iOS 8 Update Failed

Wait till Apple's servers are less busy. It will be much safer and quicker than trying to download when everybody else is.

Hello! I just had the same problem updating my iPhone, downloaded iOS 8 via iTunes on my Mac, but then Yosemite beta glitched and iTunes crashed, so my phone went recovery mode and I had nothing to do but restore it. But gladly I found this http://www.mediafire.com/download/kn3hawdnnb5hi8w/recboot_2_2.zip utility, just launch it with your device connected and press "exit recovery" button. At least your iPad will no longer be a useless brick. Hope it will help you!

Same problem here, update failed and my iPhone is stuck in limbo. It says it wants to be connected to itunes, however when I connect it it says it cant contact the update server. It wont even recognize the device to be able to do a restore. Tried putting it in DFU mode and same problem.

Thanks! I had the same problem, and Recboot allowed me to exit recovery mode. Time to try updating again.

Nano Tns. wrote:

Really need my iPad for school tomorrow and all my work is in there.

Next time, don't try to do a major change without some time for recovery.

This didn't work for me.

Wow. Thank you. My heart skipped a couple of beats because I thought that I had recked my boyfriend’s iPad 2 😀

RecBoot worked (thankfully) and it got the iPad out of recovery mode. A bonus: I thought that it had been reset and that I would have to try the update later. Turns out, when I got ”back in”, iOS 8 was in place! Totally unexpected, but a nice surprise.

Hello,

I'm updating my ipad 4 to ios 8 through itunes, I've downloaded ok, but the ipad is stuck on the apple logo, it seems to turn off for a second and the logo is back...any sugestion? tks Alex

See this link: iOS: Not responding or does not turn on

First try to
reset your device. and if that does not work, restore it, see: restoring iOS software.

My phone did the exact same thing. Thanks apple

Wish I could hug you right now! I was just in tears because dummy me forgot to backup my phone before the update and had photos from a cruise my husband and I just went on. Thought I had lost them forever, but saw your post, downloaded the program and am back to normal. Thanks so much for sharing!!!!!!!!

Dude. i downloaded the program. How do i make it run?

and *** is with this .........jeez i have to figure this out TONIGHT. smdh

if anyone knows how to make my phone do SOMETHING please let me know bc at the current moment:

- black screen

- holdingdownthe home button while plugging usb in doesnt work

- downloaded and extracted recboot AND NOW WHAT?

Please help guys. Thanks

Can you please tell me how you made it run? Do you have a mac? because i have a PC.

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/09/17/ios-8-on-ipad-air-first-impressions-and- performance/

He talks about his device being stuck...

So I had the same issue and this is what I did.

1.) Connect Ipad to Mac and open up Itunes

2.) Hold the home and power button at the same time

3.) NOW BE PATIENT! You have to wait for your Ipad to show a logo that has a wire...and a red itunes button...after that a message should appear on itunes to begin recovery...hope this helps!

I had the same problem, and this is how I got it to work. All the methods like putting the iDevice into DFU mode (a certain kind of restore mode basically) or restore mode won't work. If for some reason, you got stuck in between the update (like me), you may think that rolling back the iOS works, but it won't.

Reason: Apple servers are too busy with so many downloads. 😟

There's a possibility that you might start off with the download and update, but get stuck somewhere at about 60% progress bar, because thats the time when the software is again verified with Apple servers, and since there is no response. You end up getting an error like 3014 etc.

✅Best solution: Wait it out!

Here the best solution, just wait it out. I know its crazy to have your phone stuck in that mode, but thats the best you can do. There are other options like using proxy to access Apple server from some other country, hoping it would be less overloaded there, but the better bet is just to wait for a few hours.

Finally after eight hours of sound sleep, I tried the update again, and voila it worked! No errors whatsoever!

Hope that helps!