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

i have ipad 2 wifi ios 6.1.2

last night I turned it off, and when I wanted to turn it on it got stuck on apple logo then connect to itunes screen

I was told to restore but I can't restore it, there was loading and downloading thing on the top of itunes but then it finished without anything different and there the screen with restore button again 😟

Hoping someone can please help me. Ipad 2 didn't update correctly last night. Now it says it's in recovery mode and need to restore. I've tried it, and It says "cannot be restored at this time becuase the iPad software update server could not be contactd or is temporarily unavailable"

I also tried manually downloading the firmware file and restore using that but still get the same message.

Have been trying all day to get it to work with no luck

and to add information, I clicked on run diagnostic and there was one failure, that was secure link to itunes store.

and this is additional data from the diagnostic test that may be related to the problem *or so I thought*

Firewall Information

Windows Firewall is on.

iTunes is NOT enabled in Windows Firewall.

Connection attempt to Apple web site was successful.

Connection attempt to browsing iTunes Store was successful.

Connection attempt to purchasing from iTunes Store was successful.

Connection attempt to iPhone activation server was successful.

Connection attempt to firmware update server was unsuccessful.

The network connection timed out.

Hey everyone,

Your most welcome, glad to help.

If this method doesn't help you send me a pm

it FIXED !!

finallyyy !!

I don't really know what happened actually since I've spent hours just to read lots of forums related to this problem *though most of them weren't that helping* , but I eventually hit restore button without holding shift to select manual firmware then the awaited apple logo with waiting bar was there!

Thanks a lot everyone *muachh* 😀

For recovery/ update families please go to the front of this thread and follow my instructions there. To fix the 3194 error please try the following:

Fix iTunes Error 3194 During iOS Update

In most cases, it’s because of a simple problem with the hosts file. Here’s how to fix it:

For Windows, navigate to C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/ and find the file that’s named “hosts”

For Mac, the file is in /etc/

Open the file in Notepad (or any other text editing software) (for Windows users, open this with Administrator Privileges)

You’ll mostly have this line at the bottom of the file:

74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com

Either comment this line out by typing a single ‘#’ (without the quotes) in front of the line (before 74) or remove the line entirely.

Now, save the hosts file and then try updating your iPhone through iTunes.

In most cases, the error shouldn’t pop up now.

Cheers

TM

Then you were using the wrong manual firmware file, glad it's sorted.

You should now check which firmware version you have, that now works, head over to that website and download a copy of it in case the next update kills your pad again.

thankyou both techmadness and varshini !!

actually I want to stay in 6.1.2 that's why I want to use the firmware you mentioned earlier, but somehow error kept occuring then that one click made my ipad in 6.1.3

However, it's really much better than having dead ipad stuck on your desk *it's seriously frustrating*

Thankyou again..

Anyway, that firmware you first mentioned, it was written 6.1

is it 6.1.2 or earlier version? I'm just wandering whether I couldn't install it since the firmware is the earlier version than mine *is it counted as downgrade?*

I found a solution to my issue I hope that may help others:

I was using the Mac version of iTunes. I went to a spare PC and downloaded iTunes on it, and it restored the iPad just fine!

Now all I need to do is restore my backup from my Mac

Hope this may help others out there!

Please help me restore my ipad2, i've downloaded 3 firmwares but it doesn't worked. i only have one firmware left to download and im scared that it won't be compatible like the 3 firmwares i've tried.. do i have other options? Please help me..

eztine20,

You can try installing iTunes on another computer. Then connect your iPad to it and let it do a restore without you manually downloading any firmwares. See if that helps.

Thank you i'll try that. I hope it will work.. but do i have other option beside that? Thanks a lot.

Has it fixed?

have you tried adding #74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com in the host file in C/windows/system32/drivers/etc ?

open the file with notepad and add it at the bottom.

*from varshini*

after that try that restore button once again.

hope that would work 🙂

the link and instructions for firmware installation seem to have been deleted. any way someone could re post?