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How do I get out of recovery mode without restoring

My iPad isnt backed up and it randomly went into recovery mode. How do I get out of it without restoring my iPad?

iPad 2

Posted on Mar 16, 2014 7:37 AM

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Mar 16, 2014 8:57 AM in response to hollynl

You can't, if it's in recovery mode then you can only reset it back to factory defaults - you don't have an iCloud nor an iTunes backup that you can then restore to ?


If not then what you can redownload from the store will show in the Purchased tabs in the iTunes and App Store apps, and the Purchased tab in the ibookstore in the iBooks app. But without a backup you will have lost the contents of your apps.

How do I get out of recovery mode without restoring

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