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Iphone Frozen, Will not boot up after Deleting all of the data...

jefette said:
Follow the below steps and you are all set no worries:
1- shutdown your iphone with the hard reset "home button and power for 10 second"
2- connect the usb cable to the pc but NOT to the iphone"
3- open itunes
4- while the iphone is off, press the home button for 5-10 seconds then plus the other end of the white connection cable into the iphone
5- do not remove your finger from the home button
6- itunes will detect it and you can now restore it
7- finally you need to jailbreak it again..follow the web instructions

Good luck
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Hi.. I'm from Singapore and I was only able to use the phone by jail-breaking it. Would following the above steps lock my iphone?

Thanks!
 
iphone will not boot up and need a backup

Okay i have the same problem with my jailbroken Iphone 3gs. It will not boot past the logo screen, just shuts down. So I did the hold the home button as I pluged it into my computer and that worked, except I do not have a backup of my Iphone, (redid my system before this happened and didn't get a chance to backup) So now what do I do? I just want to restore my Iphone!
 
bnchary said:
Originally Posted by jefette
Follow the below steps and you are all set no worries:
1- shutdown your iphone with the hard reset "home button and power for 10 second"
2- connect the usb cable to the pc but NOT to the iphone"
3- open itunes
4- while the iphone is off, press the home button for 5-10 seconds then plus the other end of the white connection cable into the iphone
5- do not remove your finger from the home button
6- itunes will detect it and you can now restore it
7- finally you need to jailbreak it again..follow the web instructions


To swainclubber and others who are still having this issue:
There is a minute change to the steps outlined by jefette. So follow these updated steps:

Plug one end of the cord into your phone and the other in your computer
Remove the cord in your computer, leaving the cord in the phone still plugged in
Hold both the home button and on/off button on the phone
Once the screen turns off, let go of the on/off button but continue holding the home button
Plug in the other end of the cord in your computer while still holding the home button on the phone
Once the apple logo appears, continue holding until you see the plug into iTunes screen on your phone
Click restore

This worked for my original unlocked iPhone (2g) and should work for all versions of iPhones. I just got my flashy 3GS so I'm selling my old 2G. After I reset the entire content of my 2G I came across this issue but thanks to the original poster of the following link it is resolved.

I found this solution from the following link:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2088600&tstart=30

Anyways thanks to jefette and the original poster of the above link.
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You're an absolute legend. Thanks so much!
 
Jefette is a legend!

Wow most helpful info online.was going crazy 4 hours.all i wanted to do was start afresh with my iphone but there should be a gigantic warning that comes attached to that erase all settings feature - JUST DON'T DO IT! followed all instructions but when it came to restoring, it wanted to update to version 3.1.3 but i didn't want to spend hours downloadin the update as well as with all the problems attached to 3.1.3 i was reluctant.i just kept staring at itunes & voila it did some magical things & i was back on 3.1.2 no update needed. now i can just load all my old apps again.i'll never b that lazy again - will delete manually next time NO ERASE ALL for me! Thanks Jefette & others for the solution.now i can go back to doing some work.:):):)
 
hi.. my iphone is now stuck with apple logo and circling lines keep coming and going and its been a while since it started happening after i erased all the setting and the content.
actually i neither connected it to the charger nor to the PC. And when i started to reset the phone it had only 33% charge. and after finishing the reset now it is dead...
i had it charged for two minutes and i opened it again and now it is stuck as i mentioned..
my home button is not working... so i cannot force it to shut down.... so can any one help?? please
 
HI! my iphone is stuck to, I was about to click restore, but fought against it.
Do you have any idea if all data will be lost? like pictures and stuff?

thanks!
 
Helppp Plzzzzz

Hey i have and 8gb iphone 3g and i master restored it and i got that problem and i dont have my backup on itunes. i Know that i can still restore it but i was wondering what firmware would it restore it to would it be the new 4.0 because if its that one i would have to wait for a new jailbreak to come out to jailbreak my iphone again right? :(
 
I'm having the exact same problem. I will try to drain the battery out and press the home button, connect to the computer and try to put it in restore mode when it automatically turns on.

jamshaidk said:
Hi
I have read all the post, glad the steps are working fine for others, but not for me. I have tried many times ... but no use.

I was using OS 3.0, updated at iPhone 2G, and working fine. I just want to reset everything on my iPhone so I did erase everything, by choosing Erase All Contents and Settings.

But process doesn't finished, my iPhone hanged during erase. After waiting for hours, I forced restart and now its stuck at book logo.

Now I had tried, the
Hard Reset:
1) Power iPhone on.
2) Hold the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons for about 7 seconds, or until the screen turns black.
3) Your iPhone should reboot. If it doesn't don't worry, just hold the Sleep/Wake button for about 2 seconds.

but I cant turn my iPhone OFF. Simply cant turn it off no matter how long I hold the power and home buttons. It stays at boot logo, and after few mints it blinks for a second and come back to boot logo and stays there, and keep doing that until battery runs off.

I will really appreciate if someone explain the process to get it detected by iTunes to restore my OS. Please note that I cant turn my iPhone off, so no hard reset. Please help.

Cheers,
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Ok, so I had this problem too!!
But I followed those instructions too, and they worked, BUT when you click restore, it says that you have to update it, so it will restore. It does not give you an option to simply restore. But the update will not work. I do not care about it not jailbreaking, I just want my phone to work. -.-
Can anyone help me fix this?
I did all of the 'instructions' and it picked up my phone again in itunes after i did the hard reset,
but those instructions say you can restore it and jailbreak it again. That means you had to be able to restore without updating it since that is all the update is, it breaks the jailbreaks. So how did you restore without updating?
I have no idea why, but my computer WILL NOT update it for me, it just always says it timed out the network connection or something.
Can anyone help with this part? Its driving me crazy. :confused::confused:
 
Similicious105 said:
Ok, so I had this problem too!!
But I followed those instructions too, and they worked, BUT when you click restore, it says that you have to update it, so it will restore. It does not give you an option to simply restore. But the update will not work. I do not care about it not jailbreaking, I just want my phone to work. -.-
Can anyone help me fix this?
I did all of the 'instructions' and it picked up my phone again in itunes after i did the hard reset,
but those instructions say you can restore it and jailbreak it again. That means you had to be able to restore without updating it since that is all the update is, it breaks the jailbreaks. So how did you restore without updating?
I have no idea why, but my computer WILL NOT update it for me, it just always says it timed out the network connection or something.
Can anyone help with this part? Its driving me crazy. :confused::confused:
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Download the 4.0.1 ipsw from Apple. Then option+click the restore button. It will bring up the file browser. Then select the ipsw you downloaded.
 
iPhone froze at apple logo after deleting all of the data and settings

I having similar problem of my iphone 3G got stuck at apple logo screen. Here are the steps what I performed before my phone got stuck.

1. From the general settings-> Reset-> Erase all data contents and settings.
2. It gave me message that it will take an hour to do that.

I kept waiting and at last i saw apple logo screen that shows me hourglass moving and then it get stuck there nothing happens afterwards. After that I have noticed that the iphone automatically restarts and again get stuck on the logo screen and this continues until the battery ran outs. Holding the home button or power button doesnt make any difference. :( :(

Please help... :(

Forgot to add my iphone is 3G 8GB. I dnt know what else info I should provide please let me know.
 
Please Help!

My iPhone 3Gs was also stuck on the rebooting logo with the loading wheel. I finally got it into recovery mode but now when i try to restore it, the restore status bar loads a little bit more than half way and then just stops, i have tried to restore many times and it just does the same thing. please help, Thanks.
 
Selling my 3GS, but now stuck on apple logo.

I have my iPhone 3GS on sale on eBay , with 3.1.3 jailbroken, I did the erase all feature not know it would stuck my phone on the logo screen . I tried to do the restore but it tells me I have to update to 4.1, oh boy , I can't do that because I am selling it as 3.1.3 jailbroken. Wow,I'm **********d.
Can somebody put q link of the steps of the easiest way to restoring it to 3.1.3 or 4.0.1 , where can use either spirit JB or Jailbreakme.com?

Please I need help, I already downloaded the 3.1.3 firmware and the 4.0.1 firmware. Now I need the steps to update to either one. By the way my auction ends tonight. So that means I'll have to do it before Monday, so I can ship it , jailbroken. That would suck to send it with 4.1 when the auction says 3.1.3 JB. I will try any steps when I get back home tonight. Thanks .
 
Similicious105 said:
Ok, so I had this problem too!!
But I followed those instructions too, and they worked, BUT when you click restore, it says that you have to update it, so it will restore. It does not give you an option to simply restore. But the update will not work. I do not care about it not jailbreaking, I just want my phone to work. -.-
Can anyone help me fix this?
I did all of the 'instructions' and it picked up my phone again in itunes after i did the hard reset,
but those instructions say you can restore it and jailbreak it again. That means you had to be able to restore without updating it since that is all the update is, it breaks the jailbreaks. So how did you restore without updating?
I have no idea why, but my computer WILL NOT update it for me, it just always says it timed out the network connection or something.
Can anyone help with this part? Its driving me crazy. :confused::confused:
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Im having EXACTLY the same problem. pls pls help i was going to sell it tomorrow:( so i tried to erase my contacts. pls i need help immediately...:(
 
I got the issue - I cried and died

Thank you for this post. It saved my a$$. I thought I'd bricked my phone.

Rigz..
 
Thank you!

jefette said:
Follow the below steps and you are all set no worries:
1- shutdown your iphone with the hard reset "home button and power for 10 second"
2- connect the usb cable to the pc but NOT to the iphone"
3- open itunes
4- while the iphone is off, press the home button for 5-10 seconds then plus the other end of the white connection cable into the iphone
5- do not remove your finger from the home button
6- itunes will detect it and you can now restore it
7- finally you need to jailbreak it again..follow the web instructions

Good luck
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Really saved me a lot of work. Thanks!!!!!!!
 
jefette said:
Follow the below steps and you are all set no worries:
1- shutdown your iphone with the hard reset "home button and power for 10 second"
2- connect the usb cable to the pc but NOT to the iphone"
3- open itunes
4- while the iphone is off, press the home button for 5-10 seconds then plus the other end of the white connection cable into the iphone
5- do not remove your finger from the home button
6- itunes will detect it and you can now restore it
7- finally you need to jailbreak it again..follow the web instructions

Good luck
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Thanks man now my iPhone 4 really works.
 
10 hours and my iphone still has not finished erasing all content and settings

jefette said:
Follow the below steps and you are all set no worries:
1- shutdown your iphone with the hard reset "home button and power for 10 second"
2- connect the usb cable to the pc but NOT to the iphone"
3- open itunes
4- while the iphone is off, press the home button for 5-10 seconds then plus the other end of the white connection cable into the iphone
5- do not remove your finger from the home button
6- itunes will detect it and you can now restore it
7- finally you need to jailbreak it again..follow the web instructions

Good luck
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Stuck on apple logo with the dial... 10 hours and counting!!! (I was trying to restore my wifi that greyed out...)

I tried this and it worked however, itunes will not let me restore without the software update! My iphone (3gs/16gb 3.0) is jailbroken and unlocked (redsnow/Cydia). I am afraid if I upgrade to 4.2.1 it will brick my phone and I will not be able to use it (thru tmobile). Is this true? Will it brick my iphone? Is there a way to restore without the software update? :apple::(
 
Help! My iphone 3gs

my iphone 3GS is unlocked and jailbroken at 4.0.1
i did a reset all settings
i also did a recovery on my computer so all my iphone packages are gone
now after i reset its stuck on the apple logog it loads then turns off and repeats the process

now i placed my device in DFU mode and it says my iphone needs to be updated to be restored and the update is 4.0.2 which ive read kills jailbreaks

what should my next step be please help???
also will i be able to unlock it if i can restore it and jailbreak it again?
 
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