How to Put an iPhone Into Recovery Mode

Posted November 20, 2007 at 7:34pm by iClarified | Please help us and submit a translation by clicking here | 1165896 views

To put the iPhone into recovery mode so you can do an iTunes firmware restore follow these steps:

Step One
Open iTunes and connect the iPhone to your Mac.

Step Two
Press and hold the Home button and the Sleep/Wake button at the same time.

Step Three
As soon as the screen goes black release the Sleep/Wake button. Continue holding the home button until you iTunes pops up a message telling you that it has detected an iPhone in recovery mode.

The iPhone will look like this:

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Christian - May 19, 2013 at 3:51am

im doing the "recovery mode" and when im connected in itunes always said "iphone software update cannot be contacted" -_- pls help me ....

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christian - May 19, 2013 at 3:53am

im using iphone 3gs ...

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itaymis - March 19, 2013 at 11:28am

try this one, http://www.rapidunlockers.com/ I have unlocked my phone on very very fast (about 6 hours total) and cheap, now i can update to any version without having to worry that my phone will be locked ever again. Only 9.99$ for iphone unlocks!

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Vijay - November 27, 2012 at 5:18am

i dont have itunes how can i solve this problem pls help..

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Brian - December 28, 2012 at 9:09am

Hi I have a iPhone 4 and I can't use it now I have forgotten my passcode can any one help me with this thanks

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Jack - January 23, 2013 at 8:55pm

You require iTunes if you want to recover your iPhone/iPod/iPad. This thread only tells you how to get the phone set so it can be recovered due to problems such as: Malfunction, Forgotten Passcodes, locked for about 1M minutes (Happened to me that's why i'm here), etc. Do remember that this WILL delete ANY and ALL data on the device that requires restoration.

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renz - November 22, 2012 at 11:52pm

after this one?? because my iphone same as what is in the last stage so i connect it to the itunes but at last their something error i can't restore my files..

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