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Q: iPhone 4 won't stop vibrating

Today I was surfing the net and my iPhone 4's screen went black and proceeded to vibrate nonstop. I was suggested to hold the Lock and home button to reset, but that did not work. I am now waiting for the battery to go dead. Has anyone else ran into this issue?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.3), iPhone 4

Posted on Jul 11, 2010 11:35 PM

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  • by ladyappapp,

    ladyappapp ladyappapp Aug 30, 2012 3:41 PM in response to jbreak23
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    Aug 30, 2012 3:41 PM in response to jbreak23

    Just had this happen to me totally out of the blue..I wasn't even touching the phone, it was sitting on my desk, it just went blank and started vibrating. At first I tried all the combination of button pushing (home, volume, power etc.) but it did nothing. Then I thought to just let the battery run down but after reading it could kill the lithium ion battery, I was really nervous and it became a race against the clock to find a way to open my phone at work and disconnect the battery. I used an exacto knife to take out the screws and a youtube video showing how to disconnect the battery, which stopped the vibrating. Afterwards I reconnected the battery, plugged it in to charge and it just came up and is working well, no data lost. Definitely a sucky situation but at least it's fixed.

     

    Unscrew the iPhone, disconnect (not remove) the battery, reconnect it, let it charge. I wouldn't suggest letting the battery just run down...seems risky.

  • by JoeDizza,

    JoeDizza JoeDizza Oct 3, 2012 12:27 PM in response to jbreak23
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    Oct 3, 2012 12:27 PM in response to jbreak23

    this same thing happened to me about 3 weeks ago, leaving me with my back up Razr (not the newer version) and when i took it into the apple store they told me i was 33 days over the warranty. i called apple support to see if maybe they could help me out and nothing. so now i am stuck with a flawless screen and beautiful back glass of an iphone 4 that doesn't do anything except vibrate when i plug it into the charger.

     

    also, since i just read this on another post, i took off the back case, disconnected the battery and reconnected it, it still continues to do the same thing.

  • by JoeDizza,

    JoeDizza JoeDizza Oct 3, 2012 12:32 PM in response to dog20
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    Oct 3, 2012 12:32 PM in response to dog20

    did you ever get an answer to your problem? i had the exact same thing happen.

  • by ipoppo,

    ipoppo ipoppo Nov 11, 2012 8:06 PM in response to jbreak23
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    Nov 11, 2012 8:06 PM in response to jbreak23

    It happened to me as well yesterday.

     

    At that time it was ringing alarm which I set the timer earlier and I was going to pick it up. Then it went into vibrating brick mode. I expected incoming call at that moment as well so I presume that this combination may trigger this bug.

     

    Incoming call + Ringing Alarm

     

     

    It took me while before I can HARD RESET it down, luck that it still obeyed me at that state.

    Then I rebooted and have to wait at apple logo at booting a bit. It came back without any issue ... so far.

  • by Chitzs,

    Chitzs Chitzs Jan 14, 2013 6:29 PM in response to ToOphizaT
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    Jan 14, 2013 6:29 PM in response to ToOphizaT

    This trick worked for me thanks. Yesterday my iphone suddenly started vibrating and went blank and kept on vibrating till battrey dies. I was afraid if the phone is of no use now since it wasnt getting restarted and screen was blank. Thanks to this tip it working perfect now.

  • by Jodesatapper,

    Jodesatapper Jodesatapper Feb 11, 2013 8:45 PM in response to rsgill864
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    Feb 11, 2013 8:45 PM in response to rsgill864

    thank you...that worked !!  phew !   

    that has never happened to me before...

  • by yann.shukor,

    yann.shukor yann.shukor Mar 18, 2013 7:25 AM in response to jbreak23
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    Mar 18, 2013 7:25 AM in response to jbreak23

    Hi

     

    My client had the same incessant vibrating behaviour

    It was in her handbag to start with,

    and someone must have called her up

    Upon taking it out of her bag, the phone was vibrating

    on and off (as if ringing) and the screen was black (off)

     

    Nothing helped :

    (home + plug into iTunes)

    then (Lock + Home), (Lock + Home + Vol+)

    and same again while plugged in to the charger

     

    Many indicated that things returned to normal once

    the battery ran out...four or five hours later

     

    I didn't have the time to wait, or the desire to inflict

    such a long vibraiting ordeal on to the phone

     

    I came across the following video where some guy

    shows you that by removing three (tiny) screws you

    can disconnect the battery:

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak_bn2ZRApo

     

    So I followed the steps and in less than a minute

    I had managed to lift the battery connector sufficently

    so as to break the connexion and thus stop the vibrating

    transe altogether. I was then able to switch the phone

    back on "et voilà !"

     

    I didn't feel like completely disconnecting the connector

    because, as the video shows, there's another little piece

    that fits right beneath it which I felt might be **** to put

    back in its place. So I simply lifted the connector close

    the side closest to the battery.

     

    We had also rung the local Apple Store to get some help.

    But all they said was that if "home + plug into Itunes" does

    nothing then your out of luck. They would be happy to take

    a look or replace it for 161€ and there was no option to

    recover lost data. They're running a business innit ?!

     

    hope this can help other

     

    yann shukor

    azurtem IT services

    Nice France

  • by schumonn,

    schumonn schumonn Jul 10, 2013 7:32 AM in response to Rho001
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    Jul 10, 2013 7:32 AM in response to Rho001

    by anychance did this problem occure after installing "line"??

  • by schumonn,

    schumonn schumonn Jul 10, 2013 7:45 AM in response to jbreak23
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    Jul 10, 2013 7:45 AM in response to jbreak23

    My 3gs did the same thing, took out the sim card, held the sleep & home buttun for 2-3 times, then it restarted and is fine!:)

  • by 1337baby,

    1337baby 1337baby Sep 14, 2013 3:59 AM in response to jbreak23
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    Sep 14, 2013 3:59 AM in response to jbreak23

    Hello there can somebody help me.my iphone4 just started vibrating today & i did all the things i'v read from the disussions but still it wont stop vibrating.what else can i do?the iphone store is like 121 miles away a 4hour drive.HELP!

  • by 1337baby,

    1337baby 1337baby Sep 14, 2013 5:49 AM in response to jbreak23
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    Sep 14, 2013 5:49 AM in response to jbreak23

    I tried the holding home&lock screen together for 2mins multiple times but the vibrating didnt stop.until the battery dries out that it stops.sync it with the itunes afterwards and it turns out just fine.this is so weird!

  • by Kiwi_2003,

    Kiwi_2003 Kiwi_2003 Feb 22, 2014 3:17 PM in response to jbreak23
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    Feb 22, 2014 3:17 PM in response to jbreak23

    Yes this happen to me last night, I was taking photos and the next time I turned it on it just started vibrating with a blank screen and none of the button would respond the battery was full charge so vibrated for about 3 hours, the next morning when I plugged it in to charge it started okay and no issues today so far, good luck

  • by hemendra s,

    hemendra s hemendra s Oct 17, 2015 3:38 AM in response to ToOphizaT
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    Oct 17, 2015 3:38 AM in response to ToOphizaT

    Thanx a ton!!

  • by costas1,

    costas1 costas1 Jun 1, 2016 5:56 AM in response to Kiwi_2003
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    Jun 1, 2016 5:56 AM in response to Kiwi_2003

    This problem occurred to me just now. I pressed the home button and on/off switch simultaneously for 10 secs, and suddenly the vibrating stopped and the apple symbol appeared, and the phone rebooted. All ok now.

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