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Q: Mysterious random total shut downs following 3.1 update
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Sep 13, 2009 8:22 AMby Jimboab,OK - the phone doesn't completely shut down during a lock-up. My 3G locked-up again, black screen and the buttons seemed unresponsive. I resisted a hard reset as I could hear the buzz through the headphones suggesting the OS was still operating on some level. I tried holding down the home key as that is known to kill any active background threads; that didn't work.
What did, and I don't know if it was a coincidence of timing, is taking a screen capture. I was able to photograph the black screen! The phone screen then "flashed" and the phone returned to normal behaviour. -
Sep 13, 2009 9:01 AMby TomGimpel,I've also started encountering this problem - at least 4 times in 2 days. Tried various things to "wake it up" including calling the phone, texting it, hitting various buttons - nothing seems to work. I just saw the post about taking a picture of the screen - I'll try that next time it happens.
Apple has 3 whole pieces of hardware to target and test! And this is the best they can do? Meanwhile Steve won't open up development without Apple approval because OTHER people will make the phone unstable?!? Pfffft. I have an iphone, a Mac, and a few pc's - but I swear Apple's making Microsoft look better every day. -
Sep 13, 2009 9:36 AMby Topper99,After a lot of frustration, I finally completed the Restore to New Phone that's been recommended by several people and ... same problems. The screen locks each and every time I use Mail, or Calendar or whatever. I have to do a hard reset to get back to the home screen -- or to make a phone call.
And at this point, I have NO photos loaded, NO music/movies/videos, NO apps other than the ones that originally come with a new iPhone -- and still it won't work. -
Sep 13, 2009 10:08 AMby Jeffmo,I got the same issue with my old 3g. I also had the instant power drain. I went to the apple store and they gave me a new 8 gig 3g. When the genius guy tested it he said there was a hardware failure. I'm still having the random black screen deep freez issue on the new 3G. Please fix apple. -
Sep 13, 2009 11:22 AMby Harold Clark,Replying to myself:
It's been over 24 hours with no issues so far. I am pleased. I will continue to post my ongoing successes (or when they occur, failures). I hope everyone's issues get resolved.
In response to:
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I had the same problem. Had no issues for a whole day, then the next day I got the problem you read about in this thread. I was wondered if maybe the file iTunes had downloaded was corrupted so I downloaded a .ipsw I read about in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9942918�
I haven't had a issue so far. " -
Sep 13, 2009 11:36 AMby DrMatt,Me too!!
My iphone randomly vibrates or chirps (as if I received e-mail) when locked and not being used. When trying to unlock the phone, it is unresponsive. Force rebooting revives it but I also noticed that pressing the power and home buttons simultaneously will trigger a screen shot. Moments later, the phone becomes responsive again.
