iPod Touch / iPhone won’t turn on
If your ipod touch / iphone shuts off and it doesn’t want to turn on, no matter what are you trying to do, is because it might be stuck in the DFU mode. This is happened regularly when the jailbreak process didn’t work well.
Fortunately there is a solution, even a easy one:
1. turn on your computer and connect your iPod Touch / iPhone to it.
2. hold down both, the power and the home buttons (the iPod Touch / iPhone will power off after 10 seconds)
3. after theiPod Touch / iPhone powers off, release the power button (but keep holding down the home button)
4. in no more than a couple of seconds, you should hear that Windows sounds that means the iPod is being detected by your computer again.
5. release now the home button, and your iPod will be back alive, in DFU mode.
6. open iTunes (if is not already open) and restore your iPod Touch / iPhone firmware.
Your iPod Touch / iPhone will not be jailbroken now, but at least will be functional.
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i done exact what u said but 16gb 3gs iphone is still hang in dfu mode before jailbreaking with blackrain i restored iphone with 2.1.3 restore file and i restored succesfully but when i was jailbreaking with blackrain iphone hang in dfu mode…………………….now in itunes when im trying restore it after a few second itunes saying ….the iphone “iphone” could not be restored. this device isn’t eligible for the requested build……..
hay today i restored with 3.1.3 it bacome alive but i cannot unlock this wwwwwwwhhhhhhyyyy Apple is doing like this
@shafiq I guess you’ll have to wait till a proper jb for 3gs will appear. Unfortunately not all jailbreak hacks are working good.
I did what you did but still nothing comes up! What can I do? My computer says it has found a device it may have malfunction…. Something like that!
Help PLEASE!!
@BowMan not much to say. Anyway Windows cannot diagnose your iPhone though. Try connect it to your computer, open up iTunes and try restore it.
I feel like you saved my life :D lol THANK YOU SO MUCH
go to apple support there’s a step by step how to activate your iphone again..
What if it’s jailbroken?
you are god.
NOTHING WORKS UGGHH
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It works!
Thanks, it really works
totally saved a trip to the store, I didnt have my itouch for 2 days! but thanks
Why does this happen anywho?
Hi i have a 3g 16gb iphone and everytime i turn it on it tries to boot up and then it shuts down and all over again, so i tried to restore it but i was unable to and this message popped up “the iphone “iphone” could not be restored. this device isn’t eligible for the requested build”
??? this iphone was running on original software and had NEVER been updated, is itunes trying to install new version of the software that my iphone cant handle? Please help
Kim this message appear when your iPhone is jail-broken and you want to update the software, especially when upgrading to 4.0. Restore it with 3gs custom firmware 3.1.2 it will work
Thank you for replying back! Where do i gett the 3gs custom firware 3.1.2? And im using itunes 9.0, not sure if you needed to know that.
Thanks again
yo fml, my ipod touch i don’t know if its off or on the screen is black when i hit the buttons (power/hold and home) nothing happens, HELP!!!
You really helped me out :) thanks Ken!
i have done evry thing but nothing it looks like is dead it dosent turn on why? HELP!!!!!!!!
My iphone is bricked. How do I fix it
Well, i only did step one and it seemed to work, hope that wont ruin my iPod dont think it will but who knows :) thanks to your blog i was sooooooo relieved, saved my life. Thanks a ton!
Thanks !
It really works :)
I LOVE YOU !! IT HELPED ME :)
i love you, i just got my ipod like a month ago for christmas and i was so worried i would half to tell my dad i broke it but your a life saver!
Thank you for the post about the DFU mode. A friend of mine was having this issue before he finally figured it out. I am looking forward to reading more of your website in the future.
THANK YOU. You saved me brotha
i get black screen i can’t see anything i did what you said and stell
my i phone 4 it new and is not turnig on at all what should i do
I have a 4th generation ipod touch and I restored it and everything.
But it will connect to the computer & take pictures but not turn on ?
Please help :((
it works! thank you…:)
i did all the above steps..but it still appeared the apple logo and not boot in…i’ve done it so many time..but it still the same…please advised..
DONE,, Great Work,,, Thanks a lot… :)))
Thanks, it worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
brill! i needed my phone for tomoz and its back on line thanks