Q: 5s Bricked after update to iOS 10
Hi!
I'll try and describe the problem with my limited english, so please be kind about it.
I (my girlfriend) have a 16GB iPhone 5s:
It was working normally with iOS 9.3.4, when it updated to 9.3.5, cellular networks stopped working, it got stuck "searching..." and wont connect, WiFi and GPS worked fine thoug. We tried every walkaround online, with no success, but as iOS 10 was around the corner, we decided to wait, hoping that with the update everything will be back to normal.
We couldn't update via OTA, so we updated via iTunes, mid installation it failed, with error -12 and the device won't boot again.
It shows the apple logo and after a few seconds the screen goes off. it boots in recovery mode, so i've tried updating and recovery via itunes, both fails at about 70% with "unknown error -1"
In the past 2 weeks i've tried EVERYTHING online, different PCs, reinstalling itunes, downloading different firmwares (9.3.5 & 10.0.1) and restoring with them. Booting in DFU mode and trying to restore, no success.
The warranty has expired and, here in Argentina we don't have official applestores, the nearest being in Santiago, Chile.
Any ideas?
iPhone 5s, iOS 10
Posted on Sep 20, 2016 3:35 PM