Itunes promted me to update my software and my iphone 4s froze with the bar underneath the apple logo. I pushed the home button and start for 10 secs. Now itunes is saying restore to factory settings, it says in itunes I backed up . Should I reset?
Now itunes is prompting me to restore to factory settings. Can I get back all my info from my backups?
Thanks. The prompt it is giving me is if you are expeirincing problems with your iphone you can restore its original settings by clicking restore. Should I click that? It is saying my iphone is in recovery mode.
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I haven't been able to find any answers that solve my problem. My Ipad will not leave the Apple logo. I hold both buttons and the screen goes black and then the Apple logo immediately pops back up. I can't get the red slider screen at all. No matter how many times I hold down both buttons the screen goes black and then the Apple logo pops right back on.
Before you do anything else, try charging via a wall outlet for a while, since its off. Then try turning it back on.
When you put the device into recovery mode it allows you to restore the device when no other options work. You do risk losing everything currently strored on the ipad itself. Hopefully you've performed regular backups either via itunes, icloud or both. Evern if you have synced content to either of those, you may not lose everything. All previous purchases have been saved in the itunes and app stores, so you can dowload them again.
while the ipad is off, press and hold the home button and plug the usb cord into the ipad. You should see a message pop up on the itunes window on your compoter screen that state it has discoverd an ipad in recovery mode.
You should now be able to restore -
I have an IPOD Nano 4th Generation 8GB and am unable to restore it back to factory settings even when it is connected to my MAC. I have tried the menu/select hold but is not doing anything. When connected to the MAC and select restore in itunes it comes up with 'Firmware Corrupt'. It also states the IPOD is up to date. I have the latest operating system on my MAC and wonder if this may be part of the issue?
Can anyone shed light as to what i can do to reset it back to factory settings as would like to sell it and ensure it is ready for the new owner.
Thanks
jay68gSee here: What to do if iPod can't be updated because the firmware file was corrupt or not found
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Boots to black in OS X mode (I believe 10.10.2? tough to check right now). I can boot into Windows 8 using Boot Camp without incident. I have booted to Disk Utility and run Disk and Permissions Repair. I have booted into Diagnostics, and no issues were found (ADP000 was the Reference Code given). I reset the PRAM, which gave a louder chime than I had been getting when failing to start up OS X, but otherwise no change. Feeling that my options were exhausted, I attempted to restore from Time Capsule, and it won't connect to Time Capsule, despite Time Capsule being the active router whose network I am connected to. Please advise.
(This is my girlfriend's computer, she tells me that she selected an option to perform an automatic update later, that night.)Install or Reinstall OS X from Scratch
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the
left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Optionally, click on
the Security button and set the Zero Data option to one-pass. Click on
the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Install button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
because it is three times faster than wireless.
This should install the version of OS X that you had installed.
Be sure you only work on the OS X volume, not your Windows volume. I cannot tell you if you will still be able to boot the Windows volume after the above. You will need to find a fix for that. -
Ipad stuck in apple logo reboot loop to home page and then goes off
my ipad2 stuck in apple logo to home page rebooting loop and cant charge to 100%
Mine is doing the same thing and won't charge. It stays at 2%....this happened suddenly.
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I've update my iPad to iSO6. Now saying connect to iTunes, which is saying my iPad in recovery & to restore to factory stting & all media & data will be ereased. I DOT NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN. What can I do?
You have no choice now. Unless you want a brick for an iPad. After you restore to factory settings you can restore from your backup ..... And you do backup don't you? I would never update the iOS software without backing up first. After you restore from the backup, sync with iTunes again and you should be OK. Assuming that you do sync with iTunes .....
Read this for info on how to restore from the backup.
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Unsuccessful update via iTunes. It asks to restore to factory settings.
I was trying to update via iTunes and it said unsuccessful update. Why I do not know i didn't do anything while it was updating. Didn't even touch the computer. It says i have to restore the phone to factory settings. Is there anyway I can keep this from happening? It says iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this phone before it can be used with iTunes. Then when i try and restore it it only says restore to factory settings. I will lose all data, photos and videos on there.
Same thing happened with my iPhone 4S - no one is any help. Thanks Apple for such a crappy update! I've called Apple, they say the SIM card needs replacing, I go to my service provider they tell me nothing wrong with the SIM card - provider tells me I now need a new phone. Sheesh! If someone has a solution to this it would be greatly appreciated.
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ITunes cannot read the contents of iPhone. It's telling me I have to restore to factory settings
Why am I getting this message when trying to sync to iTunes? iTunes cannot read the contents of iPhone. It's telling me I have to restore to factory settings. Say it ain't so! help!
I don't want to restore, since I will lose my voice memos which are not yet backed up.
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If Your Getting The "Restore To Factory Settings" Helpful information
*note restoring back to factory settings will wipe your ipod clean of any information that wasnt on it when u first recieved it"
I kept getting error after error on my new ipod and it seemed i was diggin myself deeper with everything i tried but i did eventually solve the restore to factory settings problem and hopefully if anyone else has the problem they be able to fix it also.
First you need to download the ipod updater from this web address http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/
install the update then it asks you to restart your computer. Do this
When the computer has rebooted plug in your ipod ignore itunes if it appears and go to
my computer > program files > ipod > in then ipod file there should be a file named ipod updater 2005, i think the latest updater is ipod updater 2005-11-17.
So click on the ipod updater 2005-11-17 file.
Click on the picture of the ipod with the writing ipod updater 2005-11-17.
Then the ipod update screen should appear (white background)
Make sure your ipod is in then you need to click the restore button.
After this a message telling you its restoring to factory settings should appear. Wait awhile for it to restore (your ipod should show the apple sign then come back).
Eventually it should restore it back to factory settings. open up itunes and hopefully fingers cross the ipod should show up on the list on the left.
(i'm stilling getting the "do no dissconnect" message but when i no the information has been downloaded on ipod (the message on itunes will say "update complete") you can just click the eject ipod button and everything should be fine.
Windows XP Proi'm glad i could help, trust me i was there for ages trying to figure the error out and i spent a very long time going thro tons of messages but seemed like i was only one with the error. but thankfully my ipod is working now and hopefully it will help other people with same problem
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I am having iPOD classic 80GB . I Have the 10.5Latest Version of iTunes installed. When I go for Sync.It tells me to restore to factory settings as it is unable to read the contents. On restoring it tells : unable to restore as this has files that are in use by another application. I have no idea what to do now. Pl advise. Thanks
Try disabling any and all A/V or security software you are running on your system and see if that helps.
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Can I recover pictures to my iPhone 4 after restoring to factory settings?
Can I recover my pictures to my Iphone after restoring to factory settings on of via iTunes ?
Possibly... contact the photo center and ask them if they offer such a feature or app.
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I have a 4S and just tried updating to the latest iOS version and my phone went into recovery mode and iTunes says I need to restore to factory settings. Anyone know how I can fix my phone without losing all my content?
You would only be able to restore to a backup to iCloud or iTunes:
Restore from Backup
Cheers,
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I have had an iphone 3g and recently had to restore my factory settings, when I have tried to add facebook on again it says that the relevant update of 4.3 is not available, however the 4.3 update is not available for the iphone 3g. how can i solve this and get facebook back on my phone
You cannot.
Unless you have done as you should and have the old facebook app on your computer. -
tried to update my i phone 4s, now the phone isnt going on unless i restore to factory settings. The screen is just showing a usb and arrow to I Tunes, it also says if i restore i will lose all media, which hasnt been backed up recently. Any answers?
It's in recovery mode. Anything that was on the phone and not already backed up is already gone. You have no choice but to restore.
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i can not activate my verizon iphone 4, i restored to factory settings because my iphone wouldnt update to ios6 after trying three times and now that i restored it its saying that it cant activate my phone, please help
This is a Windows error. See this support document for help. iOS: Unknown error containing '0xE' when connecting to a Windows PC
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