General The current situation with my phone

October 12, 2015

So last night DiDA and I were trying to kick my phone out of its bootloop. It didn't work, and by the time I gave up it was already 10:30 PM. My phone was still bootlooping and I just accepted the fact that I was going to lose my jailbreak for it.

I go to my room, plug my phone to charge, and go do the cats/litter, (I have to put the cats in the basement because they wake us up during the night) then I gave my controller to my dad. I told him that I was not going to give him my phone tonight because for some reason it was bootlooping and I had to restore it. He said no because I would be exhaused the next day. I think to myself, whatever, I'll just wake up 15 minutes earlier to restore my phone so I have it for school. I sleep the mac, plug my phone into charge, and go to sleep.

The next morning, I wake up and check my phone to see if its still bootlooping. But instead of bootlooping like I expected it to be, it was completely off. I went to pick it up to inspect it and it was freezing cold. Thinking to myself that maybe it somehow shifted in place and stopped charging I put it back on the charger but it wouldn't charge. I tried to hard reset it but it wouldn't work. I tried to put it into recovery mode but it wouldn't work. I tried DFU and it wouldn't work. My computer and iTunes don't recognize it, and ssh over usb won't work. Even now it is still stone cold. Guys, I think my phone is completely bricked. Like actually as useless as a brick.

I don't know if I'll continue to be able to hack. This iPod that I'm using right now cannot keep two safari tabs running at the same time for over thirty seconds. I'll try my best but I don't know.

tl;dr couldn't restore last night so now my phone is bricked.

Gandalf · October 12, 2015

R.I.P shmoos phone lol

Glohst · October 12, 2015

SOMEONE HOST a fundraiser to get shmoo a new phone

Kizzy · October 12, 2015

itunes didn't pick up on it at all?

Rook · October 12, 2015

Did you do anything to the phone after we stopped talking? You were going to uninstall mobilesubstrate? How did that go?

Also, can you maybe try a different USB Cable or Wall Outlet?

And can't Apple replace a broken device? :s

Diversityy · October 12, 2015

We can still help you produce hacks. We can crack the game and send you the binary. You can give someone like DiDA the offsets and let them compile it. Then, you release.

Updated October 12, 2015 by Diversityy

October 12, 2015

itunes didn't pick up on it at all?

nope, itunes did pick up this ipod though

-King · October 12, 2015

RIP Shmoo's phone

Klepto · October 12, 2015

Get a new device ma boi

October 12, 2015

Did you do anything to the phone after we stopped talking? You were going to uninstall mobilesubstrate? How did that go?

Also, can you maybe try a different USB Cable or Wall Outlet?

And can't Apple replace a broken device? :s

I uninstalled mobilesubstrate successfully. But the phone was still looping. I've already tried three different cables and two different outlets + all the usb ports on my mac.

They'll have to replace it.