Error -5010F did I ruin my MacBook Pro?

Shelby LeAnne,

no, you haven’t ruined your MacBook Pro. To run OS X Internet Recovery over wi-fi, you’ll need a connection with WPA or WPA2 security; if your wi-fi connection doesn’t have that feature, then you won’t be able to restore your MacBook Pro’s original version of OS X via Internet Recovery over wi-fi — you could use a different wi-fi connection which does have that security feature, or you could use an Ethernet connection rather than a Wi-Fi connection, or you could make an appointment at an Apple store to have them restore OS X for you.

I'm in the process now. First had the flashing file folder with question mark so I shut it down not knowing what was happening. Would boot about 50% after that then shut down completely. Tried holding down the Option key at startup but clicking on my one and only hard drive did nothing. Then did Command + R and got the 5010F error. Shut it down and connected with an Ethernet cable and it's about 15% now and not moving very much if at all.

Just wondering if I should give up and visit the Genius Bar. This my first Mac, I have no experience with digging into the bones of the OS, disk utility, etc (had plenty with Windows which is why I ended up with a MBP!) so quite possibly way over my head and the first problem I've had in three years is this.

Did your system complete the recovery successfully?

Thank you for this post. After being unable to connect via my home wifi I wasn't sure what to do next. Searching for help and found this post. Waiting on my OS to finish installing. Thank you!

And what if you're running OS X Internet Recovery over Wi-Fi that's using WPA 2 security and this is still happening? Sorry to revive an old thread, but it seems that this forum is a ghost town and creating a new thread 2+ hrs ago didn't do the trick.

Please see Re: 5010F (3) error while attempting Internet Recovery

Hi try to connect to other internet or other wifi or connect to internet with a cable.

Luis ortis