iFixit - Answers With Device "iPhone 3G"

iPhone 3G: Upgrade to iOS 6

Thu, 17 Nov 2016 13:58:18 -0700

Hi can I upgrade iPhone 3 to download whatsapp messenger

Thank you

⟐ Answer accepted Kasım 17, 2016 at 13:58 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: iPhone 3G can use battary iPhone 3GS?

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 09:38:56 -0700

iphone 3g can use battary iphone 3gs ?

⟐ Answer accepted Ekim 04, 2016 at 9:38 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: iPhone turns on but turns off

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:51:25 -0700

My iPhone 2g I bought from swap meet turns on and shows the apple logo it then it turns off

⟐ Edited Ocak 31, 2017 at 12:51 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: Battery Charge problem since it fall on the water

Sat, 17 Sep 2016 09:03:56 -0700

Hello,

I have a problem with my iPhone 3G it doesn't charge the battery any more, i changed the dock and the battery and it still doesn't charge the battery.

Any idea, do you think the problem it's from the mother board ?

Thank's and have a good day.

⟐ Answer accepted Eylül 17, 2016 at 9:03 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: please, I just need your help!

Mon, 18 Jan 2016 06:09:26 -0700

how to fix my iphone 3g. its just always in no service and i dont know how to fix it . please :-( help me on this

⟐ Answered Ocak 18, 2016 at 6:09 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: forgot passcode and need to reset it

Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:06:46 -0700

My brother upgraded his iphone and had an extra second generation 3g 16gb iphone and unfortunately has no idea what his passcode was. i have attempted to factory reset the phone which itunes and apple support gave me directions to do. itunes doesnt pick up my device at all to restore it. how do i recover or reset this passcode?

⟐ Edited Aralık 01, 2015 at 13:06 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: No Backlight

Tue, 21 Apr 2015 13:05:26 -0700

i need help on how to get back the light on my iphone it is very dark and i know it is the backlight problem but i need help to know how to fix it im scared to open it apart and miss the whole thing up!!!! please help!!

⟐ Commented Nisan 21, 2015 at 13:05 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: I desasemble 3g and see a short circuit

Tue, 24 Mar 2015 22:06:15 -0700

i made a spark with screw driver and now its black . when i charge it it shows battery but not charging or turn on . thanks in advance

⟐ Answer accepted Mart 24, 2015 at 22:06 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: no sound except when heaphone is plug in.

Fri, 30 Jan 2015 08:57:02 -0700

phone thinks theres a headphone plug on the phone. when i get incoming call no sound except when i plug in a headphone. same when i want to listen to music.

I already changed the headphone jack but still not working.. I reboot, reset did everything.. nothing works..

any suggestion what i need to replace.

I have a 3g firmware 5.12.01

⟐ Answer edited Ocak 30, 2015 at 8:57 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: Why can't I hear the caller's voice after replacing the battery?

Thu, 17 Jul 2014 20:48:55 -0700

I was able successfully to replace the battery in my 3G iphone following the IFIXIt instructions and everythings seem to work just fine until someone call me and I can't hear the caller's voice but the caller can hear my voice. Did I misplace a cable connector? Thanks.

⟐ Commented Temmuz 17, 2014 at 20:48 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: speaker phone speakers not working

Fri, 27 Jun 2014 23:12:02 -0700

This is not an earbud issue. I have never plugged mine in. One day I was using the Speaker option and noticed that the sound was scratchy. The next day the phone did not ring it only vibrated. I have a very quite ringtone plus vibrate for incoming calls. The ring sound comes out of the speakers as well as the voice so right now all I have is the vibrate option. Listening out of the speaker by the ear works great. My ringer and speaker are at maximum volume. I have not gotten the phone wet, but I do live in Houston, Texas which has high humidity. Is there something I can do to fix this. I can take the phone apart, but would like to know what I am to do when it is open.

Thank you,

Nicole

⟐ Answer accepted Haziran 27, 2014 at 23:12 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: I Broke My Motherboard, Now What do I Do?

Mon, 09 Jun 2014 22:15:51 -0700

My first problem is that my #3 connector did not have the usual lift type connector. My #3 flat cable passed thru the small plastic cover and a tiny piece of tape was installed on the portion that came out the bottom of the cover. I completed a battery replacement and after putting it all back together - nothing worked. I repeated this several times and finally thought maybe the #3 connector was a lift type. It was all black but I tried ever so gently to lift it and it broke like fiber of glass. 60-70% of it broke away. Next, in trying to get it all back together again, I looked down an saw the little brass tab, normally attached to the lowest right side of the main board sitting on the desk. It separated at the soldier joint and just fell off. It didn't seem to be connected to anything. I am guessing it is just a means of better keeping it centered in the frame. I started over one more time and made sure to hook everything (I still could) right. Now it won't power up at all...

Needless to say, I give up... What can I do to get it fixed and/or where can I send it for this type of repair??

Here are the parts in question:

⟐ Answer accepted Haziran 09, 2014 at 22:15 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: My home button stop working, why?

Wed, 02 Apr 2014 03:52:26 -0700

My home button just stoped working

⟐ Answer accepted Nisan 02, 2014 at 3:52 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: Display has no backlight or blank dark screen

Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:59:11 -0700

My backlight stoped working and i found out that the iphone 3g has no 6r8 coil so do i change the lcd ?

⟐ Answer accepted Şubat 10, 2014 at 4:59 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: Water damage and then some

Mon, 06 Jan 2014 09:01:03 -0700

This may be longer than most Questions.

I went for a vacation to the States for a weekend and I didn't check my pants for my iPhone so they went for a wash in a Coin-Op machine (those machines lock until its done) I tried to contact the Super but to no avail and I needed to leave the next day. Initially I plugged it in and the screen showed gray plus the water. so I let it be for a time. When I returned back home, out of a miracle it worked for a bit but the screen was busted, so I replaced it.

Seems like I'm going forever, eh? Worry not I'm almost there.

One night I'm getting the multicolored display/fade to white and smacked it gently and seemd to work for a bit but kept going so I did a bit of hard resetting and then...

THE PROBLEM:

I turn on the unit and I see the Apple logo for 1 minute but after that it shuts off! Also the battery doesn't hold a charge either. Someone told me in another forum that it could be the Dock connector at fault. Of all the parts in the market that sell iPhone parts, only the Logic Board is the priciest to get. Could the battery be at fault as well? I want to make a wise investment and not buy something I never needed. Please advice.

⟐ Answer accepted Ocak 06, 2014 at 9:01 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: Battery not charging after replacement

Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:57:36 -0700

Original battery was not holding a charge at all and left me phoneless until I upgraded to an iPhone 4. I ordered an OEM replacement battery from Directfix.com and tore the 3G down and replaced it. I've taken it apart before b/c a rattling screw that came loose somehow was annoying the !@%$ out of me, so I'm accustomed with taking it apart and putting it back together without much hassle.

I was delighted when it powered up and I was able to retrieve most of my contacts off of the phone. It powered on at about 80%. I failed to check the voltage at the leads before I installed it (didn't think it necessary at the time). Now, when plugged into the USB port of my imac, it shows that it is plugged in and "charging" but the battery meter goes nowhere but down.

Did I get a bad battery? Am I losing voltage somewhere else in the phone without my knowledge? Grounding pins are intact on the motherboard. What is the next logical step?

⟐ Answer accepted Aralık 29, 2013 at 13:57 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: My iPhone cannot be restored! help?

Fri, 27 Dec 2013 18:55:51 -0700

My IPhone 3G 8GB has been unused for some months so when I switched it on it said a message to connect it to iTunes.When I did plug into my laptop however it shown the message below “The IPhone “iPhone” could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1015)”.It is an unfortunate circle which has been repeated many of times and I was wondering if there could be something else for me to try. I have tried to troubleshoot the problem with the apple specific update-and-restore error messages and advanced troubleshooting webpage, however, when I find the correct number it redirects to the same page.

⟐ Answer accepted Aralık 27, 2013 at 18:55 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: Display broken, Restore fails: Replace LCD+Digitizer?

Wed, 25 Dec 2013 23:16:09 -0700

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Hi,

I felt down on my iPhone 3G and it switched off. The display has a small spot under the glass, which looks malformed and shows rainbow colors -- at a very close look.

After the boot process, the screen shows weird white and grey lines and flickers.

After connecting it to the MacBook, iTunes asks me to restore it. However, the restore process fails with an unkown error (1604). It tried it serveral times.

Should I order a new lcd and digitizer unit from ifixit, or should I put my iPhone into the bin?

Best,

Foobaer

This is the iRecovery log file:

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[NAND] Device ID 0x1ed5a968

[NAND] BANKS_TOTAL 2

[NAND] BLOCKS_PER_BANK 8192

[NAND] PAGES_PER_BANK 1048576

[NAND] SECTORS_PER_PAGE 8

[NND] BYTES_PER_SPARE 216

[FTL:MSG] Apple NAND Driver (AND) RO

[FTL:MSG] FIL_Init [OK]

[FTL:MSG] BUF_Init [OK]

[FTL:MSG] FPart Init [OK]

read old style signature 0x43303035 (line:403)

[FTL:MSG] VFL Register [OK]

[FTL:MSG] VFL Init [OK]

[FTL:MSG] VFL_Open [OK]

[FTL:MSG] FTL Register [OK]

[FTL:WRN] Failure running _LoadFTLCxt!

[FTL:WRN] Recovering NAND Data Structures - this will take some time!

[FTL:WRN] _FTLRestore OK!

[FL:MSG] FTL_Open [OK]

Boot Failure Count: 15 Panic Fail Count: 1

Entering recovery mode, starting command prompt

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This is the iTunes restore log:

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2011-06-08 21:31:57.000 iTunes[5714:207]: restore library built Feb 8 2011 at 13:47:23

2011-06-08 21:31:57.000 iTunes[5714:207]: iTunes: iTunes 10.3.1

2011-06-08 21:31:57.000 iTunes[5714:207]: iTunes: Software payload version: 8C148

2011-06-08 21:32:52.000 iTunes[5714:f017]: iTunes: Specifying UOI boot image

2011-06-08 21:32:52.000 iTunes[5714:f017]: UUID XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

2011-06-08 21:32:52.000 iTunes[5714:f017]: amai: AMAuthInstallSsoInitialize: can't find SSOClient.framework

2011-06-08 21:32:52.000 iTunes[5714:f017]: requested restore behavior: Erase

2011-06-08 21:32:52.000 iTunes[5714:f017]: amai: AMAuthInstallDebugWriteObject: debug object written: file://localhost/tmp/PersonalizedRestoreBundle.jBFogaqvL5/amai/debug/tss-request.plist

2011-06-08 21:32:52.000 iTunes[5714:f017]: amai: AMAuthInstallHttpMessageSendSync: httpRequest={url = http://gs.apple.com:80/TSS/controller?ac...; request = POST /TSS/controller?action=2 HTTP/1.1}

2011-06-08 21:32:54.000 iTunes[5714:f017]: amai: AMAuthInstallRequestSendSync: received tss response (server version: 2.0.0)

2011-06-08 21:32:54.000 iTunes[5714:f017]: amai: AMAuthInstallDebugWriteObject: debug object written: file://localhost/tmp/PersonalizedRestoreBundle.jBFogaqvL5/amai/debug/tss-response.plist

2011-06-08 21:33:00.000 iTunes[5714:fe1b]: iBoot build-version = iBoot-931.71.16

2011-06-08 21:33:00.000 iTunes[5714:fe1b]: iBoot build-style = RELEASE

2011-06-08 21:33:00.000 iTunes[5714:fe1b]: DeviceRequest failed: 0xe000404f

2011-06-08 21:33:00.000 iTunes[5714:fe1b]: command device request for 'getenv radio-error' failed: 2008

2011-06-08 21:33:00.000 iTunes[5714:fe1b]: radio-error not set

2011-06-08 21:33:00.000 iTunes[5714:fe1b]: unable to open device_map.txt: No such file or directory

2011-06-08 21:33:00.000 iTunes[5714:fe1b]: : production fused device

2011-06-08 21:33:00.000 iTunes[5714:fe1b]: : operation 4 progress -1

2011-06-08 21:33:00.000 iTunes[5714:fe1b]: bootstrapping restore with iBEC

2011-06-08 21:33:00.000 iTunes[5714:fe1b]: : operation 31 progress -1

2011-06-08 21:33:01.000 iTunes[5714:fe1b]: : Recovery mode succeeded

2011-06-08 21:38:01.000 iTunes[5714:dc17]: iTunes: Restore error 1604

2011-06-08 21:44:54.000 iTunes[5714:207]: device disconnected (isDFU = 0)

2011-06-08 21:44:54.000 iTunes[5714:207]: _AMRecoveryModeDeviceFinalize: 0x1e5d540

⟐ Answer accepted Aralık 25, 2013 at 23:16 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: iPhone wont find a carrier after downgrading

Fri, 22 Nov 2013 04:43:11 -0700

When I upgraded to the 4.0 software and then downgraded back to 3.1.2 unlocking using blackra1n and now the iPhone wont find any carrier and my number seems to be unknown.

The Phone wont let me make a call, after a second it goes to the call back button. I heard from my friend that it might be that apple found out that i was unlocking the iPhone and locked the phone from the iPhone.

Please help?

⟐ Answer accepted Kasım 22, 2013 at 4:43 GMT-7

iPhone 3G: wont charge when plugged in

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 08:50:01 -0700

was working fine

but now when i conect cable to charge it shows empty battery and not charging

⟐ Answer accepted Ekim 28, 2013 at 8:50 GMT-7