3GS won't turn on

[hizzaah]

got it to turn on by holding the lock+home buttons for ~45secs

still not showing up in windows, and when I hold the lock+home buttons to try to put in dfu mode to boot tethered with redsn0w, it doesn't come back on after holding the home button.. not recognized in itunes

not sure what to do next.

 

[labman]

have you tried charging it? was it jailbroken?

 

[hizzaah]

have you tried charging it? was it jailbroken?

Yea, it's charged (approx 20%). And yes it it was jail broken.

I got it to go to the plug into itunes screen so I ended up just restoring it back to 5.0.1.. Now when I try to go back to jailbreak it, I can't complete the third step in entering DFU mode (device turned off and plugged in; 1: hold power button for 3 sec; 2: hold down power and home button for 10 sec; 3: hold down home button for 15 sec)

Not sure what it is. I've tried 10 times now. It'll run on, then I do step 2, but it never cycles back on in step 3.. I can get it to come back on by holding down the lock+power buttons for 10 sec, and it boots back with normal 5.0.1. The home button is fully functional in 5.0.1

 

[dDitt.]

try to bye pas the screen like :

HOme+POWer for 10 seconds
Continue home for 15 seconds

 

[hizzaah]

try to bye pas the screen like :

HOme+POWer for 10 seconds
Continue home for 15 seconds

Thats my problem.. Holding the home button down for 15 secs doesn't power the device back on. It worked before, but since I had to restore it, I haven't been able to get it to work

 

[hizzaah]

I got it finally..

Turns out the Apple Recovery (iBoot) USB Driver was missing.

Repaired the Apple Mobile Device Support installer package, and now all is good