iPhone SE error -6 whilst flashing
Posted: 28 Sep 2018 09:44
I'm currently in the process of trying to bring back to life an iPhone SE. After powering off due to lack of battery charge the phone won't turn on anymore. It gets stuck on the Apple logo screen. After sitting there for about 5 minutes it will jump into recovery mode on its own.
After attempting to flash with iTunes I was greeted with error 6 and upon scanning through the log files I found that it was attempting to flash the NAND firmware but failed to do so. I subsequently tried 3uTools and that seems to get stuck on 20% and "Updating S3E Firmware". A progress bar does show up on the phone just that it stays empty. After about 5 minutes of being stuck 3uTools gives up and says it can't be flashed and presents me with error -6 (so 6 for iTunes and -6 for 3uTools) and the phone then reboots and the whole process starts over.
I've taken the phone apart and reflowed (take off and put back on) the NAND chip itself already. That seems to have made absolutely zero difference. Am I overlooking something here or is it time to toss this phone out?
Kind regards,
After attempting to flash with iTunes I was greeted with error 6 and upon scanning through the log files I found that it was attempting to flash the NAND firmware but failed to do so. I subsequently tried 3uTools and that seems to get stuck on 20% and "Updating S3E Firmware". A progress bar does show up on the phone just that it stays empty. After about 5 minutes of being stuck 3uTools gives up and says it can't be flashed and presents me with error -6 (so 6 for iTunes and -6 for 3uTools) and the phone then reboots and the whole process starts over.
I've taken the phone apart and reflowed (take off and put back on) the NAND chip itself already. That seems to have made absolutely zero difference. Am I overlooking something here or is it time to toss this phone out?
Kind regards,