Bricked iPhone 3GS Issue...

[ZOMGVTEK]

Well it appears I managed to brick my iPhone yet again.

It sits on the apple logo for 10 sec or so then turns off. I can put it into recovery mode as well as DFU... But I REALLY dont want to restore it.

I just got forced into restoring it a week ago, and it was not fun at all.

Is there any way to make this thing work without a restore? Isnt Rock My Phone supposed to have this magical de bricker? It isnt de bricking...

[TomatoTomago]

cant you just rejailbreak it? put it in recovery mode and start up redsn0w 0.8. I bricked my 16gb 3gs recently and rejailbreak and all the apps and settings werent affected much.

[StealthBravo]

Ummm...

That's not a brick

[Zwayne]

^^^lmfao

[ZOMGVTEK]

Well its generally referred to as 'bricked'...

I have 50-60 apps on there that arent quite in the app store. It was a several hour long process the last time I restored it, and I was still missing things...

Ugh. I guess ill go restore it then.

[StealthBravo]

Brick means its not recoverable. You need to restore. This is a brick btw :

[ZOMGVTEK]

Im very well aware of what the term 'brick' refers to in electronics.

I wasnt aware it was a serious problem to refer to a boot loader issue as a bricked iPhone.

I would assume someone found a way to repair these issues easily. Apparently not so.

[StealthBravo]

Its not a big deal, I just found it funny. Can you still SSH into it? or does Diskaid see the root folder? You could delete the mobilesubstrate dylib that is probably causing the issue

[TomatoTomago]

but if you lacked the knowledge or resources to restore it, then it's a bricked phone nevertheless

even this
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isnt really bricked if you got the knowledge and resources to restore it to mint condition

[StealthBravo]

^ Um, well I would assume someone has the knowledge and resources to restore their phone. LMAO

[ZOMGVTEK]

If I could SSH into it there would be no need for this thread.

Ill just restore it when I have the time.

[StealthBravo]

^ I think there was no need for this thread to begin with. You know the hard answer is to just restore. So accept it.

[Zwayne]

^+1....

[ZOMGVTEK]

I am fully aware of your standpoint on this thread.

I was not aware that the only option was to restore. I have heard of tools that could possibly recover a iPhone suffering from this issue. I was requesting the knowledge of a community I previously thought of as helpful.

[Zwayne]

You can try holding the power and home button together for 30sec. and see if it will restart the phone.

[JStraitiff]

^^ what did you do to make it go into this loop of doom? if you give that info maybe there is a way other than restore