Backup in recovery mode

My iPhone randomly popped up with a "connect to iTunes" error message. I haven't backed up recently so I don't want to loose all my recent data. Is there a way to back it up while it's in this "recovery" mode?
Thanks

runner guy wrote:
Is there a way to back it up while it's in this "recovery" mode?
No, there is not. That's why its important to sync on a regular basis, as the first thing done when you sync is a backup. The only thing you can do in recovery mode is restore your phone as a new device & resync your itunes content or restore from your last backup.

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Can you backup in recovery mode?

Since I'm a moron I forgot my passcode for my ipod.
I figured I'd just back it up and restore it, since I don't wanna lose all my stuff. But now my ipod is in recovery mode and it says my only option would be to restore it, but I don't have my ipod backed up and I'd lose everything - pictures, notes, apps - omg.
omg omg.
What should I do now?

Yes, you loose everything. Sorry, but there is no way to make a backup now - you really should have been backing up regularly all along, in case something (like this) happened.
All you can do now is restore as new and start over again.
Anything you have purchased from iTunes (apps, music) can be re-downloaded after it is restored.

How to backup from recovery mode.

I have a 2009 Macbook pro which will not start up. One day I turned it on, but will not get past the Apple loading page. Since then, I have tried everything to solve this except formatting and reinstalling. Before I do this, I would like to back up the contents of the hard drive (they havn't been backed up before) to a time capsule.
How can I go about doing this? I can open disk utility in recovery mode, but the time capsule doesn't appear (when plugged in with both usb and ethernet). Why isnt time capsule appearning in disk utility and how can I backup my HD?

Once an iOS device is in recovery mode there is no way to back up anything on the device. The best plan is to regularly back up photos and data in the event something happens.

How to backup in recovery mode

Tried to update my ipod and it went into recovery mode and now i have to restore my phone but dont have a recent backup. How can i back it up and restore it after? [I'm sick and tired of apple's BS]

Sometimes one of these programs will kick the iPod out of Recovery mode.
For PC
RecBoot: Easy Way to Put iPhone into Recovery Mode
or
http://joshuabailey1997.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/recboot-v1-3/
If necessary:
Download QTMLClient.dll & iTunesMobileDevice.dll for RecBoot
and
RecBoot tip
RecBoot may have problems on 64X windows, then try:
Tenorshare ReiBoot – Enter & Exit iPhone, iPad, iPod Recovery Mode with a Single Click
For MAC or PC
The Firmware Umbrella - TinyUmbrella
Installs blootware on PC too

I did a backup on my iPod touch and it said it worked...but now it won't let me access anything and says "iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore this IPod before it can be used." I will lose all my videos and pics if I do that

I did a backup on my iPod touch last night and it said it worked...I wanted to make sure my 1100 pictures and videos, mostly of my son, were safe since we rarely use the iPod touch anymore since we bought an iPad...I can't find them or I have no idea how to access them...I do not have a MAC...I have an HP computer with windows...
Now when I try to use my iTunes a message comes up that says my iPod is on recovery mode and has to do a restore to use my iTunes again...so when u click on that it states that pushing that button will restore my iPod touch to its factory settings...which means I will lose all my data...which I CANNOT do bc the videos of my son are some of his first words, first giggles, etc.
Now my iPod is stuck on a screen with a picture of a USB cord and an iTunes icon... and holding the power and push buttons down at the same time does nothing except bring up the apple icon for a moment and then it goes right back to the USB and iTunes icon
When I called Apple they said in order to talk to tech support I had to pay a fee of 19 dollars...which I think is kind of crap...I paid over 300 dollars for this and all I want is somebody to help me access my pics...I have done nothing wrong...this iPod was never dropped and never broke...I did the backup like I was supposed to and now I have an IPod touch that does nothing, and if my library of pics and videos are on my computer, I have no clue where or how to view them or back them up onto DVD....
I'm very upset and frustrated...please help!!!

You should really read the manual.
"How do you restore from backup? "
Restore. When given the choice, choose to use backup.
"And how can I check to see if the pics and videos are on my computer somewhere first??"
They would only be where you put them. What program did you use to import them? Pics/vids taken with ipod are not part of the sync process at all. You should be importing them just as you would with any digital camera.
If you did not import them, then they are not on your computer.

Recover photos from iPad 2 that's stuck in recovery mode (no backup)

My iPad 2 is stuck in recovery mode (genius bar can't get it out). This happened while I was on vacation and unfortunately some of the videos and photos are not backed up/synced. Before I "restore" through itunes (and erase everything), is there any way to rescue the photos and videos? I've googled third party software and it doesn't look like anything will let you back up your data while the device is in recovery mode.
If I can't rescue anything while the device is in recovery mode, does anyone know if there's a way to retrieve photos from the device directly (not through itunes or icloud) *after* a "restore" (which has wiped the device)? I don't care about anything else on it and I don't care if it has to be put on another device (computer, thumbdrive, etc). The guy at the genius bar said you can't, but I see there are software programs (unfamiliar to me) that promise to do that. I don't know if they really work, though. I wish I understood whether the "restore" process really has the ability to permanently delete photos on the device or whether the photos remain there, but are inaccessible.
I know it's a longshot and it's my own fault for not backing up, but before I do anything irreversible I want to be sure I've exhausted the possibilities. I'm willing to pay for a program/service to retrieve the photos but I am not sure if there's anything out there that will work.
Thanks in advance for anyone's help.

No doubt this is too late for you, but it might help others. My 2 1/2 year old iPad 2 running iOS 7.1.1 (I believe) just started having the same problem last night. Til now, it's been running fine with iOS 7, though the battery life seems to be shorter than with iOS 6 & before. Right now, the iPad just keeps recycling through the startup procedure, white apple icon on black screen, then black screen, repeated indefinitely. Tried everything. Google searches gave me this thread/result, that I have to go through the recovery process, and thereby lose all my unsaved photos (my most recent backup is a month old), and others that say I might be able to recover files if I connect to a Windows machine. But I only have Macs. I was about to do the hard reset, recovery procedure, when it occurred to me to just open iPhoto & see if it recognized the iPad. It did--even though iTunes doesn't-- it showed me all of the photos, including the one's between my last iPad backup and now, AND I was able to successfully download all of the photos. YMMV, but this worked for me.

HT201210 I updated my 4s over 3g to ios 7.1 it took forever and said connect to itunes. It said it was in recovery mode & needed to be restored but would wipe all content. I have never made a backup and can't loose pics of my kids birth and birthdays...

So tonight I updated my 4s over 3g to ios 7.1 it took forever and said connect to itunes. It said it was in recovery mode & needed to be restored but would wipe all content. I have never made a backup because my computers hard drive crashed (luckily the pics were on the phone) and now after updating like apple said I should it wants me to wipe my phone... I can't loose pics of my kids births and birthdays... I tried the holding buttons and letting off to exit recovery mode with no success... I don't know what to do but I swear if apple makes me loose the priceless pics of my kids I will never buy any apple device ever again... and I will make sure no family or friend ever does either... there has to be a way somehow.. some data recovery some program... I dunno if tinyumbrella can exit it for me without hacking or jailbreaking (which I don't dare/want to do) but i need a solution. I have researched this for hours and hours with no solution so far. If I have to pay $$ for it fine I will but after I recover my data that way I will be going to samsung... anyone with a solution would be greatly appreciated... any solution...

that makes no sense... it was only doing an update... if that's the case it should have promted me to back up first if this is even possible... there is a program that says it can recovery anything that hasn't been written over yet.. so would this not work? http://www.iphone-data-recovery.com/iphone-data-recovery.html or would the apple store be able to recover it??? i've done plenty of data recovery on computers... why wouldn't it be possible on an Iphone... does apple seriously not care about thier customers at all??? how about thier employees that are gonna get more than an earful tomorrow when I walk in there store??? No wonder samsung paid 2 million to apple in pennies when they got sued... (how does it feel to be screwed with apple?!)

HT1766 My i pod touch 4th gen. is in recovery mode. I do not want to lose my pictures. I am trying to back up with i tunes but the "backup"isn't highlighted for me to do so. Help! Is there anyway to save my pictures before I have to reset my i pod to the

My i pod touch 4th gen. is in recovery mode. I am trying to back it up using i tunes but the option for backup is not highlighted. I am at a loss as to what I should do. I do not want to lose all of my pictures. I tried holding down the on/off button with the home button but that does not work. Keeps the touch in the same recovery mode. Suggestions??

No. If the photos are in a backup you made already then you can get them back by restoring from backup.
If they are in your PhotoStream you can get them from your stream. See that topic of:
iOS: Importing personal photos and videos from iOS devices to your computer

Iphone 4 went into recovery mode when trying to restore, only option available now is to "restore and update" however this will not work, how can you restore from a backup once in recovery mode and only option is "restore and upgrade"? Please help!

iPhone 4 went into recovery mode when trying to restore it. Now the only option iTunes allows is for "restore & upgrade", it is not offer an option to restore from a backup, says that must first do the upgrade, when attempting to do the upgrade the iPhone won't accept it.
How can I restore from a back up in recovery mode when the only option is "restore and upgrade"?
Please help.

You don't you must restore your phone first and then you will have the option to restore from your backup.
If you can't update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

My phone is stuck in recovery mode, and iTunes will only let me restore to factory settings. My question: Can I restore from iTunes backup after restoring to factory settings?

I attempted to update to iOS 8 and now my phone is stuck in recovery mode, and iTunes will only let me restore to factory settings. My question: Can I restore from iTunes backup after restoring to factory settings?

Hi, kformagg
I would say yes. I once had the same problem (iPhone 5, IOS 7) and first restored to factory settings and after that from iCloud backup.
It worked very well.

I cannot able able to start my macbook and then i started my mac in a recovery mode now mac os X utility window opens with 4 options 1. Restore From Time Machine Backup 2. Reinstall Mac OSX 3. Get Help Online 4. Disk Utility if i try to restore my mac wit

i cannot able able to start my macbook and then i started my mac in a recovery mode now mac os X utility window opens with 4 options 1. Restore From Time Machine Backup 2. Reinstall Mac OSX 3. Get Help Online 4. Disk Utility if i try to restore my mac with time machine no option appears if i reinstall from Mac OSX error comes and cannot able to recover from disk utility please help how can i reinstall mac OSX

Guitar21,
your MacBook Pro has booted into its Recovery mode. From the OS X Utilities menu, select Disk Utility. On the left-hand side of the Disk Utility window, select your internal disk’s boot partition (typically called “Macintosh HD”). On the right-hand side, press the Verify Disk button if it’s not greyed out; if it is greyed out, or if it reports that errors were found, press the Repair Disk button. Once the verification/repair is completed, exit Disk Utility and select Restart from the Apple menu to restart in normal mode. Does it get to the login screen now?

My iphone 3gs stucked in recovery mode.i dont have backup

my iphone is in recovery mode and i couldnt come over it.please help me.

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.
Additional Information:
If you have a problem getting into recovery mode then try: RecBoot: Easy Way to Put iPhone into Recovery Mode.
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.

3 Files are in recovery modes & we are not having any backup, how to recove

3 Files are in recovery modes & we are not having any backup, how to recover.
select from v$recover_file;
FILE# ONLINE ONLINE_ ERROR CHANGE# TIME
137 ONLINE ONLINE 1.7142E+10 05-MAR-11
138 ONLINE ONLINE 1.7142E+10 05-MAR-11
139 ONLINE ONLINE 1.7142E+10 05-MAR-11
These 3 files are part of tablespace, whcih is having total 26 files
SQL> select FILE#,TS#,name from v$datafile where TS#=12;
FILE# TS# NAME
137 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_00.dbf
138 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_01.dbf
139 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_02.dbf
140 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_03.dbf
141 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_04.dbf
142 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_05.dbf
177 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_06.dbf
178 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_07.dbf
179 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_08.dbf
180 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_09.dbf
181 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_10.dbf
182 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_11.dbf
183 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_12.dbf
184 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_13.dbf
185 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_14.dbf
186 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_15.dbf
187 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_16.dbf
188 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_17.dbf
189 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_18.dbf
190 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_19.dbf
192 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_20.dbf
195 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_21.dbf
196 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_22.dbf
200 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_23.dbf
257 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_24.dbf
258 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_25.dbf
260 12 /dbo/data/IBPROD/IBPROD_TDB_IDX_26.dbf
Pls treat it urgent.

Pls treat it urgent. If it's urgent , open a priority 1 service request on My Oracle Support/metalink.
If it's not so urgent, set the datafiles to OFFLINE, so you can open the database.
Without backup you only can recover if you have ALL archivelogs since creation of the files. Normally that's rarely the case.
Werner

How can I backup my iPhone if it is in the recovery mode? I do not have a backup on iCloud or iTunes

How can I backup my iPhone if it is in the recovery mode? I do not have a backup on iCloud or iTunes

Once the Device is asking to be Restored with iTunes... it is too late to save anything... and you must continue with the Recovery...
See Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
You may need to try this More than Once... Be sure to Follow ALL the Steps...

Can I backup my ipad3 in recovery mode before restoring it? the iPad is disabled

Hi,
My toddler unsuccessfully tried many times to unlock our iPad3. We now have the message "iPad is disabled...connect to iTunes". From what I've read so far regarding accessing/unlocking the iPad, I will have to put the iPad into recovery mode and then restore it. This procedure will erase everything on the iPad. Is there a way to create a backup of the iPad while in recovery mode to save our data before restoring the device? We haven't synced the iPad in a long time, so there are many important photos and videos that we don't want to lose.
Please help.
Thanks!
Mike

Really? uh oh. Is there any method or software that can remove the content of my iPad before doing the restore?
I really don't want to lose the photos and videos on the iPad.
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