is my 3gs banjaxed?

chiefwiggum

hi all
i went to charge my 3gs(1 yr old) last night and plugged it in as usual it buzzed and started to charge as normal,when i went back later the phone was off and it wont power back on or take a charge from the socket or car, is it fooked?

naasrd

I doubt it. Hold the Home and Power button together for 10 seconds and it should reboot.

chiefwiggum

thanks for the reply but ive tried that loads of times...no joy

chiefwiggum

its strange the way it just went off and not a kick out of it since..anyone else any ideas??

naasrd

Does it show up on iTunes?

chiefwiggum

no naasrd...just connected it now and its not showing up at all...

RVN10

You need to hold the home nd power button for a good minute , release the power button whilst still holding the home that will sort

chiefwiggum

just tried that 3 times rvn...still no luck

RVN10

I seen that with an iPhone 4 and a 3G today same symptoms as urs nd holdingbthem buttons down worked perfect

chiefwiggum

thanks anyway man

hoodwinked

can you do a re-boot?

or try this:

http://www.ehow.com/how_5353043_reboot-pressing-powerhome-buttons-failed.html

matchthis

Open up iTunes and plug the handset into the pc. Do the reboot then and give it a min to see if it registers in the pc. If it does then just do a restore and hopefully it will be better

chiefwiggum

nothing has worked so far...tried all suggestions...not even registering on i tunes

Basq

Does it show up in iTunes in recovery mode?

How to put your iPhone in recovery mode :

Turn the device completely off and disconnect it from cable/dock.
Hold down the home button.
While holding down the home button connect to a computer with a cable (easiest) or dock.
Keep holding down the home button until you see a connect-to-itunes screen You are now in recovery mode.

chiefwiggum

no luck basq......thnaks anyway

kjl

only thing you can do is open it up and have a look at it.

I would check the connector marked 4, see if it hasn't come loose.

guil

open itunes and connect the sync cable and hold the home button until it turns on

hoodwinked

if its under warrenty send it back to apple, it took them 3 days to replace mine, but i got a brand new one back.

chiefwiggum

ive tried all the reboot options none have worked so far....how long is the warranty on them?

guil

warranty is a year but if ya cant turn it on to get the serial number i dunno what ya can do

Basq

guil wrote: »

warranty is a year but if ya cant turn it on to get the serial number i dunno what ya can do

Serial number is also printed on sim-card tray AFAIK..

guil

Basq wrote: »

Serial number is also printed on sim-card tray AFAIK..

i actually forgot all about that, good find