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My iPhone 5C is stuck at the apple logo, wont go off

Hello, I bought an iphone off ebay, the seller said it had a software issue, and since I thought I may be able to fix it, I bought it. When it arrived, it was in a recovery - (connect to itunes). I downloaded the latest iOS, latest itunes, and connected the phone, and tried to restore using shift + select iOS. It would get stuck at "Waiting for iPhone" and then give an error 4005.

What I have tried:

Removed front camera

Removed LCD, Digitizer

Removed Rear Camera

Tried DFU, Tried Hard Reset

Tried another system (Win XP, Win 8, Win 10)

Tried another USB, same problem

I saw somewhere to remove the compass ic, or change battery, but I dont know how to or have a spare battery at the moment. I found a software - "ReiBoot" to take me out of recovery loop, now the phone is stuck at |Apple Logo| Will not turn off, or hard reset or go into DFU. It stays on apple logo till battery dies.

Please how do I fix it? Phone was bought in July according to IMEI, logic board shouldnt be faulty I think. Please, I may have wasted 110USD.

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Hmm. 4005 is an unknown error. Looks like you tried a bunch of things. You could try a force restart

How to Force Restart an iPhone 5

You could also try disconnecting and then reconnecting the battery, I don't think you need a new one

iPhone 5c Battery Replacement

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iPhone 5c Battery Replacement

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Moderate

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15 - 45 minutes
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How to Force Restart an iPhone 5

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Very easy

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30 seconds

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Tried both already, wont work.

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Try restoring to a backup

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Er, I mean putting it into dfu mode. I know it told you it was. But you should try putting it into dfu, then restoring to the backup

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I don't have a backup. I'm trying to restore it anew. I have removed the compass ic and its still the same thing. This is frustrating! Still stuck at Waiting for iPhone on iTunes. Only thing I haven't tried are:

Replacing battery

Replacing USB

Heating A6 chip

This phone was bought in July,could it be a defective logic board from factory?

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May have suffered from water damage, i would inspect the motherboard for any corrosion and clean the board with iso alcohol of atleast 91%, take a soft toothbrush and clean brush the board.

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This, I would try this

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Will try this and update. I am in Nigeria so I don't know if the "methylated spirit" would work because I don't have iso alcohol

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Ok, just looked that up. I would not under any circumstances, use that to clean a logic board. It does say that one possible additive, other than methanol, to make this product, is isopropyl alcohol. So if you can find some of that, you're in business

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Too late... Used Methylated spirit already. Phone wont turn on. Bad luck. :-(

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I don't even know what Methylated spirit is but you need to clean the board with 92% or more of Isopropyl alcohol and soak it to cleanse the board the let it dry.Wish i could fix this board up for you but its all on you. B

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It has now happened to me on 2 devices. Ipad pro and Iphone 6.

I took the Ipad into Best Buy and they have some secret software that fixed the issue.

This happened after being prompt to update Itunes.

APPLE fix this problem

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