GUIDE: How to put your iPhone into Recovery/DFU Mode

As most iPhone owners will be aware, you can reset your device by holding down both the home button and sleep/wake button together until the device reboots. This will cure the majority of crashes and issues.
However, there may also be occasions where the phone goes seriously wrong and may appear to be 'dead'. Not everybody is aware that there is a second method which can be used to bring a phone back to life when all else seems lost. Consider it a 'last resort' if you like!
The second method involves putting the phone into recovery, or DFU (Device Firmware Update) mode. Putting the phone into recovery mode lets iTunes know that it needs to perform a full restore on the handset. Here's how to do it:
1. Ensure that the iPhone is OFF before starting.
2. On your computer, open iTunes.
3. Connect your iPhone to your computer using the USB cable.
4. Hold down the SLEEP/WAKE Button and the HOME button together.
5. After 10 seconds, let go of the SLEEP/WAKE button (keep the home button held down).
6. Keep holding the HOME button until iTunes displays a message saying that it has detected a phone in recovery mode.
You will then be prompted to restore the phone using iTunes. Follow the on screen instructions and your iPhone will be restored.
You may also have the option to restore your iPhone from a backup, but I would not advise doing this if you think that an app may have caused your device to go wrong in the first place.
The above method can also be used to get around forgotten PIN numbers. I've used it to restore several of our company handsets when people have handed their phones back in but forgotten to provide their PINs!
I hope this helps. If anyone reading this needs a hand, just drop me a message and I'll be happy to talk you through it
Mark

MI5 wrote:
Last one I did asked me to log in with original apple ID after I'd restored the firmware.Weird? The only thing I can think of is that the staff who had the iPhones didn't use an Apple ID, but then they must have done as they would have needed to have downloaded a couple of apps for work! We'll call it an 'anomaly'..

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