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Hi all,
My mums iPhone 3GS recently died, it's had a hard life this one, dropped a couple of times and has a non genuine back, but the screen etc are all fine.
Anyway, recently it powered down (didn't see it myself but sounds like it just ran out of juice) and refuses to power up again.
Yes it has had a few knocks but nothing recent, in fact it's probably had better life since the new back than it had in it's original apple shell.
My first thought was perhaps a loose connection from the back being replaced, so I followed one of the many guides and took it apart, checked it all and put it all together again, TNA.
Now I'm wondering if the battery may have just died, perhaps she didnt notice it wasn't charging in the last few days of it's life?
I'll grab another battery to test it for her, but anyone else got any suggestions that might be worth a shot?
I should say I tried simple stuff like holding power button as per apples instructions on resetting the device before I looked inside. Also I didn't just go to apple with it as she's already had it opened so I assumed they'd laugh at me at refuse to sell me an iPad in future or something
There are currently no signs of life, no noise, display or vibrate when connected to multiple power sources and not recognised by 2 macs.
My mums iPhone 3GS recently died, it's had a hard life this one, dropped a couple of times and has a non genuine back, but the screen etc are all fine.
Anyway, recently it powered down (didn't see it myself but sounds like it just ran out of juice) and refuses to power up again.
Yes it has had a few knocks but nothing recent, in fact it's probably had better life since the new back than it had in it's original apple shell.
My first thought was perhaps a loose connection from the back being replaced, so I followed one of the many guides and took it apart, checked it all and put it all together again, TNA.
Now I'm wondering if the battery may have just died, perhaps she didnt notice it wasn't charging in the last few days of it's life?
I'll grab another battery to test it for her, but anyone else got any suggestions that might be worth a shot?
I should say I tried simple stuff like holding power button as per apples instructions on resetting the device before I looked inside. Also I didn't just go to apple with it as she's already had it opened so I assumed they'd laugh at me at refuse to sell me an iPad in future or something
There are currently no signs of life, no noise, display or vibrate when connected to multiple power sources and not recognised by 2 macs.