iPhone 3GS woes, another Crapple bites the dust.
Posted: November 27th, 2010, 11:52 pm
Today I was wandering around aimlessly at Old Navy, minding my own business while my Girlfriend maxed out her credit cards on clothing, sending a few texts here and there.
Out of nowhere, my text messaging on my phone would crash, similar to the crash you experience with many of the 3rd party apps. I haven't seen this before on any Apple Designed Apps, so it surprised me! I went to resend the text, and my phone restarted.
Lo and Behold, upon restart, I was unable to complete the startup! The phone brought me to the recovery mode loop, which(from my reading online, I haven't had it happen before) typically happens when you try to jailbreak or update your iPhone. The majority of the information I gathered online said it happens when you unplug your phone mid-update, or mess up your jailbreak process.
The best part, I haven't found another example of a user simply having the issue pop up in the middle of nowhere. I certainly wasn't jailbreaking my iPhone in an Old Navy store.
I went through the typical diagnostic hassle that people go through with personal electronics, googling everything I could think of and watching youtube videos by 12 year old kids, who copied guides off of other websites while wearing a funny colored hat.
Anyways, none of the 10 or so methods I tried were helpful at all.
Any ideas?
I DO have apple care for the phone, but the main issue is that I NEED to recover the information stored on the phone. If it were as simple as restoring it to factory settings, I'd have done it by now. I have legal documentation as well as contact information on the phone that I am otherwise unable to recover.
Thanks guys.
Out of nowhere, my text messaging on my phone would crash, similar to the crash you experience with many of the 3rd party apps. I haven't seen this before on any Apple Designed Apps, so it surprised me! I went to resend the text, and my phone restarted.
Lo and Behold, upon restart, I was unable to complete the startup! The phone brought me to the recovery mode loop, which(from my reading online, I haven't had it happen before) typically happens when you try to jailbreak or update your iPhone. The majority of the information I gathered online said it happens when you unplug your phone mid-update, or mess up your jailbreak process.
The best part, I haven't found another example of a user simply having the issue pop up in the middle of nowhere. I certainly wasn't jailbreaking my iPhone in an Old Navy store.
I went through the typical diagnostic hassle that people go through with personal electronics, googling everything I could think of and watching youtube videos by 12 year old kids, who copied guides off of other websites while wearing a funny colored hat.
Anyways, none of the 10 or so methods I tried were helpful at all.
Any ideas?
I DO have apple care for the phone, but the main issue is that I NEED to recover the information stored on the phone. If it were as simple as restoring it to factory settings, I'd have done it by now. I have legal documentation as well as contact information on the phone that I am otherwise unable to recover.
Thanks guys.