Get out of Recovery Mode in iPhone, iPad, iPod Touh, Exit Recovery Mode
This tutorial will show you how to exit recovery mode in case you get stuck in that loop for any reason, this will work for the following device (windows or mac):
- Exit Recovery mode for iPhone 4
- Exit Recovery mode for iPhone 3GS
- Exit Recovery mode for iPhone 3G
- Exit Recovery mode for iPad 1
- Exit Recovery mode for iPad 2
- Exit Recovery mode for iPod Touch 4G/3G/2G/1G
First thing you will need to do is to download the following files:
Now just follow the steps below:
- Create a new folder name it anything you like and save both files downloaded earlier in this folder.
- Unzip both files (Right click on the file and extract).
- Launch iTunes and plug your iPhone into your computer.
- Put your iPhone in DFU mode following the steps below:
- Hold down the Home+Power button simultaneously for 10 seconds.
- After 10 seconds, release the Power button but keep holding the Home button until iTunes detects your iPhone into DFU mode.
- Do not close iTunes. Let it run in the background.
- Launch fixrecovery43.exe and just wait for it get your iPhone out of recovery mode.Make sure you have an active internet connection because fix recovery will be needing to fetch DFU and firmware image from Apple servers.
- When you see Exiting libpois0n in terminal window, you can disconnect your iPhone from your computer. Rest of the procedure will done on your iPhone. This process should not talk more than 2 minutes.
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Yo, So I clicked on the “reset all network” settings and i thought that it only resets the connection settings but now the screen is stuck on the connect to itunes and as i do connect it to my imac it wants to restore the ipod touch (3g) but i do not want it to restore how to i get rid of that?
I tried the above info but still it could not work and the DFU mode is not working as well…
try to connect it to iTunes and update or restore it to 4.2.1
hey i used a couple jailbreaks and now itunes wont recover it and i dont know what to do
Update your device to the latest iOS version through iTunes.
I was playing my 4th Gen. 32 Gig iPod Touch while it was plugged into the wall and the screen went berzerk and it shut off. I couldn’t turn it on and when I hooked it up to the computer, it said that the device was in DFU mode. What do I do? I’m stuck.
Update it through iTunes to 5.1.1 if the update is not available then use the restore and browse for the Ipsw file that was downloaded by iTunes at the time of the first update it should be saved somewhere on your computer like:
~username/Library/iTunes/iPod Software Updates/
My computer won’t even recognize the iPod and I still can’t get it to turn on, even while it’s plugged into the computer. My device is already at iOS 5.1.1 as well. I’ve tried the ‘hold the home and power buttons’ and stuff but it won’t turn on at all.
Try the post below:
http://unlocker.ws/blog/iphone-how-to/how-to-put-iphone-in-dfu-mode
Hey, none of these work for me, when i try to boot, it has a white flashy screen like and turns off. Sometimes it boots into connect to itunes, and it doesnt let me restore. I cant dfu mode it at all and when i press power and home, very rarely will it turn on and not for 10 seconds, it have to hold it for a VERY long time like 2 minutes. It all happened when i left my ipod open and it went out of battery. No programs work, and no problems out there fit my description. Should i just take it to the store?
Have you tried to update it through iTunes to 5.1.1 if the update is not available then use the restore and browse for the Ipsw file that was downloaded by iTunes at the time of the first update it should be saved somewhere on your computer like:
~username/Library/iTunes/iPod Software Updates/
It says unavailable what should i do?
What is your device model, iOS version, and what is it you are trying to do?
i have a new bootrom 36s running on ios 5.1.1 i tried to get some one to unlock it they installed the 06.15.0 bb on it its got stuck in a activate brick cycle so they tried to downgrade it with red snow now it just says nothing in settings for bb and no wifi what can i do to fix this plz help
http://unlocker.ws/blog/iphone-how-to/how-to-downgrade-your-iphone-3gs-or-3g-06-15-00-to-05-13-04-baseband
when i try to update my iphone 2g to ios 5.1.1 it gets in recovery mode
iOS 5.1.1 is not available for the iPhone 2G you can only update up to 3.1.3
Hi,please help .. Im stucking on connect to itunes screen
when I connected it says i need to recover fist but it dont want to lost any data on my device … any suggestion? thanks
I use ipad2 5.0.1 jailed and stucked in recovery mode after trying to upgrade to 5.1.1
Put your device in DFU mode connect to iTunes and try to update if it’s not available then restore to the 5.1.1 that was downloaded by iTunes at the time of the first update:
http://unlocker.ws/blog/iphone-how-to/how-to-put-iphone-in-dfu-mode
Dears In Support Team, I neeeed your help
it says i’m in recovery mode again whenever i connect it to itunes. it keeps asking for resotre. no matter what i do or press, i still have only a black screen, no signs of working phone. i tried the steps above and the window just shuts down when i start with the fixrecovery43.exe please can you help me out? in brief, phone not working at all and no signs but on itunes it says it’s in recovery mode.
my 4s was working perfectly until yesterday morning when it suddenly turned off. i tried to turn it ON with no success, i then connected it to itunes and it asked me to restore it because it’s in recovery mode. i did and it took 3 hours and after that it turned ON again for 1 day and then off again
in case you need the details, it’s an iphone 4s, 16gb, ios is 5.1.1 and i didn’t jailbreak it after the last restore yesterday. thank you.
Connect your device to iTunes and restore it to the IPSW file that was downloaded by iTunes at the time of the first update for 5.1.1 it should be saved somewhere on your computer:
~username/Library/iTunes/iPod Software Updates/
Thank you so much for your reply. the problem is that i’m not able to restore it on itunes at all. once it starts to prepare for restoring, it just stops and i got a different error code each time, the phone is just stuck in dfu or recovery mode, doesn’t turn on at all.
Try to put your device in DFU mode manually then do the restore:
http://unlocker.ws/blog/iphone-how-to/how-to-put-iphone-in-dfu-mode
When I am in terminal (mac) it tells me bad cpu type in-executable, what do I do? thanks for your time.
this has something to do with your mac, you might want to try another computer.
hey! my ipod touch 4 is already at ios 5.1.1 n wen i downloaded a tweak from cydia it went totally perfect n it said to restart springboard n i did n then after that it was restarting n closing again and again but somehow after managing to put in DFU mode n try watever u said n now it is all with a white screen so plzz tell me wat to do!!!
Restore your device through iTunes, and then jailbreak it again.
yeah bt that will take alot of time coz my wifi has bcome very slow!! can u tell me some another way?
Sorry this is the only way we know of.
So my phone is stuck on connect to itunes. I don’t wanna restore it through itunes because first, i didn’t back up my phone and second, i don’t want to update the software to 5.1 because i won’t be able to unlock it anymore. what’s the best thing to do?
heeeelp —iPhone 4s jailbroken cdma 5.0.1 unlocked through gevey
If this method did not work then you might restore your device while preserving the baseband so you can still unlock it.
I need help! my iPad is in recovery mode but it says it needs to be in dfu mode but the article is called how to get your device out of recovery mode! AAHH
Have you tried to restore or update your device.
Hey I tried updating my iPhone 4S to 5.1.1 but the update didn’t finish and it put my phone into recovery mode instead. I tried doing what you said but after it says “Exiting libpois0n”, my screen just remains blank and nothing happens. In the terminal it also says, “Sorry device is not compatible with this jailbreak”, could that be part of the problem? And also is there any way that I can fix this problem without having to restore my phone?
The only way besides this tutorial is to restore you device
Hi, I don’t want to jailbreak my iphone, cause it’s still under warranty and I want to keep it that way, but all my iphone will do is tell me to connect to itunes, which I did only to be told that all of my photos (of my final highschool ball) will be deleted along with my whole life. I was on the phone to apple for a good hour and they couldn’t do anything. Is there any way that you know how I could get it working again so I can get my photos off?
Have you tried to back your device
http://unlocker.ws/blog/iphone-how-to/how-to-backuprestore-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-with-itunes
So does this work with iPad 3 to?
O im sorry didn’t read the beginning skip through it to see what to do
yes it does
I have a problem where my I pad 2 gets back to recovery mode every time it runs out of battery and I have to connect it to i tunes to restore data!!!
can I fix that?
Most likely you have tethered jailbreak. Update your device to iOS 5.1.1 then to untethered jailbreak on it.
Please help! I did all that was asked, but now my ipod just has a blank screen, regardless of how long i hold down the power button for, and when i connect it to my computer it still says its in recovery mode. Nothing is working to fix it!
Put your device in dfu mode then connect it to iTunes and update it to the latest iOS version
After running this process on my 1gen ipad I end up right back at the connect to itunes screen…Any ideas??
Connecting your device to iTunes and updating it to ios 5.1.1 will solve your issue
what is a recovery mode? I jailbroken my ipad to 5.1 reecently and Ive somehow lost my 3g and currently stuck on edge. is it on recovery mode? please advice. it is really annoying that i pay so much on my data and its slow as %&*
What you need is to update your device to 5.1.1 using the steps below, this will take you our of recovery mode:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
I’m trying to turn my iphone 4 into DFU mode but it still stuck at loading screen. How can i get out from stuck? If i don’t get out from loading screen my itunes can’t detect my phone.
Please help me out. TQ
You can use iREB to help you put your device in DFU mode:
http://unlocker.ws/blog/iphone-how-to/how-to-put-iphone-in-dfu-mode
Thank You Yall i fixed my ipod i will never jailbreak it again EVERYONE THATS HAVING PROBLEMS THIS WORKS !!!!
Thank you for your feedback.
When I launch fixrecovery43.exe, itunes quits and the terminal closes…
What is your device model an iOS version and what where you trying to do to begin with ?
same problem, iphone 3g, i don’t which OS, i’m
using win7 64bits windows
Have you tried to put your device in DFU mode, connecting it to your computer and then on iTunes click on Update to the latest version 4.2.1 for iPhone 3G:
http://unlocker.ws/blog/iphone-how-to/how-to-put-iphone-in-dfu-mode
I am having the same problem. The only option it gives is to restore. I have tried using Tiny Umbrella and iReb, but my phone is still stuck in recovery mode. I have tried recovery from DFU, but I get the 1015 error, then when I try to kick it out with iReb it says that you cannot do this with a tethered jailbreak. When I tried fixrecovery43.exe, it closed iTunes and terminal closed before I had a chance to read it. I am using an iphone 3g with the latest I tunes and ios 4.2.1
Please help me.
Then Restore but when you browse for the IPSW look for the original IPSW file that was downloaded by iTunes originally when you updated your device and restore to it. It Should be saved somewhere on your computer:
~username/Library/iTunes/iPod Software Updates/
THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!!! It worked perfectly!! I never thought my phone would get off that apple logo!! A million thanks to the staff & team who put this blog up!!!!
You are very welcome
glad it worked and thank you for sharing your success story.
When I launch fixrecovery43.exe, itunes quits and the terminal closes…
Same here help please…:/
I have a 32gb ipod touch 3g jailbroken with redsn0w. It is stuck in recovery mode and after trying the above steps it just stayed in recovery mode. please help
Have you tried to restore/update it through iTunes to 5.1.1
Okay, I have tried everything. When I say everything, I mean everything. That recovery mode screen KEEPS COMING BACK!!!! Nothing has fixed it. None of these snows or terminals–or home screens or TUs or rejailbreaking or erasing files from hosts. NOTHING. And Apple wants me to pay for a new iPod because even they can’t fix their own product.
What is your iPos model and iOS version ?
dude im trying this with my ipad 1 but its still stucked in that recovery image what do i have to do ? ive followed every step but nothing works
What not connect your device to iTunes and update/restore to 5.1.1
Hello, I’m using 3GS on 4.3.3 and tried to upgrade into 5.1.1
I’ve got Error 1602 and opened iReb-R5, and now it’s stuck into Recovery Mode, and iTunes seem can’t detect my 3GS connected to it. What should I do ?
Put your device in DFU so iTunes will detect your device then click on update. Also check out this fix:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA38633
My iphone seems to be stuck on recovery mode* when i try to restore it i get the error code of 9. how can i fix this? can it be fixed??
its a 3G 16GB if that helps
What is your iOS version please?
Hi, i’ve followed your instructions, but the greenpois0n process get stucked whit this error:
“AppleBCMWLAN: :handleIOKitBusyWatchdogTimeout(): Error, no succesful firmware download after 60000 ms!! Giving up…”
And that’s it. After a while it goes with some text passing by the display. And it goes again to DFU mode!
I’ve done this with an internet connected computer. So, what could be the problem?
I’m trying to fix an iPhone 3gs with iOS 5.1.1, and BB 06.15… Thanks for any help!
Put your device in DFU mode and rejailbreak again using redsn0w
Hi I’m having the same problem with my 3GS, comes up with no successful firmware downloaded 60000ms giving up. Tried restoring with stock firmware and get error 21 please help.
What is your iOS version and what is it you are trying to do?
my iphone 3g seems to be stucked on recovery mode itried to press the home and power button together t till it reyurns to recovery mode any advise on what should i do?
Why not update or restore through iTunes.
same problem here..stuck in recovery mode during restore 5.1.1…need ur help
Update your device to 5.1.1 instead of restoring it:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
have done all the steps and was out of the picture iTunes .. but I could not reach home image … only instructed to select the country and select the network and can only call emergency
What is your device model, iOS version and what is you are trying to do to begin with?
still get back to recovery mode
I have just done what is in this “tuto” BUT at the end i get this msg ” hooking up …”or something like that .From there i get numbers and lett in my phone(display).After a few minutes i still get the same “image ” …Any ideea ?
What is your device model, iOS version and what is it that cause you to get in recovery mode?
i done these steps to get my iphone 3gs out of recovery mode now i have a black screen
it can still be detected on itunes but cant see anything on my phone! i dont know what iOS version it is as i just bought it the other day from someone and it went into recovery mode when i tried to update so didnt see
Have you tried to put it in DFU mode, and update your iOS through iTunes.
I did what you said… i received the thig with: exit ilbp0ison and then the ipad (2) stays with its screen black (like in recovery mode) what should i do?
What is your iOS version and what were you trying to do to begin with?
my stubborn iphone has been on recovery mode since hours ago despite having tried to exit dfu mode many many times after a failed update from itunes and now it is unable to be found in my computer and itunes.
Put it in DFU mode and restore it through iTunes.
hello, i have an iphone 4 4.3.5 unlocked with gevey… my iphone only show the itunes screen, not the emergency screen, only the itunes and the usb.. how can i kick out of this mode?.. in itunes says it has detected an iphone in recovery mode.. how can i solve this? please let me know!.. how to kick out of this mode?? please!!! i cant restore normally because it will be updated to a new version… i just want to kick out of recovery mode.. y used tinyumbrella but does not work
Try to restore to 4.3.5 while using the tutorial below
http://unlocker.ws/blog/iphone-how-to/how-to-fix-itunes-error-3194-ios-4-2-1-4-3-4-3-1-4-3-2-4-3-3-4-3-4-4-3-5-tutorial
After this processe what should have happened?
I’ve done all the steps, in the end, my Ipod showed some code lines, checked somethings and I think that it is now turned off. Now I try to restore it via Itunes?
What is your device model, iOS version and what were you trying to do to begin with?
Ipod touch 4G iOS 5.0.1.
I did the jailbreak when I bought it (I think almost 2 years ago). I have updated it to 5.0.1 when the Untethered version was released. It was working fine until 3 weeks ago. My ipod started freezing and rebooting by it self when I entered in some aplications… so I decided to format it. But as dumb as am I … I tried to format it by iTunes! It went well until it shown the error 3194. By there my Ipod entered in the restore mode and not a single s%^&* has taken it out of this mode! I tried iFaith, iREB, sn0wbreeze, Redsn0w… every single tool that good God Google has shown me… Even tried to f&%* up with iTunes to restore my Ipod! I’ve tried every single way to fix the erros that iTunes came up with!
I am almost giving up… I have no more ideas to fix it… I think yours method is my last try… and one of the only ones that took my ipod to somewhere. I think TinyUmbrella finished to do whatever it does! My Ipod is off now and I don’t know what to do!
I am trying to restore it to iOS 5.0.1 that was the last update that I’ve done. Any ideas, man?
You can only downgrade if you have the SHSH Blob saved for 5.0.1
I don’t want to downgrade… I just want to take out my Ipod from restore mode…
Then update your device through iTunes
I completed the said instructions but I am not able to get my phone into DFU. I tried to update my iphone and it is stuck in recovery mode. I really need the pictures in the phone.
Try to use iREB it will put your device in DFU for you.
http://unlocker.ws/blog/fix-jailbreak-common-problems-issues
my one has a error saying 6000ms, giving up
what should i dooo! Please help
Update your device through iTunes to the latest iOS version.
I have the same problem, and I have the latest iOS 5.1.1 BB 06.15, iPhone 3gs… What can I do?
Try to restore your device to a custom 5.1.1 iPSW file using 06.15.00 bb
Hey, I got an iphone 3gs and im trying to get out from recovery mode, bute whe im follow your instructions it fails. Im coming to step 6. But in the end of the text it says “Error, no successful firmware download after 60000 ms!! Giving up…”
What should i do?
Update your device through iTunes to 5.1.1
When I try that, my phone keep saying “Error: 3194″
What should i do?
try http://unlocker.ws/blog/iphone-how-to/how-to-fix-itunes-error-3194-ios-4-2-1-4-3-4-3-1-4-3-2-4-3-3-4-3-4-4-3-5-tutorial
Hey, my iphone is in DFU mode and it sows up in itunes but it says in the terminal: iphone must be in DFU mode continue.. Please help there are sooo many pictures on my phone
ps. please delete my comment with my full name.. thanks
Do you have an option to backup your device when you right click on it in iTunes. if you do back it up and restore it.
My Ipad 3 16 GB OS 5.1 suddenly ran into recovery mode when I wanted to upgrade my software version. I tried TinyUmbrella (FixRecovery), still I couldn’t get out of it. Please help
Put your device in DFU mode and connect to iTunes and click on update.
It didn’t work
It said “iTunes has detected an iPad in recovery mode. You must restore this ipad before it can be used with iTunes”. But if I restore my iPad I’m afraid that i will lost all of my data
i tried to upgrade from 4.1(jailbroken) to 4.3.5 and now my 3gs is stuck in recovery mode, i tried this method but no luck.. heeeellllp
You wi not be able to upgrade to any ios older than the most current one which is in this case 5.1.1
you can downgrade to ios 4.1 for some reason apple still signs it but it has to be a stock ispw then run recovery fix after error, then jailbreak useing redsnow to activate. your done
why dont yall just say yall dont know instead of saying the same stuff and it s not working. I mean all the steps are be done just as you stated, but its not working for me and a few more others from what im reading.
lol .. What is your device model, iOS version, and what is it you were trying to do to begin with please?
please help me as the “loading device tree” runs on my command line while using fix recovery43.exe
. ?
Greenp0ison window pops.. and.. after the command line exits.. there is alot of processing on the ipod screen..
atlast bam!. totallyblack screen.. when connected to pc.. and itunes say.. ” IPOD in Restore mode”.
im using..
ipod 2g 8gb mc model
and im restoring whited00r 5.1 firmware using itunes
please help me.!
Hi. I’m using a jailbroken iphone 3GS 5.1 and a mac computer 10.5.8. I tried to restore my iphone and it went into recovery mode. I put my iphone in DFU mode per your instructions. The .exe file does open the terminal but then it does nothing. I hit restore in itunes but this message pops up: “The iPhone could not be restored.This device isn’t eligible for the requested build.” Any help please? I would be greatful.
What is your current modem firmware (baseband) please?
I did all the instructions. It did write “Exiting libpois0n” in terminal window. I did disconnect my iPhone from PC. I did wait for 5 minutes, than turned on my iPhone. But nothing changed. What to do? I did spent 5 days to kick my iphone out of recovery mode. But couldn’t. Please help me.
My iPhone: iPhone 4, iOS 4.3.5, baseband 04.10.01
What is it you were trying to do to begin with that got you in Recovery Mode?
I did try to Downgrade my iOS 5.1 to 4.3.5 and baseband 04.12.01 to 04.10.01
You will not be able to downgrade to any iOS older than the most current one which is in this case 5.1.1 UNLESS you have saved the SHSH Blob for your device for the iOS version you wan to downgrade to.
I Have got SHSH Blob. I tried again to downgrade. It did downgrade but error 1013 occurred, and it is again in recovery mode. SHSH Blob is iPhone 4 4.3.4 (8K2) and iPhone 4 4.3.5 (8L1)
So you are trying to downgrade from 4.3.5 to 4.3.4 ? Why?
I’m trying to downgrade from 5.1.1 to 4.3.5 or 4.3.3 because I have got Gevey for it.
You can’t downgrade unless you have saved the SHSH blob for the iOS you wan to downgrade to.
Ok, so i bricked my iphone 3GS and i herd ios 5.1.1 has a new bb, will this fix my brick?
Ok so i updated and now i get error code (-1)? and then it goes to recovery
What is your iPhone current iOS version and baseband (modem firmware version)
my iphone2g stuck in connect to itunes….when i connect to itunes it asks to restore my device and when i starts restoring it hangs up after a while and doesnt restore completely ….my ios was 3.1.3 and alsothe itunes doesnt recognize anything with mah iphone
Name: iphone
capacity: n/a
Software version: n/a
Serial number:n/a
PLEASE HELP ME OUT
What is your iPhone model?
Please help i have an iphone 4 and after i tried to upgrade today to the new version my phone shows to plug to itunes and its giving a message to retore phone how can i fix it? would i lose all my pictures?
Which iOS version did you try to upgrade to ?