Urgent : iPhone 3gS left dash of car in the heat...

[PsychOfMSE]

So I accidentally left my iPhone 3gS (jailbroken) on my dash and it got really hot. I came back to the car and it said I needed to restore the phone and it had no service.

I try to restore from itunes and get error 23, try to re-jailbreak and no luck there. I've tried on a mac and on a PC to restore in DFU and restore modes. No dice.

Now I'm desperate, I either need to get this one working or find a way to erase the data on the phone so apple can't tell I have it jailbroken.

Let me know guys!

Thanks!

 

[Press22]

Well if the phone is in DFU mode then they're not going to be able to tell it's jailbroken until long after you've walked away with a refurbished one.

 

[GfPQqmcRKUvP]

So I accidentally left my iPhone 3gS (jailbroken) on my dash and it got really hot. I came back to the car and it said I needed to restore the phone and it had no service.

I try to restore from itunes and get error 23, try to re-jailbreak and no luck there. I've tried on a mac and on a PC to restore in DFU and restore modes. No dice.

Now I'm desperate, I either need to get this one working or find a way to erase the data on the phone so apple can't tell I have it jailbroken.

Let me know guys!

Thanks!

So you want our help to restore your phone to stock so Apple will replace a phone you ruined through your own carelessness for free? Ok...

 

[joshellis625]

This is gonna sound ridiculous but put it in the refrigerator for an hour. Electronics screw up in the heat but they can never be too cold

worth a try right

 

[magpie maniac]

So I accidentally left my iPhone 3gS (jailbroken) on my dash and it got really hot. I came back to the car and it said I needed to restore the phone and it had no service.

I try to restore from itunes and get error 23, try to re-jailbreak and no luck there. I've tried on a mac and on a PC to restore in DFU and restore modes. No dice.

Now I'm desperate, I either need to get this one working or find a way to erase the data on the phone so apple can't tell I have it jailbroken.

Let me know guys!

Thanks!

They used to not have to teach ethics. Now many graduate programs have entire courses just on the subject. Thanks a lot.

 

[pdqgp]

Well if the phone is in DFU mode then they're not going to be able to tell it's jailbroken until long after you've walked away with a refurbished one.

X2 Swap it out and don't worry about it. They aren't going to spent two minutes worrying about it. "if" they even keep it to refurb it, it will get wiped anyway.

IMO, no worries.

 

[PsychOfMSE]

Well if the phone is in DFU mode then they're not going to be able to tell it's jailbroken until long after you've walked away with a refurbished one.

Thanks for the help! The phone was going to be replaced regardless before this happened. It was developing hairline cracks in the plastic which I have heard apple replaces those.

I'll just bring it in in dfu mode and tell them I woke up to it like that and also show them the hairline cracks.

 

[hexonxonx]

Error 23 is a hardware failure. This means that the radios have failed, no WiFi, no bluetooth, no 3G, no edge and it's basically just an iPod now. There is no fixing it. Take it to the Apple store where they will exchange it under the warranty. This happened to mine last August but it wasn't left in the car. I woke up one morning to find it telling me to restore and that didn't work. Mine was in DFU mode also and they exchanged it with no problems.