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my dead iphone

Originally uploaded by bigmick

I’ve had a few crashes during syncing but it always fixed itself.

Today it didn’t.

I just kept getting the white Apple logo and no progress swhirl and no reboot. I tried the ’so called’ hard resetting of holding down power and the main button and it would blink off, but when I hit power again, all I’d get is the FUAL - frustratingly useless Apple Logo.

Ian Lyons, the Cool Hunter Herder came to my rescue with personalised service. A quick call and we did this;

1. Hard shut down - hold power and front button.
2. Hold down front button while you plug in your USB cable.
3. You get a nice image of USB and iTunes on phone.
4. iTunes starts and says ‘You’re screwed - restore?’
5. Hit yes, and then go play a few games of chess while it restores.

Thanks to Twitter land for your support during this difficult time.

UPDATE: It has just finished restoring and is now reloading my backed up data. Thumbs crossed!

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