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Okey dokey. so at first I kept repeatedly getting the Red screen of death. Problem solved by disconnecting front camera. but now, It gets to “waiting for iPhone” and then the iPhone reboots and iTunes spits out error 4013. I then tried 3u tools firmware flash, I still get stuck at 19%. I have tried DFU Mode. no help. So then in 3u tools I clicked “exit recovery mode” and the phone went into an infinite boot loop which I had to force restore mode to stop. I am so confuzzled. @oldturkey03 @avanteguarde @mayer Update (02/19/2018) OK. So Upon further inspection I found the water damage indicator near the SIM card was red while the 2 others were white. So I am not sure whether it was the indicator that failed or not, as it is my grandfathers phone. he says he has never spilled/dropped it in water. everything looks clean with the exception of my fingerprints on some of the parts. Update (02/19/2018) I got the log from 3u tools.

Activation of device used in: Used for activating the new unactivated iDevice Used for activating the flashed unactivated iDevice

Activation supports below iDevices: iPad1\2\3\4\mini\mini2\mini3\mini4\Air\Air2\Pro iPod Touch2\3\4\5\6 iPhone3G\3GS iPhone4\4s iPhone5\5c\5s\SE iPhone6\6 Plus\6s\6s Plus iPhone7\7 Plus

Steps of activating iDevice: 1.Insert the SIM card into iDevice(iPad, iPod ignore this step), SIM card of corresponding carrier needs to be inserted into the locked iDevice 2.Please make sure iDevice under the normal status 3.Please connect your iDevice to your computer using the USB cable

13:42:48 Detecting AppleMobileDevice service 13:42:48 Waiting for iDevice connect in normal mode 13:42:58 Operations are failed 13:42:58 Elapsed Time: 00:00:10

Below devices support to query shsh: iPod Touch2, iPod Touch3, iPod Touch4, iPod Touch5, iPod Touch6 iPad1,iPad2,iPad3,iPad4,iPad Air,iPad Air2,iPad mini/2/3/4,iPad Pro iPhone3G,iPhone3GS,iPhone4,iPhone4s,iPhone5,iPhone5c,iPhone5s,iPhone se iPhone6/6s,iPhone6p/6sp,iPhone7/7p,iPhone8/8p,iPhoneX

Steps to enter DFU Mode:

  1. Keep iDevice in Normal Mode or Recovery Mode, plug USB cable (please don’t use USB extension cable)
  2. Hold HOME button(iPhone7/7p hold Volume Down button instead), then hold POWER button until the screen is blank
  3. Release the POWER button after about 4 seconds, but keep holding the HOME button for about 10 seconds iPhone8, iPhone8 Plus Steps to enter DFU Mode:
  4. Plug an original USB cable,quick-press Volume “+” button, then Volume “-” button and hold the Power button.
  5. When the iDevice turns off, hold the Volume “-” button, then release the Power button after 5 seconds, till it prompts “succeded”. More tutorials about iPhone8/8p and other iDevices, you could refer from: http://url.3u.com/RZbM7naa

13:45:33 Friendly reminder: 13:45:33 Please make sure iDevice turned off ‘Find My iPhone’ 13:45:33 The iDevice could not be activated without Apple ID after flash, if the iDevice turned on ‘Find My iPhone’ 13:45:33 Method to check: Settings -> iCloud -> Find My iPhone

13:45:33 Please connect USB cable to iDevice, make sure your iDevice in DFU Mode 13:45:33 Reading information from iDevice 13:45:33 ECID: 000003F4AD9F4C1C 13:45:33 Product Type: iPhone6,1 13:45:33 Hardware Model: n51ap 13:45:33 Downloading config 13:45:35 Download request file 13:45:35 Reading random NONCE 13:45:35 Querying for SHSH file on Apple Server 13:45:35 Saving SHSH file to our server 13:45:36 Generator: 0x5606b776c17ce4b6 13:45:36 Requesting shsh2 13:45:36 Saving SHSH file to our server 13:45:37 11.2.5(15D60) Apple still supports the signing of this firmware 13:45:37 Your iDevice has the following SHSH backups: 13:45:37 10.1(14B72)—–Apple server no longer supports the flash of this firmware version 13:45:37 10.1.1(14B100)–Apple server no longer supports the flash of this firmware version 13:45:37 11.2.5(15D60)—You can flash the official firmware iPhone_4.0_64bit_11.2.5_15D60_Restore.ipsw 13:45:37 Flash and jailbreak of apple device, please visit official website of 3uTools http://www.3u.com 13:45:37 Elapsed Time: 00:00:04

Below iDevices support to professional flash: iPod Touch2, iPod Touch3, iPod Touch4, iPod Touch5, iPod Touch6 iPad1,iPad2,iPad3,iPad4,iPad Air,iPad Air2,iPad mini/2/3/4,iPad Pro iPhone3G,iPhone3GS,iPhone4,iPhone4s,iPhone5,iPhone5c,iPhone5s,iPhone se iPhone6/6s,iPhone6p/6sp,iPhone7/7p,iPhone8/8p,iPhoneX

Steps to enter DFU Mode:

  1. Keep iDevice in Normal Mode or Recovery Mode, plug USB cable (please don’t use USB extension cable)
  2. Hold HOME button(iPhone7/7p hold Volume Down button instead), then hold POWER button until the screen is blank
  3. Release the POWER button after about 4 seconds, but keep holding the HOME button for about 10 seconds iPhone8, iPhone8 Plus Steps to enter DFU Mode:
  4. Plug an original USB cable,quick-press Volume “+” button, then Volume “-” button and hold the Power button.
  5. When the iDevice turns off, hold the Volume “-” button, then release the Power button after 5 seconds, till it prompts “succeded”. More tutorials about iPhone8/8p and other iDevices, you could refer from: http://url.3u.com/RZbM7naa

13:45:57 Friendly reminder: 13:45:57 Please make sure iDevice turned off ‘Find My iPhone’ 13:45:57 The iDevice could not be activated without Apple ID after flash, if the iDevice turned on ‘Find My iPhone’ 13:45:57 Method to check: Settings -> iCloud -> Find My iPhone

13:45:57 Please connect USB cable to iDevice, make sure your iDevice in DFU Mode 13:45:57 Reading information from iDevice 13:45:57 Product Type: iPhone6,1 13:45:57 MAIN CPU ID: 8960 13:45:57 Filename of firmware : iPhone_4.0_64bit_11.2.5_15D60_Restore.ipsw 13:45:57 Firmware Version: 11.2.5 13:45:58 Product Build: 15D60, 15 13:45:58 Image4 supported: TRUE 13:45:58 Extracting FileSystem from firmware 13:45:58 Reading ECID 13:45:58 iDevice ECID: 000003F4AD9F4C1C 13:45:58 Reading random NONCE 13:45:58 Querying for SHSH file on Apple Server 13:45:58 Saving SHSH file to our server 13:45:59 iDevice will connect to DFU Mode automatically (5 minutes in Win7) 13:45:59 Loading iBSS component 13:46:01 Reading random NONCE 13:46:01 Loading iBEC component 13:46:22 iDevice will connect to Recovery Mode automatically (5 minutes in Win7) 13:46:22 Loading RestoreRamdisk 13:46:28 Connecting with Restore Mode

16:12:57 Checking disk free space16:12:57 Please connect USB cable to iDevice, make sure your iDevice in DFU Mode16:13:17 Reading information from iDevice16:13:17 Product Type: iPhone6,116:13:17 MAIN CPU ID: 896016:13:17 Filename of firmware : iPhone_4.0_64bit_12.5.5_16H62_Restore.ipsw 16:13:17 Firmware Version: 12.5.5 16:13:17 Product Build: 16H62, 16 16:13:17 Image4 supported: TRUE 16:13:17 Extracting FileSystem from firmware16:13:17 Reading ECID16:13:17 iDevice ECID: 0000078DCB88EBD0 16:13:17 Reading random NONCE16:13:17 Querying for SHSH file on Apple Server16:13:19 iDevice will connect to DFU Mode automatically (5 minutes in Win7)16:13:19 Loading iBSS component16:13:21 Reading random NONCE16:13:21 Loading iBEC component16:13:23 iDevice will connect to Recovery Mode automatically (5 minutes in Win7)16:13:23 Sending iBEC component16:13:24 Loading RestoreRamdisk16:13:45 Connecting with Restore Mode16:13:47 Device UDID: ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff0000000316:13:47 Initial ‘FDR Trust’ network tunnel16:13:47 Sending restore configuration file16:13:47 Sending RootTicket16:13:47 Product Type: iPhone6,116:13:47 Product Name: iPhone 5s16:13:47 Flash is failed with retaining user’s data16:13:47 Flash and jailbreak of apple device, please visit official website of 3uTools http://www.3u.com 16:13:47 Elapsed Time: 00:00:50