My iphone 5 suddenly died.

Works for me. But I am just kinda confused. Recently my home button stopped working so I really didn't expect this would work (home + sleep wake button trick). So my question is... does this mean my home button is still working? Because now that my Iphone 5 is functional again, my home button is really not working. Sorry for my bad English.

Did not help me. I've had an issue with my 5S shutting off for no reason for over a week now but I was able to restart it each time (before last week it had never happened). Now it's dead as a doornail. No charge icon on screen, nothing.

Toggling the "mute" button a couple of times helped, along with pressing the "sleep" and "home" buttons (simultaneously). Really strange--so far this only happened when I had the phone on "silent" mode.

Well I panicked, saw this and it worked.

Why on earth would this happen?

Do we know?

Thank you soo much.

Does your phone have Find My iPhone turned on, and do you have a recent iCloud backup? If you do, then you can try erasing your device remotely via Find My iPhone on iCloud.com. If you can get it erased, then you could first try charging it to see if it will charge. Then set it up as New and work with it for a few hours to see if the problem returns. If it returns, then it is very possible that your software was corrupted and you will have to "re-build" your device by re-downloading apps and music, syncing Contacts, Calendars, etc. with iCloud.

If the problem continues, then that would indicate a hardware problem, and you will need to take it to Apple to have it evaluated. It is easiest to make a Genius appointment and take it in, but you can also send it in for evaluation. If you are not able to erase it remotely, then I would suggest you do the same thing.

Best of luck,

GB

How long did you have to wait before it responded? Mine is not working at all.

Not that long at all really.

I Switched the mute button 2 or 3 times on, off then pressed home and power button as though soft resetting, then the Apple symbol displayed.

Hey presto!!

Any specific signs to tell if its dead?

NO sign of life.

it's just dead.

Did you even try a reset? Are you certain it is charged?

GB

I gotta admit I was skeptical of that solution but it worked like a charm. THANKS!!

great help. thanks. megan

Dude, what ever it was, genius.

A THOUSAND THANK-YOUS!

Thankyou! My iPhone 5S suddenly went blank after I sent a text. It was charged at 71% before it pooched and was still a black screen when I plugged it in. This fix worked for me, so thanks!