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Second generation of iPhone. Model A1241 / 8 or 16 GB capacity / black or white plastic back. Repair is more straightforward than the first iPhone. requires screwdrivers, prying, and suction tools.

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Fixed it yesterday, my iPhone 3G is dead today.

I dropped my 3G a few months ago but it kept working.

Lately, it started behaving weird: the screen would fade to white and then the phone would restart. I found out I could prevent this by pressing the screen (like a cardiac massage) while it was fading to white.

Yesterday I opened it carefully, sprayed the inside with canned air, replaced the 1, 2 and 3 cables and put it back together. It seemed to work perfectly, yay!

Today, less than 24 hours later, it suddenly died. Completely.

I opened it again, disconnected and reconnected the 123 cables again, but to no avail. It is totally dead. I tried USB and wall power, nothing. It just won't turn on.

Does anybody know what went wrong?

Thank you.

UPDATE:

Guys, I'm officially getting scared. The phone is hot. Not like, on fire...but it's not cold. Did I unleash a demon?

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does the heat come from any one place? does the vibrate still work when you plug in? is it recognised in itunes?

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I believe the heat comes from the logic board, but I'm not sure.

Doesn't vibrate, iTunes doesn't recognize anything. Totally dead.

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try cleaning the dock connector, open the phone and check all the connections.1-4. then tell us how you get on.

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I disconnected and re-connected cables 1, 2 and 3 very carefully and it came back to life!

Thanks, problem solved.

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