Originally Posted by
Nabooy This is ridiculous! My phone was running up fine until now I've decided to do a fresh install cause of the battery drain. As it was about restoring from iTunes, I got a message at the end saying that it cannot restore the device and now I'm stuck with the black screen that says to plugin the device using the USB wire to iTunes! I think it's dead. Nothing's working here and it can't seem to connect to the computer which I'm just stuck with the black screen! What to do PLEASE help!
I'm going to guess that your phone is not at all "dead", but your back up is corrupted. Unfortunately, this happens with all things whether it's a computer or a smart phone. Try a fresh restore on the phone without using your backup...
Use iTunes to restore your iOS device to factory settings - Apple Support
The good thing is that your apps are backed up in iTunes and the App store, so you won't have to BUY them again...the bad news is that if you don't sync your iPhone to a computer in iTunes, you'll have to go through and download them all again from iCloud in the app store (time consuming, but it is what it is). In iTunes, if you sync on a computer, you can simply move them over...