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I can't get my iphone out of restore mode?

Ever since the latest iphone software update, I can't get my phone out of recovery mode, everytime I connect it to itunes, it says it's detected it's in recovery mode and i hav to restore it. I've tried restoring it at least 10 times and still no different, can anyone help?

iPhone 4, iOS 7.0.2

Posted on Oct 17, 2013 10:39 AM

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Oct 23, 2013 7:27 PM in response to John Cooke3

For heaven's sake, don't restore if you're in recovery mode and you think you'll lose data, photos, etc. on your phone. There's a simple way to get out of recovery mode without restoring. I was updating to iOS 7.0.3 and accidentally pulled out the charger from my iPhone 4 during the update. The phone then went into recovery mode.

Here's the solution: go online and download RecBoot. It's free and downloads in a few seconds. Once you start it, there are only two buttons: 1) Exit Recovery Mode and 2) Enter Recovery Mode.


Just press the Exit Recovery Mode button and it'll be fixed in a minute or so. The phone then reboots and you're all set.

Nov 28, 2015 5:08 PM in response to Steve MBA

Thanks so much, Steve. I'd had to go back to using the old iphone 4 because the iphone 5 got stuck in recovery mode when I tried to install the latest update. Kept going around in circles failing to complete a restore or an update. This RecBoot program brought me instantly out of recovery mode back to exactly how the phone was before and no way am I going to attempt to update it again.

I can't get my iphone out of restore mode?

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