the same situation or a similar one although im sure theres other solutions but this one was mine hope it helped.
hello everyone i had the same problem with my iphone 4 i updated my phone from 4.3.3 to 5.1.1 doing so i lost my unlock for my tmobile and now i have at@t but every since updated to 5.1.1 my phone would reboot, shut off at 100% only way to keep it on was to keep it plugged into the computer or wall charger i bought a new battery and it still does the same exact thing so there for i have downgraded my ios and it seems to be working fine message me if you want to try to downgraded your ios for iphone to 4.3.3 hope this helped because i know everyone else is either dealing with the same situation or a similar one although im sure theres other solutions but this one was mine hope it helped.
might seem weird but try taking your back glass cover off my buddys iphone had a weird problem he had the back glass replaced and as soon as he took it off and plugged it up to the computer it started up charged and he took it off the charger and it stayed on but as soon as he put the back glass back on it shut down and wouldn't power back on.. why it does this i have no idea.
I have 3 3GS circa 2009. Sure they are a bit beat up, sure they have had heavy use, JB and stock, but upgrading to 5.X should not have consistant reboots.
Thank you to the OP for bringing this topic up.
I have dismantled my phone thinking the battery may have corroded or a short connection some where, nothing I could see visually, and when the phone is charging there are no issues.
I think apple should release a patch/software fix for people who are using batteries that aren't working.
Is there a fix aside from buying a new phone?
Thank you to the OP for bringing this topic up.
I have dismantled my phone thinking the battery may have corroded or a short connection some where, nothing I could see visually, and when the phone is charging there are no issues.
I think apple should release a patch/software fix for people who are using batteries that aren't working.
Is there a fix aside from buying a new phone?
Problem solved
Hi All
I have been having this very same problem for a few weeks now and i found the solution by accident for all you who still need a solution.
ITS THE SIM CARD
you need to get a new sim card i changed mine for a new one and its working perfect again now
hope this helps
Nev
Hi All
I have been having this very same problem for a few weeks now and i found the solution by accident for all you who still need a solution.
ITS THE SIM CARD
you need to get a new sim card i changed mine for a new one and its working perfect again now
hope this helps
Nev
Good morning good folks of the internet,
Here's my 2 cents on this issue.
Finally got around to putting in a new battery last week, load tested and with the correct APN. But that did NOT solve my problem, just made it somewhat better (since upgrading to iOS 6 on my 3GS, the phone would shut down even at 79% full whereas it would only shut down once it was under the 40% mark on iOS 5.1.1). Now, with the new battery, it will shut down in the low 30-20% depending on what I'm doing on the phone.
I couldn't even run down the new battery twice as suggested because the phone died on me the first time I was using it (after charging it for 8 hours straight), and I had to plug it in to bring it back to life.
Now, I'm not sure if the new battery was a lemon, because even though the iPhone will not shut down at high battery percentage now, it did not solve the shutting down issue thouroughly. So really, I can't tell if I came accross a bad replacement battery (from appleipodparts) or if the issue is somewhere else altogether...
Another thing I noticed, changing the SIM card did make the shutting down a little better too (iPhone shutting down in the high 10%) and using it only on wifi, a little better again (iPhone shutting in the low 10%)...
Here's my 2 cents on this issue.
Finally got around to putting in a new battery last week, load tested and with the correct APN. But that did NOT solve my problem, just made it somewhat better (since upgrading to iOS 6 on my 3GS, the phone would shut down even at 79% full whereas it would only shut down once it was under the 40% mark on iOS 5.1.1). Now, with the new battery, it will shut down in the low 30-20% depending on what I'm doing on the phone.
I couldn't even run down the new battery twice as suggested because the phone died on me the first time I was using it (after charging it for 8 hours straight), and I had to plug it in to bring it back to life.
Now, I'm not sure if the new battery was a lemon, because even though the iPhone will not shut down at high battery percentage now, it did not solve the shutting down issue thouroughly. So really, I can't tell if I came accross a bad replacement battery (from appleipodparts) or if the issue is somewhere else altogether...
Another thing I noticed, changing the SIM card did make the shutting down a little better too (iPhone shutting down in the high 10%) and using it only on wifi, a little better again (iPhone shutting in the low 10%)...