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Hi
I have an iphone 3g bought from ebay (france) about a year ago. I bought it unlocked and had a friend help jailbreak it (I was told it was necessary) to make it work in my home country (Cyprus). My wife has been using it since then with no problems (mainly for simple phone calls).
Today I switched SIM cards and inserted my SIM card in the phone to use for a few days. It worked fine for a few hours and suddenly the text messages app (not mail) does not work (all other apps seem fine at the moment). I tap the messages icon, it launches a blank white screen with no messages in it (even though it had messages a few hours ago) and after 10 seconds it goes back to the home screen. I can receive texts and if I click reply and then cancel the reply or tap on the messages button from the reply screen it takes me back to the list of old messages that were on the phone before this problem started. However, if I go back to the home screen from there, and tap the messages icon again, it displays the same problem.
I tried putting the original SIM card back in.
I tried turning off/on.
I have tried hard reset (home button and power button simultaneously).
...and the problem persists
I asked at one of the apple stores but as soon as they saw that the phone was jailbroken they said they could not do anything. Fair enough, but I still want to have a working phone...
Can anyone help?
I am unsure as to whether I can restore/upgrade and all that, as the phone is jailbroken.
There is no real data on it that I care about losing. Almost empty. All my contacts are on my macboook anyway and all the photos have been imported to iphoto. There is no music on the phone that I don't already have elsewhere.
Some details about the phone:
Software version: 3.0
I was told to be careful not to click install new software when connecting to iTunes as that might cause probs.
Thanks in advance...
Also I am not a techie so be gentle!!
Try to reset the iPod by holding the sleep and Home button for about 10sec, until the Apple logo comes back again. You will not lose data doing a reset.
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