Hi all,
I just picked up a Verizon iPhone 4 off ebay that needed a restore. Thought it'd be a fairly simple fix, but it seems it's much tougher than I thought. Could use help from people with more experience than me.
Current Situation
Okay so by itself the phone does not boot up. Nothing happens when the power button is pushed. Nothing happens when plugged into AC charger.
When connected to PC (Windows 8), it is detected by both Windows and iTunes. iTunes (v11.03.42) says that the phone is in recovery mode and has to be restored. Redsn0w detects it in pwned DFU mode, and it seems to always loop back into that mode. Unable to get it into regular DFU mode (most of the time... see further down).
Things I've Tried
Restoring from iTunes starts out fine, but hangs on "Waiting for iPhone...". At this point, the screen does turn on at a silver apple logo with an empty progress bar. Have left it in this state for a long time and nothing happens.
Stopped it and tried restoring by other methods. Tried restoring with redsn0w. Most of the times I try, I get to the part where it asks you to put the phone in DFU mode (it detects the phone in pwned DFU mode) and I cannot get it into DFU-only so I cannot go on. A couple times, I somehow managed to get it to go on, but like iTunes, it hangs on "waiting for device".
Tried iREB with no change. Also tried greenpois0n which runs fine and even shows statuses on phone's screen as it runs. However, even though it finishes successfully, nothing has changed with the phone (it is stuck on the status screen but goes back to pwned dfu loop when reset).
To Do Next?
I don't know what else to try next. Spent a lot of time on Google trying to find a fix, but seems nothing I found is quite the same. I'm not too familiar with apple devices in general, but I got this knowing that iPhones are difficult to truly brick. Can anyone help me? or am I bricked?
Thanks in advance
PS - I attached my iTunes log in case that will help.
PPS - Tried restoring latest version iPhone3,3_6.1.3_10B329_Restore.ipsw
I just picked up a Verizon iPhone 4 off ebay that needed a restore. Thought it'd be a fairly simple fix, but it seems it's much tougher than I thought. Could use help from people with more experience than me.
Current Situation
Okay so by itself the phone does not boot up. Nothing happens when the power button is pushed. Nothing happens when plugged into AC charger.
When connected to PC (Windows 8), it is detected by both Windows and iTunes. iTunes (v11.03.42) says that the phone is in recovery mode and has to be restored. Redsn0w detects it in pwned DFU mode, and it seems to always loop back into that mode. Unable to get it into regular DFU mode (most of the time... see further down).
Things I've Tried
Restoring from iTunes starts out fine, but hangs on "Waiting for iPhone...". At this point, the screen does turn on at a silver apple logo with an empty progress bar. Have left it in this state for a long time and nothing happens.
Stopped it and tried restoring by other methods. Tried restoring with redsn0w. Most of the times I try, I get to the part where it asks you to put the phone in DFU mode (it detects the phone in pwned DFU mode) and I cannot get it into DFU-only so I cannot go on. A couple times, I somehow managed to get it to go on, but like iTunes, it hangs on "waiting for device".
Tried iREB with no change. Also tried greenpois0n which runs fine and even shows statuses on phone's screen as it runs. However, even though it finishes successfully, nothing has changed with the phone (it is stuck on the status screen but goes back to pwned dfu loop when reset).
To Do Next?
- try a different computer
- a different version of iTunes?
I don't know what else to try next. Spent a lot of time on Google trying to find a fix, but seems nothing I found is quite the same. I'm not too familiar with apple devices in general, but I got this knowing that iPhones are difficult to truly brick. Can anyone help me? or am I bricked?
Thanks in advance
PS - I attached my iTunes log in case that will help.
PPS - Tried restoring latest version iPhone3,3_6.1.3_10B329_Restore.ipsw
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