Let me start by first apologizing to any technophiles who feel that I posted this in the wrong area... instead of being rude about it... please advise exactly where I should post this.... as navigation to "correct posting locations" sounds easier than it actually is!... With that said... Here is my problem...

At first I just thought that the phone was doing a "hard reboot." But then 3 mins turned into 10 mins which has now turned into 16hrs and counting! All with just the Apple logo on my screen.... To make matters worse... and definitely a tease... Every once in a while... the apple logo flashes (just on and off) which makes me hope that its actually still doing something.... but then nothing!

To make matters worse... I just moved into a new house... so I have not backed up my phone in a about a week. I just took tons of "before" pictures of the house and I don't want to loose them. Is there a way to get out of this "reboot loop" without loosing my current pictures and data?

Originally Posted by creative-b

Let me start by first apologizing to any technophiles who feel that I posted this in the wrong area... instead of being rude about it... please advise exactly where I should post this.... as navigation to "correct posting locations" sounds easier than it actually is!... With that said... Here is my problem...

At first I just thought that the phone was doing a "hard reboot." But then 3 mins turned into 10 mins which has now turned into 16hrs and counting! All with just the Apple logo on my screen.... To make matters worse... and definitely a tease... Every once in a while... the apple logo flashes (just on and off) which makes me hope that its actually still doing something.... but then nothing!

To make matters worse... I just moved into a new house... so I have not backed up my phone in a about a week. I just took tons of "before" pictures of the house and I don't want to loose them. Is there a way to get out of this "reboot loop" without loosing my current pictures and data?

It's nice that you are all apologetic, but you still threadjacked. It really is not so hard to search for a few keywords.

It's hard to know for sure the exact cause of your problem.

Best solution is this Mostly iPhone hacking: Data recovery: not just for iBoot-pwned devices

Or this Mostly iPhone hacking: Working iPhone recovery ramdisk with SSH ;-)

or if you feel really technical try to recreate this [SOLUTION] iPhone shut off during boot / Stuck Apple Logo - Page 21 as the original version has disappeared from the internet.

They are your best chances of fixing your problem (in the order I have specified)