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How to Put an iPhone With a Home Button Into Recovery Mode [Video]

Posted July 10, 2015 at 6:13pm by iClarified · 270014 views
These are instructions on how to put your iPhone into Recovery Mode. You may need to use recovery mode if you're having trouble restoring your iPhone using iTunes.

UPDATE:
Apple has introduced a new method to entering Recovery Mode. You can find instructions and a video demonstrating the new method here.



Step One
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button, then drag the power slider to the right, to turn off your iPhone.




Step Two
Press and hold down the Home button as you connect your iPhone to your computer using a USB cable.


Keep holding down the Home button until you see the Connect to iTunes screen.


You are now in Recovery Mode and can perform a clean restore of your device in iTunes.

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