Hello again, Did you try taping the home key 3 times to see if VO would start? Just another suggestion that may work.
Dan Keys On Sep 19, 2012, at 1:22 PM, "E Steven S" <sseri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dan, thanks for the idea, but I must be toast because that did nothing, too. > I can tell that power is getting to the phone because I can feel warmth > around the camera area, but nothing happened either with ITunes open or > closed. > > Someone with vision is just a half hour away, so hopefully there is some > simple fix right there on the screen. I will certainly pass on anything I > find out. > > Thanks again! > > E > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Dan > Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 4:13 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: It Appears as Though My Phone is Brick'd! > > Hello, > Give this a try. > With the phone not connected to a power source, do the following. > Hold down the home button and plug your phone into your computer. That is, a > computer that has iTunes on it. This should cause the phone to go into forced > recovery mode and your screen reader on the computer should tell you so. If > this works, just follow the prompts to reinstall the software and restore > your phone. > Of course, if this doesn't work, certainly call Apple. > HTH. > > Dan Keys > > On Sep 19, 2012, at 1:04 PM, "E Steven S" <sseri...@gmail.com> 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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