Wednesday, November 24, 2010

3G Bricked?

Apple iPhone iTunes - 3G Bricked?

I started an update to 4.2 and came back to a white Apple with a solid white bar below.

Only way to shut it off is power and menu buttons together. Powering back on takes it to an Apple and a hollow white bar that slowly fills up again in a vicious circle.

iPhone iTunes
iPad airplay Apple iPhone iTunes
Update iTunes and try again. I think it's steves way of making us update iTunes

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Presuming you already have the correct (latest) version of iTunes, my advice would be - once you have started upgrading the iOS - don't interrupt the process by shutting down or rebooting until the process finishes.

On my iPhone 4, once the iOS download finished, the upgrade process took around 15 minutes.

If you almost never connect to iTunes and backup, your process is likely to take longer - possibly a LOT longer.

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It sounds like you never completed the upgrade. You have to let the firmware install and then you should see the home screen. It took me about 10 minutes. It will depend on how fast a connection you have when downloading.

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