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Iphone 5 IOS7 Stuck in recovery/DFU mode.

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8UCKW1LD

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Aug 19, 2013
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Hi everyone, I recently "Updated" my Iphone 5 to IOS 7. It automaticlly went to the "Need to be a developer" page, (Great..) So I tried to downgrade it and it went to a looping Recovery/DFU mode. I tried endlessly to fix it and have no progress.

Any help would be great.
 
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Traviswoods

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May 2, 2013
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Hey try this go to apple.com download iOS 6.1.4 ipsw after it finishes downloading put your phone in DFU mode and hold down shift and click restore chose the iOS 6.1.4 ipsw you just downloaded I had the same problem and this was my solution
 
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8UCKW1LD

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Aug 19, 2013
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Traviswoods said:
Hey try this go to apple.com download iOS 6.1.4 ipsw after it finishes downloading put your phone in DFU mode and hold down shift and click restore chose the iOS 6.1.4 ipsw you just downloaded I had the same problem and this was my solution
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The phone is stuck in DFU mode. I can't get it out, it just keeps looping.
 
PilotTiny

PilotTiny

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Aug 19, 2013
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Have you tried taking it out of dfu mode by holding down the home and sleep buttons until the device powers up, see if you can boot back into iOS 7
 
josiahsill

josiahsill

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Jun 10, 2011
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Memphis, TN
This happened to me...I downloaded tinyumbrella. In tinyumbrella there is an option to take the device out of restore/dfu and it worked great fro me
 
famoussasjohn

famoussasjohn

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Jul 7, 2010
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What errors do you get on iTunes when trying to restore? Are you a developer? If not, I'd recommend Googling the route of installing iOS 7 correctly.
 
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8UCKW1LD

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Aug 19, 2013
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famoussasjohn said:
What errors do you get on iTunes when trying to restore? Are you a developer? If not, I'd recommend Googling the route of installing iOS 7 correctly.
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It keeps saying "Restore not completed, unknown error". I've literally tried every method mentioned, it will not come out of DFU/Recovery mode. I'll try the tiny umbrella method though, and check back. I know now what happened to the phone. Instead of clicking "Check for updates" I clicked "Restore Device". That caused it to not by-pass the Developer sequence.
 
famoussasjohn

famoussasjohn

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8UCKW1LD said:
It keeps saying "Restore not completed, unknown error". I've literally tried every method mentioned, it will not come out of DFU/Recovery mode. I'll try the tiny umbrella method though, and check back. I know now what happened to the phone. Instead of clicking "Check for updates" I clicked "Restore Device". That caused it to not by-pass the Developer sequence.
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Were you jailbroken and had messed with your host file previously?
 
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