Understanding iPhone Recovery Mode: How to Enter and Exit

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Understanding iPhone Recovery Mode: How to Enter and Exit

1 February 2024 Amanda J. Brook Senior Product Manager

Summary
Recovery Mode resolves iPhone startup errors, often indicating hardware issues, but users can also manually initiate it to restore their devices. Learn how to enter and exit Recovery Mode here.

Table of contents

1. What is iPhone “Recovery Mode”?

2. What are the reasons that lead to iPhone into “recovery mode”

3. How to independently enter or cancel iPhone recovery mode

I. What is iPhone's Recovery Mode ?

The iPhone’s recovery mode requires forced initialization, displaying the iTunes icon and data cable on the screen. This mode clears the device’s data and restores it to a new state. It is triggered when the update process is interrupted, causing the update system to fail. During this mode, normal iPhone usage and iTunes operations are temporarily unavailable. To quickly fix the device while preserving data, I recommend using a software called Renee iPassfix.

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1. What is Renee iPassfix?

Renee iPassfix is a versatile iOS system repair software. It can effectively resolve various iOS system failures, including recovery mode, repeated restarts, freezing, black and white screen, and other issues. Additionally, it can unlock banned iOS devices and bypass lock screen passwords, showcasing its remarkable capabilities.

2. How to use Renee iPassfix?

When your iPhone has a “recovery mode” problem during use, use Renee iPassfix to help you fix it in just three steps and keep all the data.

Step 1: After downloading and installing Renee iPassfix, connect your iPhone to the computer, open the software, and select the (Fix Device) function on the main interface of the software.

Step 2: Click the (FIX ME) button to initiate the system repair operation. The firmware will be automatically downloaded, or the user can manually download and import it. Note that selecting (Comprehensive Repair) will result in clearing the device data, while not selecting it will keep all data intact on the device.

Step 3: Fix the device. After the operation is completed, disconnect the connection between the device and the PC. Simple three-step easy solution.

If the recovery mode of the iPhone is triggered by non-human actions, all data on the device will be lost. To avoid losing important content, it is crucial to regularly back up important data on the device.

II. What are the reasons that cause the iPhone to enter Recovery Mode

The iPhone “recovery mode” is a self-protection mechanism that forces the device to enter this mode in certain situations to ensure successful restoration.

1. When the iOS system is being updated or when using iTunes for data backup, the WiFi network is interrupted midway.

2. During the update process of the iOS system using iTunes, the power supply of the PC end is suddenly interrupted; or the update is interrupted due to the change to sleep mode.

3. The iPhone fails due to collision, resulting in the failure to start the device normally.

III. How to independently enter or cancel iPhone recovery mode

With the assistance of the iPhone’s “recovery mode,” users can execute repair operations on the impaired system. Consequently, when aiming to flash the phone using this mode, how does one enter or exit it?

Operation of iPhone devices with HOME button

Steps to enter “Recovery Mode” (take iPhone6s as an example):

1. Disconnect the data cable and turn off the iPhone;

2. After shutting down, press and hold the “HOME button”, connect the data cable to the computer, and release the “HOME button” when it successfully enters “Recovery Mode”. iTunes will also prompt that it has entered “Recovery Mode” after connecting.

Steps to exit Recovery Mode:

To exit “recovery mode” on iPhone caused by iOS system problems, try pressing and holding the HOME key and POWER key until the white Apple logo appears on the screen.

Operation of iPhone devices without HOME button

Steps to enter “Recovery Mode”: (Take iPhoneX as an example)

1. Quickly press the “Volume Up Button” and “Volume Down Button” of the device once, then press and hold the “Power Off Button” and do not release it;

2. After the black screen, quickly press and hold the “volume down button” and do not release it until the device screen displays the data cable and the iTunes logo.

Steps to exit Recovery Mode:

iPhone devices without a HOME button can be force restarted by pressing and quickly releasing the volume up button, volume down button, and then holding the side button until the Apple logo appears. If force restarting the iPhone fails to exit the “recovery mode”, then use the Renee iPassfix repair system mentioned above to assist in exiting the mode.

Renee iPassfix repairs up to 50 iOS system problems, such as iPhone/iPad being stuck in recovery mode, DFU mode, repeated restart, and error 4013. It is highly compatible and works with almost all iPhone/iPad/iPod models.

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