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2nd gen iphone won't turn on.

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Post 8Posted: Sep 27, 2009 - 05:26 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top
Post subject: 2nd gen iphone won't turn on.
i have a problem, and i'm hoping some of you might be able to shine some light on the issue i have here.

here is the story.

I have had my iphone for close to 2 years now, and it was working fine last night before i went to sleep. When i was going to sleep, i put it in the charging dock, and left it there with my alarm settings for the morning alarm. I woke up this morning before my alarm went off, so i grabbed my iphone to check the time. I pressed the home button, the screen remained black. I thought what the hell???

Then i went to press and hold the power button, it won't turn on either. and then i pressed and held the power and home button together, to my delight, the shiny apple logo showed up, and it was booting up. I left it there, and went to the bathroom.

When i came back, i grabbed the phone to check the time, and again, it's blank, nothing, when i press either the home or power button. So i did the holing the power and home button routine again, and it started booting up again.

and as i was leaving for work, i grabbed the phone, and checked again. it's once again blank. and this time when i tried the home and power button routine, it did not work. I have been trying everything, and nothing have made it turn back on again.

Please someone know what the hell is going on with it.

Thanks in advance.
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Post  Posted: Sep 27, 2009 - 05:33 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top
it sounds like its broken. take it to a repair shop.
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Post  Posted: Sep 27, 2009 - 06:02 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top
Have you tried it with itunes?
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Post  Posted: Sep 27, 2009 - 07:17 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top
If its not a US one, try doing a restore in iTunes.

If its a 2G, no problem to unlock again.
If its a 3G or 3Gs, don't do that, you'll need to use a special firmware using PwnageTool.

If the restore doesn't bring it back to life, try putting it into DFU mode, and trying the firmware restore again.

DFU Mode howto:

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1034

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Post  Posted: Sep 28, 2009 - 08:35 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top
the problem is, i can't even get it into DFU mode, it's on a black screen all the time, itune does not recognize it no matter what i try.
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Post  Posted: Sep 28, 2009 - 09:03 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top
You sure that it is actually charged? Perhaps it was sitting in your iphone dock properly? Try pluggin it in to the USB on your computer.
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Post  Posted: Sep 28, 2009 - 12:53 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top
tried and done that, it doesn't matter if it's plugged in or not, it will not turn on.
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