Stuck in RECOVERY Mode.

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Stuck in RECOVERY Mode.

I tired to update iPhone6 iOS and am stuck in recovery mode. When I update or try to restore I get error code 56. How can I fix it ?

Posted on Jul 2, 2015 3:32 PM

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Kappy

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Jul 2, 2015 3:43 PM in response to Sahat_Sheila

Try:

Placing your device into recovery (DFU-Device Firmware Upgrade) mode:

Follow these steps to place your iOS device into recovery mode. If your iOS device is already in recovery mode, you can proceed immediately to step 6.

1. Disconnect the USB cable from the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, but leave the

other end of the cable connected to your computer's USB port.

2. Turn off the device: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds

until the red slider appears, then slide the slider. Wait for the device to turn off.

* If you cannot turn off the device using the slider, press and hold the

Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time. When the device turns off,

release the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons.

3. While pressing and holding the Home button, reconnect the USB cable to the

device. The device should turn on. Note: If you see the battery charge warning,

let the device charge for at least ten minutes to ensure that the battery has some

charge, and then start with step 2 again.

4. Continue holding the Home button until you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen.

When this screen appears you can release the Home button:

5. If necessary, open iTunes. You should see the following "recovery mode" alert:

6. Use iTunes to restore the device.

If you don't see the "Connect to iTunes" screen, try these steps again. If you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen but the device does not appear in iTunes, see this article and its related links.

Note: When using recovery mode, you can only restore the device. All user content on the device will be erased, but if you had previously synced with iTunes on this computer, you can restore from a previous backup. See this article for more information.n

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Sahat_Sheila Author

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Jul 2, 2015 4:07 PM in response to Kappy

Thanks Kappy, but tried this steps over and over and when status bar about 25% to go it's stop and gave me error message, the iPhone could not be restored, an unknown error occurred (56). Tried look in Youtube in how to fix it too but didn't see same error (56) at all. 😢

My phone Serial number is F17NG02VG5MV.

Cheers,

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Answer 3

Jul 2, 2015 5:55 PM in response to Sahat_Sheila

Hey, are you still stuck with this problem?

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Sahat_Sheila Author

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Jul 2, 2015 9:43 PM in response to Paul McG23

Yep mate, still having same issue. On phone to Apple Support and guided me through to same steps as Kappy's and still giving me same error (56).

Do you have any suggestion ?

Cheers

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Answer 5

Jul 2, 2015 11:24 PM in response to Sahat_Sheila

hello,i think there is something wrong with your itouch id.did you find that you cannt use your fingerprint to unlock your iphone? did you take care of it before? i met a problem similar with yours. updating to IOS8.3 made my ip6 be a brick. the error code is 53.oNLY go to the applecare and ask them for help.you will get a new if there is nothing worng you do to your ip6,but will take days.

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Jul 6, 2015 5:20 AM in response to Sahat_Sheila

Hello, i encountered this problem and had to do the following .

I was using windows 8.1 os on laptop so i first hadto update my os and itunes as i hadnt all updates installed.
i then inserted rj45 ethernet cable as i think wifi might have dropped out during upgrade
i really struggled to get the iphone into dfu mode, it only seemed like it was so i had to do following
inserted lightning cable to iphone but not laptop yet
hit restart on laptop and when it switches of just before it reboots insert usb cable connecting iphone
hold home/power button at same time for ten seconds - (until apple logo dissapears) let go of power button but hold home button until laptop reboots
try itunes see what happens... had another iphone had to move on to the following-
that failed so left it connected to laptop wouldnt turn off while connected so hit restart again with phone still connected
held power button on iphone until both laptop and phone switch off then when laptop restarts
hold home/power button at same time for ten seconds - (until apple logo dissapears) let go of power button but hold home button until laptop reboots

worked a few times in different cases for me i suppose its worth a try best a luck

p.s what antivirus are you running and system are you using?

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Sahat_Sheila Author

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Jul 6, 2015 3:39 PM in response to Paul McG23

HI Paul McG23,

Thanks mate will try this steps whilst waiting for my replacement that should be arrived in next day or two.

Cheers,

Sahat_Sheila

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