Ipad Stuck in "Recovery Mode"?

I tried updating to the newest update and now my ipad is stuck. Then I tried restarting my computer and everything, but nothing shows up under "devices" in itunes. There's not even an error message. What should I do? Please help. Thanks

Try using TinyUmbrella or RecBoot to kick it out of recovery mode.
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I just took a peek at the TinyUmbrella FAQs. Your device has been jailbroke and that's likely the reason why the problem occurred to begin with. Contact the jailbreaker for assistance. Neither Apple nor anyone on the forum can help you as we do not know the characteristics of your device.

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was beginning to suspect that you had done this...
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I tried to backup and update my ipad this evening and when doing so it now is stuck on the itunes and USB screen. When I connect the Ipad to the Itunes it says the Ipad is in recivery mode and to restore. I click ok and it tells me i can't restore the ipad and gives me an error code of 1604. I have no idea where to go from here or what happened. Any ideas?

Error 1604: This error is often related to USB timing. Try changing USB ports, uninstalling and reinstalling USB ports, and other available USB troubleshooting steps (troubleshooting USB connections, device not recognized properly, computer won't recognize a FireWire or USB device). If you are using a dock, bypass it and connect directly to the white Apple USB dock connector cable. If the issue persists on a known-good computer, the device may need service.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694

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Suddenly, I couldn't turn on my iPad and when I connected it to iTunes a message appeared indicating that it is on recovery mode and I need to restore it, there were problems with restoring it and it was stuck with apple logo and "waiting for ipad" status for a long time, after multiple tries I managed to restore it successfully and was extremely happy when the ipad works fine, but unfortunately when the ipad sleeps this goes all over again and it is on recovery mode
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If you did not have modified software installed prior to updating the software and you are not trying to downgrade the iOS version, this error is pointing towards a hardware issue and you'll have to get the phone checked.
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