My iphone 5 suddenly died.

As others have mentioned, the difference between this and a Windows BSOD is that there is no feedback telling you the OS crashed. It looks like a dead battery, but when plugged in to charge while in this state, the iPhone draws no current and does not charge (just happened to me and before I found this thread I wanted to see if it was a dead battery but the phone drew no power when plugged into a charger). I thought maybe the battery failed, but once I did the home/sleep button hold, the current meter twitched and it started charging and was rebooting a moment later.

Anyway, if anyone from Apple reads this, a screen telling me that the OS crashed or some other signal would be helpful instead of just a device that looks bricked.

Thanks!

My iPhone 4S was dead, what a shock to the system. So I did a search and found the post above and it worked?! My god what was that all about!?

• Toggle the "silent button" above the volume rocker back and forth 2 times
• Press the home button and also the sleep button at the same time. the apple logo will appear right after.

Thank you RJM, I tried your advise

• Toggle the "silent button" above the volume rocker back and forth 2 times
• Press the home button and also the sleep button at the same time. the apple logo will appear right after.

as my iPhone 5 also suddenly did not turn on, and would not charge. Now it is working after trying your suggestion. Thanks heaps.

Sept 5th and it happened again.

Thankfully, this fix worked again.

It's certainly disconcerting however!!!

Yes, thanks for the tip. My iphone 5s died as well, it was 30% charged before it died. I followed the process RJM suggested, works again.

I am having the same problem. I would toggle the silent switch and press home + power button, however my power button does not work..

Is there anything else I can do?

Charge the phone from the wall for 15 minutes, then perform a reset: hold the on/off switch and home button down simultaneously until the Apple logo appears (about 40 seconds)

My on and off switch does not work. I have to use the AssistiveTouch normally.

I will try though.

OKay, this has actually happened on my Ipad before and similar has worked, however my daughters IPod 5 died at 7 months and Apple Genius could not get working and she had to have replaced.

The same thing has just happened 13 weeks into a brand new one. Have not tried this workaround as she is in a different state ATM.

Be interesting to see if that fixes it this time as replacement Ipod did not come with the normal 12 months warranty Apple states when one of their products is defective, was advised and written on this site that warranty ends in December 2014 as that is when original 12 months is up. Can't hurt to give it a go and cannot find anything under Ipod 5 dying. Thanks FYI

Thank you!!!! It worked!

Hey guys, I was updating ios of my iphone 5 and battery became low bcoz of my slow connection. since then my phone is dead. I have tired everything holding down power button and home key nothing comes up toggling mute button nothing come up. tried with usb aswell.. I am not a new user of iphone I have 2g and 4s aswell they are working fine on these buttons but just not iphone 5. when i plugged it in for charging the battery is getting current as phone's back become normal hot as it should do but it is not turning on in any case... please anyone can help?

Hey guys, I was updating ios of my iphone 5 and battery became low bcoz of my slow connection. since then my phone is dead. I have tired everything holding down power button and home key nothing comes up toggling mute button nothing come up. tried with usb aswell.. I am not a new user of iphone I have 2g and 4s aswell they are working fine on these buttons but just not iphone 5. when i plugged it in for charging the battery is getting current as phone's back become normal hot as it should do but it is not turning on in any case... please anyone can help?

This worked well for me. Thank you so much!

Thank you worked like a charm!

Dead cell phone + 3 hours on phone with Verizon & iPhone tech support trying to recover = dead cell phone. It was only 1 year and 3 months old, may it rest in peace and no I didn't have extended warranty, didn't know such a thing existed and no I didn't back up to the Cloud which was quite foolish in hind sight. Now, however, I do have a good insight on why Apple stock has done so well. You pay a gazillion $ for the product, but the warranty is only for 1 year, after that, you are screwed. The tech at the Apple store did offer to try to change the battery (there was a battery replacement program for the iPhone 5, but my phone didn't qualify) for the low cost of only $79, which also came with a slim chance of actually fixing it as well as higher probability of damaging the phone, in which case, they would charge me only $269 for an iPhone 5. So I have an expensive lemon of a phone and if THEY damage it with the battery replacement, it becomes a bigger costlier problem for ME! Unless your phone is under warranty, expect to pay a lot for Apple support which nicely helps with Apple bottom line. My only consolation is that I own a couple of shares of Apple stock which I will likely need to sell so I can buy a new phone.