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jswinden · 03-02-2014, 02:38 PM

Just FYI.

I had a freeze up in Safari on my T-Mobile iPhone 5. The phone was fully charged at the time. Mostly just a white screen, which is what Safari looks like when it first opens and hasn't yet loaded a page. It froze and no controls would work, so I briefly pressed the Power button to turn it off. Afterwards, it would not turn on. I tried resetting by pressing and holding the Power button for 30 seconds but no response on the screen. Normally you will get the red question box asking if you want to turn it off, and if so, then you see the Apple logo as it turns off. When I pressed the Home button I could hear a tone, same for when I plugged it into the charger. I used the USB cable to connect to iTunes and iTunes was able to read and write to it. I tried to press and hold both Power and Home buttons for 10 seconds, but still nothing. I finally removed the SIM card and pressed and held both Power and Home buttons for 10 seconds again, and that time it worked.

All is fine now. I guess it was just a hiccup! However, I have never had any issues with this iPhone 5 before, and it is now about 10 months old. It is runnining 7.0.6. Perhaps there is a connection to 7.0.6 which I recently installed, but probably not.

03-02-2014, 02:38 PM	#10
jswinden Nameless Being	Just FYI. I had a freeze up in Safari on my T-Mobile iPhone 5. The phone was fully charged at the time. Mostly just a white screen, which is what Safari looks like when it first opens and hasn't yet loaded a page. It froze and no controls would work, so I briefly pressed the Power button to turn it off. Afterwards, it would not turn on. I tried resetting by pressing and holding the Power button for 30 seconds but no response on the screen. Normally you will get the red question box asking if you want to turn it off, and if so, then you see the Apple logo as it turns off. When I pressed the Home button I could hear a tone, same for when I plugged it into the charger. I used the USB cable to connect to iTunes and iTunes was able to read and write to it. I tried to press and hold both Power and Home buttons for 10 seconds, but still nothing. I finally removed the SIM card and pressed and held both Power and Home buttons for 10 seconds again, and that time it worked. All is fine now. I guess it was just a hiccup! However, I have never had any issues with this iPhone 5 before, and it is now about 10 months old. It is runnining 7.0.6. Perhaps there is a connection to 7.0.6 which I recently installed, but probably not.