Is there any way to take an iPhone 4S out of recovery mode without restoring?

Agahnim22 · Dec 17, 2011, 12:23 PM

My iPhone 4S went into recovery mode mysteriously. Is there any way to get it back on without restoring? I haven't synced with iTunes in a couple weeks and I had videos on there that I really need. I've tried RecBoot, iRecovery, and Tiny Umbrealla; none of them have worked. If anyone knows a way to take videos off my iPhone (from the pictures application) while in recovery mode that would definitely help me as well.

When I connect to iTunes a message on iTunes pops up that says it has found an iPhone in recovery mode and must be restored, nothing shows up on the iPhone's screen though.

TinyUmbrella detects a device in DFU mode but doesn't give me an option to exit recovery mode. It does give me the option to "fix recovery", but this doesn't seem to do anything.

RecBoot doesn't even detect an iPhone connected and neither does iRecovery.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

Crystal-RX · Dec 17, 2011, 12:43 PM

None of jailbreak tools work on 4s, so I think you will have to restore.

Agahnim22 · Dec 17, 2011, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Crystal-RX

None of jailbreak tools work on 4s, so I think you will have to restore.

Do you think if I wait for the jailbreak to release for 5.0.1 it'll get my iphone back on?

Applejuiced · Dec 17, 2011, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Agahnim22

Do you think if I wait for the jailbreak to release for 5.0.1 it'll get my iphone back on?

I wouldnt sit there and wait for a JB for the 4S hoping to fix your issue.
Most likelly it needs a restore and a JB tool wont be able to kick it out of recovery.
From now on you should backup more often if you have valuable info you dont want to lose.

ERIC273 · Dec 17, 2011, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Agahnim22

Do you think if I wait for the jailbreak to release for 5.0.1 it'll get my iphone back on?

Well Yes If you want to? There is some guy promising a real jailbreak on Christmas so If you can pop your sim into another phone until Christmas than usually unless its the kind of jailbreak with a custom IPSW you can get out of recovery!

Crystal-RX · Dec 17, 2011, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ERIC273

Well Yes If you want to? There is some guy promising a real jailbreak on Christmas so If you can pop your sim into another phone until Christmas than usually unless its the kind of jailbreak with a custom IPSW you can get out of recovery!

Even jailbreak comes out for 4S, it might not solve the problem that OP is facing though. If the jailbreak tool can jailbreak his phone as is which put his phone into DFU mode, jailbreak and bring it back out, then that would be great. Otherwise, he/she still need to restore and therefore, OP can't recover back his info in the phone.

Agahnim22 · Dec 17, 2011, 04:44 PM

Thanks for the help guys. I usually back it up every few weeks, I've had an iphone since 2007 and never had this happen to me so I didn't expect this. I'm still debating what if I should restore it or not. I took some videos of the Jay-Z and Kanye concert from row 2 on the floor Wednesday night and I'd really hate to lose them

ERIC273 · Dec 17, 2011, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Crystal-RX

Even jailbreak comes out for 4S, it might not solve the problem that OP is facing though. If the jailbreak tool can jailbreak his phone as is which put his phone into DFU mode, jailbreak and bring it back out, then that would be great. Otherwise, he/she still need to restore and therefore, OP can't recover back his info in the phone.

Well, If he has an iPhone 4 I am sure he could live without Siri

for A couple months at the most!

Applejuiced · Dec 17, 2011, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Agahnim22

I'm still debating what if I should restore it or not. I took some videos of the Jay-Z and Kanye concert from row 2 on the floor Wednesday night and I'd really hate to lose them

That sucks dude

Agahnim22 · Dec 18, 2011, 12:03 AM

Wow I can't even restore my phone, just got this message when trying to restore it:

Anything else I should try before taking it to the genius bar?

Applejuiced · Dec 18, 2011, 12:22 AM

Try putting it in dfu mode.

terraphantm · Dec 18, 2011, 12:34 AM

Guess it's too late since you already tried restoring, but I think using tinyumbrella to kick the device out of recovery would've done the trick. Or you could've tried doing it manually with irecovery (I think the commands are setenv auto-boot true; saveenv; reboot). Depends on why the device went into recovery though.

Except I now realize you seem to have been stuck in DFU mode based on your first post. A DFU loop pretty much requires a restore to fix, but I can't imagine getting stuck in one in a non jailbroken state

Agahnim22 · Dec 18, 2011, 12:50 AM

I've tried all of those before even attempting to restore

Kashika · Dec 18, 2011, 03:23 AM

Keep resetting the phone by holding the power and the home button. It should at some point just boot up.

Applejuiced · Dec 18, 2011, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by terraphantm

Guess it's too late since you already tried restoring, but I think using tinyumbrella to kick the device out of recovery would've done the trick. Or you could've tried doing it manually with irecovery (I think the commands are setenv auto-boot true; saveenv; reboot). Depends on why the device went into recovery though.

Except I now realize you seem to have been stuck in DFU mode based on your first post. A DFU loop pretty much requires a restore to fix, but I can't imagine getting stuck in one in a non jailbroken state

He has a 4S, none of those programs work for the 4S.

Agahnim22 · Dec 18, 2011, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Kashika

Keep resetting the phone by holding the power and the home button. It should at some point just boot up.

I've tried this at least 100 times :/

Even though nothing has worked I appreciate all the help guys

Crystal-RX · Dec 18, 2011, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Agahnim22

I've tried this at least 100 times :/

Even though nothing has worked I appreciate all the help guys

Stop trying before you break your fingers

. As AJ said, currently there is no jailbreak tools work on 4S.

terraphantm · Dec 18, 2011, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Applejuiced

He has a 4S, none of those programs work for the 4S.

You sure about that? Last I checked kicking a phone out of recovery was not dependent on any exploits. It just used commands builtin to the phone. It does depend on *why* the phone is in recovery. If it's stuck in a recovery loop due to the wrong baseband, then you're correct, nothing will work. That's an unusual case though.

Okay I just forced my 4S into recovery mode and hit "exit recovery" in tinyumbrella. It works fine. People really need to test things before declaring it impossible.

Applejuiced · Dec 18, 2011, 01:23 PM

My bad. Yes TU has been updated for the 4S.
The other programs I don't think though.
And yes they would need to be rewritten to support the new hardware.

terraphantm · Dec 18, 2011, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Applejuiced

My bad. Yes TU has been updated for the 4S.
The other programs I don't think though.
And yes they would need to be rewritten to support the new hardware.

*not* for exiting recovery mode. I just tried TinyUmbrella 4.33.00 (the oldest version I have access to) and it also works fine with the 4S. I bet irecovery would work fine too. I could take a video if you'd really like.

Applejuiced · Dec 18, 2011, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by terraphantm

*not* for exiting recovery mode. I just tried TinyUmbrella 4.33.00 (the oldest version I have access to) and it also works fine with the 4S. I bet irecovery would work fine too. I could take a video if you'd really like.

Interesting, I believe you.
Seems though as they didn't help the OP. He's still stuck.

terraphantm · Dec 18, 2011, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Applejuiced

Interesting, I believe you.
Seems though as they didn't help the OP. He's still stuck.

Yea, it looks like he's stuck in a DFU loop rather than recovery (itunes itself calls both recovery, which is what led to the confusion I think). I think restoring is the only option to get out of a DFU loop. Since restoring doesn't do the trick for him, I'm guessing his phone has some kind of hardware issue.

Error 28 is familiar to me, but I can't for remember exactly what causes it... Only thing I can suggest is trying a different USB port or different computer. I know I've had some really strange issues in the past that were solved by changing ports.

Applejuiced · Dec 18, 2011, 01:48 PM

Yes I also heard of 28 having to do with hardware.
I'd give a restore a shot and if not bring it for a replacement.

daniruth · Dec 19, 2011, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Applejuiced

Yes I also heard of 28 having to do with hardware.
I'd give a restore a shot and if not bring it for a replacement.

Last week, I had exactly the same problem described here with my iPhone 4S. I tried DFU mode, recovery mode, etc.... and it kept giving me an error, no matter what I tried. I took it to the Genius Bar and they said that the iPhone had developed a problem with the logic board.
They gave me a new one straight away.
Sorry if this is not good news,
Dani

Dec 17, 2011, 12:23 PM	#1
Agahnim22 macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2011	Is there any way to take an iPhone 4S out of recovery mode without restoring? My iPhone 4S went into recovery mode mysteriously. Is there any way to get it back on without restoring? I haven't synced with iTunes in a couple weeks and I had videos on there that I really need. I've tried RecBoot, iRecovery, and Tiny Umbrealla; none of them have worked. If anyone knows a way to take videos off my iPhone (from the pictures application) while in recovery mode that would definitely help me as well. When I connect to iTunes a message on iTunes pops up that says it has found an iPhone in recovery mode and must be restored, nothing shows up on the iPhone's screen though. TinyUmbrella detects a device in DFU mode but doesn't give me an option to exit recovery mode. It does give me the option to "fix recovery", but this doesn't seem to do anything. RecBoot doesn't even detect an iPhone connected and neither does iRecovery. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
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Dec 17, 2011, 04:44 PM	#7
Agahnim22 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2011	Thanks for the help guys. I usually back it up every few weeks, I've had an iphone since 2007 and never had this happen to me so I didn't expect this. I'm still debating what if I should restore it or not. I took some videos of the Jay-Z and Kanye concert from row 2 on the floor Wednesday night and I'd really hate to lose them
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Dec 18, 2011, 12:34 AM	#12
terraphantm macrumors 68020 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Pennsylvania	Guess it's too late since you already tried restoring, but I think using tinyumbrella to kick the device out of recovery would've done the trick. Or you could've tried doing it manually with irecovery (I think the commands are setenv auto-boot true; saveenv; reboot). Depends on why the device went into recovery though. Except I now realize you seem to have been stuck in DFU mode based on your first post. A DFU loop pretty much requires a restore to fix, but I can't imagine getting stuck in one in a non jailbroken state
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Dec 17, 2011, 12:43 PM	#2
Crystal-RX macrumors 68030 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Seattle, WA USA	None of jailbreak tools work on 4s, so I think you will have to restore.
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Dec 18, 2011, 12:03 AM	#10
Agahnim22 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2011	Wow I can't even restore my phone, just got this message when trying to restore it: Anything else I should try before taking it to the genius bar?
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Dec 18, 2011, 12:22 AM	#11
Applejuiced macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: At the iPhone hacks section.	Try putting it in dfu mode.
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Dec 18, 2011, 12:50 AM	#13
Agahnim22 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2011	I've tried all of those before even attempting to restore
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Dec 18, 2011, 03:23 AM	#14
Kashika macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2010	Keep resetting the phone by holding the power and the home button. It should at some point just boot up.
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Applejuiced macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: At the iPhone hacks section.	My bad. Yes TU has been updated for the 4S. The other programs I don't think though. And yes they would need to be rewritten to support the new hardware.
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Dec 18, 2011, 01:48 PM	#23
Applejuiced macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: At the iPhone hacks section.	Yes I also heard of 28 having to do with hardware. I'd give a restore a shot and if not bring it for a replacement.
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