iPhone, soon after installing 3.0, is dead - please please help!

[ero87]

Hi friends,

This is very urgent, any help would be greatly appreciated. I installed 3.0 on my iPhone 3G, it was working fine for 12 hours or so, and then it suddenly froze. It won't unlock, it won't respond to anything. I've tried resetting it dozens of times, and I've restored it to factory settings with no luck. I really need just basic phone functions to work this weekend, and it's an impossible weekend to talk to anyone at the apple store.

If anyone has any advice on how to get my phone back to work, please help. Thanks so much.

 

[Moi un Mouton]

Put it into DFU mode and restore it that way.

Here's a demo of how you get into DFU mode:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofpinyGlQ8I

 

[ero87]

Put it into DFU mode and restore it that way.

Here's a demo of how you get into DFU mode:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofpinyGlQ8I

I've restored it that way, with no luck. Thanks for your idea though.

Any other suggestions?

 

[ero87]

Can I get a cheapo phone somewhere and put my SIM Card in it until Apple Stores will let me make an appointment? Does that work?

 

[DirtySocks85]

I'm fairly positive that you can pop your SIM card into another phone to use for the time being. Best of luck getting all of that sorted out.

 

[ero87]

I'm fairly positive that you can pop your SIM card into another phone to use for the time being. Best of luck getting all of that sorted out.

Thanks! SIM Card is currently working fine in another phone, and I'm headed to the apple store in a few days.