spaceinvader12
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Yesterday I got an original iPhone for free, which is pretty neat. A friend just handed it to me saying he had found it in a drawer and had no use for it. It's in pretty rough shape but who can argue with free? So far, I've got a list of issues that need to be fixed to at least restore some functionality since it's not working.
The battery is either shot or missing, as it only powers on when plugged in and shuts off if power is removed. Also, the case is pretty dinged up and was a mess when I got it. There was dirt everywhere and wood chips in the charger port. Wood chips! I cleaned it up but still no dice on booting. Silver Apple logo then powers off. I've tried restoring the OS using iTunes, but it fails with a variety of 16xx errors (1600, 1603, 1604, 1611). iTunes also doesn't detect a serial or the capacity of the phone (8GB). I've heard iReb bypasses these errors but it won't work on my mac, stating "bad processor", which is probably because it's PPC.
Obviously it's not a prime specimen of the iPhone but it's still pretty neat, at least to my eyes. I'm sorta stuck on what to do regarding the OS though, since I haven't got a modern Intel mac and iTunes for PC is pretty terrible; I don't have it installed. Anyone have any ideas of what I should do with this 10 year old phone? I would like to get it working if possible.
The battery is either shot or missing, as it only powers on when plugged in and shuts off if power is removed. Also, the case is pretty dinged up and was a mess when I got it. There was dirt everywhere and wood chips in the charger port. Wood chips! I cleaned it up but still no dice on booting. Silver Apple logo then powers off. I've tried restoring the OS using iTunes, but it fails with a variety of 16xx errors (1600, 1603, 1604, 1611). iTunes also doesn't detect a serial or the capacity of the phone (8GB). I've heard iReb bypasses these errors but it won't work on my mac, stating "bad processor", which is probably because it's PPC.
Obviously it's not a prime specimen of the iPhone but it's still pretty neat, at least to my eyes. I'm sorta stuck on what to do regarding the OS though, since I haven't got a modern Intel mac and iTunes for PC is pretty terrible; I don't have it installed. Anyone have any ideas of what I should do with this 10 year old phone? I would like to get it working if possible.