IPhone in Emergency mode

My iPhone just stopped working asking me to recovery from iTunes but, as I do so, I am asked to enter my sim card PIN number..... But cannot do it as it is on safe mode
Anybody can tell me what to do?
Thank you.

Have you entered the SIM pin incorrectly?
The SIM can become locked if the pin is entered incorrectly too many times. If the SIM becomes locked you will have to get a PUK code from the carrier or get the SIM replaced.
You can try making a call on the iPhone and then entering the pin or restoring the iPhone from recovery mode. To put the iPhone in recovery mode, just power it off by holding the Sleep button until you see slide to power off. Then slide to power the iPhone off and then connect the iPhone to the computer while holding the Home button.

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Hi-
I had a strange run of luck. I have a first generation Iphone.. upgraded to 2.1 this morning but before I had the chance to restart Itunes my Windows hard drive crashed. I had to replace the drive and reinstall Windows Vista/Itunes.
My Iphone is stuck in "Emergency" Mode and when I connect it to the PC with the new Itunes install I get the following message:
"iTunes could not connect to the Iphone "Jim's iPhone" because it is locked with a passcode. You must enter your passcode on the iPhone before it can be used with iTunes".
The problem is, since it's in Emergency mode I can't enter a passscode. I basically have a dead iPhone at the moment.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Jim

No, there is no option available. It is not showing up it in iTunes because it is waiting for a passcode to be entered, but I can't enter my passcode because it's in Emergency mode.

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I have the same problem. I have a 3G Iphone 3.0, I wanted to update to the 3.1 new version. I had problems with some apps. that's why i've decided to restore to the original factory version. the restore process failed and my Iphone is stuck on emergency mode. I don't know why. I had the 8.2 Itunes, i couldn't upgrade to the 9 new version therefore i had to eliminate completely the Itune and install it again. BIG Mistake. I have lost all information of my iphone there as well. Now i have lost everything and my Iphone still doesn't work. I have tried everything that I have found on forums. I won't risk eighter with jailthing. The same message appear on ITunes over and over again: "ITunes could not connect the Iphone because of unknown error." I am Tired after 6 hours. I give up. I think i'll go to the apple store and see if they give me a new phone.
This is the second time. The first time It was a miracle. It fixed itself. Today I haven't been so lucky. But I've learned that apple has a huge weakness with Iphones and Itunes, lock and unlock war.
I have to say I am really disappointed. Steve jobs is not doing his job. Bloody block & unblock war that doesn't have any sense. The only people who is suffering are people like us that just want to enjoy and use the bloody phone we've payed for. This market is not regulated. It 's the bloody wild wild west. Why people are so greedy...it's never enough.
Next day...
I went to the apple store, they fixed in 3 minutes. My iphone is now activated. They said that probably is the low connectivity on the internet that could lock the iphone as the software couldn't download properly.
Unfortunately all my data is now lost. However I have downloaded the Stellar pheonix recovery data tool to get all the information tat I have deleted from the Itunes. for thois I will need an external disk drive to save all the recovered information. It cost me US$99.00. Lets hope i can get all my data back, contact, photos, music, etc...

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Did you try recovery mode? Hold down the home button as you connect it to iTunes. iTunes should pop up a window that says "iTunes has detected a device in recovery mode" and give you the option to restore.

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Sounds like you need to bring the phone to Apple for evaluation.

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Hello,
I'm Shabnum and I've got a problem with my iPhone, I hope I can get some good advice from users within the Apple community. The problem is that my iPhone is stuck in emergency mode after I restored it. I restored it as I couldn't call anyone, I called Apple customer services and explained everything and they told me that I should restore the iPhone to its factory settings etc. Now, my iPhone has been stuck on the emergency mode and I can't access anything at all. I've made a backup of my iPhone via iTunes, is there any way to restore the iPhone with my backup which I created and is there any way to get out of emergecny mode? I've tried O2, Lebara and Orange sim cards but it won't let me activate my iPhone. It just states on iTunes "The carrier isn't supporter bla bla bla) I've done a lot of research on the problem and I haven't seen a single resolution, I hope that iPhone experts/professionals such as yourself can help provide a resolution.
iPhone 3G.
OS: I think it's 3.1.3
Many thanks.

It depends: if the phone is under warranty then they will help you unless they discover evidence of the phone being hacked - this will invalidate the warranty and you may be stuck. Non-warranty repairs are possible at a price - best to go and find it. I have no idea how much discretion they have at the store but you had better take every piece of evidence regarding your purchase and maybe they can exercise discretion if the situation turns out not to be straightforward.
Only Apple can tell you for sure what the situation is. You may be able to recover a backup if they fix you up, but I wouldn't count on it - if it was made from a hacked phone then do not use it.

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iphone stuck in emergency mode after downgrade from 4.0.2 to 4.0?
Upgraded to 4.0.2 last night. Immediately, itunes would no longer detect my iphone. Decided I had to downgrade back to 4.0 again. Learned I cannot do that easily, so i found a .ipsw file of firmware 4.0 online, and downloaded it. Started up my iphone attached to itunes in restore mode, held down shift, and clicked restore button. Successfully restored the 4.0 file I had downloaded.
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Anyone know how i fix this iphone? I have no interest in jailbreaks, i am in a 2 year contract with AT&T.

omg, it just fixed itself! i installed a brand new itunes on my laptop (which has never had itunes app before)
plugged in my iphone, it detected it right away and said "activated"! my phone is working again and has its phone number back.
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IPhone Stuck on Emergency Mode after Update

Need help on how to get my orginal iPhone 2G out of Emergency Mode only. Here's my issue and the solutions I've tried but so far none of it fixed my iPhone.
Problem:
I have an original iPhone (which I kept from 2007) and it has been working just fine as an iPod (no cell service anymore) since 2008 until I updated the firmware to 3.1.3 two days ago when I synced it with iTunes. After the firmware update, it remained stuck on Emergecy Call mode ony. I know that the orginal iPhone can only be activated with iTunes, but iTunes doesnt seem to recognize it - not even an info about the device can be seen. So, I tried to restore it through DFU mode, but even after re-installing the firmware, it remained stuck. I tried it both on my Sony VAIO with Win7 computer and iMac with Lion.
Solutions I tried:
1. Took my iPhone to Apple store - and they can't unlock it, they said their iTunes version doesn't support the device anymore.
2. Took it to AT&T - they can't unlock it either even after putting in a SIM card that's active from one of their phones.
I'm at a dead end on this somehow. Anyone who can give me a solution to this, I'd appreciate it a lot.
Just FYI, I'm using iTunes beta (10.5.1.25) on Win 7 and iMac Lion and non beta iTunes on my Mac Air with the same result.
Will activating the iPhone back with service through AT&T solve this? This seems like it's the only way out? If I have to resort to that, I'll just have to cancel my service pretty much on the same day after activating it as soon as my phone unlocks. Somehow, I found it odd that Apple couldn't even unlock it. I don't remember reading anywhere that they will stop any kind of hardware support to their products.
Thanks everyone!!! Hope someone can help me with this.

It didn't activate after the update, so it is like a new phone. Reboot your computer, then follow the steps here:
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my phone wont open, i can't even turn the power on.
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Background: my iphone 3gs was running wonderfully - no issues at all, as normal.
I let the power run down to critical and got the empty battery screen - plugged it in and when it had enuf juice it displayed the cord-to-itunes-of-death-screen...
I had just backed up the previous to icloud so no worries... I just plugged in and thought ok this will just take a second...it completed the restore then said with a glazed amnesic font "Itunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode, and has never seen or restored this iphone ever before, since this is a stranger iphone, itunes does not trust it and must call the ipolice to check for contraban in its orifices and cavities, you must restore"... kidding of course... but
OMG at home I did the whole restore process no less than 20 times while optimizing and accounting for different variables each time (restoring on a new system with a fresh OS, trying to restore and a mac, restoring then restarting empty cache, restart unistall itunes then restore restart restore, installing an older version of Itunes and restoring. going back to Vista and restoring), and every single time it would complete the check, the update/check, the ios reinstall, and then whatever else and say "complete"... and then no icon menu would appear for the device in itunes so unplug the phone and replug and get the whole "Itunes must render restore aid" message. SO I went to the genuis bar at my local iBoutique thrice - each time the bewildered but very courteous and knowledgable genuis wanted to keep trying ... since I had been on this treadmill for about two weeks I decided each time to respect my fellow appletonians and not suck up genius time... but I really want my old 3gs back... why - I like that it amazes the youth who occaisonal are puzzled by seeing something apple that they don't recognize and in wonder and amazement at its age they learn that even though its no longer invited to iOS family gatherings that it still can call home and ask why Apple waited so long when it was a kid to give it copy-paste ability like all the other kids, then ask for money for the shrink bill.. ... . . ..

Soooooooo.... You obviously need to restore the device
It seems that you have tried several options to restore it. What I would do is leave it plugged it and hold down the Home button AND the Power button together till you see the white apple appears. Then let go of the Power button but continue to hold the home button. You should get the message in iTunes again saying that the iPhone needs to be restored. Hit OK then RESTORE.
Hope this helps!!

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They need to go into their settings>messages and make sure iMessage is on. Also they should click on the send & receive button to make sure their phone number is selected.

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i started to update my iphone 4, and in the middle of the update, an icon popped up saying that "iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. you must restore this iPhone before it can be sued with iTunes."
I really cannot lose the data on my phone. i foolishly did not back up everything ecause there was a previous problem i had with icloud and i needed to delete all of my icloud accounts accept for my contacts.
WHat would i lose if i restored it? and do i need to restore it?
is there another way? if there is, i definetely do not need the update. someone please help me.

First, in iTunes, launch Preferences and go to the Devices tab. Check the date and time of the last backup. If it is recent you can restore it. However, if you mean you have the photos back in your Camera Roll then the backup was already restored. To get your music and apps back it should just be necessary to click "Sync".

HT201263 my iphone 5 screen has gone black, and when i plug it into itunes it says we have discovered a iphone in recovery mode, then when i try to restore it it just says waiting for iphone and doesnt get anywhere else. ny clue on how i can fix this prob

when i upgraded my iphone to the new update My iphone 5 screen went completely black and has been like it for 2 days. I have tried holding home and lock,I have tried holding lock and the volume, and I have tried holding just the volume, it still just stays black.
When i plugged it into my Mac the apple logo comes up on the iphone screen. and then on the computer it says itunes has detected an iphone in recovery mode. you must restore this iphone before it can be used with itunes. (as in the below pictures)
when i click ok to restore it just says waiting for iphone (as in the other photo below). i left it in for 20minutes and still said the same thing.
after that i tried unplugging the iphone and it just went back to being a black screen again if anyone has any idea please please help me, thank you.

I searched the iPod Touch forum for "iphone in recovery mode" and it appears there are two possible solutions:
- Place the iPod in DFU mode and then restore it>
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
- Use this program to get it out of recovery mode:
RecBoot: Easy Way to Put iPhone into Recovery Mode | Jaxov

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