Get beyond apple logo (which is only seen when plugged into charger)?
I was given a broken iphone 3g which had "stopped working" according to the previous owner.
The only thing it does to show life is to display the apple logo briefly, when plugged in, but only to the wall charger. (XP laptop doesn't recognize it, even with a fresh install of itunes.
I noticed lots of lint in the dock connector initially, which I cleaned out with a paperclip. Then I used some 90% alcohol with a toothbrush to clean out the dock connector socket.
I've tried recharging for a while, restoring via itunes (not recognized), and entering DFU mode (no luck.)
The best I've gotten was the 'connect to itunes logo' after I disassembled it to test the battery (good with 3.7v across the larger, outside contacts) and further inspect and clean the logic board and dock connector.
I'm not sure what else I can do. I'm tempted to spring for a new dock connector. Interested in the your opinions and suggestions for further troubleshooting.
Update
Progress!
I left the iphone on the wall charger for ~3 hours, and found the following link to similar problem which described how to get to DFU mode in a slightly different way than I was trying.
Landon's suggestion worked for me
I'm now able to download latest update from itunes (36 mins to go) so hopefully this will work, or else I will get an error and try iRecovery. Fingers crossed
Is this a good question?
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To be clear: the apple logo I'm referring to has no movement. I've only been able to get the "connect to itunes" arrow image the once, and only via the wall charger.
I've never seen a battery charge indicator.
Itunes, XP, and iRecovery don't recognize that an iphone is connected when I plug it in.
by repairthat
Restore failed with 1601 error.
iRecovery initially didn't recognize that an iphone was connected, but now does, however gives me the following error:
Found iPhone/iPod in DFU/WTF mode
usb_claim_interface: could not claim interface 1, win error: The parameter is incorrect.
Closing USB connection...
gonna try again. Positive part is that I can get into DFU mode.
by repairthat
I'm sure you've looked at this link for troubleshooting but you mentioned xp.. So it's worth a shot. http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1275
by pollytintop
Thanks, yeah, I've tried many of the steps (delete apple products, reinstall, updates, etc) in that link. Just finished trying on my work pc, and same 1601 error. I'll keep trying.
There's a log of people with this error apparently, so hopefully someone found a solution.
by repairthat
So retried ireb with the instructions on the link. Same behavior: starts the extract, then I hear the USB/device disconnection tone on my laptop, and the progress bar changes from solid to a candy cane like stripe, and a while later error 1601...
bugger
by repairthat
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