Hi Ronni, That would have fixed it! As it happens, we decided we really had to get out and see some more of Paris and I ascertained that there was actually an Apple store underneath the Louvre - right next to an inverted pyramid letting light into the spacious area - talk about location, location, location - so a friendly french apple tech had a jiggle around and got it working - when I asked what the problem was "eet is just a leeetle bug - no need to worry" - when I asked him how he had got it to start up he said to hold the two buttons - which (thanks to your explanation) I now know is a "hard reboot"
So, I have no idea what caused it - but at least it is fixed and Georgina and I can again contact each other if we separate :o)) Many thanks Ronni - I really was worried I had somehow killed my iPhone!! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 26/9/11 3:18 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: > Hi Neil, Have you tried a Hard Reboot? A Hard Reboot : Hold the power and > home buttons until you see the display go dark and Apple¹s logo appears. Sent > from Ronni's iPad On 26/09/2011, at 6:34 PM, Neil Houghton > <n...@possumology.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > > This is a somewhat forlorn > plea - as I think I know the unpalatable answer > :o(( > > We are in Paris. I > have been trying to use my iPhone. It has been hard as > the so-called wi-fi > internet at the apartment is an ibook with a 3G modem in > it. I won't go into > the details of that - I sort of got it working by > creating a computer to > computer network with airport and sharing the > internet to it - it worked > after a fashion - enough to do dropbox syncs etc. > > HOWEVER - I only > mention this in case it has some relevance to my REAL > PROBLEM - my iPhone > appears to have totally died. > > This morning I was trying to dropbox synch > some stuff from the computer to > the phone and noticed that I kept losing the > connection - the wifi was > connected and then it wasn't - the phone was a > matter of a few cm from the > laptop so signal strength wasn't a problem. Each > time I could reconnect OK > but then I would lose the connection in a matter > of seconds. I don't know if > this is relevant or not as a sign of something > failing. Anyway, I finally > achieved the transfers I wanted and stuck the > phone in my pocket. > > Around 10-15 minutes later I went to make a phone > call and I couldn't wake > the iPhone - pressing the home key, trying to > invoke a shutdown/restart by > holding down the power key - nothing happens. > > > The battery was at about 95% when it went in my pocket - so that's not > the > problem. > > I've tried plugging the phone into my laptop but it is not > recognised by > iTunes or showing as an attached USB device on System > profiler. > > It seems like the phone is completely powered down and won't > switch on. > > To channel Monty Python - it has ceased to be - it is an ex > iPhone. > > I have just checked the receipt and the warranty expired 26th > August - > exactly 1 month ago!! > > I must admit, I don't feel like paying > Apple for another iPnone after just > over a year of VERY light usage. I'm > still commited to paying Telstra $49 a > month for the plan (though I guess I > could find another phone to stick it > in). > > Any body have any ideas/tips/ > tricks to bring my iPhone back to life? > > > Cheers > > > > Neil > -- > > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: > n...@possumology.com > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & > Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The > WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe > - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
