iP4 stuck in 'boot loop'

InertProtocol · Nov 2, 2012

Hi all,

Power cycled my iP4 this morning, now it's stuck in a 'boot loop'.

I get the apple logo on the screen for a while, then the slide to unlock screen. Once i hit the slide (or even if i don't) the devcie will reboot, again i get the Apple logo etc...

Any thoughts?.

Thanks!

Thomasjtsi · Nov 2, 2012

iOS version, Jailbroken or stock?

InertProtocol · Nov 2, 2012

Hi,

Well it updated and rebooted this morning when connected to iTunes, this was while restoring to try and resolve my problem this morning. So 6.0.1.

And no, not Jailbroken, never has been.

Thomasjtsi · Nov 2, 2012

So, you've updated to iOS 6.0.1 this morning. Is it still having problems?

InertProtocol · Nov 2, 2012

Yup, still stuck in the annoying loop...

Thomasjtsi · Nov 2, 2012

InertProtocol said:
Yup, still stuck in the annoying loop...

Just to clarify... you were able to successfully update to iOS 6.0.1 via iTunes this morning w/o any iTunes errors. Yet, you iDevice is still in a loop that it was in before the update?

InertProtocol · Nov 2, 2012

Ah, let me clarify.

On 6.0 this morning. Had 3G issues, so powered off. Device then went silly and started the loop.

Connected to iTunes to restore. It did the Update & Restore so updated to 6.0.1 then tried the restore. Still have the same issue. I did 'Setup as new phone' to start again, so i get to the unlock screen, as if it were back out the box. It still loops however.

willerz2 · Nov 2, 2012

It might be a bad copy of the com.apple.springboard.plist. Try restoring once again and make sure you're in DFU mode and shift+click Restore in iTunes and pointing it to the iOS IPSW (that you can download below) rather than just clicking Restore.

Or since you've already updated to iOS 6.0.1 as you've said, Apple by default downloads and saves the IPSW at the below directory.

<Driver Letter>:\Users\<PC Username>\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates

Just point iTunes back there after shift+clicking Restore AFTER you're in DFU mode.

http://www.iphoneforums.net/forum/i...ple-ios-firmware-download-links-iphone-17213/