Jailbreaking your iPhone or iPod touch is a simple task but at times it so happens that you get un-identified errors or your iPhone ends up in Recovery or DFU mode.
If you find yourself in the latter stage, you have come to the right place.
In this tutorial, I would teach you, How To kick your iPhone out of the Recovery mode.
Follow the steps below.
Step 1.
Download TinyUmbrella for your PC. It works on Mac, Windows and Linux.
Step 2.
Connect your iPhone in Recovery mode to your PC if it isn’t connected already.
Step 3.
Open TinyUmbrella.
Step 4.
Let TinyUmbrella recognize your iPhone in Recovery mode.
Step 5.
Once it recognizes your iPhone, you can kick your iPhone out of the Recovery mode by tapping the button “Exit Recovery”.
That’s it. Your iPhone would now boot normally.
If you run into any other problems while doing this, share with us and we would help you out.
However, if you want to restore your iPhone, you can read our previous article on how to put your iPhone in Recovery mode.
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Yeah its nice, but Doesn’t work for the iOS 4.2.1
It worked!
And i have ipod 2g mc model on firware 4.2.1.
i have an iphone 3g jailbroken, and i somehow got it into recovery mode?, I’ve tried everything to get it out but nothing works… i need help
I’m in the same boat, I have a jailbroken 3g..and its in recovery mode..and it cant get it out of recovery mode, i tried to restore it, but i wont do that either..so HELP!
well i tried downloading it but i have no option to press “exit recovery” ! now what?
Tried that, and i was like so happy for 10 seconds when it got back to the recovery mode AGAiN!!!! Im tricked!!
Same here… Really need help!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU…. so easy. It worked on my 3GS on Windows 7.
Ok, it goes to the apple logo for about 10 seconds then it goes black, thne back to the apple logo then again BACK TO THE RECOVERY MODE!!! Nothing is working.
Amanda- the same thing is happening to me!! did you find something to help?
Yup dude, It’s work for my case. Nice one solution. Thanks
it didnt work for me,like after 10 seconds it went back to recovery mode
but it worked on my friend’s iphone though since shes the one who told me about this website
@Elena, @Dee, @Amanda it happened to me too!! can anyone help please? !
I had a similar issue on my 3G – the only difference was I was using 4.2.1 and Baseband 6.15. I did some google-ing to find the right firmware, and then downloaded the correct firmware version, then used “sn0wbreeze” to re-jailbreak the phone (using SHIFT and the Restore option in iTunes). Then re-synced all my apps and phonebook etc thru iTunes, and finally unlocked it with ultrasn0w!
Hi I have the iphone 3gs and its been jailbroken before, I linked it with my itunes and try to restore it but gave an error at the end and put me to recovery mode, I tried tinyumbrella, but it just kept saying running tss server and my iphone is still in recovery mode..Please help, I am using Windows Vista..I don’t need to restore it, I just want it to work again. It was working fine, until I hooked up my phone with my computer and itunes asked me to update the software and like an idiot I did, so now I’m stuck..Please help thank you in advance.
thanks but it didnt work on my iphone
Not working on my iphone 3g. The exit recovery is available to be clicked using tinyumbrella but it only turns it off and back to recovery mode. The phone was sent into recovery mode because my girlfriend tried to uninstall the facebook app and the phone locked up. Then she restarted it and it was in recovery mode ever since. Just a little more detail for you more cpu literate folks.
Mines did the same thing!!
SAME HERE!
tried to open my facebook app and it would show the load screen for a second then keep going back to the home page..it actually started doing that with all my apps..none of them would load..so i figured i’d delete the app then reinstall it..the reinstall didn’t work so i figured i’d shut it down then start it back up…i tried to turn my ipod on again..then it went to the little apple load up screen and stayed like that FOREVER…so i held the pwoer & home buttons for a bit..then it went into recovery mode..im so mad. i’ve been trying to get it out of this for the past 2 days..adn no programs would work..not tinyumbrella, blackrain, recboot, irec, nothing ><
HELP PLEASEEE!!! ):
I guess I have bricked my iphone 3gs. Firstly, I tried to restore 4.2.1 using itunes and tinnyUmbrella and it was restored in itunes but iTunes say ‘iphone is in Recovery Mode, need to restore’ and again i used Fixrecovery but the problem is same. My Iphone is Dead now. How to boot my iphone now? Please help
my iphone 3gs does not appear on the tiny umbrella program
It worked for my iPhone 3GS, thank you so much. To everyone not having success: try going through the process to get Tiny Umbrella to recognize your iPhone again after you’ve already exited recovery mode, and give it time. I was certain it had failed, since my iPhone still wouldn’t boot past the Apple logo, but when TinyUmbrella recognized it the second time, it showed the device with the same name I gave it (when before, it was only recognized by its serial number), and just a couple seconds later, my iPhone booted normally. Good luck everyone!
Easy step by step guide. Thanks for share.
Thank you so much for this information. It was such a life saver!! It worked amazing on my Ipod touch!
samething for me. first 10 sec i though well done and then back to samething with usb and itunes sign..what do i need to do thanks
THIS IS NOT WORKING AND IM GOING NUTS …. ><!! OMG CAN YOU GIVE US A DIFFFERENT WAY TO DO IT ….. BECAUSE TINYUMBRELLA DOESNT WORK FOR THIS ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!
The ‘Exit Recovery’ button is not enabled for me.help!
Works fine thanks for this great program!
i did the process but tiny umbrella did not do good for my iphone4 …. it keeps on going back to recovery mode….please help me i’ve been trying to fix it for 3 days…..please help…thank you…
no i did that and it didnt work. so now what?
hello i just clicked on exit recovery and it did reboot but it went back to recovery mode
idk what to do anymore maybe you can guide me thru my problem
I have downloaded this, and it appears fine. I clicked the ‘exit recovery’ it re-starts the phone, but it does not go back to working normal. i get that damned recovery mode screen again!! also, the iphone 3G is ‘jailbroken’ i don’t know if that makes a difference. NOTHING is working.
>If you run into any other problems while doing this, share with us and we would help you out.<
There´s one year worth of comments here and nobody from this site has made any attempt at helping at all. There´s nobody here to read the comments.
Be sure to click on the name whatever it is if its numbers of weird letter, that is under “Recent Devices” then the “Exit Recover” Button will show and then click on it.
Works perfectly for the iPhone 4s!
it didn’t work at all
it hasnt worked for me neither, its not bringing any phone data up or any options
Thankyou soooo much it worked for me! I’m giving up tring to update the software on my 3gs! It did this too me last time too!
hey guys i have 3g iphone 4.2.1 stuck in recovery mode this app tiny umberella i download it says starting server and dont stop wants the problem any solution any help plz tell me tired working i have to make it sime how thx
what is tss server how can i get red of it thx
Don;’t worry ’bout that, just ignore it. Click your device on the left and click Exit Recovery, that is all.
Thanks so much for your program. I was stressing, found this and it fixed it right away. I appreciate it!
a box popped up says- “set hosts to cydia on exit” is set- if your having issues you need to uncheck this box and apply changes and then at the bottom of the box in bold caps lock letters is says- be warned if you restore stock apple firmware your baseband can and will be uptaded. not too sure what all that means, cant figure it out and umbrella wont locate my iphone. what do i do?
I’m in the same boat, I have a jailbroken 3g..and its in recovery mode..and it cant get it out of recovery mode, i tried to restore it, but i wont do that either..so HELP! My phone was working fine. I tried updating to ios5 after that this problem started. PLZ HELP!!
When I plug my iPhone 3G into the laptop it doesn’t recognize it for some reason I don’t know if it is to do with trying to jailbreak it last night with greenpoison and it wouldn’t go into DFU mode it kep going into recovery mode and saying “Try Again” on greenpoison???
it works!
I have Iphone 3g… Ive tried iREB, tinyUmbrella, recboot, and lots of more programs…. I even bumped into a driver issue but is now fixed, however my issue with TinyUmbrella is that when I conect my Iphone, tinyumbrella does not detect my iphone and I really dont know why if its on, anybody has the same issue or knows how to fix it?
and this isn’t funny. I’m so ready to throw this ipod touch off the roof. I can’t seem to get out of recovery. when i connect it to a wall jack, i get the connect to itunes “image/jpeg”. When connect to the many ports on computer, I don’t get that image. Still flashes white screen after few sec’s. Itunes attempts to restore, but failed and hrs later, I’m tired.
FIXRECOVERY/TINY UMBRELLA… not very sucessful.
ANY SUGGESTIONS? Appreciate it.
Decided to let it be for a few days and drain itself out. Several attempts using Itunes, was able to restore it.
Thank u very very very much u made cause i am been in a depressed mode for the past 2 days and was contemplating smashing the phone against the wall.
Well, for all suckers who say that the “exit recovery button is not working”. First left click on your “iphone” in “connected devices area”, it will work for you
i hav ipod touch 3.1.3 and i tried to jailbreak it…but it is stuck on recovery mode…i have tried all, but none worked…this didnt work either….plz.. it was vary costly my father gave it to me…plz help me, send me email at banskota_utsab@yahoo.com
It hasn’t worked for me, when i pressed exit recovery, it just goes onto the apple logo screen and gets stuck, Help?
Oh my god, so glad i found this!!! my iphone has been stuck in recovery for over a month and i got so fed up trying to fix it, this was sooo simple.
LOVE IT!!
Can someone please help me fix an iPhone 3G? If so please contact me on my email Jroblesalicea@gmail.com and please no spam
just connect to itunes, and it will ask to perform the restore….restore it and will be ok. good luck….