HELP!!! I have Red Screen of Death

[JoeCool71]

I just tried to update my 4 hour old iPhone 6 Plus 128GB and on reboot, I get the apple logo followed by a red screen followed by the apple logo followed by the red screen...

AAAARRRRRGGGGHHH!!!!!

I'm holding waiting for an Apple support person as I write this, but was hoping I could reach out to the community for help. Anybody have any ideas? Anything beyond a hard reset (which is the only thing i know how to do).

FWIW, I did a restore from previous as opposed to treating it like a new phone when I got it.

I got an error initially when it tried to validate the update, but went through to this after second attempt.

 

[wannabepcuser]

You could look at YouTube videos for restoring through dfu mode.

 

[Aspasia]

Also read through the iPhone and iOS 8 forums. In your panic, you posted in the iPad troubleshooting forum.

Hope the problem gets resolved quickly - that's a nice phone.

 

[JoeCool71]

DOH! Thanks all.

 

[Huntn]

My wife's iPad 2 (on a fresh start) has a red background screen behind the Apple Logo and during operation, the colors are off. I'm going to check online solutions, but thought I'd mine here for info. Thanks!

Update: Ok, I've fixed it as per Youtube videos by dropping it from about 2-12" onto the floor. What's that about? Is that indicative of imminent failure?