iPhone 4 stuck in recovery mode while upgrading to iOS 6

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iPhone 4 stuck in recovery mode while upgrading to iOS 6

I was trying to upgrade my iPhone 4 to iOS 6 when it gave me this error message:

"iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes"

I can restore its original settings by clicking on the "Restore" button. Once I've done that, will I still be able to Restore from Backup? Or will the initial Restore to Factory settings wipe out my existing Backups that I made through iTunes on my MacBook? Luckily I Backed up the iPhone (to my computer through iTunes) before I tried to upgrade, so hopefully I can restore it to that backup? Help!!!!!

iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Feb 1, 2013 10:10 PM

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Feb 2, 2013 2:29 AM in response to schaudhary

The following article resolved my problem.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808

To answer the question above briefly, after the iPhone was restored to its original settings by clicking the "Restore" button, I was still able to restore from last backup. After the phone was restored from backup, I was able to synch music, videos, and apps to get back to my original state.

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