Hope im in the right section, can anyone help, iv just about come to the end of my tether with it!!

Right i have an Iphone 3g, its not jailbroken or anything. its stuck on the boot screen. Ie the apple logo with the loading wheel. it all started a few months back when it stopped charging so i traced it to the docking connector. I replaced that all was ok for a while, then it stopped charging again. i opened it up and the dock connector plug had come off. Now its stuck on the boot screen! it turns on and off, connects to itunes, but wont go past the boot screen. iv been searching on google for answers but not found anything that works. iv tried a itunes restore, done a DFU restore.
Does anyone have any other ideas i could try or im gonna bin the bloody thing!!!


Thanks in advance
R1C

 

So iTunes sees the phone? What happens if you restore it from iTunes?

 

Hi m8 I repair these for a living, try a search "iPhone recovery mode loop" on google this should sort it. It's dos but runs fine in xp. The program is call irecovery.


If you need help just pm me I can send you the link with help

Otherwise change the dock connector again

Regards

Colin

 

it restores as normal, but on the reboot it wont go passed the apple logo!!

 

hi colin, i looked at the irecovery site this afternoon, i opted against as in the comments section it said about it buggering up computers with Vista installed. would another faulty dock connector do this again as it syncs and charges?
cheers for the reply
r1c

 

Yea m8 it's xp only software, can't you get a m8 with xp and try it. I'm sure it will sort it.


If it's restoring ok and charging then I doubt it's the ribbon.


Best way would be restore it make sure it's all up and running then power off the phone unplug the charger ribbon and then power it back on. This will prove if it's the ribbon.

If it's still the same then it's either irecovery or water damage which I can fix too

Hope that helps

 

Don't bother with I recovery , download tinyumbrella and use the boot out of recovery option

 

Yea that will work too :-)


Does it work with vista though? Never checked

 

It works with w7 so shouldn't be a problem on vista

 

cheers antc ill give it a go let you know what happens

 

ok i have downloaded tinyumbrella. connected my phone. it gives me the option of putting IN recovery mode NOT OUT of. what do i do?

 

Recovery Devices
If you connect a device in recovery mode you can still kick it out of recovery (Right click -> Kick out of recovery)


try that m8

 

Er not pleased!!!! since downloading tinyumbrella my windows keeps flagging duff virus attention boxes. iv scanned my computer with my reliable anti virus and anti malware and both show clear. its also stuffed my itunes and my entire music libary!!!!

 

Did you download from the official site?

I've never had a problem with tinyumbrella or the other thousands people that use it

 

Also umbrella doesn't touch any iTunes files what so ever. Maybe it's just a coincidence

 

yea + that

but i only use irecovery, m8 if you need a hand post it me off and i will have a look at it for you FOC just cover the return postage.

 

can one of you link the official site please, iv gotta remove and reinstall itunes now anyway. ill give it one more go from the official site trouble is at the moment i have no itunes my mrs still has an iphone that requires itunes. its becoming a pain in the ***.
Modifications thanks for the offer i may have to take you up on it!! ill keep you posted!! thanks

 

http://cache.firmwareumbrella.com/do...la-4.21.10.exe

Np m8 and good look

 

sorry for the delay iv had a few issues at home. right i have tinyumbrella sorted. i connect the phone it registers on there. i cant use the programme to enter recovery, but if i manually put it in i can use the exit recovery! is this normal? either way its made no difference to my phone!! its still bloody buggered!! can anyone confirm the tinyumbrella update for the issue with exit recovery issue on windows is available now or not? it said the link would be there if it was ready, but i dont know where to check for the latest software level!!

 

When you phone is in recovery tinyumbrella will Only let you kick it out. What error code are you getting through iTunes?

 

no error code flags up! is there any way of reading them?

sorry my previous post isnt clear mate. if i connect the phone to tinyumbrella it picks it up as normal as does itunes. if i put it into DFU mode as it says on the TU website, it then gives the option to 'exit recovery' which it does. but the phone is still on the apple screen with the spinning wheel.
hope that is better described

 

Right put in dfu mode first then restore via iTunes , wait for that to restart then try kick it out recovery.

It may work but sounds something serious tbh

 

i would say its hardware problem m8, stick another dock connector in it. otherwise send it me ill have a bash at it

 

Right, update guys! It's working! I tried the restore and that again. It didn't work! So I took it apart and found a pin on connector 3 was bent, give it a tweek and rebuilt now it's fine!! Thanks for all your help guys! Looks like its the way I built it after doing the dock connector!
Cheers again Rich

 

Nice one Rich, socket 3 is for light sensor and ear speaker.... well done and a good fine


it must have been shorting out