How to put your iPhone or iPad into recovery mode?

Recovery mode allows you to restore your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad in iTunes if all else fails. It doesn’t matter if your iPhone is many years old or the most expensive iPhone available; software and hardware issues may strike everyone. If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch has frozen, become unresponsive, or, worse still, ceased operating as a result of a software update, recovery mode may be just what you need to get things back up and running.

How to put your iPhone 8 or newer into recovery mode

Because the iPhone 8 has a mechanical Home button, and the iPhone X through iPhone 13 Pro lacks one altogether, this mode is accessible by pressing a sequence of buttons on the sides.

1. On your Mac, launch Finder. This is for a Mac that is running macOS Catalina or later. Open iTunes on a Mac running macOS Mojave or earlier. Open iTunes on your computer.
2. Using the USB to Lightning connector, connect your iPhone to your computer.
3. When your phone is connected to your computer, press and hold the Volume Up, Volume Down, and Side buttons until you see the recovery mode interface.

If Recovery Mode doesn’t work for whatever reason, you can try placing your iPhone or iPad into DFU mode. Device Firmware Update mode is a little more difficult to access, but it will frequently force a restoration even if nothing else works.

How to put your iPad without a home button into recovery mode

Because many of the latest iPad models lack a Home button, it’s a comparable approach for entering recovery mode. The methods below apply to the iPad Pro (2018 or later), iPad Air (4th generation or later), and iPad mini (6th generation or later).

1. On your Mac, launch Finder. This is for a Mac that is running macOS Catalina or later. Open iTunes on a Mac running macOS Mojave or earlier. Open iTunes on your computer.
2. Using your USB-C connector, connect your iPad to your computer.
3. Press and hold the Volume Up button (nearest to the Top button), the Volume Down button (furthest from the Top button), and then the Top button until you see the recovery mode screen with your iPad connected to your computer.

Back up and Running

Having your iPhone or iPad becomes unresponsive is not the ideal experience, so perhaps the methods above have helped you resolve any issue you were having using recovery mode. Once you’re in recovery mode, you may use your computer to update or delete your iPhone or iPad, which can fix a variety of problems.

If you’re still having problems, you should contact Apple support to see what further troubleshooting solutions are available to you, or you can drop by EK Wireless center for more help!