iPhone Soft DFU, iPhone 4S

[RDPRDP]

My 4S on 5.0.1 started acting up a few weeks ago. It just turned off all of a sudden. After a few minutes I got it to boot up again and I used it again no problem. Next time I went to use it it was dead again.

After much effort and little gain I have figured out the unit is in Soft DFU Mode and it's really very tricky to get it into regular DFU mode, but even then since it's a 4S absolutely no tool I have tried (listed below) let's me kick it out of it's state. Only ONCE out of an insane amount of times was I able to get it to show the recovery mode graphics, but just once and since then it's been back in Soft DFU mode.

I waited a few weeks for the battery to die, but when plugging it in RedSn0w still shows it in Soft DFU mode.

Any ideas?

Tried:

RedSn0w
TU
iFaith
f0recast
iReb
IRecovery
recboot

I think none of these will ever work because it's an A5 device, but since I am at my wit's end I really want to try to kick this out of it's loop as my last full backup is really old..... so a restore is my last resort....


thanks all,
RDP

 

[Carlanga]

While you are on soft dfu mode:
hold power + home button for 10 seconds
then 10 second with home only.
You will enter normal dfu mode,
shift+restore to fw

 

[RDPRDP]

Thanks a million for the 100% way to move from Soft DFU to DFU. I had no confirmed way to do it before, but now I can repeat it every time. Excellent.

Next step: Now I am in DFU and would like to try to get it to Recovery Mode OR to try to Exit DFU and try to boot it. I really want to try to avoid a Restore since my last backup is quite dated (yes, I am aware this is completely my fault...).

Once again, its a iPhone 4S, so most tools I have tried are not compatible (A5+).

If this is absolutely not possible then yes, I will Restore.

Thanks again,
RDP

 

[Carlanga]

I can't do magic. Sorry