3G Wont Boot Past Apple Logo

Temp3007G · Nov 4, 2012

Hey everyone, I have a situation that I have found a lot of others have had and it has stumped me for days. I just bought a iPhone 3G, 8gb to repair. It was showing the "Emergency Call Only" screen and was not recognized by iTunes. I opened it and found the "Number 4" connector was completely unplugged, I plugged it in and closed it up but had the same problem, I replaced the dock connector and battery but now it only trys to boot while plugged in to a wall charger. It will show the Apple logo for about 45 seconds then it fades out and dies. The guy I got it from said it hasn't been jailbroken, and I don't think it had ever been worked on before. I know its old, but its in really nice condition so I'd like to fix it if I can.

Thanks

willerz2 · Nov 4, 2012

It might be a kernel problem? See if you can put the device into DFU and if your computer recognizes it. If it doesn't work, then it might be a hard disk/connector problem.

Temp3007G · Nov 4, 2012

willerz2 said:
It might be a kernel problem? See if you can put the device into DFU and if your computer recognizes it. If it doesn't work, then it might be a hard disk/connector problem.

Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it. Yeah I tried to put it into DFU, but it still wasn't recognized. Its really strange because it will show the Apple logo for a bit, and then it fades out.

Thanks again