Today I Reset All of the settings on my iPhone 3G. Now I cannot get it to do anything and all I get is the iTunes connect screen. I have tried EVERYTHING!!! What am I supposed to do now?
Just like the subject line says, I reset my iPhone 3g which I just bought from a friend for $50. The device worked just fine and then I performed a complete reset on the phone. The one that says it may take up to two hours... Well I left and came back about 8 hours later. I pressed the Home button to view the screen and I now see that my phone is "locked" and I can only make emergency calls. There was no cell service before but I was still able to browse the phone and use it's features.
Now I can do nothing with the phone, I have tried to force it into recovery, I have performed both the soft and hard resets and I am at a loss. I have always been against anything Apple as an IT Professional and now this reaffirms why. My EVO from HTC (Linux based) has never had one single problem and I have rooted it, flashed a new ROM and flashed a new Kernel.
The iPhone was not even Jailbroken or unlocked. And to make it all worse, the only language that it displays is Spanish?!?! ***???
Why didn't the iPhone tell me that it was going to ruin my device and change the default language to Spanish instead of simply stating it would take two hours?
I have worked on this phone all night, now I'm out of $50 and was going to sell this on eBay for an easy $250.00. What the heck is wrong with this POS? And why won't Apple offer any support without having to pay them? If I pay them for support and then they can't get it to work then what? I'm screwed their too?
There is nothing left to do but smash this thing, I wish I would have never bought it, and I even wasted $20 on a new home/car charger for it. I'm so mad I can't hardly stand it. This is why I ONLY use ANDROID based devices and I recommend that you ALL do the same!
But, if anyone can provide any insight into this issue it would be much appreciated. It's just not fair that it sits with this stupid "connect me to iTunes screen" yet does nothing. AHHHHHHHHHH!
Please HELP ME SOMEONE!!!!
By the way, I have tried ths on my Windows 7 PC and my XP laptop. Same result. iTunes and the computer will NOT recognize the device in any way no matter what mode I start the phone in. It just refuses to work.
PAinguIN
- Try here:
iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- If not success and you can't turn the iPod fully off, let the battery fully drain and then try again.
- Time for an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.
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