IPhone 4 won't boot up if not connected to wall plug
Okay so I've been using my black 16GB iPhone 4 for quite a period of time now. Recently I got a new 32GB white one, so I changed over. One day I was kind of bored so I tried to boot up my black iPhone. It didn't work. I hooked it up to the charger(wall) and when the lock screen loaded, it showed me the "connect to iTunes" background. So I unplugged it and the screen just went off. I saw the battery percentage was about under 10%, enough to run right? I hooked the phone up to my laptop but it would not boot. I even tried jailbreaking it but the phone still could not boot up. Now I'm just leaving it at the charger(wall) and it seems to be rebooting itself? Is this some kind of recovery loop or hardware failure? My 1 year warranty is over by the way.
Charger is faulty or battery is faulty. Try different charger. Make Genuis reservation and take iPhone to Apple for quick (minutes) free battery diagnostic testing.
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My Dad's iPhone 5 won't boot up. It only shows the iTunes symbol/lightning cable symbol. I've connected it to my own laptop with a current version of iTunes and it asked me to update or restore the device. I tried updating (since he didn't want to lose his photos, etc. with a restore), fully downloading the 1.7ish GB file, but the phone displayed the apple logo and a gray bar underneath and my iTunes gave the following error:
"The iPhone "iPhone" could not be updated. An unknown error occurred (27)."
And then this:
"Your iPhone can't be update; you must restore it to factory settings.
If you previously backed up the iPhone, click Restore Backup after the restore process completes."
I would do a restore but my Dad doesn't use a computer so he hasn't done any backups and he hopes for a chance to recover the data from the phone. Is there any way to access and recover the data without the phone booting up properly? Could an Apple tech at a genius bar be able to recover the data? I don't want to wipe it if there is any hope.
Help would be very appreciated. Thanks.The iPhone is in recovery mode and the data is gone. You must restore as new and the phone will be wiped. If your dad had iCloud backup on, you might be able to get the data back.
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My iphone four won't boot up in itunes. Help!
Hi there,
My laptop recently had a software update and went wrong, so took in the apple store. They rebooted the system and cleaned it up, but now my iphone four won't boot up in Itunes. Any thoughts on what I can do?
Thanks very much in advance.I am in a Mac but I am having a similar problem with my iPod Touch (3g) and iPad 1. Tried everything in the support article, including uninstalling/reinstalling iTunes. When I did that, it worked for two syncs and then stopped working. It does charge the device, and it opens iPhoto and I can import photos from the device to the computer, but not the other way. Have tired different cables, and no help. It does sync to my windoze computer at work no problem. All started after reinstalling Snow Lepoard. OS and iTunes all up to date.
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I have a Iphone 4 gsm (8f190) and it will not connect to itunes and when i put it in recovery itunes will not work. It won't show up when plugged into the computer. Only charges when plugged in the wall or a car charger. I've tried everything imaginable but I can't get the phone to register in iTunes at all.. The phone won't even reset.. when i try and reset EVERYTHING on the phone the apple logo with the progress bar starts to come up but the progress never moves.. PLEASE help me.. I'm at my wits end with this phone and I'm ready to just trash it.
martinfromdevon wrote:
Warning to iPhone users. Do not start the update of the iPhone software using iTunes.
Nonsense, and very misleading advice. I've updated iPhone 3G, 3Gs,and 4 through itunes many times, never had a problem once, not with one single update in nearly 5 years of iPhones. Of course, I've never jailbroken my phones either. Hack your phone and have update problems? I've got news for you, the problems are not a result of iTunes or Apple's updates. -
I have a Iphone 4 gsm (8f190) and it will not connect to itunes and when i put it in recovery itunes will not work. It won't show up when plugged into the computer. Only charges when plugged in the wall or a car charger. I've tried everything imaginable but I can't get the phone to register in iTunes at all.. The phone won't even reset.. when i try and reset EVERYTHING on the phone the apple logo with the progress bar starts to come up but the progress never moves.. PLEASE help me.. I'm at my wits end with this phone and I'm ready to just trash it.
Dude you have a jailbroken phone as stated in your first post, no need to do a second post.
As per the forum term of service you can't get help here. Use google.
that's the downfall of jailbreaking your phone. -
Iphone 4s won't boot on and itunes doens't detect it when on battery. Plug it in and Apple logo appear then disappear, try to recover, but there's a 1602 error. Is it dead?
Its weird, when I plug it into wall AC, I was able to boot into the home screen, but there's wifi cant turn on. Plug out the phone turn off immediately. I tried to jailbreak it with snowbreeze because someone has the same problem with his iphone 4, but snowbreeze doens't work with iphone 4s.
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My iPhone 5 won't boot even with a hard reset or if I plug it into iTunes and try to resewt the DFU I goet no response from the phone at all. Is there something else I should be doing??
Try recovery mode > iOS: Unable to update or restore
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My iPhone 4S will charge on a laptop but not from a wall plug. I have tried different boxes and different USB cords from the wall but none work. These boxes and USB cords work for other family members with iPhones and a USB cord that works from the laptop won't work from 3 or 4 different wall boxes that work for others. I'm stumped :/
Update: It seems as though the phone will charge if I plug it in and then turn it off. It will not charge while the phone is on. Also iTunes will not recognize it, so I can't sync or anything. I read somewhere that it could be a fuse somewhere?? Or maybe the dock connector. Where is the best place to get this repaired?
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How can I do this without loosing everything?
ThanksThey told you incorrectly, although it is not a good idea to rely on the device as a single point of storage.
You must have an Apple ID to purchase content via iTunes, simply log in with that ID in iTunes. Then connect the device and sync it. For detailed instructions, read the manual which is available online or on the device. -
Ok I’m completely lost here....
I’m running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (Build 2600), I updated iTunes to 11.0.2.25 and some other updates for windows last night on my laptop. I try connecting to download the iOS 6.1.2 update for my iPhone 4 and my iPhone 5 via iTunes. I am getting this message for both "iTunes could not contact the iPhone software update server because you are not connected to the internet. Make sure your internet connection is active and try again." Everything was fine with connecting prior to running these updates because I downloaded the 6.1 update with no problems when it came out.
What I have done so far with which has made no difference:
Checked my internet connection
Changed my internet connection
Signed out of iTunes and then signed back in
Ran diagnostics via iTunes, comes back with: Network interfaces verified- Internet connection failed- Secure link to iTunes store verified
Connection attempt to Apple web site was successful.
Connection attempt to browsing iTunes Store was successful.
Connection attempt to purchasing from iTunes Store was successful.
Connection attempt to iPhone activation server was successful.
Connection attempt to firmware update server was successful.
Connection attempt to Gracenote server was successful.
Last successful iTunes Store access was 2013-02-20 20:40:48.
Disabled firewall, spy sweeper, virus scanner
start>run>cmd> typed "netsh winsock reset"
Rebooted
Checked the parental controls in iTunes
Start>control panel>internet options>connections tab> lan settings> selected the "automatically detect settings"
Deleted iTunes and reinstalled iTunes
When I would "ping gs.apple.com" it would come back with "request timed out" no matter what internet connection I was on, so I went into the hosts file start>my computer>(C:)>WINDOWS>system32>drivers>ect>HOSTS and added "# 127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com". Now it will ping gs.apple.com just fine but still comes up with the "iTunes could not contact the iPhone software update server because you are not connected to the internet" message in iTunes when i try to download the update.
If anyone can come up with any ideas that I haven’t tried, please let me know. This is keeping me back from updating both of my phones along with if anything should ever happen to them; restores as well.im computer is connected i can go to the apple store through itunes but when i plug my phone in i keep getting that alert... i plugged my phone in to update it after the apple loaded the itunes icon and a usb showed up.
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My iphone is fully charged but it will not turn on unless plugged into a charger
my iphone is fully charged but it will not turn on unless plugged into the charger in the wall, it wont even turn on when connected to the computer!!!!!!!
Hi there. Any luck with your phone? I'm having the same problem
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There's only one thing you can do: make an appointment with Apple genius at the Apple retail store for a out of warranty replacement.
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