iOS 5.0.1 Crashing iPhone 3GS

How depressing. Thanks for the update!

Hey, so any update? Has your phone been working fine now??

have you tried forcing a restart by holding the power switch button for a few seconds while also holding the home button? Just a thought.

My lock screen has been on for hours now, can't get rid of it.

Trying backing up and restoring it, not working, lock screen still on

no luck with the forced restart?

it's been "backing up" my phone for a half hour now

EXACT SAME PROBLEMS HERE. I'm really getting frustrated and need a solution!

Hi,

i bought my wife a few weeks ago an iphone 3GS and i discovered that the phone crashes randomly after i upgraded it to IOS 5.0.1.

does your fix helps with this issue?

and theres one more thing i dont understand,at step 5 you say to "turn off 3G and cellular data",should i leave it turned off or should i enable it after a while?doest it stay turned off all the time?isnt that a problem?

can you please reply with your answer to the next e-mail address:

ronensv@gmail.com

Thanks.

just try remove sim ,wish it will work, hope apple can come out an update as soon as possible...

it's the battery. it's the battery. it's the battery! :-)

It seems that everyone is finding a different solution for this almost universal problem. I upgraded to iOS 5.0.1 on my 3GS to find that it crashes every 2 minutes, and it doesn't receive calls or texts. I could:

1. Reset all data on the iPhone?

2. Take out the sim card, activate 3G and cellular data, put the sim card back in, and after a while, disable 3G again.

3. Restore my iPhone?

4. Downgrade to an older iOS.

5. Remove iCloud?

What has worked for you, and what would you suggest for me?

Also, I don't believe it's my battery, as it's a complete full charge. If it was my battery, it wouldn't crash while I'm charging it, am I correct?

It really is frustrating, especially after having so much faith in Apple over these years. But I'm glad to have found this forum! I was fearing having to downgrade, because after researching it, I knew I was in over my head.

But I used Mohammad's sim card removal trick, and my phone's been on for 30 minutes now. (If you're reading this, Mohammad: You're the man.) Before, it would even crash while it was charging, which was very strange.

Now, I plan to never turn my iPhone off and keep a constant high charge on it, which I'm okay with.

Here's to the power of...the people. As tacky as that sounds. Thanks, goofbear.

Only 1-3 days of it working? God...

Fingers crossed that mine doesn't revert to its vegetable state.

Maybe downgrading to an older iOS really is the solution. I don't quite see many wonderful improvements with iOS 5, anyway!

After a few days, my iPhone is still working after using the sim card removal trick. The problem, I believe, was never my battery. It would crash even as it was plugged in to a power source. However, I haven't let the battery stoop below 65%, and I fear the crashes might return if I do so. What I learned from this? Research the updates, and basically everything before I download it.