Iphone 4 hard reset fail

My iphone 4 just shut off on its own and i tried a hard reset then i plugged it in to a mac tried doing a hard reset and an apple logo came up for about 3 seconds and then it died again. I had over 50% battery charge left. Is there something else i should try?

Issue
When trying to restore your iPhone in iTunes, you may see the following message followed by an error code 1601 or 1602:
The iPhone could not be restored. An unknown error occurred.
Or when trying to restore your iPod touch in iTunes, you may see the following message:
The iPod "[username]" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1602)
Solution
Completely remove iTunes and Apple Mobile Device support and then reinstall iTunes 7.5 or later. Click the appropriate link below for instructions on how to accomplish this for your operating system.
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Mac OS X

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There's a good chance your circuitry was damaged by the water.

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Is the device fully charged? If so there is nothing really to try at this point other than a repair/replacement. Unfortunately we no longer repair this device. I would suggest you looking into www.pdaparts.com.
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Glad it seems to have resolved.
Your single-best insurance against a loss of data resulting from a spontaneous hard reset, or even accidental deletion, is to use a SD card-based backup application. The best one out there happens to also be free. It's called NVBackup and is discussed frequently here on the forums.
Get yourself an inexpensive SD card if you don't already have one...any plain SD card up to 2 GB in size (not SDHC). Download and install NVBackup from any respectable site (I think www.palmgear.com also has it). When you run it the first time, it will also install a copy of itself onto your card. From then on, you can do a manual backup whenever you want, and also set it to do an automatic backup overnight, say 3 am. Even set it to retain certain number of backup cycles you designate (I have mine set to 3).
A backup takes a couple of minutes, depending on what's on your TX.
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7.1.2 update failed. Now my iPhone 5 is in recovery mode and hard resetting does not work for me. iTunes also will not detect my phone now

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Thank you SO very much for posting this. I had the exact issue with my iPad Mini after the same upgrade. Hard reset failed, computer would not recognize iPad. I had read all the other instructions and nothing worked.... YOUR SOLUTION WORKED FOR ME - with a slight variation.
I followed your lead and connected my iPad Mini to another computer, fired up iTunes, it saw the iPad Mini in Restore Mode and allowed me to go into Restore (yes, it wiped all of the data but I have a back up on the other computer that would not see it after the failed update). It installed the latest iOS 7.1.2 as well. I then disconnected it from that computer, reconnected it to the computer that would not see it prior and it then saw it as a new iPad and allowed me to Restore my backup and now it's all good!
I detailed my steps only because you downloaded the previous version - 7.1.1 whereas I downloaded the latest version (7.1.2) and then restored my back up.

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hi guys..this is my **bleep** prob..i had a n97..the problem is it wont start at all...ive tried the hard reset but it wont work as it could be..ive tried a million times to hard reset but it still cannot..the phone only stuck at the Nokia..then it stuck there forever until i get this problem solved..is they anyone that has any ideas about this thing..??

Erm.. I'm not quite with you johnjoel. From what I understand, the problem isn't sorted at all??
First, What was the inital problem, and when did it occure? - Did you install anything on it before it happened? Did you upgrade the fw?
Anyway, your phone's stuck on the boot screen. Usually there's nothing more to do other than take it to a Nokia care point as mccoy did, if the hard reset fails.
But do you have a memory card installed? If yes; pull it out and try another hard reset. if it works, you will most likely have to format the memorycard.
If you don't have a memorycard installed or the trick doesn't work; leave the memorycard outside the phone and pull out the sim-card too. Try another hard reset. - If the phone boots without it, but fails to boot with it, even when you've just performed a successfully hard reset, I would try another simcard if you have one spare. - If the phone does not work with that simcar either, you will have to take it to a Nokia care point.
If i did misunderstand you, and you have sorted it out, let me know by posting here, and I will remove this.
If youre not sure if you do the hard reset correctly; let me know.
Cheers.

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Call your phone carrier - that's a problem for them to resolve.

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Try:
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Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
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- Inspect the dock connector on the iPod for bent or missing contacts, foreign material, corroded contacts, broken, missing or cracked plastic.
- Make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar
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Make an appointment at an Apple store if there is one nearby.

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That's not a good sign, take your iPhone to a premium reseller or to an Apple Store.

My iphone 4s wont turn on,it wont even charge,when it does eventually start to charge the apple icon on the screen will appear for a few seconds then itll disappear, i have tried to do the soft/hard reset but nothing happens, can anyone help me please?

My iphone 4s wont turn on,it wont even charge,when it does eventually start to charge the apple icon on the screen will appear for a few seconds then itll disappear, i have tried to do the soft/hard reset but nothing happens, can anyone help me please? do i have a dead iphone on my hands? isit worth me going into the apple store and seeing what they can do or isit pointless? please help!!!

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