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FWRN

FWRN

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Apr 10, 2012
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Hello, I made sure to research before I post and I couldn't find an answer.

Here is the break down, iPhone 3GS, has the week 44 serial (I believe), had iOS 5.0.1. I tried to jailbreak it via redsn0w (and installed the iPad baseband) (redsn0w was the latest version) and here is where the issue began:

It shows the Apple logo, freezes, does nothing. After doing the power+home button combo to restart it several times, it remains the same. Sometimes, I am lucky and it boots up but when it does, it stays on the home screen for a bit, then reboots again and stays on the Apple logo.

Here is the steps I took:
-Attempted to boot into recovery (via TinyUmbrella) = booted in to recovery once but couldn't restore the iOS due to error 11 (I'm trying to restore it back to 5.0.1 with the saved SHSH blobs I have).
-Attempted to boot into DFU mode = It worked once when I did the jailbreak, afterwards it wouldn't go into it.
-Multiple Restarts via Home+Power

I need to get this fixed as soon as I can and I need help very badly.

Thank you.
 
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iSR5

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May 10, 2012
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FWRN said:
Here is the break down, iPhone 3GS, has the week 44 serial (I believe), had iOS 5.0.1. I tried to jailbreak it via redsn0w (and installed the iPad baseband) (redsn0w was the latest version) and here is where the issue began:
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You cannot use iPad baseband on iPhone!
that'll destroy your iPhone.
When people use this trick, apple updated the iOS and solved this bug, which means that if you use this trick with iOS 5x your iDevice will be no longer working at all!
and if does, you'll have no baseband,which will be a serious problem to your iDevice.
 
rocknblogger

rocknblogger

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Apr 2, 2011
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I hope this iPhone isn't someone's "lifeline". You should always double and triple check your info before doing something like this to someone else's iPhone.
 
FWRN

FWRN

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Apr 10, 2012
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aliensporebomb said:
Just out of curiousity: why would you use the iPad baseband on an iPhone? They don't use the same baseband firmware at all...
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It had baseband that wasn't supported to be unlocked (originally, that's all I needed to do with this iPhone, jailbreak+unlock), out of the 20 iPhone's I had jailbroken and unlocked, this is the first one that had issues.
 
FWRN

FWRN

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Apr 10, 2012
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Charlotte, NC
So I tried to restore it to 5.1.1. It got to 100% done then an error message came up with code -1. I managed to get it out of the recovery but now still stuck with the same boot loop.
 
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iSR5

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May 10, 2012
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FWRN said:
Is that on the logic board? Would it be easier to replace the logic board to fix it?
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Buy a new iPhone. it's not easy to replace the logic board.
you've to be expert to do that :eek:

Goodluck mate ..
 
Applejuiced

Applejuiced

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Apr 16, 2008
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At the iPhone hacks section.
FWRN said:
Is that on the logic board? Would it be easier to replace the logic board to fix it?
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Yes, I'm pretty sure it's the logic board.
But if it's still under warranty and it should be you can try bringing it to Apple and get it replaced.
And next time before you attempt installing the iPad bb on any 3GS make sure it's not made any time after week 27 of 2011.
 
FWRN

FWRN

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Yeah, I checked with Apple and it's not under warranty. Time to cough up $200 to replace his iPhone.
 
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