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

Incorrect.

The software package previously used to update te iPad is incomplete, built incorrectly or contains errors/bugs etc, it is not corrupted (atleast not by the users downloading it or the method of which they used to download it). Corruption is used to describe something that was perfect and then by other means has become invalid/changed or corrupted.

The package contains errors and therefore does not pass the error checking system, therefore deemed invalid or corrupted. You then receive a generic error message and of course people love using the word corruption incorrectly, event the people who write the error msg text.

The software on the device is not corrupt, it simple is half way through a process, its next step fails and it shouts for help, the invalid file is still on your computer and has only done half the job on your ipad.

Thus, the file itself is not corrupted, its crap! it then does not corrupt your ipad, it just leaves it hanging.

(working for a core software company has taught me a lot :-) )

KInda fixed but can't get my photos and apps from I cloud even though its on my iPad under manage storage! And then I called apple and had a yell at them so I think I blew my chances

Lol oh yeah? Working for apple has taught me a lot. :)

what do you do at Apple?

Techmadness I want to thank you very much for saving me 249 dollars!!!! I downloaded the file thru Safari 5 and the dowload took less than 5 min and voila it got my iPad up and running!!! Thank You very much!!!

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THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!!! I THOUGHT I WAS OUT OF OPTIONS THEN I CAME ACROSS YOUR LINK. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS AND IT SAVED MY IPAD 2 THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

A big thanks to Techmadness, and a big 'Thanks for nothing!' to Apple who have seriously dropped the ball on this one.

retrocool

You are all most welcome.

Sweet silence.

@Techmadness: I love you!! You just saved my iPad a very very quick non-happy ending trip to the wall! THANK YOU!!!!!

My itunes no longer recognizes that my ipad 2 is even connected.  I played around with the power and home buttons a lot, now the connect to itunes screen has gone, just my battery shows in the middle of the screen when i touch any button.  I think im screwed.  friggin update i am super bummed.

Techmadness, thanks for your post and answers all the way through this thread.  I had the HP Download manager problem on one computer that cost me last evening.  Once I saw that post and downloaded on another computer w/o the download manager, I was up and active inside of no time.  All the best!

Hey guys. I am having the same problem here, but when I try to recover from the downloaded ios file Techmadness suggested, after processing the file I get this message:

Ipad wasnt restored since it couldnt contact the ipad software actualization host or it`s temporarily unavailable.

I have to mention that when I turn my ipad on it appears recovery mode and after less than 30 seconds it turns automatically off, even if the ios file is being processed.

Can anybody help me?

I have just changed the usb cable, now my ipad doesnt turn automatically off but still shows same error message