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My iPhone 4S is frozen on "Connect to iTunes" after downloading the 7.0.6 upgrade. I've turned it on and off repeatedly and it remains at "Connect to iTunes." When I connected it to my laptop I received two error messages that iPhone is in recovery mode.

My iPhone 4S is frozen on "Connect to iTunes" after downloading the 7.0.6 upgrade. I have repeatedly turned it on and off and the picture remains of iTunes and the connection. Nothing else comes on. When I connected the 4S to my laptop, I received two error messages: One from the iPhone that says: "iPhone Recovery Mode. The software is up to date... with Restore iPhone highlighted; and one from iTunes that says: "iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes." What can I do to get it working again without restoring it to factory settings and losing all of my media and data? Please help.

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.6

Posted on Mar 4, 2014 3:07 PM

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My iPhone 4S is frozen on "Connect to iTunes" after downloading the 7.0.6 upgrade. I've turned it on and off repeatedly and it remains at "Connect to iTunes." When I connected it to my laptop I received two error messages that iPhone is in recovery mode.

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