Q: My iphone 5 suddenly died.

my iPhone 5s died yesterday tried everything even went to Verizon store & they tried everything nothing worked   not happy. Yesterday was my birthday so I was not able to get any calls or text.

Tried everything meaning?

Did you plug it into a different charger? A different USB/Lightning Cable? A different outlet?

Allow it to charge for an hour?

Clean out both the connection points with a soft, clean, toothbrush?

Reset the device by holding down both the Home and Power buttons at the same time and continuing to hold them down until the Apple appears (up to 30 seconds - no kidding)?

Cheers,

GB

Wow, toggling Silent switch while holding the home and sleep buttons worked! Thanks!

yes this worked, i happened to face same problem . thank god it worked

This really worked, thank you. On first attempt it appeared not to work but I obviously didn't hold them long enough.

Just happened to me! Thank you for posting the fix! You saved my sanity!

Just to confirm (as I never post on these forums normally, but in this case it is worth it) this just happened to me and the stated fix worked. Click the silent button a few times, then press the power and home buttons at the same time and the phone came back to life. Very odd. Had discussed with Vodafone and was told to return the phone to the store for a replacement, so will ensure I tell Vodafone of this fix for this issue.

Wow.  It worked!

Thank you, that works for me.

thanks for the tip, it helped me too.

Thanks for the solution, I paniced abit. Helped alot!

OMG!  Thank you so much! You saved my day!  I was pushing the Lock and Home buttons at the same time but not for long enough.  Thanks again!!

Sept 3.

My iPhone suffered same problem today.  Carried out the "Google" manoeuvre and "Hey Presto" it worked.

Thank You

I followed the instructions about toggling the silent button twice, pressing sleep and home buttons simultaneously, standing on my head while drinking a classic coke from a pineapple glass.  It worked like a charm.  What a POS!

Thanks RJM. The toggle trick worked my my iPhone too.