Iphone 4 unresponsive - just apple logo

Four of a kind

Can anyone help me please.

Ive a Jailbroken iphone 4 version 4.0.1 which i got from apple.

Last night it froze for some reason, and crashed. I tried to turn it back on but the only thing that came up was the apple logo. I left it for a few mins as it usually takes a while for some power to come into it before you can use it(if the battery is drained).
But I ended up falling asleep and woke up 9 hours later with the problem still there....the apple logo on the screen even though it was charging all night?

I tried doing a soft reset(sleep button+home button for 10 seconds)....but still can't get it work. It still just comes up the apple logo?

Can anyone tell me what the problem could be?

Bloody raging tbh

Thanks in advance.

ironclaw

If you plug it into iTunes does anything show up?

Best option is to plug it into you computer and boot up iTunes. Put it into DFU mode and restore it from iTunes.

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

Four of a kind

ironclaw wrote: »

If you plug it into iTunes does anything show up?

Best option is to plug it into you computer and boot up iTunes. Put it into DFU mode and restore it from iTunes.

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

No nothing happens when i plug it into itunes. If I do the DFU thing...will I lose my jailbreak?

ironclaw

Four of a kind wrote: »

No nothing happens when i plug it into itunes. If I do the DFU thing...will I lose my jailbreak?

Yes. You'll have to re-Jailbreak. If you restore fully and the problem keeps happening, at least you can send it to Apple without a obvious jailbreak in place.

Four of a kind

ironclaw wrote: »

Yes. You'll have to re-Jailbreak. If you restore fully and the problem keeps happening, at least you can send it to Apple without a obvious jailbreak in place.

ok, but what I want to know is when I restore, will I have to restore it to the new/latest 4.2 firmware(which can't be jailbroken yet) or will I be able to restore it to the 4.0.1 which is the firmware I have now(and which there is a jailbreak for)? I have the SHSH blobs saved when I was jailbreaking as someone said its the only way you'll be able to restore to an earlier firmware.

guil

Google cydia server restore and it will tell ya how to do it

Four of a kind

guil wrote: »

Google cydia server restore and it will tell ya how to do it

do i have to download the 4.0.1 firmware first? Its says on itunes that I've will restore and update to the latest version if I continue?

How do i restore to just the 4.0.1 firmware?

guil

Yeah look for it on iclarified.com and then when it's downloaded hold shift and click restore in iTunes. That will allow you to pick the ipsw.
Just make sure ya edit the host file first or it will fail

Four of a kind

I think its gona be too complicated for me to restore to the same firmware Im currently on which is 4.0.1

I might as well just update to the latest version, but will there be a jailbreak for the 4.2.1 version?

Can't bear losing the jailbreak as the iphone is 100% better with SBsettings etc on it.

Four of a kind

guil wrote: »

Yeah look for it on iclarified.com and then when it's downloaded hold shift and click restore in iTunes. That will allow you to pick the ipsw.
Just make sure ya edit the host file first or it will fail

I understand all apart from editing the host file???

Creamy Goodness

editing the host file is usually done to bypass authentication checks when activating software online.

the location of the HOSTS file on Windows 7 is

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

on mac it's

/etc/hosts

Four of a kind

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

editing the host file is usually done to bypass authentication checks when activating software online.

the location of the HOSTS file on Windows 7 is

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

on mac it's

/etc/hosts

ok, i understand that as well, but what do i edit?? What info do I put in etc??

Four of a kind

ok lads heres my problem:

I've downloaded the apple firmware 4.0.1 for the iphone 4.

I held shift and clicked the restore button on itunes to which I preceded to download the above firmware, but as suspected I got the error saying it was unable to restore(due to not editing the host file)

What i need to know is the steps to take in order to successfully restore to the above firmware?

I did save my SHSH blobs when jailbreaking but I have no idea how to go about sorting this out.

Can someone please link/show me how to edit the host file so that I can restore it to 4.0.1(which is the version I had before this problem).

Otherwise I'm forced to just restore and update to the latest firmware and never able to jailbreak...which makes my iphone very basic imo.

Thanks guys.

guil

Just add the gs apple line. It's an ip address
Save it and restore and then remove the line afterwards

guil

Add this to the host file and save it

wrote:

74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com

then just shift restore

Four of a kind

guil wrote: »

Add this to the host file and save it

then just shift restore

Ok I've done the above now and hopefully this will work! Thanks so far for the help, much appreciated. I'll let ya know if it works ok.

Four of a kind

ok, still the same error came up : error 3194 saying its unable to restore

I followed the above correctly but still the same error comes up.

Four of a kind

And I 100% did click the "make my life easier" to save my ShSh blobs when jailbreaking on www.jailbreakme.com

But I have no idea where these shsh files are saved?

Looks like I'll have to update to 4.2.1 ((((((

Four of a kind

Please help folks,

I ended up just restoring and updating to the latest firmware which was downloading for over an hour(646mb i think it said).....but when it finished downloading nothing happened.

Its still stuck on the apple logo?

Please help with this problem guys as I've no iphone to use now

RoadRunner

charged?

Four of a kind

RoadRunner wrote: »

charged?

what you you mean?

It was in need of a charge last night when it crashed and this problem started.

NewApproach

Sorry to hear this Carlo, must be a right pain.

I had a similar problem with an iPhone (wouldn't turn on at all, DFU etc didn't work), and I phoned apple and had it replaced within a week. I wouldn't be concerned about it being jailbroken when sending it to them. The first thing they will have to do is restore it anyway. The one I sent them was jailbroken and nothing was said. Their number is 1850 946 191

Four of a kind

NewApproach wrote: »

Sorry to hear this Carlo, must be a right pain.

I had a similar problem with an iPhone (wouldn't turn on at all, DFU etc didn't work), and I phoned apple and had it replaced within a week. I wouldn't be concerned about it being jailbroken when sending it to them. The first thing they will have to do is restore it anyway. The one I sent them was jailbroken and nothing was said. Their number is 1850 946 191

Cheers Conor, yeah thats my only concern is that when I ring them up and explain to them what happened, they might ask did I jailbreak it?

I do remember last night the indicator for out of battery came on, so maybe that has something to do with it not restoring to the new firmware?

Do i tell them its jailbroken if I ring them?

guil

download tinyumbrella from here http://thefirmwareumbrella.blogspot.com/
run it and connect the iphone and click save my shsh, it will show ya what firmwares ya have shsh for on cydia

if 4.0.1 is there, click start tss server and do the same again in itunes, shift restore
ya might get an error near the end but just go back to tinyumbrella and click kick out if recovery

NewApproach

Four of a kind wrote: »

Cheers Conor, yeah thats my only concern is that when I ring them up and explain to them what happened, they might ask did I jailbreak it?

I do remember last night the indicator for out of battery came on, so maybe that has something to do with it not restoring to the new firmware?

Do i tell them its jailbroken if I ring them?

No, act like a technophobe and sound like you've never heard of jailbreaking or anything else like it.

Four of a kind

ok I got it restored to 4.2.1! When I plugged it back into itunes I tried to restore it again and it just installed the new update.

So phone is set to factory settings which I'm glad to have, but at the same time I've lost my jailbreak and all the cydia tweaks etc.

So I can just go and sync all my apps from itunes back over to iphone?


If a jailbreak becomes available down the line will I be able to retrieve all my apps that I purchased from cydia?

guil

ya can use redsn0w to jailbreak it but its tethered and still a beta

Four of a kind

guil wrote: »

download tinyumbrella from here http://thefirmwareumbrella.blogspot.com/
run it and connect the iphone and click save my shsh, it will show ya what firmwares ya have shsh for on cydia

if 4.0.1 is there, click start tss server and do the same again in itunes, shift restore
ya might get an error near the end but just go back to tinyumbrella and click kick out if recovery

ok i did the above and I got the following under the "Saved SHSH's for IPhone":

iphone4 4.0.2(8A400)
iphone4 4.1 (813117)
iphone4 4.2b3 (8C5115C)


So does this mean I can downgrade to 4.0.2 and jailbreak?

The firmware I downloaded early today was: iPhone3,1_4.0.1_8A306_Restore

As thats the version firmware which was on my phone.

So maybe I need to download the 4.0.2 firmware??

Basically I'd like to be able to jailbreak.

guil

yeah get either 4.0.2 or 4.1

Four of a kind

guil wrote: »

yeah get either 4.0.2 or 4.1

ok, so when i download 4.1 from apple, do I have to edit host file like I did above?

guil

just click start tss server in tinyumbrella and then shift restore in itunes
heres 4.1
http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4/061-7939.20100908.Lcyg3/iPhone3,1_4.1_8B117_Restore.ipsw

Four of a kind

guil wrote: »

just click start tss server in tinyumbrella and then shift restore in itunes
heres 4.1
http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4/061-7939.20100908.Lcyg3/iPhone3,1_4.1_8B117_Restore.ipsw

Ok thanks very much for helping me out. I've been at this for a few hours so head is a little fuzy.

I presume I put the iphone in DFU mode to do the restore like above?

Hopefully will be able to jailbreak as I'd alot of stuff on the phone from cydia.

guil

i'm not sure if ya need to put it in DFU on the iphone 4, i havent update mine past 4.1 yet