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Hi, got an Iphone 3g 16g here which is stuck at the Apple logo. First it showed me the icon to charge the Phone, so I connected it to my computer. After a few minutes the Phone tried to boot up but it got gets stuck at the Apple logo. It doesn’t reboot and the worse: it doesn’t respond to any buttons. So going into recovery or DFU mode seems to be impossible. Itunes doesn’t recognize the iPhone. The buttons are 100% working and i cant even do a hard reset. The phone just keeps showing the logo until the battery is empty again. Edit: It shows the Logo for a long time and after a while i get a white screen for <1 seconds and it reboots but still the same issue.
Hi, i always have problem with putting phone in dfu. Try this link, follow the video posted there and follow the timing stated. http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.ph… With some luck, you may be able to boot into dfu and do a recovery to factory default via itunes. Dont ask me why i cant count the seconds, am either too fast or too slow… :p Good luck.
The 3g is an old phone and if it has been recently updated with newer software its likely in overload mode. I would try and sell it and find something a little newer.
