My iphone 3GS went black..how do I get it working again? Charging and shut off no response...? Help
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If this happened to you after you updated to iOS 5.X you may need to hold the Home and Sleep buttons down for 60 seconds or more. This happened on my wife's brand new iPhone 4S and the only thing that woke it up was to hold the buttons down for more than a minute. Not sure what causes this, but it only happened the one time.
Good Luck. If this doesn't work you may need to take it to the Genius Bar at your local Apple store, assuming you have one close by.
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