HT4623 my sons iPad is stuck in recovery mode and my his only option on iTunes says restore iPad and he does not want to do that. what do we do?
My sons ipad2 is stuck in recovery mode. The only option on I tunes if to restore the iPad. However, he does not want to restore it and lose all of his things on the iPad.
Does he have a backup on his computer or iCloud?
You can redownload apps/music etc for free.
Downloading Past Purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store and iBooks Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Cheers, Tom
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<edited by host>
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