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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2 responses so far ↓
1 Kurt // Jun 12, 2009 at 1:12 am
It works!!
Thank you so much. Every other way I tried failed. You saved my life!
2 rawlinsn // Jul 6, 2009 at 5:26 pm
ive had my iphone for less than a month and i encountered the same problem. i shat bricks when it first did it and soon lost patience. nothing worked. UNTIL THIS.
this method works, my iphone is fixed, you are a god among men.
many thanks
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