http://forum.lowyat.net/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:36:27 +0800 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/988422 Good day everyone, just want to share a situation I&#39;ve encountered with 3G iPhone.<br /><br />last night, the phone crashed. after re-starting it, it could not be booted and the message that appears on-screen says to connect to iTunes and restore. the IMEI and CCIDS number is missing and the sim is either not present or missing. tried re-starting with the same result. then tried changing sim card with no improvement. even resetting did not do any good.<br /><br />went to maxis this morning and was told that it could be a hardware failure. was told that it would take 18 days to sort out. to cut a long story short, the tech that attends to me called up one of his friend and this is what they did:<br /><br />reset the phone until the message to connect phone to itunes appear (this message appears after the apple logo so both home and sleep button must be pressed simultaneously). then connect the phone to the pc with itunes running. click on the restore button and itunes will download the software. once download complete, unplug the phone and repeat the reset until connect to itunes message appear again. connect to pc and itunes will proceed to install the software and phone functions again.<br /><br />I do not know if anyone had encountered such situation or has this been posted here before. if something similar has been posted then i hope the admin will ignore and close this thread. archan iPhone Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:25:55 +0800