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My Ipad 2 is stuck in recovery mode after the update 6.1

Two days ago I heard of people around me the new update for the ipad2 is out so I went to settings checked if there was one and there was one. So I clicked on download and so it went on it turned off after it and got stuck on the screen where you see you have to connect to itunes. I connected it to itunes and it said its in recovery mode. I clicked on recovory and fix it so it went downloading after 12 min maybe it was finished but came up with the error 1403 that the downloading was damaged and corrupted.... So I tried agin but I keep getting the same message and two days have gone by and still cant use my Ipad? Anyone else has this problem with his/her ipad 2? Anyone else who fixed it? Is apple working on it?

iPad 2, iOS 6

Posted on Jan 30, 2013 9:55 AM

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Feb 9, 2013 7:15 AM in response to Techmadness

T,


I have a question for you if you don't mind.


I have an iPad 3 and my wife primarly uses it for varoius things. She does not back it up, that's my job. Unfortunately I accepted the lastest ios update and did not back up the iPad before I accepted the update. I pretty much crashed right off and put my iPad in recovery mode. I have tried Tiny Umbrella, ReBootMe, Fix Recovery, etc. Nothing will unstick this iPad.


I need to know if there is any way to get the photos and videos off of this thing that were never backed up? I have Wondershare for data recovery but it will not reconize the iPad in DFU mode, it only find the last backup of the iPad in iTunes which is of no help to me regarding my unbacked up files.


Any advise or solution on this would be appreciated before I bite the bullet and restore.


Best...KK

Feb 19, 2013 2:54 PM in response to Icycreaming

Hi everyone,

I'm so very pleased that you've all managed to fix your devices :)

Some of your comments have certainly been heard, even by Apple.


I've not been around on the forum as I was sent a nastygram about advertising sources that weren't authorised by Aople..... I notice it took almost a month for them to find a fix, and that hardly worked on many devices. So that's gratitude for you.


Anyhow, I'm glad I was able to help, if you have any questions or want to say hi, I'm sure you can message me directly or via the email in my profile.


My kindest regards,

TM

(I'm sure ill have a question for you lot soon enough)

Feb 21, 2013 11:42 PM in response to Techmadness

Hi Techmadness


I have ran into the same problem this morning.


I have downloaded the file on my Windows 7 PC. I followed your instructions but the problem is my iPad2 device is not even being recognised by iTunes. So I could not go past step 2.


I have uninstalled itunes and all other related Apple softwares and files, restarted my computer and reinstalled itunes again, even then iTunes is not recognising my iPad.


Any ideas on how to resolve this fix.


Thanks in advance.

Feb 22, 2013 12:36 AM in response to Sandeep Kankatala

Hi Sandeep,

First off, does windows spot your device, does it appear in device manager?

If it does, uninstall it reboot and reconnect.

Let the drivers reinstall and then fire up iTunes.


If it is not recognised I would find a different cable, use a different USB port and try another machine.


You don't need t use your PC to do the firmware upgrade so don't be afraid of using someone else's.

Feb 22, 2013 3:20 AM in response to Techmadness

Thanks a million Techmadness.


It worked and the good thing is there is no data loss.


I tried 2 USB ports initially on my Windows laptop, and was lazy to try the third one. After reading your message I tried the 3rd one and it worked like a charm.


Many thanks.


What I have noticed is: (at least for me in this case) this happens when iOS is updated through PC and does not have any problems when its updated via Wifi directlt on the iPad.

Mar 9, 2013 4:26 PM in response to hotorange

I'm having problems as well. Just bought the iPad 2 last weekend and updated to iOS 6.1.2. Now it keeps "bricking" at random times. Hard reset (holding sleep and home button) keeps it in the Apple Logo loop. I tried to go back to iOS 6.1, but once I try to restore it to that; it's got to verify the .ipsw file with Apple and it won't let me restore to that.


Any help would be appreciated, but I'm probably SOL, might have to return it.

Mar 14, 2013 10:25 AM in response to hotorange

Hello.


I have an iPad 2 and have a PC. I too am stuck in the recovery loop with the USB image pointing to iTunes. I tried updating first through iTunes again and again and again. I then found this discussion with several success stories. Fingers crossed, I downloaded the file, I pressed my left shift and was able to select the file, but all the way at the end, there was an error with Apple 😟 I have tried all the ports on my laptop and no changes. Any other suggestions would be welcome.


Please help!!! Thanks in advance.

My Ipad 2 is stuck in recovery mode after the update 6.1

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