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Stuck - black screen and continuous vibrator

Hello
My iPhone 4 decided suddenly in the middle of a game to go black and stop.
Nothing to do (hard reboot and other things, not recognized by iTunes).
Then upon plugging it to recharge, the vibrator started to be continuous !!!
unplugged and the vibration continued for hours until discharged I suppose.
Then everytime I plug it, the vibrator starts and nothing on the screen.
A solution ? Anyone having the same problem ?
Thanks - Merci

iPhone 4, iOS 4, 16 GB

Posted on Aug 25, 2010 8:38 AM

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Aug 30, 2010 11:30 AM in response to Georges Malamoud

Weirdest thing. My phone was sitting on a table and it started to vibrate. I assumed a call was coming in, but when I went to it the screen was black. It continued to vibrate for over 10 minutes. I couldn't turn it on, or off. Eventually after several attempts at holding the power and home screen buttons together, the vibrating stopped and the apple symbol popped up. After another minute or so, the unlock screen came up and it has been running fine since. I have NO idea what happened, I just hope it is not the first sign that something is going wrong.

Oct 5, 2010 5:19 PM in response to GummyJelly

My iPhone 4 just did this too. I'd recently restarted it perhaps 30 minutes earlier. Then with no warning, black non-responsive screen and vibrating non-stop. I couldn't get it rebooted (holding power & home) no matter how many times or how long I tried. Then I remembered how proud the Genius Bar guy was about how easy the battery was to replace. Hmmm methinks... So, tiny screwdriver in hand, I pop the back panel and the one screw for the battery connector and I popped the battery connector off. All was quiet and good. I plugged it back in and all is back to normal. I think it's some wanky S/W or iOS bug, but a full power off reset seems to have solved my problem (for now at least--fingers crossed).

Oct 5, 2010 9:22 PM in response to Georges Malamoud

I had this issue in the first month I had the phone... I got mine day 1. I was in the car and it started vibrating and wouldn't stop... nothing but a black screen... I tried the hard reboot but nothing... finally I tried plugging it in and when that failed, I held the top button down by pressing the phone against my knee and held the home button with my thumb... with my other hand I plugged and unplugged the power cable... after doing that twice the phone rebooted. it's never done that since. wonky for sure.

Nov 12, 2010 12:14 AM in response to Georges Malamoud

This happened to me a couple of weeks ago and from 75% battery it took around 4 hours until it finally ran out of juice.

The only plus is It hasn't happened since.... Yet!

At the time I tried everything.
Remove/replace SIM
Hold Home and Off button
I held the reset buttons for nearly 5 minutes until my fingers were numb.
I plugged it into iTunes 10.1, it didn't show
I held reset keys while plugged into iTunes
I even tried combinations of other buttons... Just coz the buzzing was ******* me off.
Plugged it into The Firmware Umbrella hoping I could boot it from there.

I nearly resorted to unscrewing the case and pulling the power wire.

What a pain in the *** Apple is to not have a removable/replaceable battery.
Apple are A$$ Clowns, If you need proof just try picking your own SMSTone.

My iPhone4 is 4.01 32GB, MC605X, Modem Firmware 1.59.00, Jailbroken but not unlocked as I purchased all of them outright.

This has never happened on my iPhone2G(Picked Up in HongKong), iPhone3GS, or other iPhone4 or iPad

Too bad if it was an emergency.

Stuck - black screen and continuous vibrator

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