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

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

Posted July 10, 2015 at 6:13pm by iClarified
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.
How to Put an iPhone With a Home Button Into Recovery Mode [Video]

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

Step Two
Press and hold down the Home button as you connect your iPhone to your computer using a USB cable.
How to Put an iPhone With a Home Button Into Recovery Mode [Video]

Keep holding down the Home button until you see the Connect to iTunes screen.
How to Put an iPhone With a Home Button Into Recovery Mode [Video]

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

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reese...trescottt
reese...trescottt - July 17, 2017 at 1:19am
my home button dont workkkkkk
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billielourd
billielourd - April 5, 2017 at 4:03pm
When you put your iPhone into recovery mode, you may want to know how to exit iPhone recovery mode loop. www.recovery-tool.com/ios-recovery/exit-iphone-recovery-mode-loop.html
Meena_94
Meena_94 - October 7, 2016 at 7:16am
what do i do after that show up. i clicked update on the mac and then it just shows stuff
prashanthkumar
prashanthkumar - May 20, 2016 at 3:47pm
IT SHOULD BE DONE USING APPLE LAPTOP ONLY??,R USING WINDOWS CAN I DO IT
prashanthkumar
prashanthkumar - May 20, 2016 at 3:46pm
IT SHOULD BE DONE USING APPLE LAPTOP ONLY??
Yourey Momathey
Yourey Momathey - March 18, 2018 at 11:50pm
WINDOWS AND MAC BOTH WORK YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE ITUNES!
stevenlacross
stevenlacross - July 10, 2015 at 7:43pm
Dfu mode is better than this anyways
Imi
Imi - July 10, 2015 at 7:03pm
The world has gone above face transplant....and apple is still showing how to put iphone on recovery mode shows how back apple still is lol
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - July 10, 2015 at 7:31pm
Apple still finding a way to help! Same as usual Lawl
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