Recovery mode message

I just bought the nano and when i connected it, it installed very quickly however it constantly says do not disconnect when plugged into computer and when i tunes opens it says an ipod was detected that is in recovery mode and that it cant be used with itunes. I bought this from best buy its not used...any ideas

i tried going through all that to change the drive but it doesn't show up as a drive it shows up in the Removable Storage Section and it really wont let me change anything from there

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"Recovery Mode" message but nothing is wrong!

Hi!
I was just hooking my ipod (4GB 2nd Gen Nano) up to sync some new songs when I got the "detecting ipod in recovery mode - restore before you can use this ipod" message. Looking at the 'restore' button on the summary tab, it talks about restoring the ipod when there are problems.
Unfortunately (or fortunately!) there is nothing wrong with my ipod; it's not skipping during songs, frozen, missing tracks on play mode etc.
It seems like most people getting the "recovery" message have been having issues but I haven't!
Any ideas on what I can do so I don't have to restore my ipod (I don't want to lose all my songs!) is GREATLY appreciated!
~missfishlips

Check this out.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304503

I am getting a recovery mode message and asking me to restore, what do I do?

I am studck, no access to phone it is in recovery mode. It wants me to restore what do I do?

Here is the Apple Knowledge Base article;
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
If you get a cannot be found notice, refresh the page, Apple's servers have been having fits with KB articles of late.

IPhone 4 Failed Updated to iOS 6, now stuck in Recovery Mode

I plugged in my iPhone 4 to update it to iOS 6. After the update was completed, it restarted and now shows only the iTunes Connect screen. Plugging the phone in now, iTunes says that the phone must be restored. It fails to restore every time. I've tried like 1000x.
Help would be appreciated. And please, assume I know nothing and have tried nothing. I'm pretty desperate to get my phone restored, even if for only long enough to get some of my information saved from my device.
Thanks.

Disconnect it from the computer's USB cord. Press and hold the home button while plugging it into the computer's USB cord. Continue holding the Home button while iPhone starts up. While starting up, you will see the Apple logo. When you see "Connect to iTunes" on the screen, you can release the Home button and iTunes will display the recovery mode message. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
Then you can restore your phone: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

IPod is stuck in recovery mode and retoring does not fix - What can?

I've installed a new computer and transfered itunes just fine but when I connected my sons iPod it stated "itunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes." I've now restored it more times than I care to remember (it appears restored back to factory settings) but the same message ".... detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore..." persists and thus will not download music library. What else can be done?
Dell precision 390 Windows XP

This repetitive "ipod found in recovery mode" message is most likely caused by drive letter confusion on your computer.
In that case, you'll need to try assigning your iPod a different drive letter.
Log off of any other users on your computer.
Then, put your iPod into Disk Mode and see these steps:
1 - Don't plug in your iPod yet.
2 - Go to "START -> Control Panel -> Admin Tools (if you don't see this, click on "classic view" button on the left panel) -> Computer Management."
3 - Click on the "Disk Management" button in the left panel area.
4 - Now, with "Computer Management" and Control Panel windows opened, connect your iPod to the computer.
5 - Right-click on your iPod's listing there (after a few moments when it gets recognized in this drive window), and click on "Change Drive letter and Paths". Then the "Change..." button.
Here's what it should look like:
Assign your iPod the letter "M" "N", "O" or the like (further along in the alphabet).
For more details, see this Support article:
Windows confuses iPod with network drive or hard drive and may keep iPod from mounting
I hope that helps you.
-Kylene

IPod Nano stuck in recovery mode

Hi,
I recently installed iTunes 7 on my new work PC and connected my iPod Nano (1st gen) to it for the first time. I was told that iTunes had detected an iPod in recovery mode and it needed to restore factory settings. I proceeded with this, and after this completed iTunes suggested I needed to update the software on my iPod, which I also completed (from 1.1 to 1.3)
My problem is that every time I plug my iPod in, iTunes tells me that it has detected an iPod in recovery mode, and needs to restore factory settings. When I do this, factory settings are restored, iTunes redects the iPod, and the same message comes up again, about iTunes detecting an iPod in recovery mode.
I seem to be stuck in this loop, and don't know what to do to fix it. I have tried all the obvious things (PC restart, different USB port, lastest iTunes software) but none of these seem to fix the problem. I cannot copy any music to my iPod.
I am very grateful for any help you can provide.
Thanx
Mark
Pentium 4 Windows XP Pro

okay, that relentless "recovery mode" message can sometimes be produced by a Windows drive letter confusion. for troubleshooting advice on that, see the following document:
"iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode - Use iTunes to restore"

IPod in recovery mode after installing update!!!

I connected my 30 gig, 5th gen. iPod to my computer, and it recognized it. I clicked on 'check for update', of which there was one, ironically described as "bug fixes". After the update, my iPod restarted itself and is now in recovery mode. However, when I look under 'My Computer', it still recognizes my iPod by the name I gave it, and all of my photos are still intact and viewable in this mode. I have tried changing the drive letter and reinstalling iTunes, but both my iPod and iTunes are still giving me the recovery mode message.
5th Generation iPod with Video, 30GB Windows XP Pro

I connected my 30 gig, 5th gen. iPod to my computer,
and it recognized it. I clicked on 'check for
update', of which there was one, ironically described
as "bug fixes". After the update, my iPod restarted
itself and is now in recovery mode. However, when I
look under 'My Computer', it still recognizes my iPod
by the name I gave it, and all of my photos are still
intact and viewable in this mode. I have tried
changing the drive letter and reinstalling iTunes,
but both my iPod and iTunes are still giving me the
recovery mode message.
5th Generation iPod with Video, 30GB
Windows XP Pro
Funny you should say that, and i'm so glad that i looked in here, as i first thought that it was something that i had done wrong, but now i am starting to wonder.
I have a similar problem with the 30gb ipod, i loaded everything ok onto my computer, even got to put some music on my ipod!
the next day i decided to re-arrange some tracks and remove some music that i no longer listen to. at this point I also recieved the update called "bug fixes" and since then the actual ipod says to connect to my computer and use itunes to restore, I have done this, and itunes goes through the process of restoring, says it has finished, and as soon as the ipod icon re-appears, it says that my ipod is in recovery mode and i need to restore.
I have done this now about 20 times, and i have tried various procedures that have been suggested on the web page, which includes removing and re-installing itunes, assign a new drive letter to the ipod, reinstalling the drivers.
I have tried everything that i can find with any relevance, but as i am not an IT technician, i dont want to keep trying things that i don't really understand.
Please help, as I want to listen to my music on this expensive music player, like i should be able to!
thanks in advance
Del
Windows XP

Charging while in recovery mode???

I am sorry if this has been answered before. I cannot seem to find an answer to this exact question ANYWHERE!
I am having a heck of a time with my iPod Touch right now. Everything is irrelevant until I can actually get it to turn on, though. It had all of a sudden gone unresponsive on me but that is not the main issue. The battery went to dead through all of my trying to figure out how to fix it. It wasn't even being recognized in iTunes at all. Now, iTunes recognizes it, but the Touch gives a low battery icon for a few minutes and then shows the (USB w/ arrow to iTunes) recovery icon. At this time, I get the "restore your iPod in recovery mode" message in iTunes. When I start the restoration, it goes through the process, as if all is well. The very last bit, where it says something like, "preparing iPod for..." I am seeing the low battery icon on my iPod screen again and it takes way too long and, finally, I get the message that says, "cannot restore, etc."
Anyway, I just have the feeling that this all has to do with the battery needing to "get over the hump," so to speak, so it has enough juice to endure the rehab that I am trying to put it through. (Poor little guy!) I seem to be able to keep it in the recovery mode, while plugged in and without doing anything for a long time. It stays on that way but, I want to know if it is even charging in this mode, since I have no icon battery indicator to tell me.
Please, help and thank you!

It is already in restore mode and your data is already lost. Anything that you have done since the last backup is lost. You can restore to your last backup after restoring the phone.

Iphone 4 failed to update software, now stuck in recovery mode?

itunes asked me to update the phone software, it downloaded on the laptop but when i looked at my phone it had the plug into itunes picture, ive held down lock and pressed the menu button but this didnt work
pleaseeee help me

Disconnect it from the computer's USB cord. Press and hold the home button while plugging it into the computer's USB cord. Continue holding the Home button while iPhone starts up. While starting up, you will see the Apple logo. When you see "Connect to iTunes" on the screen, you can release the Home button and iTunes will display the recovery mode message. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
Then you can restore your phone: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

"I Tunes has Detected an iPod in Recovery Mode". Restored it BUT.......

Been using my iPod and I bring it to work to copy over a book on CD. It hasn't been hooked up to my computer at work in a few weeks but works well at home. It plays the music I HAD on it but when I pluged it in on my work computer I get the "I Tunes has Detected an iPod in Recovery Mode" message and it says it needs to recovery it to work.
In the Summary page in iTunes I see that my iPod is up to date but my iPod has lost its name and it says I need to recover it. I ran the recovery, it downloaded what it needed, installed on my iPod and it restarted. Now I get the "I Tunes has Detected an iPod in Recovery Mode" again and again it asks to recover.
Is this an endless loop I am stuck in? Does my iPod some how need a complete reboot/wipe/format?

Been using my iPod and I bring it to work to copy over a book on CD. It hasn't been hooked up to my computer at work in a few weeks but works well at home. It plays the music I HAD on it but when I pluged it in on my work computer I get the "I Tunes has Detected an iPod in Recovery Mode" message and it says it needs to recovery it to work.
under the circumstances you describe, it seems most likely that the relentless recovery mode message on the work PC is being caused by a Windows drive letter confusion on the work PC.
for more information on troubleshooting that possibilitity, see:
"iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode - Use iTunes to restore"
... and:
Windows confuses iPod with network drive or hard drive and may keep iPod from mounting or songs may seem to disappear

ITunes detects iPod (click wheel) in recovery mode

iTunes (7.1.1.5) is stuck in a loop. It detects the iPod, messages that the iPod is in recovery mode. I select restore, plug the iPod into the power cube when directed and the iPod is restored. Then when I plug the iPod back into my PC (Windows XP Pro) iTunes again errors the iPod is in revovery mode and will only let me go through the restore. I can't seem to get the loop to stop. I have even removed and reinstalled the iPod driver.
HELP
HP Windows XP Pro
HP Windows XP Pro

recalcitrant "recovery mode" messages like that can sometimes be produced by a Windows drive letter confusion. for troubleshooting advice on that possibility, see the following document:
"iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode - Use iTunes to restore"

Itunes always showing my brand new ipod nano as in recovery mode

I just got a new ipod nano (not the latest model the one thats taller than it is wide - model number A1320). I downloaded itunes for the first time and connected my ipod via USB to my laptop. A popup appears telling me that an ipod in recovery mode has been connected. I restore the ipod to factory settings like it tells me to but when it resarts and pops up in itunes it still says it is in recovery mode.
I plug the ipod into my friends laptop and it works fine (he has an older version of itunes)
The device sync test diagnostic report is:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (Build 2600)
TOSHIBA Satellite Pro S300
iTunes 10.1.1.4
QuickTime 7.6.9
FairPlay 1.10.14
Apple Application Support 1.4.1
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
CD Driver 2.2.0.1
CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
Apple Mobile Device 3.3.0.69
Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.52.0.0
Bonjour 2.0.4.0 (214.3)
Gracenote SDK 1.8.2.457
Gracenote MusicID 1.8.2.89
Gracenote Submit 1.8.2.123
Gracenote DSP 1.8.2.34
iTunes Serial Number 220838404B238AB6
Current user is an administrator.
The current local date and time is 2011-01-04 12:45:36.
iTunes is not running in safe mode.
WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.
HDCP is not supported.
Core Media is supported.
Video Display Information
Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
** External Plug-ins Information **
No external plug-ins installed.
iPodService 10.1.1.4 is currently running.
iTunesHelper 10.1.1.4 is currently running.
Apple Mobile Device service 3.3.0.0 is currently running.
** Device Sync Tests **
No iPod, iPhone or iPad found.

This isn't my thing, but the following link suggests changing the drive letter if you go on getting recovery mode message:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1456?viewlocale=en_US

Continuously in recovery mode, after several restores, drive letter changes

My ipod/itunes usage has been acting very odd for the last week. iTunes stopped being able to add songs to the ipod a couple days ago, then it stopped recognizing the ipod and itunes (newest version, 7.0.1.8) would crash. So I uninstalled itunes, all my previous ipod software, hoping to start from scratch. Downloaded itunes again, rebooted Windows (XP), installed itunes, hooked up the ipod, same problem.
So I restored my ipod, and afterwards I got this message: "iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes." So I restored it again, and the same message appeared. This cycle happened a few times before I went online to find a solution.
In the support pages, I saw that if this happens, I should change the drive letter that Windows assigns the ipod (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93499#changedrive), so I did that to change the ipod from the E drive to the G drive. No difference, itunes still didn't like it. I restore it again, and I get the same message, about the ipod being in recovery mode and that i should restore it. So I tried to change the drive letter another time. Same thing. No change.
What do I do now?
5th gen ipod with video Windows XP

I connected my 30 gig, 5th gen. iPod to my computer,
and it recognized it. I clicked on 'check for
update', of which there was one, ironically described
as "bug fixes". After the update, my iPod restarted
itself and is now in recovery mode. However, when I
look under 'My Computer', it still recognizes my iPod
by the name I gave it, and all of my photos are still
intact and viewable in this mode. I have tried
changing the drive letter and reinstalling iTunes,
but both my iPod and iTunes are still giving me the
recovery mode message.
5th Generation iPod with Video, 30GB
Windows XP Pro
Funny you should say that, and i'm so glad that i looked in here, as i first thought that it was something that i had done wrong, but now i am starting to wonder.
I have a similar problem with the 30gb ipod, i loaded everything ok onto my computer, even got to put some music on my ipod!
the next day i decided to re-arrange some tracks and remove some music that i no longer listen to. at this point I also recieved the update called "bug fixes" and since then the actual ipod says to connect to my computer and use itunes to restore, I have done this, and itunes goes through the process of restoring, says it has finished, and as soon as the ipod icon re-appears, it says that my ipod is in recovery mode and i need to restore.
I have done this now about 20 times, and i have tried various procedures that have been suggested on the web page, which includes removing and re-installing itunes, assign a new drive letter to the ipod, reinstalling the drivers.
I have tried everything that i can find with any relevance, but as i am not an IT technician, i dont want to keep trying things that i don't really understand.
Please help, as I want to listen to my music on this expensive music player, like i should be able to!
thanks in advance
Del
Windows XP

I am in mavericks disk utility recovery mode as my mac book will not boot up & stays only on the grey apple screen. When I verify the disk I get open error5 :input /output error on Syst stuck on 1 minute pouring out over 50 error messages & still counting

I am in Mavericks disk utility recovery mode as my mac book pro will not boot up & stays on the Apple grey screen . When I verify disk permissions I get
Open error 5:"input/ output error" on syst with over 50 of this messages & still counting . Disk Utility says 1 minute
But this has been going on for over 10 mins .
I can not verify disk or repair disk .
I have tried to reinstall mavericks operating system but it says my hard drive is locked which is very strange .
Does anyone know what is going on here ?
My system looks like it has been totally corrupted . Thanks Andrew

Could be. The "lock" isn't actually looking for a password.
WARNING: This will completely erase the ENTIRE hard drive.
What you would need to do is boot to recovery > disk utility > select the MAIN drive on the left side > partition > change partition layout from CURRENT to 1 PARTITION > ensure on the right side it says Format : Mac OSX Extended (Journaled) then push APPLY.
Then if it will allow us, close the windows until you see the 4 options popup again and select "Reinstall Mac OS X" select the Mac HD and you should be good to go!

What does this message mean? "ITunes has fetected an iPad in recovery mode. You must restore this iPad before it can be used with ITunes".

What does this message mean? "itunes has detected an iPad in recovery mode. You must restore this iPad before it can be used with ITnes." How do I restore when every time I connect to my computer I get this message?

Perhaps the information in this Apple support article will help:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694#error3004
Regards.

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