How to Kick iPhone out of Recovery Mode (Windows)
by lightmaster on Jul.18, 2009, under Guides, iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iTouch 1g, iTouch 2g
The Info:
Sometimes your iPhone or iTouch can get stuck in Recovery mode and it seems like it might be bricked. Don’t worry, its probably not bricked. There are two very good and very easy methods of kicking your iPhone or iTouch out of Recovery mode: one for Mac and one for Windows.
The Requirements:
- iPhone stuck in Recovery mode
- or iTouch stuck in Recovery mode
- Windows XP, Vista, or 7
The Process:
- Download QuickPwn for Windows (it doesn’t matter if its compatible with your firmware version).
- Plug in your iPhone and turn it on. It should boot into Recovery mode if you need to use this guide.
- Open QuickPwn.
- QuickPwn should give you a message about your iPhone being in Recovery Mode and you needing to reboot it. Follow those directions. (Press and hold the Power and Home buttons for 10 seconds to reboot your iPhone.)
Your iPhone should now boot into normal mode. If it doesn’t send me an @reply using TweetBoard to the left or, if you don’t have a Twitter account, post a comment below.
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August 1st, 2009 on 1:49 am
wow thanks this really helped man i google and couldn’t find any other solution you rock this works!
August 2nd, 2009 on 1:39 am
OMG IT WORKS THNK YOU SO MUCH!
August 22nd, 2009 on 10:51 am
Wow it worked!!!
Apple had told me to force a restore, but i didn’t want to lose any data [hadn't backed up] tried your method worked like a dream!!
the message i got was something like:
before continuing hold down the Home and Power buttons for 15 seconds,then press the Power button for 2 second to reset your device
it worked instantly, put passwors in and back to normal-steer cleas of update 3.01!!!
August 22nd, 2009 on 11:32 am
thank you SO MUCH. i hadn’t backed up any of my iphone files and i almost died when itunes told me i needed to recover the phone and i’d lose everything. this guide is awesome, thank you thank you thank you!
September 3rd, 2009 on 7:07 pm
I want to personally send you a HUGE thank you for this information. I have a new Iphone that I got 6 weeks ago, 3 days after the birth of my only child and since then have taken almost all of her photos and videos with this Iphone. Today I finally got around to syncing my Iphone with my computer and the first thing it asked me to do was upgrade the software for my Iphone, which I said yes to. Well, an error occurred during the download of the upgrade and it did not create a backup of my data and it put my phone into recovery mode, although I did not proceed with restore because it said I would lose all my data. I contacted Apple support, talked to 3 different supervisors for an hour and a half, who all told me I was screwed and I should go ahead and proceed with the restore mode because all of my data was lost. I googled get an iphone out of recovery mode, found this info and it worked!!!!! I can’t tell you how grateful and thankful I am for the day that you were born!!! Thank you a million times over, because of you, I now have back the photos and videos for the first 6 weeks of my daughter’s life. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 5th, 2009 on 9:12 pm
Thank you very much for this advice, I wasn’t expecting a windows guide aswell but was lucky enough to find it when i googled the name of your mac guide. Thanks for saving my photos
September 28th, 2009 on 12:38 am
Worked like a charm for me. Thanks a million!
October 8th, 2009 on 8:39 pm
thanks, that worked like a charm. though it did take a couple tries to figure out the button pushing.
that really helped, i’d been stuck in recovery mode for days… and i couldn’t recover through itunes… grr apple.
October 9th, 2009 on 12:09 am
Effin thank you, lightmaster. Lesson learned: do not attempt iPhone OS update under VirtualBox in Linux.
October 9th, 2009 on 9:37 pm
it worked, qwikpawn crashed but itunes was also running and it recognized it. now flashing 3.0 and ready to Jailbreak and unlock.
Thanks sooo much
October 17th, 2009 on 1:49 am
Another satisfied surfer here! Worked like magic. A donation is on its way. Thanks mate!
November 24th, 2009 on 9:07 am
it worked!!! you save me alot of time and trouble! I agree that the button pushing was a bit tricky but my phone is back in business.
November 25th, 2009 on 1:01 am
THANKS DUDE I THOUGHT I ALMOST BROKE MY IPHONE
November 26th, 2009 on 10:27 am
i am getting my i touch(1.1.4) struck while jail breaking using ziphone and if i try to switch on it is coming in normal mode and i got installer but unable to download the games and all in ziphone showing recovery mode wait for 1min 10sec but it is responding after 2min also can u please help me
November 26th, 2009 on 2:52 pm
Ok, a few things. DON’T use ZiPhone, it is notoriously bad for screwing up your iPhone/iTouch. Also, I would VERY strongly recommend you update to OS version 3.1.2. Just download 3.1.2 from http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/, back up your iTouch, Option+click (Mac) or Ctrl+click (windows) on restore and select the 3.1.2 OS. Once its done, download Blackra1n (Windows) or Blackra1n (Mac) and run it. When you get the choice to select whether to install Cydia, Installer, or RockYourPhone, select only Cydia.