⟐ Answered 八月 01, 2024 at 5:47 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 一月 17, 2021 at 7:35 GMT-7

On the way home, I plugged it into my Griffin iTrip to charge it, and I got nothing - no red battery, no screen flicker. I left it on there for at least a solid hour.

When I get home, I plugged it into a wall charger thinking it just needed more juice. It had been taking a really long time to charge lately, but once it's charged, the battery seems to hold it just fine. I left it on the wall charger for several hours, and I still got nothing.

At this point I tried rebooting it by pressing Home+Power, and I actually see a little flicker - like it's trying to kick over. If I hold them down for about a minute, it will actually keep flickering until finally it shows the dead battery screen, but that will go away in a few seconds or as soon as I unplug it from the wall. I can't get back to it unless I repeat the process from the beginning.

My first thought was the battery, but after reading some posts here, I'm not so sure anymore. It seems like it might be the charge circuitry or the dock connector. It's out of warranty, so I'd like to try fixing it myself. I figure at this point I can't make it any worse.

Is there any way to help pinpoint the cause other than guess and check? If not where should I start? Has anyone seen something similar to this?

I've had the phone for about seven months, but it was a refurbished unit from Apple.

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks,

Matt

⟐ Commented 三月 09, 2026 at 20:11 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 十月 14, 2021 at 9:56 GMT-7

⟐ Answer accepted 六月 14, 2019 at 3:46 GMT-7

I use this app fairly regularly and haven't had problems charging and using the app at the same time until now. Is the GPS app somehow using more power or is my battery faulty?

⟐ Commented 二月 08, 2026 at 18:21 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 六月 13, 2019 at 14:47 GMT-7

I have iOS 4.1.2.

Thanks :)

⟐ Answered 九月 02, 2023 at 7:51 GMT-7

⟐ Answer deleted 五月 22, 2022 at 18:20 GMT-7

I tried to charge it with my wall adapter, car adapter, and I tried hooking it up with USB to my laptop and nothing has worked.

Do you think this a battery issue since it doesn't even show a "charging" symbol when I plug it in? It is an older phone and I've never replaced any parts on it.

I want to avoid having to restore since I will lose all my data and photos (which wasn't properly backed up the last time I connected to iTunes). :( Please help!

⟐ Answered 十月 26, 2020 at 23:44 GMT-7

This has happened fairly constantly at seemingly random times, and thus far, the phone has never been hot to the touch. It even happens while the phone is physically cold to the touch (outside in 20 degree F weather, for example).

Today I can barely use the phone, it just says "Temperature" pretty much all the time. For a few seconds, sometimes it goes back to the normal swipe-to-enter screen, but it goes right back to the Temperature warning screen after that.

Everything else on the phone works, so I'm sure the repair went smoothly otherwise. Again, this took a few days to start showing up.

Here are the relevant facts, along with some things I've tried to troubleshoot and such:

• I installed a CPU monitor but nothing seems to be taking up the CPU or anything like that.
• I've killed all the background apps and it still happens. I've also left it on airplane mode for hours and it still happens.
• I've tried a full reboot, as well as a restore from backup.
• The battery is not draining faster than normal or anything like that.
• This phone has no history of water damage and i don't sweat a lot or anything like that (nor do I keep it in my pocket).
• I've never seen this temperature warning before swapping the battery.
• I don't use a protective rubber case or anything like that, the phone is just sitting on my desk.
• Charging the battery no longer works because it doesn't seem to charge while it's on the "Temperature" screen.
• I saw no corrosion inside the iPhone at all when replacing the battery.

I'm running the latest firmware (6.0.1) and it's not jailbroken.

Thanks for your help!

⟐ Commented 七月 20, 2020 at 14:47 GMT-7

My questions are:

1.) Where are the photos stored? (In what component?)

2.) Can I take this component out and put it into another of the same phone to retrieve the photos?

3.) How do I do this?

I hope someone can help!

Regards,

Steve

⟐ Commented 十一月 21, 2019 at 12:23 GMT-7

I've also tried a lot of software updates and resetting the iPhone itself, but it keeps failing on me and doesn't allow me to proceed to anything else.

⟐ Answer edited 十二月 11, 2022 at 12:06 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 六月 03, 2021 at 21:12 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 三月 08, 2019 at 10:54 GMT-7

This is my first post here, so I apologize in advance if I missed something. It's a rather practical question.

Is there a way to turn off the iPhone (3GS in my case) without using the power button? The button works physically - I can press it (and it feels normal) - but to no effect. Since I don't want to open it while it is still powered on, I wonder if there is an alternative to waiting until the battery runs out and the phone turns off by itself.

Thanks,

Paul

⟐ Commented 三月 27, 2024 at 17:31 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 十一月 29, 2019 at 8:43 GMT-7

I've tried three cables: an Amazon branded one, a Belkin and an Apple (from an iPhone 1). All gave me the "not supported" message. However, all work fine with my other iPhone 3GS (never jail-broken).

These are the other things I've tried but have proved fruitless:

- Restoring the iPhone,

- using an Apple USB wall charger (directly, not through a cradle) with all three of the above cables

- Installing two different dock assemblies

- Installing a new battery bought from ifixit

- shorting the data lines of the cable (saw it on Youtube) on the phone side of the cable

Interestingly, cooling the phone either in the fridge or on an ice-pack before charging seems to increase the chances of a successful charge, but I worry about the condensation that builds up on the phone as it warms up.

Sometimes the phone trickle-charges despite the error message but other times it does not. If it does, it usually takes overnight to do so. Sometimes if I jam the cable hard or stick it in partially or wonky, it’ll charge ok without the error message for maybe 20 seconds. Rarely will it charge all the way without the "charging not supported" message.

At this point, I can only conclude that there's either there's a motherboard hardware issue or that Apple's tight-fisted attempts to destroy functionality of 3rd party accessories that somehow don't meet its hardware standards via software/firmware updates has essentially bricked this phone.

Any suggestions for further troubleshooting would be appreciated.

⟐ Answered 三月 11, 2018 at 0:34 GMT-7

It's the 3GS 16GB, it does not power up, and does not charge, and it is not recognised in iTunes, it is basically dead!

this has happened after a cheap copy chinese wall charger was used to charge the phone, this is 100% sure because it has done the same to my wife's iphone!!

I have tried to press and hold home and power button, also tried, holding the home button and connect to iTunes, but Nothing!!

Anyway, I have opened it up, dismantled it, tested the battery with a voltmeter and it shows 0.12V, a good battery should show 3.7V

So I have bought a new battery and I have tested it before fitting, and it showed 3.7V on the voltmeter,

After fitting the new battery, the iPhone switched ON, battery showing 40%, but it still does not charge and is not recognised in iTunes, also, the slide button on the screen does not work, so I can't get to Home screen.

After 1 hour, same problem, iPhone does not switch on, does not charge, opened it again, tested the new battery and it shows 0.14V, so it is drained!!

Can someone point me in the right direction please?

What should I do next?

Thanks in advance

⟐ Answer edited 八月 07, 2024 at 10:39 GMT-7

I tried the process about six times and always get the same error 29. Thanks for any help you can give me.

⟐ Commented 五月 25, 2018 at 15:48 GMT-7