JAILBROKEN IPHONE WHITE SCREEN FROZEN

kod12

Hi guys

i just got a 3G iphone there on thursday and unlocked and jailbroke it. everything was goin grand until today. i was using an application when my phone froze and was just left with a white screen. i then pressed the home button and the button on top of the ihone to reboot but my iphone just powered off and will not turn back on. can anyone help me????

cheers

kod12

just tried holding the home buttin and connecting it to itunes to recover and still no joy or sign of life in the phone

anoble66

- First, press and hold the HOME button.
- Second, press and hold the UP volume button as well.
- Third, with those still held, press and hold the SLEEP button.

After 5 or 6 seconds it should display the black screen with the Apple logo and boot

kod12

cheers for that but that hasnt worked either was on the phone to a guy from apple support there and he talked me thru everything and no joy at all he said the phone should still turn back on but mine doesnt.its completley dead. ne other options?

hw said the only option available is to send it to apple and hope the phone still wont turn on and that they wont see its jailbroken and get a free replacement or if they find it its gona cost £140 and run the risk of it coming with the new software which cant be unlocked.

Some jailbreaking software has an "unbrick" mode. Google some more, these things are very hard to break.

anoble66

have you tried letting your battery drain completely and then connecting it to the charger and switching back on?

kod12

the phone is completly off and wont switch on by pressing aything or hookin it up to itunes. short of sending it back ive no idea what to do

TBi

Have you tried DFU mode?

That should let you do a full restore with iTunes.

Connect to computer with iTunes running. Turn phone off. Hold the sleep button for 3 seconds to turn it on. Then hold sleep and home for exactly 10 seconds, then leave go of sleep but keep holding home. After about another 10 seconds iTunes should detect the phone and go into recovery mode. The iphone screen should be black.

kod12

Hi TFI

Thanks for that but my iphone wont turn on at all ive tried every possible way and connected it to itunes but still no life out of the phone. im just gona have to send it back to apple and hope they cant turn it back on either and just get a replacment cos the phone is jailbroken

projectmayhem

Long shot but I've seen it before where the phone is on but the screen doesn't come on.

When you do anything does the phone heat up? (i.e. trying to boot into DFU mode etc.)... if so try opening iTunes and seeing if it appears there.

kod12

i did a reboot on it and by holding home and the on and off button and it hasnt come back on since

Tom Dunne

kod12 wrote: »

i did a reboot on it and by holding home and the on and off button and it hasnt come back on since

Ok, sometimes when the battery goes completely and utterly dead, the phone will not power one even if it is charging via the USB cable. So what I would do is plug in the USB cable, let it power up for 10-15 mins, then try switching it back on.

The main thing is, DON'T PANIC. As others have said, it is very, very difficult to brick current iPhones.

You will get it back.

kod12

Cheers tom ill try that when i get home. im using an old nokia now and cant get used to the small screen again ha ha