Ipad2 not syncing in recovery mode

I was just trying to update my ipad2 with ios 4.3.3 to ios 7 but once i tried it for some reason it went to recovery mode and now i cant change it back. Itunes is not syncing with the ipad so i cant do anything, tried all the reset and DFU all that. help? thanks

Recovery Mode
1. Disconnect the USB cable from the device, 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.
4. Continue holding the Home button until you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen. When this screen appears, release the Home button.
5. iTunes should alert you that it has detected a device in recovery mode. Click OK, and then click Restore to restore the device.
Note: You need to be patient and repeat the above many times to recover your iPad. Data will be lost.

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I have had this issue on all my idevices since I got this laptop, so this isn't directly associated with the new update.
I can sync my idevices with itunes on my laptop without any issues, but every time I try to install an iOS update, when it get to the stage where it is "preparing to restore your device" or some such, the laptop installs a new device driver and then itunes just spins awhile until it finally spits out error 1601 and then the device is stuck on the screen where it prompts you to connect to itunes.
At this point itunes on my laptop will not detect the device. I can see it listed in my device manager and it claims the usb driver is working correctly, however it no longer makes the beeping sound when I plug or unplug the cable, though it does disappear and reappear in device manager, which indicates it recognizes ipad plugged in, but not in the same way.
I have tried all the advice on the apple website re: unintalling reinstalling itunes an all it's components, disabling antivrus, firewall and non essential services, removing usb devices etc to no avail.
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My first question is....when the new ios is being installed is it putting the device into recovery mode as part of the process or is it going into recovery mode because the process errors out? If it's the former, then my assumption is that the whole issue is that for some reason something on my laptop is stopping itunes from being able to recognize my ipad while in recovery mode. If the later, then ?
My second question is....is the problem the driver, the usb port or something else unique to the laptop? I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the driver, but if i let winows detect it after uninstalling it can't find a driver and i get the exclamation point. If i try to manually install per the apple instructions, it tells me that the driver file is not compatiable with my device. So either windows is somehow installing the wrong driver while device is in recovery or the comp isn't detecting what type of device it is properly or ?
I'm hoping maybe i can get the next os update over the cloud and this will become a non-issue, but having to go borrow a pc to update this thing gets really old as the laptop is my only computer, so any ideas would be appreciated.
Laptop is an ASUS ROG - not sure the exact model running 64 bit Windows 7 It has two usb ports and i have the same issue on either one.
The PC i successfully updated my device on is an older Dell running a 32 bit version of Vista

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Ipad will not restore in Recovery Mode due to Passcode

Hi There, my 9 got a new ipad 2 for xmas and he has forgotten his passcode.
I have put the Ipad in recovery mode and connected to itunes but right at the end it states ipad cannot connect to itunes because of the passcode.
Ive tried find my iphone and erase but it states the ipad is offline even though wifi is activated.
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Recovery Mode Step by Step
1. Hold Sleep/Wake button down and slide to turn off iPad
2. Turn on computer and launch iTune (make sure you have the latest version of iTune)
3. Plug USB cable into computer's USB port
4. Hold Home button down and plug the other end of cable into docking port. Do not release button until you see picture of iTune and plug.
5. Release Home button.
On Computer
6. iTune has detected iPad in recovery mode. You must restore this iPad before it can be used with iTune.
7. iPad Recovery Mode on computer screen
8. Select "Restore iPad"...
9. Select "Restore and Update"
10. Extracting Software.
11. Preparing iPad for restore.
12. Waiting for iPad.
13. Verifying iPad restore...
14.Restoring iPad software.
15. Verifying iPad software.
16. Verifying iPad Restore...
17. Restoring iPad firmware...
18. Your iPad is restored to factory settings; keep iPad connected to computer
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20. Enter Apple ID and Password
21. Continue
22. Welcome to Your New iPad
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23. Restore from this backup
24. Continue
25. Restoring iPad from backup
26. The settings of your iPad have been restore; keep iPad connected to computer
27. Syncing iPad (Step 1 to 5)
28. Preparing apps to sync
29. Copying 1 of 9
30. Sync apps, movies and music to iPad
31. Finishing syncing
32. Eject iPad

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Hi there
I am in a bit of a pickle! This is what happened:
1.     Plugged my iPad2 into iTunes, downloaded iOS8 and it began to install;
2.     iTunes downloaded the software and began to update iPad;
3.     Device showed Apple Logo and progress bar BUT then update failed. iTunes informed me it failed, clicked OK. iPad stuck and did not recover;
4.     Did a hard reset;
5.     iPad showed Red iTunes logo and said to connect to iTunes;
6.     Connected to iTunes which stated: iPad Recovery Mode, If you are experiencing problems with your iPad, you can restore to original settings by clicking Restore iPad
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8.     iTune redownloaded iOS8,
9.     After downloading iTunes went back to the iPad Recovery Mode screen,
10.   iTunes redownloaded iOS8
11.   goes into an infinite loop back to point 6 and round and round we go.....
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mama.yeen wrote:
been trying like 100s times already.. no luck… most far it goes up to restoring ipad firmware then freeze or end up with error that suggesting to update itunes bla bla… so sad..
It's not possible to revert to a previous system. You're failing and it won't work, because it's not possible.
If you want to give your operating system a fresh start, here's how to do it ... reset to factory default ...
Follow this procedure for a Troubleshooting Methodology ... basically reset to factory default condition -BUT- be sure to do the following methodically and also to follow the part with Apple Support!
First you want to make sure you have several backups of your data and done with a couple of "different" sources. Be sure to understand what data is backed up and what is NOT on iCloud Backup and iTunes Backup. Use a variety of methods for backup ... you might check into Dropbox, in addition to your Apple options.
Then turn off your desktop anti-virus software when using iTunes for this reset to factory default. After you do that reset, then leave your iPad in its factory default state and see how it operates then. If you encounter any problems in that factory default state, then take it to Apple Support, and let them know that you have just reset it to that state with iTunes and have not put any of your data back on and it is operating in this fashion (whatever the problem is) in that pristine state. Make sure you keep that trouble ticket number, because if it has to be escalated through Apple Support, you're going to find all communications tied in with that number. If the lower level help isn't able to help you, then escalate it to a higher level to examine the problem. Keep at it with that trouble ticket number until Apple Support arrives at a solution to that problem. Be methodical and keep at it.
On the other hand, if everything is okay with the factory default condition, then restore your backup. Some people have discovered that the problem resides in the apps or something in the restored backup. If that's the case, then it's going to be trying and difficult to find out which developer's app is causing you the problem. And ... it's true ... that a developer not following Apple's instructions and guidelines for his app can CAUSE YOU TROUBLE. This kind of thing does happen from developers, especially when a new system upgrade comes out, because some developers ignore what Apple tells them about changes coming, and what they do BREAKS SOMETHING.
This is a troubleshooting methodology that you are going through. See it through to the end.
Choosing an iOS Backup Method (Should I Use iTunes or iCloud to back up ...)
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT5262
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4946
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Im using iPad2, 16GB. stuck in recovery mode. need help.

Hi. Im using iPad2. stuck in recovery mode, tried getting out but cant. need help badly.

RECOVERY MODE
1. Turn off iPad
2. Turn on computer and launch iTunes (make sure you have the latest version of iTune)
3. Plug USB cable into computer's USB port
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ON COMPUTER
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1. Data will be lost if you do not have backup
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Feb 3 14:33:51 Larss-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: Refusing new kext com.apple.kpi.libkern, v14.1: already have loaded v14.0.
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I use Yosemite, I think I was pretty much up to date, I suspect the reboot was for the 10.10.2 installation, but I am not sure (I simply didn't look when I hit that reboot to install button).
Yosemite on SSD wont boot and wont go in safe or recovery mode
Anyone any ideas? Any help is appreciated!

So I just went through the install.log.
First of all, there I found out that I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010):
Feb 3 14:31:12 larsmbpro.domain.com suhelperd[336]: GetModel: model = MacBookPro; major rev = 7; minor rev = 1
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Hi Folks,
These days i am performing backup recovery testing for maxdb.
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I am having one doubt please help me out to clear that.
Scenario is like this:
I have taken a complete Data Backup.
After that some data inserted and one log file created .Some transaction's are in log area (Online Logs) not written to the log file(Offline logs).
When i am performing recovery using recovery mode in that mode it is not showing the log files those are required to be restored at the time of recovery.
[recovery_mode|http://www.freeuploadimages.org/images/fdsnjrndfbr9ftfnco9.jpg]
After recovery it is showing me the data as it was their before the recovery.
When i am going with recovery with initialization option in that it is showing the logs those will be restored while performing the recovery.
[recovery_with_initilization|http://www.freeuploadimages.org/images/emupbqyhfunqe9q00yd3.jpg]
After recovery with initialization it had recovered until it found the data in logs.
My doubt is why in recovery mode it is not showing the log file's those are required to be recovered as it is showing in case of recovery with initialization.
In Recovery mode is it not recovering from the offline log files.....?
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Hello Sahil,
please check the documentation and the expert sessions before trying out this stuff.
The reason for MaxDB not asking for any log backups after you've modified a few records is, that we don't throw away the log data when a log backup is made.
Instead we keep track of which log information is still available for recovery in the log area and use this during recovery, instead of trying to get the data from the log backup.
As soon as the log data is lost (because it's overwritten or the log area was deleted as it is the case for a recovery with initialization) MaxDB of course has to ask for the log backups - and it does so.
But really - go and check the documentation and the expert sessions (maybe also my own blogs on this topic) about this.
regards,
Lars

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It sounds like you are unable to restore your device with iTunes at all. You did some great troubleshooting to start with. I would recommend the steps in this article named:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1275
Install the latest version of iTunes.
Verify that your computer operating system is up to date. If an update requires a restart, check for updates again after restarting.
On a Mac: In the Apple () menu, choose Software Update. Install all available updates.
On a Windows PC: Go to the Microsoft Windows Update page.
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Isolate the issue to third-party software.
Update security software.
Properly configure your security software.
Temporarily disable or uninstall your security software.
Temporarily remove any unnecessary USB devices, leaving only your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, the USB cable that came with your device, and a keyboard and mouse, if necessary.
Restart your computer and try again.
Note: To perform some of these steps, you need to be logged in to the computer as an administrator. If you are not sure if you have administrator access, contact the owner of the computer or the system administrator.
You may have done a step or 2 already, so feel free to skip those steps you have done.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the best,
Sterling

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