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iPhone stuck in a loop
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Posted by: cdub013

I need major help. I've had my unlocked, jailbroken iPhone for about a month now and absolutely love it, can't see myself doing without. Somehow it started running in a loop of activity that lasts about a 10-12 seconds but will do little else. While it's doing this loop I can get into certain applications like dialer screen, installer, etc... but at the end of the 10-12 seconds it acts like it's starting up again. It doesn't go all the way back to the Apple symbol but just keeps reloading the home screen like it's just finished starting up. It starts and shuts off fairly normally and after start up the Edit Home Screen message pops up. Shortly after that (5-7 seconds) the iPhone starts to cycle back like it just completed start up. I've been able to get into DFU-mode (cable and iTunes symbol showing) and tried to restore it to different firmware versions with no success. I can also use iBrickr to help downgrade it prior to trying restore in iTunes. When I try to restore it via iTunes it does okay for a couple of minutes. Then iTunes shows that it's "Waiting on iPhone" and the iPhone has the Apple symbol in the center with the working symbology at the bottom but nothing happens. I've left it like that for up to an hour with no success or nothing getting better. This may sound silly but about the only thing I can think that may have had anything to do with this is that I wasn't paying attention when I put the iPhone into it's leather case and put it in upside down. The volume buttons were covered up and looked liked they had been being simultaneously pressed for about 30-40 minutes until I figured out what I'd done. Any help is appreciated.

Posted by: Allen100

I have the same problem with my iphone, just wondering if anyone knew how to fix it?

Much Appreciated

Posted by: Drakkhen

Did you guys change your root password from 'alpine' to something else using Term-VT100 or SSH?

L.

Posted by: HighVoltage

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Originally Posted by Drakkhen

Did you guys change your root password from 'alpine' to something else using Term-VT100 or SSH?

L.

I've tried various methods to change the password despite the warnings from Installer and yes it will put the phone into a loop as described but its a trivial thing to simply put it into DFU and do a restore. This doesnt seem to be working for them so I dont believe thats the root cause.

Areyou guys restoring as "new" or "backup"? Maybe something got corrupted in your backup...

Posted by: tolik1

I did change the SSH password on 1.1.4

Now I am unable to login via SSH, since I can't get the IPhone to connect via WiFi. I am also unable to see the iPhone in iTunes in order to perform a restore.

t.

Posted by: tolik1

Ignore my previous post. Putting the phone in DFU made it recognizable in iTunes. After a successful Restore, I ran ZiPhone unlock with no problems.

Posted by: kelpo55

****, why did I mess with the root pw

Everything was going so well for me...

All my mail and everything else were all setup...

I suggest you all get iBase for backup/restore I wish I had setup it up earlier...

Oh well