Khasark
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Q: iPhone 4 keeps restoring

Hi there,

My iPhone 4 went a little crazy today. Kept turning on music and voice control, and ringing people! Plugged it into iTunes, and it said it needed to restore. Now it just keeps restoring. No error messages. When restore is done, it says its going to turn itself back on, but then the message appears again that it needed to restore. It's restored about 5 times now. Latest iTunes updated. Any suggestions?

iPad, iOS 5.1.1, Apple tv 2 5.0.1

Posted on Feb 4, 2013 11:55 AM

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Q: iPhone 4 keeps restoring

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  • by Khasark,

    Khasark Khasark Feb 4, 2013 12:14 PM in response to Khasark
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    Feb 4, 2013 12:14 PM in response to Khasark

    ***Update***

    Plugged it out of iTunes. Turned it off. Turned it back on holding both buttons for 10 secs. Booted up as a new phone. Filled in all relevant info. Was working until i plugged back into iTunes and tried restoring previous back-up settings. It then stated that iTunes detected a phone in 'recovery Mode'. Back to Square one.....

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    abouttogowithsamsung abouttogowithsamsung Apr 5, 2014 6:14 PM in response to Khasark
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    Apr 5, 2014 6:14 PM in response to Khasark

    The same thing happened to me today! this is very frustrating. Did you figure out why?? PLEASE let me know!

  • by abouttogowithsamsung,

    abouttogowithsamsung abouttogowithsamsung Apr 5, 2014 6:37 PM in response to Khasark
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    Apr 5, 2014 6:37 PM in response to Khasark

    You might need to use recovery mode if:

    • You can't update or restore because iTunes doesn't recognize your device or says it's "in recovery mode".
    • The Apple logo remains onscreen for several minutes with no progress bar.
    • The Connect to iTunes screen appears.

    See what to do if the progress bar remains onscreen for several minutes

    Use recovery mode

    Recovery mode erases your device and restores it, which should resolve the issue. If you previously synced with iTunes or iCloud, you may be able to restore from your backup after recovery.

    1. Turn off your device. If you can't turn it off, press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time and wait a few seconds for it to turn off.
    2. Plug the device's USB cable into your computer only.
    3. Hold down the device's Home button as you connect the USB cable to it.
    4. When you see the Connect to iTunes screen, release the Home button. If you don't see this screen, try steps 1 through 3 one more time.
      USB cord pointing the iTunes symboliTunes should open and display a message such as: "iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes."
    5. Use iTunes to restore your device.

    If you don't see your device in iTunes, follow these steps for Mac or these for Windows.

    Additional Information

    If you started your device in recovery mode by mistake, restart it to exit recovery mode. Or you can just wait—after 15 minutes the device will exit recovery mode by itself.

     

     

    -found this info on the site