My iPhone 3Gs is stuck in Recovery Mode. My phone has never been jailbroken. What can I do to get it out of the Recovery Mode loop?

Hi domaley,

If you are unable to restore your iPhone from Recovery Mode, you may find the following articles helpful:

iOS: Troubleshooting update and restore issues

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1275

iTunes: Specific update-and-restore error messages and advanced troubleshooting

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694

Regards,

- Brenden

I had the same problem a few weeks ago and I tried everything & nothing worked. My iPhone 3Gs wouldn't charge & it wouldn't go past the apple logo. I unplugged it from the charger and just left it alone until it died completely. The next morning I didn't touch it, (try to turn it on) I plugged it into an outlet I rarely use & let it charge while I took a nap. When I woke up, I was afraid to touch it but I did. I pressed the home button & there it was. Notifications galore...! I was very happy but NOW my phone tells my I have 0 bytes left even after I've deleted tons of text messages & photos. Facebook crashes often & so does a few other apps. I guess this is apple's way of telling me that i need to upgrade soon. 😕 lol

Since your iPhone stuck in recovery mode, connect it to your computer and open iTunes. Then hold the Home button while you connect the USB cable. iTunes should detect the device is in recovery mode and offer to restore it from a backup. All personal data, apps and settings will be removed from your iPhone or iPad and it will be restored to the most recent backup, so some data might be lost if you haven't backed up for a while.

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