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iPhone 3GS not booting up..

leroyjv

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hi all...my iphone isnt booting...i noticed that my jailbroken iphone with iOS 4.1 was getting kinda slow (even after killing all background apps), so i rebooted it...it turned off, and started to turn back on....since then, its stuck on the apple logo...anything i do isnt making any difference....i tried charging it, it showed no change...i connected it to my pc, it showed no change and the pc didnt even recognise that a device was connected.....im at my wits end as to what to do....before i rebooted, it was working fine, and i felt it to b a bit slow for the first time then....and after a long time, the screen goes off and immediately comes back on with the apple logo, and gets stuck there...

and i havent backuped like ever (pretty stupid of me, yea...) so is there any way i can rescue this????

edit: i pressed down the home button and the sleep/wake button at once fr sometime (i had tried it earlier, but it showed no change then) and it suddenly turned off.....i then pressed the sleep/wake button to turn it on, and it got stuck on the apple logo again.....nothing major happened, i just wanted to say it responded a little finally....
 
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update: iTunes finally detected it....dunno what i did, but i think i put it in DFU mode somehow....its asking me to restore, which i dont want to, cos i have to unlock it....so is there a way to mebbe install an iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak now???

and iTunes says: iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes.
and then the only option it shows is restore...
 
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not sure whether i shud post here again (224 views and no replies, really??)...still, will post an update..

i succeeded and failed, sorta....i succeeded in installing a custom 5.1.1 firmware to preserve my baseband (06.15.00) using redsn0w, then managed to unlock (ultrasn0w) and hactivate (SAM) it....it was working fine, till today morn when i found it switched off....i couldnt turn it on, and i dont kno y it turned off (the battery was like 75% the last time i used it)...anyway, i booted it using redsn0w, so i guess i used a tethered jailbreak...

so i decided to install the custom firmware again and then jailbreak it using absinthe untethered jailbreak....but i cant seem to restore it using itunes with the custom firmware....itunes shows the error 28 message...i havnt tried removing the battery yet, bt seems i have no choice.....

and i cant also boot it using redsn0w....it gets stuck on a white screen now....otherwise, it will be in DFU mode..


so any suggestions??
 
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