How to Enter DFU Mode With a Broken Home or Power Button (Windows)

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Posted July 6, 2012 at 6:22am by iClarified

These are instructions on how to put your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch into DFU mode with a broken home or power button.

Step One
Create a new folder on your desktop called Pwnage.

In the folder place the most recent firmware (which can be downloaded from here: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) and the latest version of RedSn0w (from here).

Extract the RedSn0w zip file to the Pwnage folder.

How to Enter DFU Mode With a Broken Home or Power Button (Windows)

Step Two
Launch the redsn0w application from the redsn0w folder we extracted earlier. You can do this by right clicking the executable and selecting Run as Administrator contextual menu.

Step Three
Once RedSn0w opens click the Extras button.

Step Four
Choose Even More from the Extras menu.

Step Five
Select DFU IPSW from the Even More menu.

Step Six
You will be instructed to select an IPSW that you can currently restore to without any hacks or pwnage steps. Click OK.

Step Seven
Select the ipsw firmware file you downloaded in Step One and click Open.

Step Eight
RedSn0w will now proceed to create a DFU Mode IPSW.

Step Nine
You will be notified once the IPSW has been created successfully. Click the OK button.

Step Ten
Launch iTunes.

Step Ten
Connect your device to the computer and select it from list of devices on the left. If you haven't performed a backup recently, perform one now. Next, make sure you are on the Summary then hold down the Shift key and click Restore.

Step Eleven
Select the ENTER_DFU ipsw from the Pwnage folder on your desktop and click the Open button.

Step Twelve
After your device has been restored it will be dumped into DFU mode. The screen will remain black and you may be able to jailbreak depending on the firmware you've restored to.

Check out the iClarified Jailbreak Wizard for more information.

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jenahc - February 6, 2018 at 7:32am

"incomplete iTunes libraries" What does it mean?

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vjen - January 30, 2018 at 2:58am

redsn0w not responding :(

Luisa - September 25, 2017 at 12:36am

It didn't work because my Itunes doesn't regonize my iphone, it's like there isn't no phone... :(

faraheisake - November 12, 2017 at 9:46am

so how u do it? are you able to use your iphone by now? i also encounter the same prob!!

Victoria - January 9, 2017 at 3:09am

HELP ME: After I do Step 7, it says program has stopped working. Why? I tried it 3 times and it's still doing it!

AMAURI DA SILVA JUNIOR - January 24, 2017 at 10:13pm

Happens the same here, Windows 10 64bit, my PC is an i7

HackerID1234 - May 27, 2017 at 4:27pm

had the same issue.. tried multiple times, any response ? resoulution?

Alex Bates - December 15, 2016 at 8:57pm

trying to restore but getting unable to parse ipsw, trying to restore iPhone 6

Gerbo - November 8, 2016 at 4:21am

In step 10 when you connect the device to the ps having launched iTunes you cannot select it as it needs you to respond on the ipod to allow access and you cannot as the ipod touch is disabled so you have no access to the screen prompt so how do I get around this.

Akshu - September 30, 2016 at 3:27pm

HELP Me: I have iphone 4s 7.1.2 Jailbreak (Power button broken) Now I want to update it to 8.0 or 8.1 but not 9.X.X (phone will be too slow) So as My power button is broken I can't enter DFU mode. I have following quesitons: 1. Which firmware i should download to make dfu ipsw? Is it 7.1.2 or 8.0/(8.1) 2. I tried the normal regular method of updating through itunes and getting error 3194! So if I use this dfu method will be able to bypass? 3. Lets assume my iphone is updated to 8.1 will be jailbroken or i have to jailbreak it later ?

miChael mark - October 3, 2016 at 9:44am

1. You can not update to iOS 8 from general>software update if iOS 9 has already available. So it's better to use ipsw from firmware ios 8.x.x 2. DFU mode is the deepest type of restore you can do on an iphone. So if the regular recovery mode doesn't solve the problem, DFU mode may do the trick 3. When you restore iphone using DFU mode, you will lose the jailbreak. So, you need to rejailbreak it

Akshu - October 3, 2016 at 10:00am

Hi. I found out from the lot of articles that to restore to old version compare to current so in this case iOS 8.x.x is not possible anymore ! Because Apple has to sign the ipsw then only itune can restore to that iOS. And apple stop signing the oldest version. So I can't update or downgrade to 8.x.x iOS anymore. Or update from 7.1.2 to 8.x.x ! Only I can update to direct latest available is 9.3.5 iOS.

lladnek - January 15, 2016 at 7:21am

Hey when I downloaded the firmware it doesn't show up as a cube for me its heaps of unreadable files, please help

nakoa - November 29, 2015 at 7:37am

I have tried basically everything to try to fix this and I cant do it my iphone 4s has connect to ITunes on the lock screen forgot password locked it up cant get redsnow to just accept the firmware however it refuses if I leave it zipped it doesn't show up if I extract it it shows up but makes me navigate through the folder and ends up blank

sj - July 26, 2015 at 3:12pm

use 0.9.14b2 windows, worked for me

mateacido - June 19, 2015 at 2:06pm

Amazing thx!

Athoof - June 5, 2015 at 10:26am

Redsnow crashes when i select the firmwire. Please help!

sly - June 22, 2015 at 8:27pm

hey, i've tried older version of redsnow and it worked

Thomas Mullett - July 8, 2014 at 5:36pm

My name is Thomas Mullett I can't enter DFU mode like that or the other way. I have a broken middle button and I downloaded that peace of sofewere but it's not picking it up can you piz tell me why email me

Lia Terrier - July 5, 2014 at 8:36am

So where can i find the DFUmode firmware for my ipod touch 4g its 6.1.6

bobsburgers - May 15, 2014 at 11:40pm

Thanks for the memories

marcelowalsh - April 14, 2014 at 9:27pm

i did every step of it and i did the jailbreak again using redsn0w and the firmware iOS 6.0.1 and well my ipod wont turn on its stuck on dfu mode what do i do help me lol

Marquis - April 10, 2014 at 6:21pm

When i download the firmware for my phone it doesnt say ipsw. why is this?

Sukharshdeep - March 26, 2014 at 2:12pm

Does this process jailbrakes the iphone?

vregier8 - July 18, 2015 at 4:32pm

No, but in order to use most jailbreaks, you need to be in DFU mode. redsn0w is a good example of this.

Bobby Jacobson - March 16, 2014 at 2:03am

Thanks, You are right about the firmware, it helped me

JoJoguru - February 22, 2014 at 5:57pm

so I replaced the screen on my daughters, friend's ipod touch 4g that has a broken power button, and I ma getting the all white screen. (white screen of death) so I cant do a reset or put in dfu mode for recovery. whenever I connect it to itunes it asks me for the passcode, but I cant enter it because it's nothing but a white screen. any suggestions on how to get this ipod to reboot without using the power button or the slider on the screen? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm at my wits end as to what to do. I can't even troubleshoot whats going on because I cant get this ipod to power off. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

Breadand - March 9, 2014 at 12:56am

If you can still connect the ipod touch to the computer and it recognises it, download tinyumbrella. Run it, and there should be an option to enter recovery mode. Once you're in recovery mode itunes will let you restore the ipod and you should be out of the white screen. :) source: it happened to me and this is how i fixed it.

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