Dead iPhone 4. What to do?

[Stinkytick]

Yesterday I found my iPhone 4 shut off and obviously I thought it ran out of battery. However, as I tried to charge it didn't charge ( I tried two chargers), and now it is completely dead. I can't connect to iTunes, I've tried to hard reset (lock+home), can't enter DFU. It's just a plain brick, which is odd because it was in my pocket.

Any ideas what it may be? What should I do?

Thanks

 

[Tyler23]

Yesterday I found my iPhone 4 shut off and obviously I thought it ran out of battery. However, as I tried to charge it didn't charge ( I tried two chargers), and now it is completely dead. I can't connect to iTunes, I've tried to hard reset (lock+home), can't enter DFU. It's just a plain brick, which is odd because it was in my pocket.

Any ideas what it may be? What should I do?

Thanks

How long did you let it sit while charging?

 

[DeltaMac]

I agree, plug in to charge, and leave it alone for a few minutes. Don't try anything before that few minutes.
You said you tried different chargers - did you also try a different cable?

Maybe this page will help:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3281

 

[Stinkytick]

I left it at night charging and in the morning it was still dead, so I tried another charger (and cable) for at least an hour and nothing happened.

 

[DeltaMac]

Did you try the various steps in the Apple support page in the link?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3281

 

[Applejuiced]

Bring it to Apple or an iphone repair shop for troubleshooting.

 

[Mrbobb]

What should I do?

Dance around and go, Yeah, I can now upgrade!

Seriously, what DO YOU want to do? How much money and time and effort are you willing to try to resuscitate this phone? Are you willing/able to do some electrical troubleshooting? Are you able/willing to open it up? Since you are posting here, we assume you no longer have Applecare?

So no, there is no easy three-key combination you can push to magically bring it back to life.

 

[Stinkytick]

Dance around and go, Yeah, I can now upgrade!

Seriously, what DO YOU want to do? How much money and time and effort are you willing to try to resuscitate this phone? Are you willing/able to do some electrical troubleshooting? Are you able/willing to open it up? Since you are posting here, we assume you no longer have Applecare?

So no, there is no easy three-key combination you can push to magically bring it back to life.

Actually, that's exactly what I did, however after the dance I decided to sacrifice a virgin and a lamb and suddenly the phone came back from the land of the dead.

I ended up opening the iPhone and removed the battery, hoping that it would be a bad connection between the battery and the board and in fact it was. So everything's fine now and the phone is running and charging smoothly.

Thanks everyone