Hi guys and girls! I havean iPhone 3G that was dropped in water for a few seconds and stopped working. I got it since its owner bought a new one.
The first day I had it I charged it and it booted after about an hour and had the "full-charge" icon on the battery but could only run for about five minutes without the usb-cable. Left it over night and the same result the next day. Since then the battery has only been worse and it doesnt even work now.
I can boot into DFU but not any other way, if I do the apple logo will show and the phone dies a few seconds later. In the charger the phone will lit up for about 30 seconds. The funny thing is that when I removed the battery it would boot to the apple logo and stay lit but no futher. Trying to flash it in dfu on my mac (tried pc also) didnt work, it started by preparing to upgrade which reboots the phone and it cannot proceed.
I have ordered a replacement battery for it and I hope it might help. But I have no experience of theese batteries and I am a bit worried that it might explode or begin to burn. Also I could not find any instructions for how to install the new battery in the iPhone 3G. I guess I´ll find out when I get it but I wanted to ask if anyone here has done the procedure and could tell me how I should prepare.
I understand that it possibly won't work but I think it is fun to try and fix things, I do it alot
. But if it doesnt work I can always rely on my old iPhone 2G.
If anyone has any suggestions or ideas please let me know! I will keep you guys posted on this if and when I have any success with the phone
By the way merry christmas
The first day I had it I charged it and it booted after about an hour and had the "full-charge" icon on the battery but could only run for about five minutes without the usb-cable. Left it over night and the same result the next day. Since then the battery has only been worse and it doesnt even work now.
I can boot into DFU but not any other way, if I do the apple logo will show and the phone dies a few seconds later. In the charger the phone will lit up for about 30 seconds. The funny thing is that when I removed the battery it would boot to the apple logo and stay lit but no futher. Trying to flash it in dfu on my mac (tried pc also) didnt work, it started by preparing to upgrade which reboots the phone and it cannot proceed.
I have ordered a replacement battery for it and I hope it might help. But I have no experience of theese batteries and I am a bit worried that it might explode or begin to burn. Also I could not find any instructions for how to install the new battery in the iPhone 3G. I guess I´ll find out when I get it but I wanted to ask if anyone here has done the procedure and could tell me how I should prepare.
I understand that it possibly won't work but I think it is fun to try and fix things, I do it alot
. But if it doesnt work I can always rely on my old iPhone 2G.If anyone has any suggestions or ideas please let me know! I will keep you guys posted on this if and when I have any success with the phone
By the way merry christmas
