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So I took my iPhone 4 (yes, it was jailbroken) out of my pocket today, and it was doing what it's doing in the attached GIF. I honestly have no idea how to fix it, plugging it in didn't do anything, trying to put it into DFU mode didn't do anything, holding the power and home button at the same time didn't do anything... I can live without a phone for a while, but oh God, all my accounts are 2-step verification so I can't get to anything without my phone.

Anyone know how to fix this?

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Open it up and take the battery out. then presss the power button to drain and residual power, put the battery back in and try to start the phone. If that doesn't do it you have probably bricked your phone.

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Smash it.It may fix the problem:) *bad joke*

Actually if you are lucky it may be the display cable getting loose.Open it and reconnect the display

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Open it up and take the battery out. then presss the power button to drain and residual power, put the battery back in and try to start the phone. If that doesn't do it you have probably bricked your phone.

 

Smash it.It may fix the problem:)

Actually if you are lucky it may be the display cable getting loose.Open it and reconnect the display

I do belive I lack the capability to open an iPhone... It's kinda sealed together and all... This means I can't take out the battery either. And I have no idea how it got bricked! It was working fine earlier today!

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I do belive I lack the capability to open an iPhone... It's kinda sealed together and all... This means I can't take out the battery either. And I have no idea how it got bricked! It was working fine earlier today!

you find a lot of these on youtube

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buy a new phone...

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Yeah, I don't have a pentalobe screwdriver... To the store to get one I guess? If I can even find a store.

You should get one i mean it's still a phone you may be able to fix it with a few tricks

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You should get one i mean it's still a phone you may be able to fix it with a few tricks

Yeah, I know. It doesn't seem like anywhere near me sells them though. Guess I'm straight out of luck then... The battery'll die before I'm able to take it apart.

 

buy a new phone...

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Wouldn't ya know it, I'm still under contract.

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If you don't have a pentalobe screw driver you can always break the point of a precision knife blade. It'll work, you just have to be really, REALLY, careful so you don't grind the aluminum screws.

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take out the battery buy a screw river on craigslist/ebay

 

If you don't have a pentalobe screw driver you can always break the point of a precision knife blade. It'll work, you just have to be really, REALLY, careful so you don't grind the aluminum screws.

Thank you. I was able to fix it by just letting the battery die, and then turned it back on again. Thankfully, it works again.

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