iOS 6 upgrade causing recovery mode

Had the same thing happen with my iPhone 4. Earlier today I upgraded my iPad 2 (WiFi, 32 GB) over WiFi with no problems.

Tried the same thing on the iPhone 4, and poof! After 30 minutes (after downloading and installing), the connect to iTunes came up.

Been trying to restore it to factory settings in iTunes 10.7 (just downloaded today) and its a no-go so far. After 45 minutes its still about half way through the restore and still says 15 minutes remiaing (which it has said for over 30 minutes).

Uggh, hope the update didn't toast my iPhone.

BTW - this is an iPhone 4 16 GB on AT&T (NOT unlocked, just standard). Previously had iOS 5.1.1 on it. I had previously upgraded over WiFi server times (to 5.0 (I think), 5.1, and then 5.1.1) with no issues.

This time prior to the upgrade it told me I needed to have a total of 2.5 GB free, so I freed up 2.9 GB by deleting some apps.

Will report back if/when it ever restores. Good thing I don't need the phone tonight! '

Every sinlge time I have tried to update my iphone, since the very first iphone that ever came out, I end up having to restore it because the update never works the first time. This time was no different, however I have already tried recovering it twice and it still doesn't work. The second time I got the internal error message. Awesome. The phone won't turn on, won't restart, won't show anything on the screen except connect to Itunes.

I have this problem but it won't even let me restore it now...

I just downloaded and installed IOS 6, and the phone went into recovery mode. I tried to restore it on Itunes and about a minute before the end it gave me an error saying It cant be restored... What is this ?

After 5 or 6 times restoring the phone, mine eventually did the upgrade....everything seems to be working fine at the moment. It was pretty intense though 😐

Add me to the list; same problem. Installed update wirelessly (had plenty of battery before beginning so I didn't plug it in). After update downloaded and phone auto-restarted, I got the plug into itunes image and then itunes said I needed to restore it. I proceeded, now it says itunes is downloading iOS6 (again??) and it's estimated time is 4 hours 😟

I finally got mine restored and on iOS 6. Had to attach via a USB cable to iTunes. Took several times before it "took". Though perhaps I ahd a flakey USB cable. I swapped it for another and that time everything went through all the way.

Did loose all my settings (had not backed it up in a while), but luckily all my pictures were already synced with iCloud (the only real important thing). In some ways perhaps this was a good thing as it cleaned up a bunch of apps and other stuff I didn't need on the iPhone, and gives me time to go back and ensure the apps I put back on it are ones I REALLY need.

That said, was disappointing that the wireless update failed and forced me to start over using iTunes.

i fixed this following this pages

http://osxdaily.com/2008/03/21/how-to-flush-your-dns-cache-in-mac-os-x/

but i think this steps is easier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL_IWgJ7VNM

i hope it help u out guys! it help me

i really dont know how i did it but i did! 😀

same problem here. new perfectly working (before update) iphone (now dead). shame on apple:-(

Seriously dissapointed on this update. Upgraded wirelessly last time no issues, never jailbroken my phone. Lost a lot of good photos and yes that is what icloud is for but I expected better from apple on this update especially because I didn't have any problems last time. My mistake. Now two hours in still not updated and while I considered upgrading to the new iPhone5 I have my doubts if things are just getting worse rather than better.

am having the same problem :S any idea if i even can restore back to 5.1?????

what if you dont have a MAC computer can you still do the same using a windows computer?

Thanks God after the 6th time of restoring, it worked just try & then back up ur data

am ving windows... all what i did is trying many times of restoring & finally it works ... then get your backup

after you restore your phone can you get your data back? how do you geet your back up?