iPhone 13 mini upgrade from 26.0.0 to 26.0.1 bricked my iPhone with an Apple logo and a full white progress bar.

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aloharpm Author

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iPhone 13 mini upgrade from 26.0.0 to 26.0.1 bricked my iPhone with an Apple logo and a full white progress bar.

iPhone 13 mini upgrade from 26.0.0 to 26.0.1 bricked my iPhone with an Apple logo and a full white progress bar.

Mac mini M4 running Mac OS 15.7 does not see the iPhone in Finder

(1) Force restart does not work with phone attached to Mac mini, also does not work standalone

(2) Recovery mode does not work

(3) Can’t put phone in DFU mode

(4) Can’t restore

(5) MBA11 running Big Sur does not see the phone

(6) iMazing app (ver 3.4.0 2322) saw the phone on 26.0.0, and successfully backed it up, now it can not see the phone

(7) iPhone mirroring app does not see the phone

It’s impossible to shut the phone down, it’s impossible for any computer to see it attached.

Phone is BRICKED with a black background, a white apple, a white progress bar

The only thing I have yet to try is to disconnect the iPhone from all power sources and let the battery deplete.

iPhone 13 mini, iOS 26

Posted on Oct 1, 2025 9:01 PM

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aloharpm Author

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Oct 2, 2025 1:59 PM in response to aloharpm

I fixed it, but it took eight hours of my life to do so. I’m beginning to think that the security exposures of down level software are less risky than the risk of installing an Apple IOS update. Of my last three updates, only 26.0.0 installed correctly. Updating to 18.7 deleted required parameters on my SIM card and I had to obtain a new one from my service provider. I guess some might say that an 8 hour outage is a measure of improvement over two days to get a SIM.

THE FIX WAS ……. I let the battery die, then I tried recovery mode (vol up, vol down, power button) several times and got a screen showing that the iPhone should be plugged in, I plugged it into my Mac mini, repeatedly kept doing the recovery mode sequence, got a red low battery screen, kept repeating recovery sequence, and it FINALLY gave me the recovery options. I chose update, it downloaded update, was visible in Finder while doing so, and came back with all of my data and an upgraded 26.0.1.

Apple, I’m not impressed.

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Rcinkle

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Oct 2, 2025 1:57 AM in response to aloharpm

Been there. I ignored low memory warnings and everything started glitching and complaining about database corruptions. iTunes wouldn’t connect. Forced restart left me with that lonely Apple logo forever.

i used 3utools.com to flash IOS directly on the phone. You have to go into FPU mode or something, but the directions are there. It’s free too!

hopefully you have a recent backup!

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aloharpm Author

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Oct 2, 2025 2:06 PM in response to Rcinkle

Rcinkle , thanks for the suggestion. I'm currently using the iMazing app and compared it's capabilities to 3utools.com

It looks like each has pros and cons.

It's always good to have another tool.

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iPhone 13 mini upgrade from 26.0.0 to 26.0.1 bricked my iPhone with an Apple logo and a full white progress bar.

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