Iphone 5s stuck in recovery mode after BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH (BSOD)

Question

Hi
I have a replacement Iphone 5S which is out of warranty now and I am suffering from severe BSOD issues. I used the phone for a week and it was working fine till I experienced the first BSOD, the phone went to restart automatically and it was fine. Few hours later it again went into BSOD and recovered. Slowly this issue got prominent and I had to hard reset the phone to bring it back again. I tried to restore the phone to factory settings through iTunes a couple of times but it still keeps on having BSOD. Now when I turn on my phone it shows the apple logo and then screen goes blank and the phone switches off after a min or so. If I connect my iPhone to my macbook it says detected an iPhone in recovery and needs to be restored but when i initiate the process my phone shows the apple logo then shows the progress bar underneath the logo but before the process can start the phone shows the BSOD and shuts down. I do not know what to do now as I cannot even open the phone and I do not have apple support in the country I am in.
If anyone is able to understand and help me here I would greatly appreciate it, and please let me know if you need anymore information.
PS This BSOD has been completely random and was not triggered by any specific app or event.
Thank you!!

Answer 1

I have basically the same problem. I haven't used my phone for over a week now because it's stuck in this loop. In my case, I've been able to restore the phone a number of times but soon after I get it set up again, it just dies again and goes back to the loop.
I went to my local Apple store and had an meeting with a genius. He spent some time looking at it... We actually got it to restore and die again right in front of him.. but he had no idea what was wrong with it. He told me it's no longer under warranty so I have to buy a new phone. I told him about all the people I've read about on threads just like this but he didn't seem interested. I can't believe I'd be expected to buy a new phone for what is obviously a problem caused by these iOS 8 patches. There are so many people having the exact same problem for the exact same reason.
I have an iPhone 5 (32gb).
At this point, I'm just going without a phone.. which is very unfortunate because we're in a terribly hectic cycle at work and I'm basically impossible to contact out of the office now. I'm getting tired of hearing people tell me I should go by an Android phone.
I've never had a problem with an Apple product before. Would there be any use of contacting Apple support via phone after already having met with a genius?