You know about Soft and Hard... But did you know how to use Force?
So I was getting rid of Blackra1n on my iPhone and I figured doing a full reset from the Setting menu would do the trick. Well, two and a half hours later my phone was still going at it and I had to leave to work. I did my entire shift without a phone and while I almost panic'd once or twice I actually survived. In fact, I was forced to interact with people for entertainment far more than usual and I think I might just be leaving my phone in the storeroom more often. Imagine, actually talking with people at a bar makes them hang out at your station longer. What a concept!
Anyhow, I got home expecting to be ready to plug and play yaay but instead I got frozen screen oh noo'z. I went with the tried and true hard reset (home+power) and got that lovely silver apple but then after a minute or so the little anus winky workin' wheel stopped winding it's way around. So I hard reset again... No dice. Hmmm. So I plugged it into my computer and hard reset... No dice...
slight panic
followed by euphoric moment where I envision *having* to get a 3GS because some mean person at AT&T won't take my jailbroken phone. Yaaay--er, I mean Oh No!
But then I just reminded myself that the Internet, if prayed to correctly in the form of a hail google full of pr0nz, can answer such requests. Sure enough, I found my answer here.
All I had to do was open iTunes, plug my phone in while holding the home key (alone) and wait for it to pop the plugin screen. From there I could restore it from a previous backup. Of course, as usual not all my apps are alive on this restore but I think I can remember most of 'em.
Soooooo, if you ever get a frozen apple on the boot screen repeatedly now you know how to get around it with a forced restore too.
Anyhow, I got home expecting to be ready to plug and play yaay but instead I got frozen screen oh noo'z. I went with the tried and true hard reset (home+power) and got that lovely silver apple but then after a minute or so the little anus winky workin' wheel stopped winding it's way around. So I hard reset again... No dice. Hmmm. So I plugged it into my computer and hard reset... No dice...
slight panic
followed by euphoric moment where I envision *having* to get a 3GS because some mean person at AT&T won't take my jailbroken phone. Yaaay--er, I mean Oh No!
But then I just reminded myself that the Internet, if prayed to correctly in the form of a hail google full of pr0nz, can answer such requests. Sure enough, I found my answer here.
All I had to do was open iTunes, plug my phone in while holding the home key (alone) and wait for it to pop the plugin screen. From there I could restore it from a previous backup. Of course, as usual not all my apps are alive on this restore but I think I can remember most of 'em.
Soooooo, if you ever get a frozen apple on the boot screen repeatedly now you know how to get around it with a forced restore too.