iPhone 3GS has died - will not complete recovery mode

[Anonymous]

Hi there,

My 3GS will not charge (gets quite hot when plugged into charger) and displays the CONNECT TO ITUNES screen. When I do it goes thru the restore process but gets stuck on WAITING FOR IPHONE screen on itunes (phone displays a progress bar that stays empty).

Any ideas how to remedy this? And what options are there for putting my sim in another phone in the meantime?

Thanks
 for any help u can give.

[Anonymous]

the 3gs is known to get hot, as its a normal size sim, you can put it in any older phone that you wish, most of the new ones use a micro sim or nano sim. try closing itunes, reboot your computer, then load up itunes again & do the restore, i assume you have previously done a back up

[Anonymous]

You could arrange for a genius to perform a diagnostic to test it out but their would most likely be a cost.

The 3GS is soon to be made obsolete so it may be time to let it go to Apple Heaven and test yourself to a 4s !

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

For a 4s you would need a micro sim or if you get a 5. You will need a nano sim, to transfer your number across, they could do it in store for you or use the swapmysim form on this website