My iPhone OS 3.1.2 Hangs On Boot UP

Check it… today’s Sunday, and yesterday, Sunday… I mean Saturday (I’m still tired from playin’ Gears of War 2 ’til 7 AM) I planned on going down to Bradenton, Fl. to hang with a bud. We planned on playing some new games on my new Xbox 360, kinda’ spend a “guys day” in just doin’ nothin’ but playin’ some co-op games together (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Gears of War 2). We had to go out and get a second controller and a memory card, know you, run here and there.

Well I had the Neocell 3GS’s bluetooth on, and it was connected (via bluetooth) to my Tomtom 910 in my Lexus. We also were charging it and playing Pandora through the stereo of the Lexus. I received a call from my mother (routed through the GPS’s speaker phone system), just callin’ to say hey, when the call dropped.  No big deal, it happens. I called her back, but the call dropped again a minute later. That’s usual for Tampa, at least in my apartment, but it’s unusual for Bradenton. I tried returning the call, but the GPS said “dialing failure”. Checked the iPhone and it said I had no signal, even though Pandora was still streaming music. Very odd. Signal wouldn’t come back, and I knew for a fact the area we were driving had full coverage for AT&T. And Pandora was still streaming (although my bud explained that Pandora buffers ahead of time, so even if you have no internet connection, it will still play).

You know what that means, right? Time for a reboot.  So I rebooted and then put the Neocell into my pocket, since we arrived at one of the places we needed to shop at. We do our thing, and by the time we get back to the Lexus, like 30 minutes later, I take out the Neocell and I find that it’s still stuck booting. 30 minutes booting… Wow. I restart again to restart the boot. Still don’t boot. This goes on for another hour. Crap, what’s goin’ on? So, I tried putting the Neocell into “DFU” mode, knowing that I’m not connected to a computer… and still nothing. I figured it might shake it out of the issues it’s having. But nope… The Neocell just ran itself outta’ power after a few hours from constant, endless booting.

So I was down in Bradenton for the weekend without the Neocell. Now it wasn’t the end of the world, considering I was spending most of my time indoors, so it didn’t ruin any plans, which is good. It would have been much worst if this had happened while working with a client or driving somewhere with important information stored on the Neocell.

What I’m doing right now is charging the Neocell (from a dead state, where it shows the battery meter while not actually booted). Once it’s charged, it’ll automatically try to boot, which it’ll get stuck. But I’m then going to enter DFU mode and then try to restore. I’m sure everything will go fine, but if it don’t, you’ll be hearin’ about it.

Peace, J

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