iPhone 4 will not turn on

The solution - FOLLOW carefully

1: plug your i device into your computer and open itunes

press and hold both buttons for ten seconds then keep holding the home button but let go of power for 20 seconds

itunes should then say your phone is in recovery mode.

you will hear and see nothing on the i device.

recover it in itunes, if this doesnt work messege me at ox141jf@hotmail.co.uk

went back to the store this evening. they declared the phone dead, and exchanged a new to me. 🙂

Same Problem iPhone 4S, 3 Months old

My battery was low, but it never did this before

Plugged in Charger, Didn't See Battery Charging Bar

Pushed power button, nothing

Pushed Home button, Nothing

Read this post, Let Phone Charge 5 Minutes

Held BOTH Power & Home Buttons down

After 15 Seconds of holding both buttons, Apple ICON appeared

Battery Charge Bar indicated 25% Charge

Unit Now Seems Normal.

I'm guessing a very low battery may have caused unit to turn itself off

and with low battery, the phone resists being turned on.

Thanks. I'd tried holding both button but not for long enough

MY iPhone 4S has twice powered off when it had plenty of battery (65% the second time). After chargingi it for several hours, I read these posting and was finally able to turn it on. The charge was only 76%. This is a very unreliable device...

Mine did this to me today and all i did was press the power button and home button at the same time and the apple logo showed up and turned on and have no problems since then

I've been experiencing this same problem many times where my phone randomly turns off, however it usually turns back on after a few minutes. Last night it died again however this morning i've checked it and it hasn't turned back on and I used the method to restore it and it worked however i haven't backed my phone up for a while and i don't want to loose all my photos. Is there anything I can do to back up my phone whilst its off or anyway the people at apple can? Thanks

Thanks all for your views. My phone just went dead. It came off charger at 75% and when I tried to turn on blank screen. Eventually found this site and held down home key and the power key together for 10 seconds and hey presto the little white apple lit up the screen but nothing else, so plugged in the charger and the green battery charger lit up. Now its on and working fine. The phone is two years old.

Thank you so much - I was about to buy a new phone but then I did this and it's working perfectly again!!!

What if your lock button is broken? Also why does your lock button break?

Okay ummm...my iPhone 4 went black outta nowhere. I tried charging it in the wall and on my laptop, and then I tried resetting but pressing the lock and home buttons for 10-30 seconds...why isn't mine coming back on??? I am seriously freaking out! I've tried resetting it like literally 5 times so far and no apple, no nothing...HELP!!! 😢

I was freaking out and then this worked. Thank you!!!

My ouine usta die at 60% i could wait a couple mins an it would turn on. This went on for months! Now my phone womt go on at all. I came down stairs an it just doesnt work. Tried charging, home/hold button. Its now been off aince friday around 7pm. Any ideas. Ive only had it since maybe feb/march of 2012. Will qpple replace it?

my iphone 4s was useless today, I couldn't turn it on or even answer a call.

based on this page, I tried to recover but it removes everything from the phone and i dont like it at all.

it just needed a simple restart, i did this steps:

1. hold both home and power buttons for 10 sec

2. only release the power and continue holding home button

3. release it when you see the Apple sign.

4. wait until it restarts your phone.

my phone is back like as it was, recovery is a big mistake in this situation.

Thanks to Anh Phat

This article helped me too. I was sure I did everything but Googled anyway and found this article. Thanks for saving me a trip to the AT&T store.

Hard reset worked for me.