By Michael | Last Updated
If you put your iPhone into recovery mode, your iPhone will be in a state where you can reinstall OS by connecting your iPhone to a computer with iTunes/Finder or other tools. It can help to solve the iPhone iOS issues when your iPhone does not work normally. How can you put the iPhone into recovery mode? The operation depends on the iPhone models. You need to perform different operations in different iPhone models.
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It will cause iPhone data loss if you restore iPhone in recovery mode in a computer. Thus, when you need to boot iPhone into recovery mode? You can use recovery mode to restore your iPhone in below situations:
No matter you are using Mac or Windows computer, you can easily make the iPhone connected and entered into recovery mode. Also, you should download and install iTunes in advance.
The following steps can be applied to iPhone8/8 Plus, iPhone X, XS, XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 12, iPhone 13, iPhone 14, iPhone 15,iPhone SE second-generation.
Step 1: Make your iPhone connected to a PC or Mac.
Step 2: Press the volume up button and release it at once.
Step 3: Press the volume down button and release it instantly.
Step 4: Press and hold the side button. When you see the recovery screen, release it.
After that, your iPhone is boot into recovery mode and iTunes will detect it immediately.
There is a home button on iPhone 7/7 Plus, which cannot work when the iPhone is off. So Apple makes it with the different shortcuts to boot into recovery mode.
Step 1: Connect your iPhone to a PC or Mac.
Step 2: Press and hold the two buttons at the same time: side button & volume down button.
Step 3: Release the two buttons when recovery mode screen appears on your iPhone.
iPhone 6s and older are equipped with a mechanical home button, which can function when the iPhone is turned off. You can follow the steps to start iPhone 6s series, iPhone SE (1st generation) and earlier iPhone models.
Step 1: Connect your iPhone to a PC or Mac.
Step 2: Press and hold two buttons at the same time: home button and side/top button.
Step 3: When you find recovery mode screen on your iPhone, release the two buttons. After that, iTunes will detect your iPhone at no time.
After you put the iPhone into recovery mode with the above steps, you have 15 minutes to start reinstalling iOS because the iPhone will exit recovery mode automatically after 15 minutes. At that time, you need to repeat the above steps to make iPhone back into recovery mode again.
If your iPhone is in recovery mode, you can go back to your PC or Mac. If iTunes does not start automatically, you can manually open it. Then you can see the option to Update or Restore iPhone. To solve any iOS-related errors, you can hit on the Restore option. To simply get an iOS update, you can click on the Update button. After that, you just need to wait for the process to complete. Finally, the iPhone reboots at the Hello screen. You can set it up as a new iPhone.
1.If I fail to put the iPhone into recovery mode, how can I do?
First of all, you need to make sure all the related buttons can function normally. Then it is better to get the original USB cable to connect the iPhone with your computer. Finally, you can change the USB port to build the connection.
2. Will I lose data after restoring iPhone in recovery mode?
Yes, it will erase all settings and data in your iPhone. But you can set it up from iCloud backup or iTunes backup.
3. My iPhone 7 is with a broken home button, is it possible to put it into recovery mode?
Yes, you can put the iPhone 7 into recovery mode as the home button has nothing to do in this process.
