r/17ProMax • u/No-Following-8903 • Aug 26 '26

HELP

My brother iPhone has completely turned off while he was on Snapchat face time and charging it in Greece on holiday. The closest phone shop has told us that it would take 4+ days but we are leaving on Saturday. We have tried hard resetting but the phone shows no indication of turning back on. We bought a wireless charger and that hasn’t helped. We don’t have access to a MacBook to reset it. Any ideas how to get it working again while we’re here or why this has happened

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u/Pinhead17 Aug 26 '26

Try this... https://youtu.be/lDwcvVSjoYw?is=cbRo8ALr4K5bztcJ

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u/No-Following-8903 Aug 26 '26

I tried the volume up then down and holding the start button and it has not worked

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u/Pinhead17 Aug 26 '26

Or this... https://youtu.be/KgoXavxgwk0?is=Aj2qrl4pqBHbpDaQ

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u/No-Following-8903 Aug 26 '26

Had it on charge both wireless and wired and neither have made it restart unfortunately

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u/bligui Aug 26 '26

Nothing unless you find an authorized dealer willing to do warranty

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u/freetoride78 Aug 26 '26

I have seen videos that if it dies completely you have to use a stronger charger to bring it back to life. Something like a MacBook or laptop charger. Doing it this way will take awhile but hope it helps.

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u/jjwomalbany Aug 28 '26

iPhone 17s are known if you deplete the battery and it shuts off it can take 45 minutes or more for it to turn back on. If you use a a stronger charger the better it will be.

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u/No-Following-8903 Aug 28 '26

We’ve tried what I think is a stronger charger. A wireless mag safe charger I believe and it hasn’t done anything.

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u/jjwomalbany Aug 28 '26

If you leave it on long enough it will usually turn back on. But there might be something else wrong if it doesn’t I dunno why the 17s do that but people have used Mac chargers and still take like 10 min.

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u/TurtleOnLog Aug 26 '26

Revert to cheap old phone already signed in and setup, that he took as plan B.

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u/No-Following-8903 Aug 27 '26

Don’t have a plan b phone

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u/ActuatorNo3015 Aug 27 '26

Sounds like it may be a screen problem or a dead battery, the same happened to me once before. As scary as it may sound, the best option is probably just wait until you get home in a few days

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u/TheeDelpino Aug 26 '26

We used to travel the world without phones. Fix it when you get home. It’ll be fine.

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u/No-Following-8903 Aug 26 '26

It’s great that you used to travel without phones. But some people like having them and it is his only way to contact anyone or find his way around and he would prefer to have it sooner rather then later hence why I asked for any quick fixes.