I think iOS 7 may have just bricked my iPhone 4s

I just now tried updating to iOS 7 from the previous version. Installation seemed to go fine at first, then I got a message saying that there'd been an error and when I tried to turn it back on again I just get an image of the iTunes logo and the iPhone USB connector.

I assumed this meant 'connect your iPhone to iTunes via USB', and I've done that, but nothing's happening.

I paid £500 for this around one year ago so I will be livid if it's bricked. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1

Posted on Sep 18, 2013 3:47 PM

20 replies

Dec 31, 2013 10:22 AM in response to Tokido

Just got back from the Apple store where, after waiting for an hour after my scheduled appointment, I was told that the update to 7.0.4 from 7.0.3 bricked my 4s and there was nothing they could do...except sell me a new iPhone. "Sometimes the stress of an update just exacerbates an existing hardware issue." As someone who has a classroom set of iPads for my Jr. High students that I use every day and a bunch of Apple gizmos around the house I have been nothing but a solid player in the Apple ecosystem, but I think it's time to abandon the IOS debacle and jump back into the fun, open source, world of Android. Thanks "Geniuses"...

KiltedTim

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Dec 31, 2013 10:25 AM in response to STSublime1

And considering that as of the last statistics reported, a whopping 1.1% of all Android phones are using the most recent operating system... you probably won't have to worry about the stress of an update pusing your Android phone over the edge...

Have fun with that.

Mekan

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Dec 31, 2013 11:36 AM in response to STSublime1

This is a BS answer from Wish I were a Genius guy. The product worked. You upgraded. Your product does not work. Apple is responsible. The chances that it bricked due to a hardware fault are extremely slim. Don't buy it.

I am reaching out to our BBB office and our AG in my state.

Mekan

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Dec 31, 2013 11:37 AM in response to magnanimal

It is time to go to BBB and your Attorny General as Apple refuses to acknowledge this issue after months of trying to get a response.

marshe5

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Dec 31, 2013 8:39 PM in response to Tokido

I too had the iOS 7 brick my phone when it was first released. I was using my windows PC and the update failed. I had to download a brand new iOS 7 pack on a Mac and sync it there in order to get my phone working again. But I have never been able to sync my phone or iPod successfully from windows for quite sometime now.

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