Comments on: iPhone 101: How to Put the iPhone Into Recovery Mode

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By: shravan

shravan — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:38:45 +0000

hai frndss .... i have a problem wid my iphone 3g... the problem is yesterday i retore my iphone afterthat it is showing apple logo only....plz help me

By: _NeMoZ_

_NeMoZ_ — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:29:00 +0000

i have a iphone3gs... mine was stuck on the apple logo cuz i tried 2 eraze everything on it and it was jailbroken... no1 ever told me it would freeze... anyway unplug it from ur computer... hold the power and home buttonz down till the screenz black... hold down juzt the home button and keep holding it while u plug it back into ur computer... keep holding it and itunes will finally pop up and recignize it! =D hope thiz helpz some pour soul out there... ano im get F'n pissed when my iphone messez Up

By: Puneet023

Puneet023 — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:27:00 +0000

worked like a charm...Thanks dude

By: Abu-Adee Nisar Qasmi

Abu-Adee Nisar Qasmi — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:01:00 +0000

That's true untill you install something fro Cydia.

By: Stierney233

Stierney233 — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:19:00 +0000

spot on this just saved me from ripping my hair out thank u very very much

By: John Smith

John Smith — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:21:00 +0000

Shouldn't you do a backup first maybe? Recover deleted Iphone Messages

By: kevin1

kevin1 — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:48:00 +0000

I have an issue with my iphone 3 gs, i jailbroke it a while back and everything was working fine, then an update to the os I think it was 3.1.1 and when I did that nothing would work, it was stuck in the recovery loop and giving errors, I just went back to it and it gave me the normal message about recovery mode and would need to be restored, I restored and updated it and everything seemed to go fine.

The issue I have now is the iphone is like it came from the factory and wants me to re-activate, on the phone it tells me there is no service, and it can't reach the activation server (using wifi), when I try to activate it through itunes it tells me there is no sim card installed,

I've tried 3 different sim cards that all work on other phones, I've tried leaving the sim card out, rebooting and putting it back in, rebooting with each of them in, restoring again and I've tried to restore to a different ipsw 3.0.1 when I do it tells me can't error 3194. any ideas any one?

By: Travman77

Travman77 — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:39:00 +0000

turn ur phone off then hold the home button down and while holding home button plug in ur usb cord while i tunes is open continue holding home till u see the i tunes logo on ur phone click the restore link in i tunes and it will then restore

By: Kooki510

Kooki510 — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:41:00 +0000

thank you, that was very informative and helpful,

By: Icetealover11

Icetealover11 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:12:00 +0000

ok does anyone no were the recouvery mode setting is on your phone i cant remeber how to turn it off?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:34:00 +0000

jailbraking has nothing to do with "software that damages". jailbraking your iphone should not damage anything in you phone, neither you'll get any "issues".

By: Quokka

Quokka — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:20:00 +0000

"your" idiots.

How ironic you stupid simpleton dipshit.

By: Nitram2some

Nitram2some — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:31:00 +0000

it failed me!!!!

By: Michaelbrucesmith

Michaelbrucesmith — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:01:00 +0000

plug it in open itunes click restore then itunes will do the rest

By: Michaelbrucesmith

Michaelbrucesmith — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:58:00 +0000

if it has a password on your phone you would probably know it cuz you use the password to get onto the home screen

By: Michaelbrucesmith

Michaelbrucesmith — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:56:00 +0000

just restore it

By: Dd

Dd — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:20:00 +0000

Just told Apple exactly the same thing today. They even admitted that pulling the signal from their end caused the problem initially, so I said "you caused it, you should resolve it, its unfair to expect me to accept a weeks important data loss (data that is in support of a campaign)!" I also said to them that they obviously knew how to recover, why refuse to help. I pleaded, offered to pay, but they would not help , I'm still stuck. We pay so much for these devices, but get no tech support in return. Shame on you Apple!!!

By: Jesus Molina

Jesus Molina — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:13:00 +0000

mi iphone doesnt seem to go into recovery mode why

By: bob

bob — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:06:00 +0000

my cpu says it ha a password.. i must enter it before starting....but i dnt kno my pass word

By: Kenneth3g

Kenneth3g — Wed, 11 May 2011 14:42:48 +0000

Open up your phone and disconnect the cables 1-6. Reconnect them and follow the recovery mode instructions at the top.

By: malem

malem — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:32:19 +0000

last i used my iphone, i was trying to load pix to facebook. something popped up asking to load itunes, so I clicked yes. It was still loading when i had to disconnect the cable from the drive, now my phone has itunes and the usb cable displayed on it with no service. when i unlock it, it says emergency call only. PLEASE HELP!

By: abbey

abbey — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:47:52 +0000

My network connection always times out! What is going on? this is so f*cking frustrating i have tried everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: asma`

asma` — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:02:52 +0000

my iphone sleep/wake button doesnt work what should i do? and i want it to recovery mode?!?!?!

By: Hondez

Hondez — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:31:24 +0000

I was just like you RY but I just kept on trying it over and over. I was trying to run redsnow for a day and a half on and off but could not get it to work right. What you need to do is take a moment to get everything in order, sort out what sequence you are going to do stuff and then take your time. First off make sure that you have the right version of itunes, then restore it to the right version IPSW and then of course the right version of redsnow. Just dont panic about it and do things methodically and calmly, it wont matter how many times you try and use redsnow it will always work when you have the correct versions and use the right secquence.

Good Luck!

Hondez

By: RY needs help

RY needs help — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 01:39:34 +0000

this wont work for me ihave tryed it 50 times but it just wont do it someone help please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: ari

ari — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:05:51 +0000

Hi there! While I was trying to update the latest software of my iPhone 4 a power failure occurs. The update wasn't complete. Now I can't turn on the phone, and in the iPhone screen I have the picture of the usb cable and de iTunes logo. The iPhone is connected to the iMac and iTunes is open and there is showing me this error: "iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes" and then the OK button. It means that I need to restart it, but I'm going to loose all my pictures and my playlists, contacts, mails, etc? My latest pictures are from my holidays and there aren't on my iMac. Please somebody help me!!! What should I do?

By: LOB

LOB — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 04:17:10 +0000

Hi Cindy - did you ever get an answer to this? I need to know how to do this also. User manual chapter 3 page 34: Instructions didn't work for me.

By: darrell

darrell — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:22:00 +0000

my i phone is in recovery mode, i tunes said it was unable to back, but in devices it shows the date and time of backups. was it really back up?

By: your idiots

your idiots — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:59:40 +0000

Stop jailbreaking your phones and using software that damages the operating system that apple uses and you'll stop having so many issue.

By: Manos Chatterjee

Manos Chatterjee — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:53:52 +0000

I’ve jailbroken my iPhone 3GS 3.1.2 with pwnage, it has been succesfully jailbroken but then in the settings tab, I’ve selected to delete all the data & settings. Now I cannot start my iPhone, just apple logo appears. Can’t connect to USB, cannot go to recovery mode. pls help

By: Travis Joles

Travis Joles — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 02:00:56 +0000

Hi. Here's how I fixed mine. I'm pretty good with a computer, but for those who aren't, I'll try to explain this in a very simple fashion.

My Iphone 4 got stuck just a few minutes ago, after doing an update from 4.1 to 4.2. It gave, I believe, an error message of 1602. It was displaying the "Connect to Itunes" logo on the Iphone screen when the download failed, and that logo was stuck on the screen, and would not come off. I tried a hard reboot by holding the home button, and the On/Off button until it rebooted, but it kept rebooting as the "Connect To Itunes" logo. When I plugged it back in to my computer, and opened Itunes, it did not recognize my Iphone at all, and no USB pop-ups appeared recognizing it as well. I am running Windows XP just to clarify. I hit the Start button, right clicked on My Computer, and then clicked Manage. Some people have to click "Start", then right click on "My Computer", then click "Properties", then click "Hardware", then click "Device Manager". Once in the device Manager, I opened "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" at the very bottom by clicking the + sign to the very left of that name "+ Universal Serial Bus Controllers", and saw that there was no USB logo followed by "Apple Mobile Device USB Driver" anywhere in the current driver listing.

I then right clicked on the main "+ Universal Serial Bus Controllers" wording (the same wording that has the + sign next to it you click to collapse it down, and show all your current drivers), and clicked "Scan For Hardware Changes". Within a few seconds it found the driver for the Iphone, and then Itunes picked it up, and then told me the Iphone was stuck in Recovery mode. Once I clicked OK, my only option was a restore back to the original setting. I clicked restore, and it worked! Back to life again. :) Once it was restored, I was able to reset to my last restore pooint, and I got all of my contacts back, but I did lose my apps, so I had to re-download them. I didn't mind as much as losing my Iphone, and having to swap it for a refurbished one, which is the only option, if you can't get out of the locked screen. Hope this helps someone else, if Itunes won't recognize your Iphone once it get's stuck in recovery mode. Regards, Travis Joles

By: mike

mike — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:12:59 +0000

i decided to update my iphone for the first time while i was doing this my phone cashed showing iphone symbol with a cable symbol i had photographs and vidio footage on there is it possible to retrive them by restoring the iphone

By: Xaq

Xaq — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 04:06:22 +0000

@David. I did the exact same thing with my 3G. I bought it jailbroken off of a friend but I wanted to restore it (everything he had was crap and i hate rock so it had to go) so I could rejailbreak it the way I wanted it. I did what you did not knowing you should never do that to a jailbroken iPhone. All I did to get it to shut off is hold the power and home buttons down at the same time and it shut off after a few seconds. All you have to do after that is put it into recovery mode explained in the steps above and you should be able to restore it. Worked for me so good luck to you. Hope I helped

By: David

David — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 08:21:49 +0000

Hi, mine is iPhone 3GS. I'm really stuck with this apple-logo-only-thing. What I did before that is do the "Erase iPhone-thing" and now I'm stuck with the logo. I tried to turn it off but it just wouldn't. I waited till it all used the remaining battery-life but when I charge it again, the logo is there again. Also, my iTunes and even my computer could not recognize it anymore. I mean, it doesn't appear on the screen as an attached USB. Please Help...pretty please!

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 21:52:07 +0000

One a phone has been unlocked by jailbreaking it, should it be neccessary to put it into a full restore mode will that restore reverse the unlocking?

By: Diana

Diana — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:34:55 +0000

I got a refurbished 8gb iphone in late August, I've been having troubles with the charger cord lately, I was on the phone with my boyfriend and it shut off, I plugged it in and kept trying to turn it on but it wouldnt, I plugged it into the computer hoping it would turn on, but it says it's in recovery mode, and it wont turn back on, Im very confused and don't know whats wrong.

By: Manjeel

Manjeel — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:09:53 +0000

Thanks....works perfectly.....

By: joelm

joelm — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:00:57 +0000

this works perfectly. at first it was hard took me 4 hours to do this, then suddenly found this site. works perfectly just follow exact instruction.

By: lori

lori — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:42:12 +0000

did the recovery thing............. thought it was working all well, then the phone updates and it shows the key pad with emergency? any clues?? ASAP thx so much

By: Buggy

Buggy — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:24:53 +0000

The battery of my fone died and my fone went into recovery mode den I jail broke the fone using black ra1n because it refused to come on the jail break was successful and the fone was just about to restart then it suddenly went black and it dosnt come on anymore when i connect it to itunes it says my fone is in recovery mode and I have to restore it back to the original settings plzzz i need help asap

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:28:56 +0000

Thanks to however wrote this you just saved my iphone for being returned to o2!! very happy boy now lol

Sam

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:57:30 +0000

I could not get my phone to go into restore mode either. I was updating the ROCK APP (THEY SUCK!) and it shut down and wouldn't come back up. I had my phone connected to an external battery at the time and when I tried going into restore mode with just the phone and the stock cable nothing would happen. The external battery also allows you to sync while using it, so I'm guessing there is some apple chip in it. So when I tried going into restore mode through the external battery IT WORKED!!! WooHoo! Thank goodness, a month away from the fourth generation IPhone, which I will be buying and I did not want to go without a phone for a whole month or buy some P.O.S. and pay my Iphone bill too.

By: aash

aash — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:08:51 +0000

samy, amanda, guess what, i thought i was the only one who had this problem... but we are in the same boat! my cell has just decided to go on strike! it wouldnt even start, or respond, even when i connect the data cable to my laptop, or to the charger. its completely dead!!! HELP.

By: amanda

amanda — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:56:09 +0000

hey samy my phone is doing the same thing as yours have you found a solution to fixing it

By: makni moez

makni moez — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:39:04 +0000

i have un probleme en my iphone il ne marche plus et il ne s'allume plus

By: Hacko

Hacko — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:41:12 +0000

it works brilliantly, thanks!

By: Ellen

Ellen — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:58:41 +0000

worked PERFECTLY! thank you so much all the others had told me to press the home and power off button but it never worked. this is ace. thank you!

By: samy

samy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:02:43 +0000

hi guys i hav got a serious trouble, i fully charged my i-phone last nite, even the alarm went off in the morning, it has just stopped working...i mean litereally not coming on or even vibrating..i tried to change the sim and re-start it jus wont start!!! help please.... I tried ringing it,,,its ringing but it doesnt show anythiing on my i-phone..please help¬¬¬¬¬!!!

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:12:47 +0000

Can I recover undeleted messages left on my voicemail, with recovery mode?

By: Altimeter Watches

Altimeter Watches — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:34:38 +0000

Thanks. I needed to do this to JB my iphone.

By: ryanr

ryanr — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:48:26 +0000

cool trick thanks.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:45:19 +0000

You will not lose any voicemail still listed on your phone through this process. You will however have to access it differently. In order to access VMs that are no longer listed, you will need to dial in to AT&T's voicemail system. This can be accomplished by pressing and holding '1' on the dial pad in the phone app. You'll find your voicemails are still there... At least I did. You may want to confirm this with AT&T before proceeding.

By: Penis

Penis — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:14:32 +0000

You are all idiots

By: Daniel Bopp

Daniel Bopp — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:40:49 +0000

My Iphone shows a apple logo. I hold the top power button apple appears and than disappears.. pulg it into the pc. do not regoc my iphone.. help

By: how do i get out of recovery mode

how do i get out of recovery mode — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:22:05 +0000

somehow my phone got into recovery mode, I cannot get it out of this mode. It shows the logo on the top of this page, but cannot get the phone to start again. Also, I cannot lose the data because I have 2 voicemails on my phone that I need to use for court proceedings. HELP.

By: Am_I_missing_something?

Am_I_missing_something? — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:51:34 +0000

OK guys n gals...maybe i'm a little jaded here but the term 'recovery' is being misrepresented here and 'restore' should really be called 'reset'...the situation i face is similar to those described - plug iphone into pc/proceed with update download via 'itunes'/watch as your son freaks out because the update bar froze up/ try in vain to help your son/ talk to the freakin''geniuses' who only smirk and calmly say 'it needs to be restored' 'have you backed up your data' - well yes...yes i have but the laptop which contains the itunes with which the back up was done fried and is in the shop on life support. The response from the 'geniuses'; "oh". That's it? "oh" The end-all-be-all-of phone/email/internet/app gadgetry and some sub-standard coding which causes the download to hiccup and there is only ONE option, to start over? We are not talking about a simplistic flash-rom drive here...engineers designed and built this thing and they damn well know how to retrieve data from an iphone in 'recovery mode' or at least get itunes to recognize the iphone so that the download can continue. i do not feel that in this day and age we should expect anything less than actual, bonafide, tech-support. tell me i'm off base...why should my son or anyone else have to reset and lose anything, ever? that is weak. someone, somewhere give me a REAL solution - i will gladly pay for services

By: elyas pasha

elyas pasha — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:46:02 +0000

i have delete all data in my iphon,now my phon is not working,when i conect for pc it see appli logo,plz help me what to do plz

By: Rahul Sanghvi

Rahul Sanghvi — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:41:04 +0000

I've jailbroken my iPhone 3GS 3.1.2 with pwnage, it has been succesfully jailbroken but then in the settings tab, I've selected to delete all the data & settings. Now I cannot start my iPhone, just apple logo appears. Can't connect to USB, cannot go to recovery mode.

PLEASE HELP

By: DeeCee

DeeCee — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:57:31 +0000

This directions work perfectly. Well-written, thanks!

By: ZAF

ZAF — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:44:04 +0000

I got it...You have to turn off your phone first, then press the home button and conect it to the USB cable. The iphone it will turn on by itself and keep pressing the home button until the apple logo desapear and them release it.

By: ZAF

ZAF — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:11:18 +0000

Hey JJ How did you fix it "my iPhone wont do this I jail broke and all i see is the apple logo I tried recovery but when i plug it in it wont start or enter recovery??? HELP PLEASE :’("

I still have this problem the recovery mode doesn't show up. And i'm keep trying and trying ....!!

By: bill

bill — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:31:42 +0000

not on 3.0 0r 3.1

By: rt

rt — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:12:00 +0000

what if your iphone says connect to itunes and restore but you cant unlock your phone because it doesnt have a lock screen and itune want connect because your un able to put it in

By: JJ

JJ — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:59:07 +0000

my iPhone wont do this I jail broke and all i see is the apple logo I tried recovery but when i plug it in it wont start or enter recovery??? HELP PLEASE :'(

By: Jeremy Sikora

Jeremy Sikora — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:11:58 +0000

@Allan, 2 should be "Plug in your USB cable into your computer."

By: Allan L.

Allan L. — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:09:53 +0000

Instruction 2 is a bit garbled, making instruction 4 (which sounds awkward at best) unclear.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:16:47 +0000

Ooops... sorry, I didn't see the last sentence. :blush:

By: llofte

llofte — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:48:39 +0000

You will recover all the data you had from you previous backup. This is why it's a good idea to backup regularly. I do it every night.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:39:18 +0000

I've never had to do this (yet). Is info lost after doing this? I think some people (including myself) sometimes get confused by all of the "restore," "recover," "reset" terms.

By: Visi

Visi — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:36:12 +0000

I know this however this is a cool thing for newbies

By: llofte

llofte — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:21:26 +0000

Oh cool. I didn't know about this.