iPhone 13 Stuck in recovery mode but won’t restore with iTunes

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iPhone 13 Stuck in recovery mode but won’t restore with iTunes

I forgot my password but turned off the erase phone option in settings (stupidly) so I erased it with find my. Come to find out I still need to know my password. So I put it in recovery mode and tried to restore it with iTunes. It extracted the software but will only get half way through the restore process. Now my phone won’t go back to the home screen (I remembered my password after a week) even when I hard restart it just goes back to the recovery page. I can’t even force it into DFU mode. SOS

iPhone 13 mini, iOS 16

Posted on Feb 9, 2025 5:36 AM

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SravanKrA

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Feb 9, 2025 10:41 PM in response to Angeline-

If you remember the passcode now, may not help. You will have to go through the process given below. Do not resort to any other method.

Following this process is the only way out if your iPhone is disabled. The steps given in this link will help you reset the passcode -> If you forgot the passcode for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or your ...

Regarding your data…

If you have an iCloud or iTunes latest backup, then there is nothing to worry about. If not read more...
You have synced your data to iCloud, then what you will get back is what you have synced to iCloud and uploaded to iCloud Drive; the information that is synced and stored in iCloud are, Contacts, Calendars, Bookmarks, Mail, Notes, Voice Memos, shared photos, iCloud Photos*, Health data, call history, and files you store in iCloud Drive. (*-If you have turned on iCloud Photos, your content is automatically stored in iCloud.)
You have imported your Photos and videos to Mac/PC then they are safely residing there on Mac/PC
You have uploaded some of it to Cloud Drives using the Files app (iCloud Drive, Google Drive, OneDrive, DropBox, Flickr, box, AmazonDrive, Adobe Creative Cloud, etc). The data remains there.
If you have not backed up or do not have the latest backup, nor imported nor you have synced or uploaded your data to cloud drives prior to the situation that you are in, then I am sorry, all your data is lost.

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iPhone 13 Stuck in recovery mode but won’t restore with iTunes

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