I was using my 3GS with 5.1.0, 06:15:00 baseband, and it was working fine. It was on 2% battery so I plugged it in, but it didn't charge at first. I figured it was the charger, so I got a different one, when I got back my phone was dead. Normally when it dies, a yellow screen comes up upon it recharging for a few minutes. Well, the yellow screen came up around 7pm last night. It's 11am the next day and it won't go away.
I tried restoring to 5.1.1 while preserving my baseband, it wouldn't take. I tried rejailbreaking to 5.1.0, it wouldn't take. I even tried "just boot" for 5.1.0 and it wouldn't take. Everyone has told me "just keep it charging it will come back eventually." but its been over 12 hours, nothing. It's my only phone and I obviously don't have money seeing as it's a 3GS, so I'm pretty beat if this doesn't boot up.
I have gotten the apple logo to show up for a little bit while restoring to 5.1.1 and preserving baseband, but it went back to the mustard yellow screen.
The screen does change from yellow to black, as if it's going to boot up, then the black pixels fade away from the corners and it turns to that grey color the screen is when it's off. I would take a video of it but I don't have any way to do that. Basically, imagine a tv shutting off, and the picture fading from the corners towards the center, it does that but all in the matter of about one second. It does that over and over and over as if it wants to boot, but can't, and goes back to yellow. The screen does this for awhile then switches back.
I'm pretty frustrated, I kind of feel like I messed it up by trying to restore and rejailbreak mad times, but if anyone has any advice about what I should try, feel free to help. I need this back up today I have to call job so I can get a real phone and not rely on an unlocked EDGE network p.o.s on tmobile.
Thanks.
I tried restoring to 5.1.1 while preserving my baseband, it wouldn't take. I tried rejailbreaking to 5.1.0, it wouldn't take. I even tried "just boot" for 5.1.0 and it wouldn't take. Everyone has told me "just keep it charging it will come back eventually." but its been over 12 hours, nothing. It's my only phone and I obviously don't have money seeing as it's a 3GS, so I'm pretty beat if this doesn't boot up.
I have gotten the apple logo to show up for a little bit while restoring to 5.1.1 and preserving baseband, but it went back to the mustard yellow screen.
The screen does change from yellow to black, as if it's going to boot up, then the black pixels fade away from the corners and it turns to that grey color the screen is when it's off. I would take a video of it but I don't have any way to do that. Basically, imagine a tv shutting off, and the picture fading from the corners towards the center, it does that but all in the matter of about one second. It does that over and over and over as if it wants to boot, but can't, and goes back to yellow. The screen does this for awhile then switches back.
I'm pretty frustrated, I kind of feel like I messed it up by trying to restore and rejailbreak mad times, but if anyone has any advice about what I should try, feel free to help. I need this back up today I have to call job so I can get a real phone and not rely on an unlocked EDGE network p.o.s on tmobile.
Thanks.
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Also, have you tried holding the home button and power button simultaneously while the device is connected to a wall socket and seeing if it will boot and display the Apple logo?
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