Have you tried connecting to iTunes and the computer to see if it shows up there? Just a suggestion. I'm sure you're frustrated. On Sep 19, 2012, at 4:04 PM, E Steven S wrote:
> Les, thanks. It has now been 3 hours. > > I have not gotten a single answer how to kick start an apparently dead > phone. I have been Googling and can't find anything yet. > > It is amazing, since so many seem to have an answer for everything, or > several, many answers for the same thing. I guess the expertise is saying > something, not answering questions. :) > > I appreciate the support. > > E > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Les Kriegler > Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 3:55 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: It Appears as Though My Phone is Brick'd! > > Eric, it took mine about 15 minutes at least. I didn't time it exactly. > > Les > On Sep 19, 2012, at 3:03 PM, Eric SS <sseri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well, in my case, several minutes has been 75. >> >> If people could define "several minutes", "a little while", "just a >> few", it might be more helpful for those of us who think we are stuck. >> >> I am now two hours into things and nothing happens no matter what I >> try. I know the phone is getting power because it is warm when >> attached to the wall cord. Otherwise, nothing. Not with headphones, >> nothing when attached to the PC, tried triple clicking home button, etc. >> >> So, I guess I have waited just a little while. >> >> If there are any suggestions, it will be most appreciated -- short of >> take it to the Apple store... >> >> E >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Les Kriegler >> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 2:46 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: It Appears as Though My Phone is Brick'd! >> >> It will. It takes several minutes for speech to come on. Just be >> patient and it will come back. >> On Sep 19, 2012, at 2:42 PM, hannah day <hannahday2...@googlemail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Oh dear this isn't good i am wating for mine to reboot hope it does >>> >>> >>> Hannah Day >>> E-mail and Facebook: hannahday2...@googlemail.com >>> MSN: hannahday1...@hotmail.co.uk >>> Skype: hannah.day >>> Twitter: hannahday2009 >>> >>> On 19/09/2012 19:17, Eric SS wrote: >>>> I let the over-the-air update begin and it got to the 96% mark. I >>>> let it stay there for about 30 minutes before I stopped the update. >>>> When I started again, it was at 75% and counted up from there. It >>>> reached 96% again and sat for quite some time, but I noticed it now >>>> said >> installation was in progress. >>>> About 30 minutes since then, there has been nothing; no speech, no >>>> sounds, cannot activate speech with the triple home click, cannot >>>> turn the phone off or on; dead. >>>> >>>> I began just after 1:00 PM Eastern. I think I am dead until someone >>>> can eye it in a few hours. >>>> >>>> Damn! Never had a problem updating before, although there have not >>>> been so many opportunities. 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