IPhone in Recovery Mode- Must Restore
Hey... I am having a lot of trouble. I bought an iPhone off of a friend.
Here is what is going on.
I turn on the phone - it says to connect to iTunes. I have done so (and downloaded the newest version of iTunes as well)
I connect it and it states that my iPhone is in Recovery Mode and that I must restore it before it can be used with iTunes.
I click restore and it begins the download process of iPhone software update.
It takes forever to download (I live in a rural area on SLOW DSL) \
After it downloads (for the 4th time I might add) it begins to inialize and then comes up with an error code stating iTunes could not sync to the iPhone '[iPhone ]'.
Can someone please help me. Apple is closed due to Thanksgiving holiday and I know nothing about the iPhone.
Thank you all!
It should have given you an error code along with the information that it couldn't sync. What was the code?
See this for a start: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1275?viewlocale=en_US
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Try and turn off iPad/iPod and proceed to step 3 of Recovery Mode.
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.
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Perhaps the information in this Apple support article will help:
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i was downloading the latest software upgrade when the message "Itunes has detected an Iphone in recovery mode. You must restore this phone before it can be used with Itunes" came up. My option of I phone recovery mode says that it will restore the Iphone to factory mode losing all information.
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Restore it. -
iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes.
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HT4623 help. i am getting the message iphone in recovery mode. must restore.
it also says itunes has detected an iphone in recovery mode. you must restore this iphone before it can be used with iphones.
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itunes has detected an iphone in recovery mode. You must restore iphone before it can be used with itunes.
Has anyone been able to restore their iphone after updating on itunes?Probably over 200 million people have been able to restore their phone after updating on iTunes. 400 million if you consider that many people have updated more than once.
Have you restored it as directed? I gather from the fact that you posted that you tried and something went wrong. If you post what you did and what went wrong, including the error message and error number, we can probably help get your phone running again. -
Never once has my phone updated without deleting everything. It says "iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes. I can't call for help because my phone is frozen on the screen with iTunes. On line live chat won't chat until I give them my serial number which I can't get to because its frozen and can't call for the same reason!! Omg! Someone please help me!?
Morning AppleHlumamkhululi,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
In most cases, the connected iPod needs to be restored.
For more information on this, take a look at this article:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1456
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When performing the new iPhone(IOS6) update I received an error message - iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes. Will I lose everything if it goes back to factory settings. Right now my phone wont do anything. It is just showing a cable, an arrow and the iTunes logo.
If you restore from backup.
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