I am working on a friend's Iphone 3g. Facebook app was acting funny so we uninstalled it and rebooted the phone. I have found other listings on the Internet stemming from the same scenario, but am not sure of any relevance, and still do not have resolution.
Now the phone will not boot successfully. The scenario seems popular.
The phone has not been jailbroken, unlocked, or updated to any of the later firmware versions.
When powering the phone, the apple logo appears for a few seconds, and then the phone powers off once again. There is sufficient battery power on the phone. Now matter what I try, I can not get past this.
I am able to get into the mode where the USB cable appears on the phone screen, the message in itunes stating that the detected phone needs to be restored before it can be used by itunes. (Recovery mode?)
I am hesitant to do this "restore" since the phone has not been backed up in many months as her computer died and she has not had access to any.
I am fine with connecting to the phone in some way to recover the data, but see that in order to use SSH an app would need to be installed prior to the current status. Obviously this is not available.
Can anyone out there give me some step-by-step direction as to how I might be able to either get the phone to boot or gain access to it enough to copy the important data (photos first, and apps/music second) to my laptop?
Thank you in advance
Now the phone will not boot successfully. The scenario seems popular.
The phone has not been jailbroken, unlocked, or updated to any of the later firmware versions.
When powering the phone, the apple logo appears for a few seconds, and then the phone powers off once again. There is sufficient battery power on the phone. Now matter what I try, I can not get past this.
I am able to get into the mode where the USB cable appears on the phone screen, the message in itunes stating that the detected phone needs to be restored before it can be used by itunes. (Recovery mode?)
I am hesitant to do this "restore" since the phone has not been backed up in many months as her computer died and she has not had access to any.
I am fine with connecting to the phone in some way to recover the data, but see that in order to use SSH an app would need to be installed prior to the current status. Obviously this is not available.
Can anyone out there give me some step-by-step direction as to how I might be able to either get the phone to boot or gain access to it enough to copy the important data (photos first, and apps/music second) to my laptop?
Thank you in advance