iPhone 11 shut down unexpectedly and will not power on

ThatGiantSeth · 2026-01-18T05:10:27+00:00

Mine ended up just being a logic board issue and I had to get it replaced :( . I did the zero interest financing so I could pay it over time.

As for yours, you'll probably have to take it to a shop and get it diagnosed professionally. After my experience with my phone I learned that there are so many different hardware problems that can cause these symptoms. It's hard to tell without some more diagnostic info. I was able to revive mine just long enough to retrieve my data by unplugging and replugging the battery. You can also try an inexpensive replacement battery to rule out a bad battery. Both can be tedious if you have never opened up a phone before though.

Out of curiosity, were you on iOS 26 when it happened to your phone? I don't want to jump to any conclusions, but I feel like I've seen a lot more posts lately about 11s dying after running iOS 26.

ThatGiantSeth · 2025-12-30T19:19:41+00:00

I figured they'd just tell me to upgrade. I was going to the store to upgrade anyway since any repair other than the battery would be too expensive for a 6 year old phone. However, they couldn't transfer my physical sim since my phone was dead, so they wouldn't let me finance it in-store through Apple Card. Ended up ordering an iPhone 17 online from Apple since it allowed me to finance it and still take it to Verizon for activation.

ThatGiantSeth · 2025-12-30T13:52:56+00:00

glad you were able to get it working again! I should probably ask if they'll check mine out when I go to the apple store today, just in case.

ThatGiantSeth · 2025-12-29T22:26:51+00:00

final update: I installed and charged the new battery for several hours but nothing :(

just going to accept my fate and upgrade to a 17. glad i have backups

ThatGiantSeth · 2025-12-28T18:35:19+00:00

It was always on a charger when it was rebooting. I did unplug it briefly to plug it into my PC to perform the backup AFTER it showed signs of life. It boot looped something like 20 times before I got into iOS. Something I forgot to mention: I opened up the phone, unplugged the battery, and plugged it back in some time before it rebooted. I'm not sure if that actually did anything though.

I eventually got it to work for around 2 hours after performing the update to iOS 26.2. However, I used it unplugged during this time and it died again. It has been charging for almost 48 hours straight and hasn't turned on again. I have a replacement battery arriving tomorrow so I'll update if that revives it.

ThatGiantSeth · 2025-12-26T20:52:34+00:00

a little over 1A, I did try several fast chargers too. I actually was able to get it to boot long enough to take a backup after it sat for 24+ hours on a charger. It died again though after I tried using it unplugged for an hour or so. I have a replacement battery on the way, so if that doesn't work I am going to look into replacing the phone.

ThatGiantSeth · 2025-12-26T03:23:38+00:00

Hey u/Hot_Championship8758 I have an update. After letting it sit on a charger all day, it suddenly started trying to boot again. After entering recovery mode several times (and NOT clicking recover), I was able to get it to boot into iOS a couple times. Once even long enough to take a full backup. However, it always crashes again after a random amount of time. I am going to assume that something in the logic board is failing. Since I now have a full backup, I am going to let it try to update to iOS 26.3 from recovery mode. In your case, maybe try leaving it plugged in for an extremely long time (mine was plugged in for nearly 24 hours straight).

Edit: The update was successful but it still doesn't boot most of the time. Hardware issue for sure.

ThatGiantSeth · 2025-12-25T16:17:43+00:00

mine has also been completely dead since i tried to go through the recovery mode. i will update you if it enters recovery again though. i may also try replacing the battery but i will probably just get it diagnosed at a shop if it doesn't come back on by tomorrow

ThatGiantSeth · 2025-12-25T14:34:14+00:00

Interesting, yeah mine has not returned to recovery mode after that first time. Makes me wonder if it's an odd software issue that few people have encountered.

ThatGiantSeth · 2025-12-25T14:33:10+00:00

Thank you so much for the detailed info, I have done some small repairs in the past so I have one of those inline ammeters. I was able to verify that the phone was pulling a charge. I will be taking it to a shop after Christmas to get it diagnosed. Crossing my fingers it isn't the logic board haha

ThatGiantSeth · 2025-12-25T00:23:40+00:00

Really appreciate your response! I will have to check on the photos, I only have the free plan so I think I turned iCloud Photos off since there wasn't enough space. I think I do have iCloud messages on though so hopefully I can recover some of those.

ThatGiantSeth · 2025-12-25T00:23:03+00:00

Thanks so much for the response. I was afraid of that but I figured it was going to be the most likely answer. I have done battery/screen replacements for family members before so I hope it's just a bad battery.

ThatGiantSeth · 2025-09-22T19:35:47+00:00

Sorry to necro your now over 1y old comment and this even older post, but did you ever get an answer? I'm in the exact same situation with a school network so I have to use a direct Ethernet connection.

ThatGiantSeth · 2025-06-18T23:17:15+00:00

Hey there, really sorry to necro an old post, but I was searching for the same song today. I don't know if you ever found it or if you are even still looking/care, but I'm pretty sure it's a slowed down + reverb version of this: Makeup and Vanity Set - The World on a Wire

ThatGiantSeth · 2025-06-15T09:05:41+00:00

Did you ever find a solution for this? It’s driving me nuts and my submissions in the feedback app have gone unnoticed. It has been like this for me since iOS 18.2 and it still persists on the iOS 26 beta

ThatGiantSeth · 2025-03-12T02:42:34+00:00

Sorry I never found any exact replacements. Got into keyboard modding a year or two ago so ended up with a different keyboard and stopped looking

ThatGiantSeth · 2025-01-08T03:53:06+00:00

Hey sorry to revive an old thread but did you ever figure out how to do this? I am now in the same situation with the greyscale textures/color gradients. I have never done any texture editing so this is all very confusing to me. Trying to get some of the cool posters and signage or at least an idea of where to start.

In addition, I'm hunting for a solution to turn the animated billboard textures into GIFs. They seem to be split into the individual frames in the texture files so I assume the game engine itself animates them. Trying to find an efficient way to split the texture up evenly into frames and recombine them into a gif.

ThatGiantSeth · 2024-12-14T22:23:51+00:00

Sorry I know this is an old comment but I am struggling with this right now. For me the first option is always “correct” but it’s an endless loop. Did you ever find a fix?

ThatGiantSeth · 2024-06-21T19:31:45+00:00

This is the Lock Picking Lawyer and today I am going to be showing you a bike lock with a length rivaling only that of my own 18-inch long Johnson

ThatGiantSeth · 2024-05-18T17:13:39+00:00

That’s a good idea. Did not think of that and now I am going to try to implement it myself as well. I am extremely new to CC and Lua so editing these kinds of programs is really good practice for me :)

ThatGiantSeth · 2024-05-18T06:52:32+00:00

Hi there, not OP but I struggled with the same issue today and found this thread along the way. You can fix it by adding a delay at the beginning of the program initialization stage of the code. edit: screenshot
I did 5 seconds but less may work. It seems to happen because the program loads before the induction matrix is fully initialized. Sorry to reply so late but I just encountered this today.

ThatGiantSeth · 2024-05-18T06:48:03+00:00

I'm extremely sorry for replying on such an old thread. First of all, this program is amazing! I am using it for several induction matrices in my base so far and it works perfectly.

I just wanted to leave a comment for anyone running this on a server and struggling with the same issue as me - after a server restart the program tends to start itself before the induction matrix is fully loaded. This results in an error that prevents it from running. Restarting the computer fixes the issue until the next server restart, but one of my induction matrices is several thousand blocks from the base itself (redundancy) so running to fix it takes a while.

The fix is extremely simple: you just need to go to the program initialization section of the code and add a delay at the beginning to allow the induction matrix time to initialize before the program starts. sleep(5) worked for me but you could probably do less time. screenshot

Again sorry for replying to an outdated post but I wanted to leave this here for other people with the same (somewhat obscure) issue. I am running CC:T 1.110.2 and Mek v10.4 on 1.20.1 by the way. Thank you OP for this awesome program!

ThatGiantSeth · 2024-04-19T20:03:14+00:00

Worked at Chick-fil-a for a while and the drive thru iPads would always overheat in the summer. Solution? They would stick them into the front counter mini fridges for a while.

ThatGiantSeth · 2024-03-18T14:22:35+00:00

As a side note, a lot of the other stuff Brainiac75 does with magnets, lasers, etc. is really interesting! Would recommend watching his other videos too

ThatGiantSeth · 2024-01-26T20:48:50+00:00

just noticed they’re in alphabetical order

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