iPhone disasters averted: How to use recovery mode
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iPhone disasters averted: How to use recovery mode |
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www.yourforum.gr |
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iPhone Tutorials |
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| Submitted: |
5 Sep 2008 |
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5 Sep 2008 |
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Description:
Since last night, I have received nearly 40 emails telling of 7.7.1 iTunes crashes and in many cases, iPhone crashes on sync. |
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Tutorial Instructions
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Since last night, I have received nearly 40 emails telling of 7.7.1 iTunes crashes and in many cases, iPhone crashes on sync.
If all else fails, use recovery mode:
1. Turn off your iPhone if it isn't already.
2. Make sure iTunes is launched.
3. Hold the center button and while holding, plug your iPhone into your computer.
4. Keep holding until you get a message saying that iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode.
5. Follow steps given to restore from backup.
Provided you have a good and recent backup, your iPhone should be repopulated with everything you had before. You'll need to sync photos and music again; what recovery basically does is reinstall the iphone OS.
Always attempt a restore first before recovery. Sometimes that's all you need. And even before that, simply try a hard reset where you hold down the center button and the sleep/wake switch until the iPhone reboots. Many problems can be solved at this level.
If recovery mode doesn't work, I'm afraid a call to Apple is your next step.
I hope this helps. Even though some of you have reported success, and that's great, I do not believe that iTunes 7.7.1 is ready for primetime. |
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