Iphone 3gs keeps rebooting at random times during phone call

Hi
Will ios5 fix this issue? Been happening since I downloaded ios4?

(-1) it basically is the iphone "iphone" canot be restored due to an unknown error (-1)

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IPhone 3GS keeps rebooting iOS 5

I am at the stage that I am HATING having spent £300 on a phone that messes up every week!
My iPhone was running absolutely bang on on iOS 4.3.3 but like an idiot I decided to update it to 5.0 !
Now that it has been updated it has been running fine for like a week, however last night when I put it on charge it keeps restarting every 3 minutes for no absolute reason!
I switched my phone off and on again and still does the same thing!
I connected my iPhone to iTunes on DFU mode so that I could try to restore it, however no success!
So I went online and checked for new updates, found out that the iOS 5.0.1 was out which could be why Apple is playing with me?
I again connected my iPhone to iTunes and went for the update (my iPhone is still in DFU mode) it downloads most of the iOS 5.0.1 684.9 out of 685.0 MB and gives me an error saying network connection interrupted?! I tried it 4/5 times! Always does the same!
I do not know what to do anymore!
Please HELP!

Here is a solution I found searching the web. It worked for me so i hope it will help you guys out.
OK.........Finally I found the solution for sim problem with update 5.0.1 and the solution for fixing the iphone 3gs keeps rebooting or keeps restarting after 3-2 minutes?
for fixing the sim issues with update 5.0.1 or the rebooting problem do the following:
Take the     sim out
enable     the 3G and cellular date in network     setting
than     insert the sim back
the     netwok will register your sim via 3G not GSM
than after     3 minutes turn off 3G and cellular data
congratulation………your problem had been solved?...Im not an expert…but its seems this update 5.0.1…is not suitable for 3GS phones as they have ( special tapfro turning 3g on and off)this update is suitable for iphone 4?which enable automatically 3G.
The apple should have warn all 3GS phone about that ………not waiting some one not expert like me to solve it out?
Anyway……………have a nice day every one

Iphone 3gs keeps rebooting often when charging on Kensington Dock n Belkin

I recently bought a Kensington Dock and a Belkin FM transmitter *** car charger for my Iphone 3gs (OS 4). When charging on the dock the phone keeps rebooting often. It doesnt happen if I'm just charging the phone using the regular charger OR when USB connected to the computer. Can someone advise why this happens when charging the Iphone using a Kensington dock OR belkin FM transmiter *** car charger. Both accessories are suppposed to be compatible with Iphone 3gs.

Hate to say, but if your phone has been rebooted, restored or recovered. It sounds like a hardware issue. Send it to the refuribish line with the rest of them. Now i know you said you restored it. but there are a couple other ways of doing it that might help.
1. Reboot methods. The first thing to do is try to reboot the iPhone, which you can do by holding the top button and the home button for about ten seconds. In some cases, the iPhone is actually still on, but a bug stops the screen from displaying anything, so you can reverse the problem by doing the reboot. If you still see nothing on the screen, try to plug the iPhone in and again try the reboot methods to see if you can get the screen to display.
2. Restoring the iPhone. If the iPhone shows up in iTunes, but it still doesn't seem to turn on, it's definitely a display problem. When rebooting fails, you can restore the iPhone from iTunes, and this should fix whatever bugs caused the original issue. Realize that you'll have to reload your music if you restore to another software version. To restore, plug the iPhone in, go into iTunes and click the iPhone's icon on the side of the select screen. Click on the restore button and agree to the prompt asking if you really want to restore the iPhone's software.
3. Recovery mode. You can put the iPhone into recovery mode if it has a charged battery by holding down the home button before connecting it to iTunes, then continuing to hold the button until iTunes recognizes that the iPhone's in recovery mode. Recovery mode is a bare-bones way of booting the iPhone that allows you to perform a restore when you're dealing with a serious issue such as the iPhone failing to turn on or display anything on its screen.
try one of these if you havent already. if still nothing, its time to take it in or get a new phone.

Iphone 3gs keeps rebooting durning calls after 8mins

ipone 3gs keeps rebooting durning calls after 8mins

My Wife had a similar issue with my hand-me-down 3GS! it turned out she had dropped it a few times and the SIM reader contacts were slightly damaged, so the network was dropping out regularly, causing the phone to search too often and overheat.
Apple may be kind enough to replace it, give them a call.

IPhone 3GS keeps rebooting, brand new, never jailbroken

I bought an iPhone 3GS in 2010. Worked perfectly until iOS 5.1, then it started rebooting whenever the SIM-card was in, but worked fine as a iPod Touch whenever the SIM was removed. Also, it needed to be restored after each reboot because iTunes couldn't identify it. I took it to the Apple store (on 5th Ave, if that's any relevant information). The Genius told me it had nothing to do with the software. The phone was broken. He did not specify what exactly was broken, but he offered me a replacement for about 160 USD (that's including tax). I accepted and was happy for my new phone until the same problem occured after just four days of getting the new phone. I'd take it to the store again, but the problem is - I don't actually live in New York. Currently living in Denmark. Brought it to my service provider, and they told me the phone was broken. Called Apple but they couldn't help me, since it was out of warranty.
TLDR
Had an iPhone 3GS, kept rebooting and had to be restored when SIM-card active. Got it replaced to the exact same model (iPhone 3GS 32 GB), same exact problem. Neither Apple or service provider will help me.
Neither phones had ever been jailbroken or used by anyone else.

Your only option is to bring the phone back to the US for exchange. Warranty is NOT worldwide.
There really is nothing else we users can do for you.

My iPhone is acting up again; freezing up during phone calls and now the head phone jack intermittently doesn't work.

I got my iPhone 5 back in February 2013 and for the most part of the year I enjoyed it. Then I started having issues with it. First of all the WiFi randomly quit working. I didn't even update it. So I tried updating it, resetting, and restoring it. While it was under warranty I tried getting the issue fixed, but Apple CS blew me off saying it was accidental damage and I should have gotten Apple Care. This time Verizon covered their *** and replaced the phone for me even though it was out of their 6 month warranty period. I think I posted this experience before.
Now my iPhone is acting up again. It first started freezing up during phone calls and now the head phone jack intermittently doesn't work. Again, resetting, restoring, and updating it did not fix these issues.
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The original issue they didn't state exactly why it was Accidental Damage. After running through some troubleshooting, they just stated it was Accidental Damage and that I should file a claim with my insurance, and that Apple Care would have covered it; then closed the request.
I've tried resetting settings, restoring it as new, and that was a no go. When it freezes up during calls I also have to perform a hard reset by pressing and holding both the power and the home buttons to get it functioning at all again(just completely freezes, won't respond to touch or home button.) I noticed that the proximity sensor isn't responding as well, so I have to tilt it away from my ear while in a call to keep from pressing the buttons on the touchscreen with the side of my face. I avoid phonecalls now, and text exclusively.
I don't live anywhere near a Genius Bar so I'm stuck with the online support to Apple. And since I don't have a landline, I get charged for their phone support so I tend not to use it.
Getting two lemons in a row seems coincidental so I'm wondering if it's a bad batch Verizon got then distributed out.

IPhone 3GS keeps rebooting into iOS 6 screen

My iPhone 3GS (Which is updated to the latest version, and not jailbroken) keeps randomly crashing and then rebooting to a screen that says iOS 6 on the slide to unlock screen, and then when I slide to unlock it shows a connect to iTunes screen. iTunes says it's in recovery mode, but I've recovered it a million times and it still keeps happening. TinyUmbrella says it's not in recovery mode and I can use it to get into recovery mode and then out of it and it works like normal for like 20 minutes and then it crashes again. Does anyone have a fix or a similiar problem?

Here they are, sorry for bad quality, I can only take pictures with my webcam since my phone broke.
When I connect it to iTunes it tells me it's in recovery mode (Which I'm pretty sure it's not, since recovery mode has a black background and TinyUmbrella says it's not)

IPhone 3GS keeps shutting off randomly after OS4 Update

Right after updating my iPhone 3GS to the OS4, my iPhone randomly shuts off by itself. It will randomly shut down during a call, while downloading an app or typing an e-mail.
After it shuts off, I usually have to restart it and it will freeze frame at the loading (silver apple icon usually indicating it turning on) with many lines going accross the screen and red and yellow colors on the display. I have to re-shut it down to turn it back on and it doesn't even garantee that it will turn on properly.
The phone is brand new (I've had it less than 6 months) and it NEVER crashed before. I tried restoring to new, nothing changed. The phone has not been jailbroken either.
Has anyone been experiencing this as well? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks alot,
Mike

I am having the same problem, i upgraded my Fiances iPhone two days ago and ever since then we have had nothing but problems. We have restored factory setting a few times, Uninstalled all the itunes software and done all the other bit the websites tell you to but nothing seems to be working. I am desperate, can anyone help.

Iphone 3GS keeps rebooting

(Feel free to just read "the problem" and skip the rest.)
Background:
My iPhone 3GS recently quit working. I had paid for Apple Care, but when I took it into the store, they claimed it had water damage and wouldn't fix it. B.S. They said water damage could happen from as little as taking the phone from a cold car into a warm building. Why bother with Apple Care if you live anywhere cold then? But that's neither here nor there - it's just a warning to those considering buying Apple Care.
Instead of paying $149 to get it fixed, I decided to take a stab at it myself, since the warrenty is already voided (from condensation?). The original problem was that the phone would only turn on when plugged into the wall, but then wouldn't move past the "connect to iTunes" stage and I couldn't connect to iTunes because it wouldn't power up when plugged into the computer. I ended up puting in a new battery and now it turns on just fine, but . . .
The problem:
It reboots every few minutes like clockwork. It seems that others have had this problem and I've been reading the posts trying to figure out how to handle it. The tactic that seems to work most often is using DFU mode, but it seems my iphone will only go regular restore mode (at least, I think this is the case because the screen doesn't stay black for very long - it goes to the apple screen relatively early in the process). When I use restore mode, it goes smoothly at first, but unfortunately the length of time it will stay on is less than the length of time it takes to do the restore, so it keeps turning off mid-restore and then I get an error message.
Other possibilities:
Maybe this is related to the fact that it doesn't have service now? But the problem happens even if I put it in airplane mode and even if it's connected to wifi. It seems to keep trying to find service and after a few minutes, it reboots. I could possibly borrow a sim card from someone else with an iPhone 3 to see if it works when it has service.
Others have suggested that maybe this problem means an internal part wasn't put back right. Any thoughts on what? I'm afraid to open it up and poke around cause new problems.
Any ideas?
Thank you!

Hate to say, but if your phone has been rebooted, restored or recovered. It sounds like a hardware issue. Send it to the refuribish line with the rest of them. Now i know you said you restored it. but there are a couple other ways of doing it that might help.
1. Reboot methods. The first thing to do is try to reboot the iPhone, which you can do by holding the top button and the home button for about ten seconds. In some cases, the iPhone is actually still on, but a bug stops the screen from displaying anything, so you can reverse the problem by doing the reboot. If you still see nothing on the screen, try to plug the iPhone in and again try the reboot methods to see if you can get the screen to display.
2. Restoring the iPhone. If the iPhone shows up in iTunes, but it still doesn't seem to turn on, it's definitely a display problem. When rebooting fails, you can restore the iPhone from iTunes, and this should fix whatever bugs caused the original issue. Realize that you'll have to reload your music if you restore to another software version. To restore, plug the iPhone in, go into iTunes and click the iPhone's icon on the side of the select screen. Click on the restore button and agree to the prompt asking if you really want to restore the iPhone's software.
3. Recovery mode. You can put the iPhone into recovery mode if it has a charged battery by holding down the home button before connecting it to iTunes, then continuing to hold the button until iTunes recognizes that the iPhone's in recovery mode. Recovery mode is a bare-bones way of booting the iPhone that allows you to perform a restore when you're dealing with a serious issue such as the iPhone failing to turn on or display anything on its screen.
try one of these if you havent already. if still nothing, its time to take it in or get a new phone.

My iPhone 3GS keeps rebooting and won't stop.

I recently updated my iPhone 3GS 16GB to the latest iOS 6.0.0 version and I am experiencing some problems. I turned off the device before replacing sim-card. After the repacement of the sim card, I booted the iphone. It showed the apple logo, then to the "Slide to unlock" page. I tried to unlock the thing but the phone was frozen, then it rebooted completely by it self. Again it turned on, showed the apple logo, showed the slide to unlock page, then turned off, then started. This repeated and couldn't stop. I did try the DFU method, Restore iPhone (I didn't install much apps after updating). At some times it reboots right after the apple logo.

Try restoring the iPhone and setting it up as a new device.
If that doesn't take care of it, head over to the iPhone Service Answer Center.

Iphone 3gs keeps rebooting and will not restore

hi
i got an iphone 3gs
randomly today i was in the middle of a phone call and its just rebooted itself and would not stop rebooting itself until i manually turned it off. got home, set it in recovery mode and it went through the whole iphone recovery process. right at the very end it came up with "iphone "iphone" could not be restored error(-1)
i cant find out what it means on the internet so i was wondering if you could help me i did the whole restart computer, change usb etc process and still not recovering
HELP

(-1) it basically is the iphone "iphone" canot be restored due to an unknown error (-1)

What would cause 16ghz iphone 4 to reboot at random times?

what would cause my 16ghz iphone 4 to randomly reboot without warning? it also fails to save pictures some of the time.

I am having this same exact problem with my iPhone 4. It plays "9 to 5 - Dolly Parton" (funny I know) at random times. Sometimes at start up, when using camera, when plugging in charger or car charger, or for just no reason at all. I am still in the first 30 days of owning the phone so I will be taking it to AT&T tomorrow.

My 4S iphone keeps trying to turn off during phone calls and drops the calls. Sometimes I have to call back 3-4 times to finish a conversation.

While talking on my iphone, the phone tries to turn itself off. Not just once, but continuous, and not just dropping the call, but actually tries to turn itself off.

Well, then I'm glad this is most probably not a hardware issue - at least not an exceptional, maybe defect of all? -. This seems to be a good idea, because 2G will nearly everywhere available, so phone calls are not likely to drop at all. I'm just a bit confused, because they promised intelligent switch even during calls. For me that means that if the better, faster connection is available, then it uses that, and if it wouldn't be, then it switches to the slower one.
Anyways, thanks for your reply. I guess it's a "just get used to it" issue.

Iphone 3gs keeps rebooting and not recieving calls or texts ?

My iphone is a 3gs 16g and it has been goin very wel untill the other day i went to charge it and it kept rebooting itself so i got my brother to have a look at it and it was all okay inside of it , dose anyone no wat kind of virus is in my iphone or anyway of fixing it ??
I have tried everything and still has no luck , when someone rings me it will ring in there phone but not come u on my phone that someone is ringing , and when i text someone it goes through to there phone but still comes up on my phone that it hasent sent :O !
Anyone HELPPPPPP PLEASE

Try restoring it....... If that doesnt work then try taking it to Apple's genius bar!

Iphone 3gs keeps rebooting? help?

my iphone is about a year and a half old, excellent condition. but for some reason, its just started to do this, it reboots itself every three minutes? ive tried to reset it and everything, nothing works, and i dont really want to take it into a shop. help?

Try restoring the iPhone and setting it up as a new device.
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Iphone 3gs keeps rebooting at random times during phone call

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