How to Get an iPhone Out of Recovery Mode

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This wikiHow teaches you how to get an iPhone that's stuck in recovery mode out of recovery mode.

Method 1
Method 1 of 2:

Using Your iPhone's Buttons

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    If you placed your iPhone in recovery mode willingly, you'll be able to hard-restart it like usual; to do so, however, the phone must not be connected to a computer.
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    The Lock button is either on the right side of the iPhone's casing (iPhone 6 and up) or on the top of the iPhone's casing (iPhone 5S and down), while the Home button is below the iPhone's screen.
    • If you're using an iPhone 7, hold down the Volume Down button instead of the Home button.
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    You'll need to keep holding down the Lock button.
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    Once you see the white Apple icon on your iPhone's screen, you can release the button and wait for the iPhone to finish rebooting. Your iPhone shouldn't be stuck in recovery mode anymore.
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Using an iTunes Restore

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    Do so by plugging the USB (larger) end of your iPhone's charger cable into a USB port and then plugging the charger (smaller) end into your iPhone.
    • This method works for phones that are placed in recovery mode due to a system error.
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    It's the white app with a multicolored musical note. Once iTunes finishes opening, you'll see a pop-up window letting you know that iTunes has detected a device in recovery mode.
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    You'll notice that you can't access your music or other media--all you can do is restore your iPhone at this point.
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    It's on the right side of the iTunes window.
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    This option will appear in a pop-up window. Your iPhone's content will back up and then be erased, and a new version of iOS will be installed on your iPhone. After this process is complete, you'll be able to restore your iPhone from a backup to get your contacts, messages, photos, and other data back.
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    My iPhone was given to me by my friend's friend. Whenever I plug it in to charge it goes straight to iTunes, and when I try to restore it on iTunes it never recovers, just gives an error message. What should I do?
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    You should go to reset it or go to the apple shop and see what they can do.
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      * iPhone 7: Hold down the Lock and Volume Down buttons for ten seconds, then release the Volume Down button. Continue holding down the Lock button until the white, Apple logo appears.

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