Ashlyn Irizarry

Q: Iphone 6s bricked after iOS 10 update

I am one of the unlucky few who's phone bricked at the iTunes screen or iOS 10. now i didn't back up my phone ahead of time, and now i have no idea how to actually use my phone or fix it from bricking. please help

iPhone 6s, iOS 10

Posted on Sep 13, 2016 12:32 PM

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Q: Iphone 6s bricked after iOS 10 update

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  • by Carolyn Samit,

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Sep 13, 2016 12:33 PM in response to Ashlyn Irizarry
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    Sep 13, 2016 12:33 PM in response to Ashlyn Irizarry
  • by machz990,

    machz990 machz990 Sep 13, 2016 12:33 PM in response to Ashlyn Irizarry
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    Sep 13, 2016 12:33 PM in response to Ashlyn Irizarry

    You need to leave your phone alone and connect it to a computer with the latest version of iTunes on it.  Mine did the same thing and it was recovered by connecting to iTunes with no loss of data.

  • by Ashlyn Irizarry,Helpful

    Ashlyn Irizarry Ashlyn Irizarry Sep 13, 2016 12:53 PM in response to machz990
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    Sep 13, 2016 12:53 PM in response to machz990

    I've tried this for over two hours, but still the same thing. another thing to note, is that the screen will go black and i will press the power and home button, the apple screen appears, then to the iTunes screen. the laptop is not picking up the phone either

  • by machz990,Helpful

    machz990 machz990 Sep 13, 2016 12:53 PM in response to Ashlyn Irizarry
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    Sep 13, 2016 12:53 PM in response to Ashlyn Irizarry

    The problem is playing with the phone when it showed connect to iTunes on the screen.  When you have the connect to iTunes screen connect to the latest version of iTunes and wait.  Your iPhone will show up as an unidentified device and it will contact Apple to verify the software and then attempt to revert back to your old IOS version.  It takes a while.  Be patient.  Don't do a reset of your iPhone with the power and home button.  Just connect to iTunes when you have the connect to iTunes image on the screen.  Have iTunes open when you connect to the computer. It should see the device after it connects.

  • by Ashlyn Irizarry,

    Ashlyn Irizarry Ashlyn Irizarry Sep 13, 2016 12:49 PM in response to machz990
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    Sep 13, 2016 12:49 PM in response to machz990

    okay thank you

  • by Ashlyn Irizarry,

    Ashlyn Irizarry Ashlyn Irizarry Sep 13, 2016 12:54 PM in response to machz990
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    Sep 13, 2016 12:54 PM in response to machz990

    just say if this doesn't work, what else can i do? will i need to go to an apple store and get my phone fixed?

  • by indigobox,

    indigobox indigobox Sep 13, 2016 1:01 PM in response to Ashlyn Irizarry
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    Sep 13, 2016 1:01 PM in response to Ashlyn Irizarry

    machz990 process should work for you. The only thing I would add to the above is that you don't want to select Setup as a new phone or restore when iTunes prompts you. Control the upgrade at that point from your phone where it says Hallo etc. Otherwise you risk the option of restoring your device to factory default.

     

    The process I went for is this and it was successful for me as a part of the upgrade option for iOS 10.0.1 without going back to iOS 9.3.5 and didn't restore (everything was left intact - Photos / iMessages etc)

     

    - Turn the device off

    - Plug the cable in the Mac / PC

    - Hold the home button and plug the cable into the device

           It will then be in Recovery Mode.

    - Press Update
           It will download this in the background and throw lots of errors as it is trying to download. It took around 1 hour to download on my system.
    - Update then unpacked the download and went through updating successfully.

     

    NOTE

    Because I have never plugged it into my iMac before it wants to restore or set up as a new phone. I have ignored this and just controlled the phone and it went through fine, everything still on the device, without restoring.

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    CJ.

  • by machz990,

    machz990 machz990 Sep 13, 2016 1:00 PM in response to Ashlyn Irizarry
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    Sep 13, 2016 1:00 PM in response to Ashlyn Irizarry

    Since you didn't back up your phone before the upgrade then you have to decide between losing all your data and a trip to the Apple Store.  If you decide to go to the Apple Genius Bar make an appt. as I'm sure they will be busy.

  • by Ashlyn Irizarry,

    Ashlyn Irizarry Ashlyn Irizarry Sep 13, 2016 1:02 PM in response to indigobox
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    Sep 13, 2016 1:02 PM in response to indigobox

    do you know of a way that i can wipe my phone from my laptop? I'm not connected to this one, seeing s its my dads laptop.

  • by machz990,

    machz990 machz990 Sep 13, 2016 1:09 PM in response to Ashlyn Irizarry
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    Sep 13, 2016 1:09 PM in response to Ashlyn Irizarry

    After you are all done you can delete the backup file from within iTunes.  Go to iTunes > Preferences > Devices and find the device you want to delete.

  • by Ashlyn Irizarry,

    Ashlyn Irizarry Ashlyn Irizarry Sep 13, 2016 1:10 PM in response to machz990
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    Sep 13, 2016 1:10 PM in response to machz990

    i mean like before i fix the phone

  • by machz990,

    machz990 machz990 Sep 13, 2016 1:13 PM in response to Ashlyn Irizarry
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    Sep 13, 2016 1:13 PM in response to Ashlyn Irizarry

    I guess I'm not following you.  I thought you were using your Dad's laptop to recover your iPhone but you didn't want to leave a copy on his laptop.  It doesn't matter that you have a backup of your phone on your laptop.  The process would be the same to delete the device from either computer but I don't understand why you want to do that.

  • by lorim321,

    lorim321 lorim321 Sep 14, 2016 4:57 PM in response to indigobox
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    Sep 14, 2016 4:57 PM in response to indigobox

    This did the trick....Thank you so much