HT4859 why is my ipod in recovery mode
Why is my ipod touch in recovery mode? How can I fix this?
Please post in the iPod forum, this is for iCloud on a Windows machine.
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why is itunes downloading the latest software twice and leaving my ipod in recovery mode? what happend to the first download?
Does the iPod work fine now?
Maybe:
Restore loop (being prompted to restore again after a restore successfully completes)
Troubleshoot your USB connection. If the issue persists, out-of-date or incorrectly configured third-party security software may be causing this issue. Please follow Troubleshooting security software issues. .
Next try placing in DFU mode and then restoring.
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
Last, try restoring on another computer.
You are really not describing your problem well. -
Why is my itunes sayin it's found a ipod in recovery mode since ios 5.0.1 update
when iopen my itunes i says its found a ipod in recovery mode but theres no ipod connected up to the computer, the only device connected to my computer is my ifone 4s
but thats working fine and is not in recovery mode as i can see the home screen make and get incoming calls and texts and open my app/games etc.
even when i remove the ifone and close and reopen itunes without any apple device connected its shown its found a ipod in recovery mode, its only started down this since the ios 5.0.1 update, but both ipod i have are 64gb 4th gen one my sons and one is mine,
i check both ipod and none are in recovery mode and both and running fine there opening games and able to go online so i know its none of my ipods or ifone
please helpI had a similar issue with my Ipad. I had to take it to Apple, they restored the system but after that my IPad did not sync. It was not until an hour ago I read on another forum someone suggesting disconnecting the Ipad abd turning it off, then connecting it to the PC (usb port) and then turning the Ipad on. Try it it may work for you. I tried apple support 3 times before with no luck! Good luck.
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I'm using iPod touch for a year now. It was doing fine this morning but in the afternoon suddenly when I took it out of my bag, the screen was just black and it wouldn't turn on and stuff. So I thought it didn't have battery so I charged it didn't work. I plugged to the computer and it said iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore this iPod before in can be used with iTunes.
Maybe my bag was little wet today but i don't think that is why.. since it wasn't that bed.. just some paper was wet and stuff..
What should I do..? Please help me.Connect to the Computer you Usually Sync with and Follow the Steps Here...
Recovery Mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808 -
Solution for Windows users who repeatedly get "iPod in Recovery Mode".
If you are repeatedly receiving this message using iTunes 7 on Windows when connecting your Nano (it may be with other models, I can't test that), Windows may be assigning a drive letter that is already in use. This is particularly common for networked computers with mapped drives. For example, when I connected my Nano, I got the message above. No matter how many times I tried to restore it, I received the same message. Turns out, Windows was mapping the Nano to F:, which was already a mapped network drive in Windows. This is NOT a bug with the Nano or iTunes, it could happen to pretty much any removable drive. To fix this:
- Open Disk Manager (Right click on 'My Computer', select 'Manage', then select 'Disk Management' under 'Storage').
- Locate your iPod and right click on it. Select 'Change Drive Letter and Paths'.
- Remove the current drive letter assignment by clicking 'Remove'.
- Add a new drive letter assignment by selecting 'Add', and choosing an available drive letter that is not currently in use, and is not being used by another removable device.
On my computer, I have several removable drives, as well as several network mapped drives. My USB backup drive is B:, my thumb drive is T:, and now my iPod is I:. I don't know why I didn't think of this solution sooner.
If you need any help, reply here. I'll see what I can do.
JimmyI am still getting the same 'ipod in recovery mode' after trying this solution.
on my ipod it says there are 0 songs and 0 photos but there is only 46 MB of memory left out of the 856 available.
I have tried the method a couple of times and tried resetting the ipod many times but the same messages appear.
Help!! please -
...has detected an iPod in Recovery Mode
Hi, I have a Nano 4th generation, bought last month. I loaded my sounds in iTunes and linked up the Nano. All worked fine and continued to do so until last week, when I went to sync and load up with some extra music I had added to the library. I got the message 'iTunes has detected an iPod in Recovery Mode. You will need to restore... etc etc'. Long and short, I have tried all 5 of the 5 Rs, and have now restored/reset it both separated and connected to my laptop so many times it isn't true, but every time I connect to to the Laptop, I get the same message. I have uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes, and have also changed the drive letter assigned to the iPod. No change, same result: 'iTunes has detected an iPod in Recovery Mode. You will need to restore... etc etc'. Its very frustrating has anybody had the same problem and found a workaround? I travel alot, so am not really in a position to get apple iStore assistance. Grateful for any help. Thanks.
OK - I figured it out. If you are connected to a computer that is on a network, you need to disconnect from the network drives. I don't know why this is the case but there was another user one of these threads that did this and it worked for him/her.
Some are talking about renaming your iPod drive letter, but I didn't have to do that. Once I was disconnected from the network drives, I opened iTunes and synched my iPod and everything worked fine.
Wierd.
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ITunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode, constantly comes up
I was listening to my iPod when all of a sudden, when I went to skip to the next song, it just went to the next song, but would not play. I would press the play button, the play arrow would be displayed, yet no playback started. At this point, I did a reset, pressing and holding the menu + select until the apple logo appeared. I then got the sccreen showing the usb cable wiith the mesage "connect to iTunes to restore". I then connected it to computer running the latest version of iTunes. iTunes displayed the message "iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes". I click OK to close this window and at the iTunes main screen, select the 'restore' button. The message comes up "are you sure you want to restore...", I then selected Restore. The "Extracting software" message followed by the "restoring ipod" message came up. It then said the iPod was restored and is restarting. On the iPod, the apple logo comes up then the screen flashes white and then the screen showing the usb cable with the mesage "connect to iTunes to restore" reappears. it seems to be stuck in this loop. I changed the drive letter assigned to the iPod but that didn't make a difference. A couple months ago, I had a similiar issue where I got the message about the iPod being corrupted and I restored it and that worked fine and all was fine with the iPod after. Is this a indication of some kind of intermittant hardware problem? Has anyone else had the same issues? Any suggestions as to how to get this to work and what may have gone wrong why all of a sudden I had playback issues in the beginning? I don't know if this is coincidence or not, but I had some videos on it that I recorded earlier in the day. The time I had the corruption problem a couple of months ago, I had some video recorded on it also.
Well, I finally got my iPod formatted and restored. I had problems on my windows XP computer in that I couldn't get the iPod formatted in Windows nor would iTunes get out of the "iPod in recovery mode" loop after numerous restore attempts.
I did the following on my Windows Vista computer and was able to finally get the iPod to work:
I first tried the iPod in iTunes to attempt a restore but got the same "iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode" error message.
After exiting iTunes, I did a format of the iPod in Windows as follows: FAT32, cluster size 8 KB, and did a "Quick" format. Format was successful this time. Disconnected the iPod using "safely remove hardware".
Then, restarted iTunes and reconnected the iPod. This time I was able to do a restore, name the iPod and set sync preferences and sync files to the nano. -
I updated my Ipod touch 4th gen (IO6 or whatever its called) And it has the picture that says to connect my ipod to Itunes, and I did, now it says "ITunes has detected an Ipod in recovery mode. You must restore this Ipod before it can be used with ITunes." I just updated it and now I have to restore it??! I don't wanna lose all my things on my ipod just for a stupid update! Please someone help!
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...
Take your time... Pay particular attention to Steps 3 and 4.
After you have Recovered your Device...
Re-Sync your Content or Restore from the most recent Backup...
Restore from Backup > http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
Note:
Make sure you have the Current Version of iTunes Installed on your computer
iTunes free download from www.itunes.com/download -
When i plug in my ipod touch, itunes says that it has found an ipod in recovery mode and that i need to restore it in order to use it. But when i click restore, a pop up comes up saying that it could not be restored because of error 3194. What should i do ? and sometimes error 21 or 20 show up, and the ipod dosnt turn on at all
See the appropriate sections in this Apple support document.
iOS: Resolving update and restore alert messages
B-rock -
My ipod touch 5th gen will not connect to itunes, but my computer registers my ipod. i have tried placing my ipod in recovery mode, uninstalled and reinstalled itunes, and restarted my laptop but my ipod will not connect to my itunes..... help ._.
Try
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
I would start with
Removing and Reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows XP
or
Removing and reinstalling iTunes and other software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8
Before you reinstall the Apple software, also remove iCloud vi Control Panel Remove programs. The reinstall the Apple programs
New cable and different USB port?
Runs this and see if the results help with determine the cause
iTunes for Windows: Device Sync Tests
Try on another computer to help determine if computer or iPod problem -
I have restored and updated my ipod from recovery mode, however I still have the usb cord and itunes icon on the ipod when it is switched on. How can I get my ipod to work again? I have updated and restored 5 times! When connected to itunes it only shows the summary page saying ipod in recovery mode.
Fixed it!
1. Made sure itunes software was up to date
2. Pressed and held 'home' button and 'on-off' button at the same time for about 10 seconds till ipod reset (I hadn't done this step previously)
3. Connected to itunes
4. Pressed restore and update ipod
Update successful and ipod taken out of recovery mode -
"iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode" restore and doesn't work
I'm trying to put my music on my new iPod and keep getting this error message "iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore the iPod before it canb work with iTunes". I click "restor to factory settings" and then the same error message comes up when it's complete. iTunes does recognize my iPod, it just doesn't seem to realize that I've already done what it's telling me to do. Going around and circles and can't get my music on...:( Help, please?
Thanks!
BethHave you had a chance to look at this troubleshooting page? Have a look at the bottom section that covers what to try if restoring doesn't work, it may be of some help: iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode - Use iTunes to restore
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ITunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode loop
Hello,
I have an Ipod 5 and during update of the OS to the latest, the process got an error.
No my Ipod is in recovery mode. Everytime I download the Update (Restore and update) there is this constant pop up that comes up (iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode).
I click ok everytime but then after 5h download there is the Processing file part which when I click ok on the pop that constantly keeps coming after some it, all stops and I need to restart the process again for 5h. Keeps going on like that.
Its really annoying stuck in an update like that which only a minor patch. I can't use my ipod for days now.
Could you please help.
Thanks
JérémieMaybe:
Restore loop (being prompted to restore again after a restore successfully completes)
Troubleshoot your USB connection. If the issue persists, out-of-date or incorrectly configured third-party security software may be causing this issue. Please follow Troubleshooting security software issues. .
Next try placing in DFU mode and then restoring.
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
Then try restoring on another computer.
Last, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar -
'iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode' loop. Help?
On Friday I plugged in my iPod touch (4g) to download the new ios 5 (from 4.3.5), but about when it reached about 4 minutes remaining, the error message 'iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore the iPod before using it with iTunes.' appeared. I've tried restoring it about 10 times now, the closest being just 2 seconds away from finishing.
The iPod has the screen on the usb pointing to the iTunes symbol.
It does NOT show up under computer, or under disk management, so I don't know if i can change the drive letter. If there are alternatives, please let me know!
I've tried using another computer and different users - all of which comes up with the same error, so I'm thinking that it is the iPod that is the issue.
When i attempt to restore it it says it should take around 15 minutes, but usually the error comes up within the last 5 minutes.
The iPod info just says Name: iPod
Capacity: n/a
Software version: n/a
Serial number: n/a
Really don't know what to do, any help is appreciated.Unfortunately not yet. Any thoughts on this are useful...
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My Ipod keeps on saying "itunes has detected an ipod in recovery mode...."
My Ipod keeps on telling me that i need to "itunes has detected an ipod in recovery mode.You must restore this ipod before it can be used with itunes". I have restored it numerous times What should i do about this? Thanks for your help.
changing the drive letter works.
-click on start
-right click on my computer
-click on manage
-click the + symbol beside system storage
-click on disk managment
-locate ipod on the right
-right click on ipod
-click change drive letter and paths
-click change
-select p
-click ok
and restart computer
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