Attempted to update iOS 6 to iphone 3GS. Install froze, turned phone off, now phone keeps turning on and off.
How the heck do I get this thing to restore?
I was updating the iOS when it froze. Did nothing for hours. So I turned the phone off. When I went to turn it on again, the apple logo showed up and then the phone kept going back and forth between a black screen and the apple logo. Is there anyway to get this thing to respond and go back to iOS 5?
iPhones don't take baths too well. You can do what the other responder suggested and put it in rice for a few days, but this usually doesn't work too well. Here in the US Apple has an out of warranty replacement policy for situations like this. You might want to check on the policy in the UK, but I'm betting it's pretty much the same. Here in the US, they'll give us a replacement phone for the subsidized price we paid when new. For example, a 16GB iP4 costs $199 and we are tied to a two year contract with AT&T. So, when a phone goes for an unplanned swim, Apple will let us purchase a replacement phone for the same price. Good luck.......
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Please can someone assist me on what to do on the following;
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