My iphone 5 suddenly died.

Hi, use this method (RJM's method):

1) identify the 'mute'/'silent' button above the volume button

2) toggle/move the silent button back and forth twice, then hold home and power button together for some seconds ( 5 to 20 seconds)

3) if apple logo does not appear, repeat steps 1 and 2 a few times.

4) in my own case, after repeating steps 1 and 2 a few times, i pressed home and power buttons together and toggled the silent button a few times without releasing the other 2 buttons. It took several attempts but it worked. My brother had abandoned the phone after it died about 6 months ago.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you RJM. Your solution to this little problem has helped out so many people and regardless of what the guy who knows everything has to say, I did try to reboot before I tried your solution and it did not work. Thank you for your post!🙂

@Lawrence Finch Well, I don't think it's completely comparable to PCs. In case of a computer, be it a Windows machine or a MacBook, you either get a BSOD, or a kernel panic message, anything. In case of an iOS crash I and other people here experienced, you get NOTHING. Just a black screen, pressing the Home button or the Power button doesn't work so without looking into the manual you won't guess what's going on and what you need to do. This is a problem.

Also, it hasn't happened to me even once during the two years I've used my iPhone 4. I switched to the 5s yesterday and today it crashed in this way... Boy, that was scary (mainly because of no feedback!).

RJM - Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Your response worked beautifully. Saved me a trip to the Apple Store. God bless you!

Thank you! It worked!

brilliant had not heard of this before, but the toggle jobby and hold the two buttons just worked for me too.

thank you very much.

Thanks, this worked for me exactly as described. . Tee phone had been working fine for months and suddenly this happened. gws

My iPhone 5 just stopped charging, then my phone died. I diffrent cables (which is apple) and when its plugged in i just get the apple logo keeps flashing up (blinking) but the phone wont continue to boot. Is this a hardware problem? Before it died the phone bacame so hot when I was using the cellular data.

It is likely to be a hardware problem, but you can try a restore from Recovery Mode: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808

Try putting it in recovery mode. Power button + Home button (simuntaneouly)

what if none of this works for my phone? is it broken?

Yes, if none of the tips here work the phone is broken. If you take it to an Apple store they can diagnose the problem.

My phone just won't turn on and one time it said that its in recovery mode and that ihad to restore it but then it turned back off and i can't back up anything😢

Same problem.

RJM the solution worked out just like magic!! Thanks.

I have had my iPhone 5 for a year. The top and home buttons work when they want. Tonight I sent a text and right after my iPhone went black. Still had 90% battery. I tried the top and home button as I would normally do for a reset but nothing happened. After several attempts I decided to do a search and found this thread.

I tried RJMs way and the Apple logo comes up but then fades away and does nothing. Tried several times and same result. I have had every iPhone up til this iPhone 5 and never had issues. Apples quality is taking a hit.