Broken iPhone 4

Hello all,

I recently acquired an iPhone 4, but it doesn't turn on. It is stuck in recovery mode. When I restart i, it boots back into recovery, and a restore fails with error code 9. I think the drive may have gotten corrupt. Is there anything I can do?

iPhone 4 (8GB)

Posted on Aug 26, 2021 12:50 PM

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3 replies

deggie

Level 10

167,525 points

Aug 26, 2021 12:51 PM in response to The-mac-gu

Recycle it responsibly, that is a hardware failure error.

Aug 26, 2021 12:58 PM in response to The-mac-gu

I agree with deggie. Recycle it. Even if you got it working, it's so old, so out of date, no longer supported, and most modern apps won't even run on such an old device.

The-mac-gu Author

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Aug 26, 2021 1:41 PM in response to lobsterghost1

Ok. I was looking to use it as a bluetooth enabled iPod, but if it's hardware failure, I guess I'll recycle it.

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