My iPhone (original one) won't boot up at all

[ghalimacman]

My original edge iPhone stopped working this morning... I was playing Asphalt: elite racing when the app crashed, then brought me back to the home screen. I decided to shut down my iPhone and come back later. The iPhone took an awful long time to shut down (about 20 seconds). I came back 5 minutes later to find that my iPhone didn't want to boot up. When I press the power on/off button nothing happens... My iPhone is running the 2.1 firmware and I have jailbroken it to run on my local carrier here in Morocco. I don't have Applecare since I am in an unsupported country do if it's a hardware issue I am out of luck. I tried to connect it to my mac but it isn't even recognized by iTunes. I also have alot of apps on there so it might have affected my phone. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

[neesh0]

try plugging it in and see if it turns on, after that try a restore from DFU mode

 

[ghalimacman]

try plugging it in and see if it turns on, after that try a restore from DFU mode

Yeah I tried that it doesnt even get recognized by itunes, the screen stays black without change.

 

[Pared]

Try plugging it in to a power source, not your computer. Let it charge. Sounds like the battery just died on you. I've seen it happen although on rare occasion.

 

[ghalimacman]

Try plugging it in to a power source, not your computer. Let it charge. Sounds like the battery just died on you. I've seen it happen although on rare occasion.

Yeah I plugged it to the power oulet with no luck. The battery was at 75% when I shut it down, so it's probably not the battery.

 

[Pared]

Just leave it plugged in for a bit.

If that doesn't help then you're SOL.

 

[eviphone]

Reset rather than restart

You may have already done this but here goes.. assuming your iPhone is "on", try a reset.

How to reset:

1. Press and hold the power button at the top of the iPhone and the Home button beneath the screen at the same time.

2. After 5 seconds, it will ask if you want to power down. JUST IGNORE and keep holding down the two buttons.

3. After about 7 seconds, it will restart on its own (- actually reset.)

I've found this helps for a bunch of different iphone afflictions. maybe it'll help. Good luck.

 

[ghalimacman]

You may have already done this but here goes.. assuming your iPhone is "on", try a reset.

How to reset:

1. Press and hold the power button at the top of the iPhone and the Home button beneath the screen at the same time.

2. After 5 seconds, it will ask if you want to power down. JUST IGNORE and keep holding down the two buttons.

3. After about 7 seconds, it will restart on its own (- actually reset.)

I've found this helps for a bunch of different iphone afflictions. maybe it'll help. Good luck.

Thanks eviphone! It perfectly worked and I was able to restore and access my phone! Thanks again!