Iphone 3gs apple logo flashing

I have an iphone 3gs that does nothing when not plugged in but when i plug it into the computer and the apple logo will come on and go off. I plug it into the wall charger and it boots up but says the phone needs activated and wont let me do anything else and when i unplug it to plug it into the computer it shuts off. I have put it in dfu mode and it goes to restore but at the end of the process when almost done the phone shuts off. ive looked up every way possible to fix it and have done everything but have had no luck..

Hi following the "hardware" problem I purchased a new iphone 4 as i didn't want to pay £120 for another 3GS only to find a problem on the next update.
However yesterday following reading a few forums i decided to give it one last try - rebooted phone and it is now working!!! I am so angry as 5 staff in 2 Apple shops all said it was hardware. I was in an Apple shop for an hour whilst they tried everything to get it working. Obviously this is not the case and going by the number of threads on this problem it is a massive issue. It's not surprising Apples profits are up if people are having to replace perfectly working Iphone 3s.
Apple have to own up to this it is not acceptable.
I am off back to Apple tomorrow as i am not going to let this rest especially as i am £500 worse off. Will keep you posted

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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3281
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My iPhone 5 randomly turned off last night and I was unable to turn it on. I then plugged it into a charger and the apple logo appeared and then went again. This flashing has been happening continuously - black screen for 5 seconds, apple logo for 10 seconds.
I found that if I held the power button 3 seconds, then also held the home button at the same time for ten seconds and the released the power button and held just the home button for another 10 seconds, the flashing stops and the screen goes black.
However, the flashing only occurrs when my device is plugged in to charge, if it isn't it is just a black screen, no matter what buttons I press.
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