Death of my iPhone 5S and help with it's replacement

Kinja'd!!! "Cherry_man1" (Cherry_man1)
04/13/2016 at 20:39 • Filed to: Apple Issues

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Ok so just got the new iPhone 6 today and right now it’s having a fit about not wanting to restore and update as it is currently in recovery mode I have no ability to use it. It worked right out of the box right out of the store just freaked out when it went to get my old stuff onto it. now the problem is my iPhone 5S charger port is worn down from brand new sense i got it pretty much when it came out it’s almost dead now. Anyone here great with apple products that could e-mail me and try and help me solve this?

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All open SLS for your time


DISCUSSION (22)


Kinja'd!!! jkm7680 > Cherry_man1
04/13/2016 at 20:45

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Story time on how I killed my old Iphone!

I was drunk and decided to take a shower with my phone.


Kinja'd!!! FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Cherry_man1
04/13/2016 at 20:47

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Have you tried cleaning out the 5S charger port? I’m still clinging to a 5S that I waited in line for on launch day. Every few months it will stop charging, but cleaning out the port with a safety pin clears out the lint and dirt and gets it going again.

As for the new one, I would take it to an Apple Store.


Kinja'd!!! pjhusa > Cherry_man1
04/13/2016 at 20:48

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I have gotten iDevices out of Recovery Mode before, but PCAdvisor explains it the best:

“To get out of recovery mode, make sure your USB cable is connected to both the laptop running iTunes and your device.You may need to hold the home button while connecting your USB cable as above.

Now hold the home and sleep/wake buttons together until you see the Apple logo appear. Don’t let go until then – it can take several seconds: the recovery graphic will disappear and a black screen might be shown for a while, but keep holding the buttons down until the white Apple appears.

Leave the USB cable connected until your device boots up and shows the lock screen. It’s now out of recovery mode.”

Just reply to this if you have any questions.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Cherry_man1
04/13/2016 at 20:49

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All open?? I think not. The boot isn't up.


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > jkm7680
04/13/2016 at 21:04

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You probably had a pretty enticing video playing at the time I’m sure


Kinja'd!!! jkm7680 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/13/2016 at 21:04

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I was on the internet, completely forgot what I was doing. Wasn’t pr0n though.


Kinja'd!!! 1111111111111111111111 > Cherry_man1
04/13/2016 at 21:18

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Definitely try a new charging cable. Then get the new one out of recovery and go again.


Kinja'd!!! TheHondaBro > jkm7680
04/13/2016 at 21:21

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I did that a few times, except I was sober and I had a Galaxy S5.


Kinja'd!!! Cherry_man1 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
04/13/2016 at 21:29

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ya even had apple clean it once


Kinja'd!!! Cherry_man1 > pjhusa
04/13/2016 at 21:29

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ok, I’m currently extracting now but I’ll cancel it and try that


Kinja'd!!! Cherry_man1 > 1111111111111111111111
04/13/2016 at 21:29

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tried all of my roommates


Kinja'd!!! pjhusa > Cherry_man1
04/13/2016 at 21:34

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Good luck!


Kinja'd!!! Cherry_man1 > pjhusa
04/13/2016 at 21:36

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it’s not quite working it’s acting like it want’s to but I just held it for 3 min and it just did the same thing


Kinja'd!!! 1111111111111111111111 > Cherry_man1
04/13/2016 at 21:37

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They get finicky. I mean an off the shelf fresh cable. Monoprice. We support about 150 iphones in rotation and a brand new cable hasn’t failed to get a charge on a phone that isn’t busted.


Kinja'd!!! Cherry_man1 > 1111111111111111111111
04/13/2016 at 21:39

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i even tried to get the new iphone 6 cable fresh outta box to charge and it didn’t work


Kinja'd!!! 1111111111111111111111 > Cherry_man1
04/13/2016 at 21:41

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Damn. Have you tried swapping wall warts? Also if it really is that worn a slight nudge to left or right after seating may get it going. Like really slight.


Kinja'd!!! FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Cherry_man1
04/13/2016 at 21:42

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Sorry man thought it was worth a shot.


Kinja'd!!! pjhusa > Cherry_man1
04/13/2016 at 21:47

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Hmm... DFU mode should usually fix it up.


Kinja'd!!! pjhusa > Cherry_man1
04/13/2016 at 21:48

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You should be seeing something like this:

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Kinja'd!!! Cherry_man1 > pjhusa
04/13/2016 at 22:12

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I got it fixed up used a 3rd party program and got it


Kinja'd!!! pjhusa > Cherry_man1
04/13/2016 at 23:32

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Ok 


Kinja'd!!! Cherry_man1 > pjhusa
04/14/2016 at 00:04

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yup and I got all my old stuff as well!