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How to Put an iPhone Into Recovery Mode

How to Put an iPhone Into Recovery Mode

Posted November 20, 2007 at 7:34pm by iClarified · 2357184 views
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To put the iPhone into recovery mode so you can do an iTunes firmware restore follow these steps.

UPDATE:
Apple has introduced a new method to entering Recovery Mode. You can find instructions and a video demonstrating the new method here.

Step One
Open iTunes and connect the iPhone to your Mac.
How to Put an iPhone Into Recovery Mode


Step Two
Press and hold the Home button and the Sleep/Wake button at the same time.
How to Put an iPhone Into Recovery Mode

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.
How to Put an iPhone Into Recovery Mode

The iPhone will look like this:
How to Put an iPhone Into Recovery Mode
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Ashtonwinchester
Ashtonwinchester - November 13, 2017 at 2:41am
The recovery mode thing does not pop up. only the apply symbol
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er25
er25 - November 8, 2017 at 7:00am
i use reiboot just 1 click enter recovery mode. so cool!
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Rafig Gurbanzada
Rafig Gurbanzada - July 3, 2017 at 3:03pm
Rafig Gurbanzada: it failed.
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zorky
zorky - March 27, 2017 at 11:43am
This just restarts my phone doesnt put it in recovery mode
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William123456789987654321874584475
William123456789987654321874584475 - May 13, 2016 at 11:42pm
Thank you!!!!!! I have an iPhone 4 and the new way wasn't working. I was about to have a heart attack.
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Dave West
Dave West - October 24, 2016 at 11:23am
Try this free tool to put iPad as well as iPhone, iPod into reovery mode with one click: www.data-recovery-iphone.com
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JulietHuddy
JulietHuddy - January 20, 2017 at 8:11am
1.Turn your iPhone off by holding down the sleep/wake button (on the right side on iPhone 6 and up, on the top corner on all other iPhones). Hold until the slider appears at the top and then swipe the slider. If your phone doesn't respond, hold the sleep/wake button and the Home button together until the screen goes dark (on an iPhone 7 series, hold volume down instead of Home) 2. Connect your iPhone to your computer. If you don't have a computer, you'll need to go to the Apple Store or borrow one 3. Perform a hard reset on the phone. Do this by holding down the sleep/wake button and the Home button at the same time (again, on iPhone 7 use volume down). Continue holding for at least 10 seconds. If the Apple logo appears on the screen, keep holding 4. Let go of the buttons when the Connect to iTunes screen appears (it's the image of the cable and iTunes icon shown at the top of this article). The phone is now in recovery mode 5. A window pops up in iTunes offering to let you Update or Restore the phone. Click Update. This tries to resolve the problem without erasing your data 6. If Update fails, read this www.recovery-tool.com/ios-recovery/recover-iphone-in-recovery-mode.html
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Aiden
Aiden - November 2, 2015 at 2:15pm
This saved me $699.99!
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jess
jess - October 6, 2014 at 3:13pm
this saved me!
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Ole Gajda
Ole Gajda - January 28, 2016 at 9:14am
Translate to Dansk. Can You do this..??
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ane doas
ane doas - May 26, 2014 at 8:58pm
O botao Sleep/Wake do meu iphone nao funciona estou desesperada. Se puderem me ajudar ficarei muito agradecida.
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YionGeo
YionGeo - May 21, 2014 at 7:26am
Once iPhone stuck in Recovery mode, you invariably have to Restore. Regarding your iPhone Data Recovery Google: "How to extract data from iPhone in recovery mode". May land up on some utility. Free or paid Good Luck PS: Genius bar will not help you in personal data recovery in any manner. Moral: Always backup your data periodically.
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Simon's Locks
Simon's Locks - May 11, 2014 at 11:49pm
THANKS FOR THE HELP!! (Again)
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Collins Emily
Collins Emily - April 14, 2014 at 8:41am
My iPhone stuck on recovery mode after iOS update so i searched google for help. To my surprise, i got a free tool to enter and exit iPhone recovery mode without holding home or power button, you just need to click the button on the main interface to choose to put iPhone into or out of recovery mode with one click. Totally free download is available here on CNET: http://download.cnet.com/ReiBoot/3000-18553_4-76037571.html
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LOKESH
LOKESH - February 26, 2014 at 12:56pm
HI I jail broken my iphone 3gs 6.1.3 i want restore it it showing " U DON T HAVE MEMORY IN IPHONE "
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neil
neil - October 19, 2013 at 6:39pm
thanks i had a problem installing ios 7 and it froze so i had to do it
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Confussed boy
Confussed boy - September 17, 2013 at 1:49am
What do you do if the home button is not working??
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oscar
oscar - August 2, 2013 at 10:52am
thank you <3 helped me
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Niamh
Niamh - June 22, 2013 at 5:30pm
Has helped thnx!
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Christian
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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