iPhone stuck in recovery mode

[Jose]

Friend of mine's daughter was given an iPhone 3G from her uncle and it's stuck in recovery mode and I haven't had much luck getting it working. I've tried resetting the phone (holding on the home and lock buttons until it reboots), I've connected it to iTunes and tried an upgrade and restore, I even tried doing it on a couple of different iTunes on two different computers, and lastly I downloaded an app called RecBoot to force it out of recovery and still no luck. Any other ideas?

[abecx]

Download an image of iOS thats older and restore it on the phone via itunes.

[abecx]

Check craiglist, people will fix it for $20 or less takes like 20 minutes if that.

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/ele/3017788558.html

[ram57ta]

[sig239]

Try this..

http://www.guidingtech.com/mobiles/how-to-get-your-iphone-out-of-recovery-mode/

[bpawl]

damn abecx, change your avitar

[abecx]

fuck you bitch

[ram57ta]

Try this..........

[Jose]

Download an image of iOS thats older and restore it on the phone via itunes.

I wouldn't have any idea how to do that

Check craiglist, people will fix it for $20 or less takes like 20 minutes if that.

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/ele/3017788558.html

Might have to let her do that since I'm not having much luck.

Try this..

http://www.guidingtech.com/mobiles/h...recovery-mode/

No luck with that one either

[Jose]

Finally got this biatch out of recovery mode using Tiny Umbrella. Took a few different computers (one Win7 and two Macs) but finally got it up and running. Who wants to buy a 16 GB iPhone 3GS

[TEAMJACOB]

Finally got this biatch out of recovery mode using Tiny Umbrella. Took a few different computers (one Win7 and two Macs) but finally got it up and running. Who wants to buy a 16 GB iPhone 3GS

40 bucks i offer thee

[Jose]

40 bucks i offer thee

lol!

[sevenstive]

But I think you may not be getting the timing of DFU right. On the windows computer, when you connect your iPhone, do you hear a USB-connect beep? If you do, you can use the beeps to get the timing right of your iPhone stuck in recovery mode.

Connect iPhone -- hear connect beep.
Hold down power and home until you hear the disconnect beep.
Let go of power but keep holding home until you hear a connect beep again.

At this point, the screen stays black, Windows detects unknown USB device and starts installing a driver, and once the driver installs, iTunes should report an iPhone in recovery mode with help of iPhone Data Recovery.

If that doesn't work -- have you tried a new cable?

And if that doesn't work, then it's probably time for a visit to Apple.

[Wicked SVO]

Nothing like answering a question on old tech over a year later. lol great first post!

Jose, hope this shed some light on the issue

-k

[Jose]

But I think you may not be getting the timing of DFU right. On the windows computer, when you connect your iPhone, do you hear a USB-connect beep? If you do, you can use the beeps to get the timing right of your iPhone stuck in recovery mode.

Connect iPhone -- hear connect beep.
Hold down power and home until you hear the disconnect beep.
Let go of power but keep holding home until you hear a connect beep again.

At this point, the screen stays black, Windows detects unknown USB device and starts installing a driver, and once the driver installs, iTunes should report an iPhone in recovery mode.

If that doesn't work -- have you tried a new cable?

And if that doesn't work, then it's probably time for a visit to Apple.

How the heck did you stumble across this post??

Nothing like answering a question on old tech over a year later. lol great first post!

Jose, hope this shed some light on the issue

-k

LOL! How you been Keith??!! Incoming PM!