Get Rid of iPhone from Recovery Mode Loop on Restart
Some time while jailbreaking and unlocking process iPhone refuses to boot in normal mode and every time you restart your iPhone it enters in Recovery mode. This situation is named as recovery mode loop. If you are in a recovery mode loop (i.e. your phone enters recovery mode on every reboot), follow these steps to get out of it. To get the rid of recovery mode loop we use iRecovery, iRecovery is a libusb-based command line utility for Mac OS X and Linux (perhaps Windows too). It is able to talk to the iBoot/iBSS in Apple’s iPhone/iPod touch via USB. If you are on Windows then you need to install LibUsb-Win32 in order to run iRecovery. LibUsb-Win32 is a port of the USB library libusb the Windows operating system. The library allows user space applications to access any USB device on Windows.
Note : Before getting started Download this package included iRecovery for Windows & Mac and LibUsb-Win32 Download Here . Windows user also download Latest version of iRecovery [Click Here]
This process is universal and tested several times though we are not responsible for any damage (if any) use it at your own risk.
1) Install libusb from the downloaded pack for Windows users only Mac users can skip this step. If you are on Windows Vista then follow the steps given below to install Libusb-Win32.
- Right click on this file. Select Properties | Compatibility Click the “Run this program in compatibility mode” box and select “Windows XP (Service Pack2)” from the drop down list.
- Right click again and select “Run as “Administrator”. Follow the installation instructions. Running the test program list the usb devices plugged into my computer – but not my new device.
2) Start iRecovery in Terminal / Console with iRecovery -s
3) Execute the following commands:
setenv auto-boot true
saveenv
/exit
4) Reboot your iPhone (keep holding home + sleep for 10 seconds).
If you are still unsure what to do check this article for more step by step details Recover iPhone 3GS from Apple Logo or Recovery Mode loop
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I have a request. I have restored my iphone to 3.0 from 3.1 beta (don’t ask) and am now in recovery mode loop. I saw your iRecovery instructions and am confused.
Terminal keeps telling me it can’t find my phone even though it sees the USB. I have zero Terminal experience, but can at least can now do restore. Can you do a more detailed hand-holding step-by-step version for us dummies?
Screenshots of what you need to see with each step would be great!
Thanks,
WRH
I have the same problem.. I finaly manage to start it in the command prompt. ( for you that have problems to, copy and paste the irecovery map with .exe and .dll file to (C:\Documents and Settings\Administratör)
. but it dont find the phone
just says
“got usb
no iphone/ipod found”
Thank you, it worked for me.
And to the previous commenters: I experienced the same problem as you guys did at first, i.e., iRecovery would give the messge that ‘got usb’ but ‘no iphone/ipod found’. Upon seeing this, i manually restarted the iphone (which of course put it in recovery mode) and then tried connecting through iRecovery again, and this time iRecovery did find the iphone.
So i guess for iRecovery to work, the iphone already needs to be in recovery mode.. at least that what it seemed to me.
Thank You, this worked perfectly.
Justy make sure you change your directory in the command prompt to the directory where you have installed irecovery
Thank you very much for this. I have just managed to get an iPhone 3G out of recovery mode. Lots of important data saved!
I’m running Win XP Pro with Service Pack 3.
And I do not see in the drop down menu for Win XP. Can I just run it without selecting the compatibility mode?
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Is this a one off thing or required for every power-off?both my iPhones do this on power off
I just tryed what Waki said about getting irecovery to work , but it is not working for me. It keeps telling no iphone/ipod found , anyone can give me some advice ?
@Denis, I am having the same problem too. Somebody help us out please.
This is awesome! A cydia package upgrade messed up my iphone 3g. When I tried to restore my iphone it went into recovery mode. Initially I too got the iphone/ipod not found error with iRecovery, but I followed Waki’s tip and restarted my iphone manually. I have my phone running and didn’t lose any data.
thanks
hey
i dont have in the the option Windows XP (Service Pack2 in the drop down list
can someone explain?
I had the same problem — ‘got usb’ but ‘no iphone/ipod found’
I’m running Windows 7 and didn’t get it to work.
So I get QuickPwn and as soon as I runned it, my iPhone was recognized and RestoreMode has gone.
Now I can use it or Jailbrake with redsnow.
http://quickpwn2-2-1.googlecode.com/files/QuickPWN-30-beta2.zip
Could somebody help me out
I just got done unlocking and jailbreaking a iphone
2g to OS 3.0 and its in the recovery loop. How
exactly do I go about following this? Where do I need to
put iRecovery at in windows xp?
Please help ihane reset my 3gs and its not booting. I try to restore through itunes bit it not work any more any idea how to restart?
Ok, first install that .exe as requested…
Then extract irecovery and the other file onto your desktop….
Then open cmd (not as admin, just click it)
type “cd desktop”
then type the commands he states above….
this worked for me, thanks for the guide, worked great for downgrading from 3.1 to 3.0.1 and now im happy
Does it work in iphone 3Gs? Tried many times, it still fail finally.
Any successful case?
This was a godsend. THANK YOU!
when prompt iRecovery -s
it will show usb found but no iphone ><
search every where but could not find resolution for it
this saved my iphone 3GS, that was put in DFU mode after i have tried to restore a backup from a good 3.0.1 version.
not entirely complete because the libary need to be in /usr/lib
but i managed to get this work
great help
I was able to get this working after Saurik released the instructions but redsn0w will not work still. HMM any ideas?
Hey guys, i was having the same problems as some of you above for Win Xp so i will try my best to clarify the instructions that seems a little hard to get for some:
1. Download the pack for the windows from the link above
2. Install usblib pack inside that folder
3. Copy libusb0.dll and iRecovery.exe to your “C:\Documents and Settings\Adminstrator” folder
4.Rename the folder from “iHackintosh iRecovery Package for Windows & Mac” to “iHack” to make it easier to find
5. Click on start and then click on “run”. When that opens type in “cmd”
6. type the command “cd C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\iHack”
7. Then follow the steps above in this tutorial and remember each command he gave is a single command so “setevn auto-boot” is one command then you do the same for the other two commands”
8. Then restart the phone as showed above.
P.S.: I only used the quotes “” as an example, do not type the commands with these quotes or try to rename the folder with the quotes.
Thank you very much!!! worked great!!
Please help.
I tried to install libusb-win 32 on my vista computer and now my usb ports won’t work. But I don’t care about that now. I want to get my iphone fixed.
I’m now on another computer trying to fix my iphone. After following everyone’s instructions, I still can’t get it to work.
I plug my phone in.
I type “irecovery -s”
then I get
“Got USB No iphone/ipod found.”
I tried manually restarting my iphone, but I still get that message.
Thanks for the help!
I’m not sure if this was done right, but I got irecovery to recognize my phone when the phone says “connect to itunes”
I ran the commends, restarted my phone, and it didn’t do anything.
Any other ideas.
this iRecovery works great!
some ppl might made some mistake so they see No iPhone Found!
for windows user, iRecovery need a dll called msvcr90.dll
or
they are in DFU mode, like the author said, iRecovery is for Recovery Mode, make sure u see USB Cable with iTune logo on ur iPhone before u can use iRecovery.
i keep getting ” ’setenv’ is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.” any help?
Anthony, the setenv command is only used when you “cd” into the Irecovery folder. That is the only way the command will be recognized. As for Richard, i dont use Vista nor will i ever so i cannot help out too much in that department, but if you follow the authors instructions and the few extra’s i threw in the water it down a little bit you should be fine.
it does not give me the option for windows xp can i just use any option??? also when i try to find irecovery -s it either comes up: is not recognized as an internal or external command or the system cannot execute the specified program. i have been working on this for hours and cant get my iphone out of recovery
Can some1 plz plz explain how to get this working under Ubuntu 9.04.
I cant seem to get anywhere. So a step by step for dummies would be greatly appreciated.
Hi all,
I’m hoping someone can give me some direction…???
My iphone is stuck in the recovery mode loop. It shows the USB to itunes picture, but for some reason nothing recognizes it as being in recovery mode.
I am able to get it into DFU mode, which is recognized in itunes, however, when I try to do a regular or custom restore, I get the 16XX errors.
I tried to run Redsn0w and it’s detected in DFU mode, however, it hangs up on the 2nd waiting to reboot screen.
I tried to use irecovery to force out of recovery mode loop, but I get a “Got USB no ipod/iphone detected” message.
I tried using Quickpwn as well, but my phone is not detected. Not sure what else to try???
Can someone pls let me know how else I can try to get my iphone fixed? Thanks!
I downloaded everything and on the Libusb-Win32 I cant find windows xp? Can I use any of them? Also I try to bring up iRecovery and it will be up for a second and close it wont fully open
This worked great!!! Effortless with a Mac, don’t know about the PC. I use iPhone 3g Bricked, but needed to get back to 3.0 for tethering. Thanks.
guys guys… i figured it out…
the command irecovery -s wont work unless u have C+ script or w/e
install htis tooo before attempting http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&displayLang=en
w00t! This is amazing! Saved my ass when nothing else would! Thank you!
Once I figured out the command (terminal noob) this worked great on my Mac! This was on a iPhone 3Gs running 3.1
For others having this issue, here’s the command for use in terminal:
./iRecovery -s
Then type in the next commands in the step by step.
Thanks again iRecovery!!
Quick question.. my iphone is struck in recovery loop (?), each time I try to restore (That I am forced to), I get 1015 error code.
Can I use these steps to get out of this problem? btw, I am not sure what version/base base the phone was before I got struck in this (Stupid of me). Is there a way I can find these version (As I read this error code come up when downgrading the version which itunes does not allow)..
Thanks for all the help
hi guys
i finally irecovery working thanks to C++ from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&displayLang=en
also make sure your iphone is turn on.
itunes logo and usb sign and then run irecovery and it will find the iphone. hope it helps.
This process, harm my computer, it invalid all my conection like my usbs and the sound in my computer, Please don’t do it.
on my mac 10.5 i try to run iRecovery and it claims that it “cannot execute binary file”. Am i doing anything wrong?
@Tany
It suppose to do that….. you just reconnect the usb devices again
Cause it installs a new USB driver
@ everyone
Error 1015 means it already installed the iPhone OS firmware but Apple didn’t verify it so your stuck in Recovery Mode
Apple isn’t signing firmware lower than 3.1 anymore to prevent downgrading so either you have your ESCH thingy or somethin like that saved in to Cydia’s database so you can use Cydia as a replacement server to Apple as Cydia will sign it or you can downgrade then get out of recovery mode using this method and then jailbreak and you can use Fuzzyband to unlock if it works
The guy who said that it needs the C++ thingy is correct
you guys need to install C++ thingy to make this work or else it will keep displaying No iPhone/iPod detected.
Hey thanks, It worked for me
It was stuck in Itunes and USB logo and now can see Icons.
I am also trying to install this on a mac 10.4 and after typing in the “iRecovery -s” i get the “cannot execute binary file” message.
thus, i cannot reboot my phone unless i restore it to it’s factory settings which will erase EVERYTHING i have on it. please help!
Wow, thanks Cold for that tip. Works like a charm.
works like a charm – thank you!
worked for me. thanks! i couldn’t do the manual reboot because my hold/lock button is broken. i followed the instructions, then disconnected the usb, and after a while my ipod just shut off on its own. when i reconnected the usb, it turned on and showed the regular hold screen. didn’t need to restore!
Hi,
I have tried this, but I am still stuck at the USB cable screen! please assist thankyou
Finally worked when I used
“./iRecovery -s” (without quotes)
Life saver!!
Everytime I try to open iRecovery, it opens up and closes in less than a second. What can I do?
Windows user, you need to set you iPhone into recovery mode FRIST!!!
Setting the iPhone to recovery mode allows you to perform firmware restore using iTunes.
1) Power off the iPhone by depressing both the sleep/wake button on the top of the iPhone and the home button. Wait for the iPhone screen to turn black aka screen-off.
2) Depress the home button and connect the iPhone/iPod sync cable into the docking port on the bottom of the iPhone at the sametime without removing the home button.
3) You should be able to see the Apple logo coming up on the iPhone and then the recovery screen with be shown after the Apple logo.
4) iTunes will start and inform you that it has detected an iPhone in recovery mode and you should restore your iPhone to start using it.
5) Perform your firmware restore.
WOW!!!! awesome this worked completely for me, my iphone is back to normal, it workd for me on windows XP, my iphone is running firmware3.1 Itunes version 9.0.1..great tool thanks
wasn’t running at first then i plugged out the usb and plugged it in a couple of times and it worked!!
Definate NO GO with Vista 64bit trying all above options/fixes…libusb actually blew up my USB stack in device manager.
Tried on a regular 32bit Windows XP box….worked perfectly the very first time.
Thanks for this great little tool!!!
This worked for me! I was stuck in a recovery loop and this got me out of it.
you saved my @$$ thanks a milli
Everytime I input the commands i get bathc field not recognized and when I try to open iRecovery it opens and closes in a flash. My 3gs is in recovery mode after crashing trying to uninstall ultrasn0w.
ok i got the irecovery to function on my computer but on the step where it says to hold the home and the power button down, i did that and it did not boot back up.
i also disconnected the usb and reconnected… nothing happened…
I don’t know what to do
My friend thank you very very much.
I got stack for 5 hours trying to rollback the upgrade of iPhone which did not succeed.
In short here are the steps i did in detail:
a)Download
b)install .exe
c)use Home+Power pressed for more than 10 sec for iPhone to restart on recovery mode
d)plug iphone USB cable in the PC (windows)
e)run console with the first command (where i got the message that iPhone is connected)
g)executed the setenv script as mentioned
h)restart using home+power. Done
My 2.2.1 was rstored back to where it was after an unsuccesful 3.1.2 upgrade attempt…
Thank you very much. . If this doesnot work then try once more coz that how it worked for me…
Thanks a lot.
it was a great help
When I run the windows version on my XP and Vista computers, everything seems to work in the command mode, but when it restarts, it still is stuck in recovery mode.
I also tried it on my powerbook and when I type “irecovery -s” it says cannot execute binary file. I also tried the “./irecovery -s” too.
Is this supposed to work with the problem that the week 41 and up iPhones are having with the blackra1n jailbreak/unlock? Any hints on how to get this to work on a mac?
I’m on a Mac running tiger 10.4.11 and can’t get this to work at all.
I have two zip files, one for Mac one for PC and a “.exe”.
What am I supposed to do with it the “irecovery” unix executable file it unzips to? I double clicked it, it launches terminal then I enter “iRecovery -s” as listed above and get “-bash: irecovery: command not found”
Thanks for any guidance!
I found valuable info on youtube. for those of u who r getting the 1604 errors..try this, it was the only thing that worked for me after rattling my brain trying everything out there for 4 days!!:
run cmd and type irecovery -s
once ur there enter these commands, one line at a time, CAREFULLY, into iRecovery shell (iRecovery -s).
arm7_stop
mw 0×9000000 0xe59f3014
mw 0×9000004 0xe3a02a02
mw 0×9000008 0xe1c320b0
mw 0×900000c 0xe3e02000
mw 0×9000010 0xe2833c9d
mw 0×9000014 0xe58326c0
mw 0×9000018 0xeafffffe
mw 0×900001c 0×2200f300
arm7_go
arm7_stop
/exit
they have to be entered one at a time worked like a charm!! good luck and i hope this helps!! (by the way i’m running windows xp and i have a 3g iphone with 3.0 fw.)
worked. thumbs up. needed only to read the third post (waki’s).
so do i type like these
iPhone$ setenv auto-boot true
…..
if it is .. it doesn’t work for me.. using windows vista
please help
iPhone$ setenv…. ?
Hi I was able to type the three commands and restarted the iphone. But it still goes to into recovery mode. I just bought the phone three days ago. Any help?
Hi there, i have a bit of a problem. I’ve have recently bought the new iphone 3gs, and well i have jailbreaked it with blackra1n, and unlocked it with blacksnow. now every time i restart my iphone, like turn it off or reset it, it goes into recovery mode i.e. the connect to itunes screen, and the only way of snapping out of it is jailbreaking it, but i don’t want to do that every time my phone goes into recovery mode.
Now i have typed in the commands chmod 777 for irecovery and the libusb file, and put that into the lib folder on my mac. i have run the commands set auto-boot true, setenv, fsboot. now fsboot doesnt work for me, so used reboot instead, and that restarts my iphone and it goes back into recovery straight after, I’m completely clueless! Ive tried and tried but it just isnt happening, if anyone could help me, it would be much appreciated, thanks guys.
*sorry what i was trying to say was i used the commands: setenv auto-boot true, saveenv, fsboot, and even reboot.
This tool is the bomb saved my bacon with my phone! Thank you so much for the valuable info!
hi there,
ive got an iphone 2g running on 2.2 software (cydia), i did a quick reboot holding the home and power button (if my phone froze) and when it started up it went into recovery mode which requires a restore to be done.
I havent syncd my iphone with itunes in over a year (a lot of important contacts and pics) which i cant afford to lose.
Could irecovery help considering i have the old iphone and software??
any help is much appreciated from anyone (been without my iphone since the summer)
thanks.
Hi Guys,
I have/had a Jailbreaked 3Gs via redsnow (firmware 3.0)
Lastnight I downloaded a Cydia upgrade pack for some program called SQL and after this upgrade, Cydia kept stuck… I waited for a long time and decided to end the process and to reboot my Iphone.
The Iphone never got back to normal, all I got to see is the Apple Logo..
So here I am now with a “bricked” Iphone.
1. I tried to restore it via Itunes but it does not allow me to restore my 3.0 firmware because its “not eligible”
2. A normal restore wants to install the firmware 3.1.2. (this cannot be jailbreaked)
3. I also tried to re-jailbreak it via Redsnow, but again it stays stuck on the Apple Logo when it reboots after loading the jailbreak..
Do you think that Irecovery can solve my problem??
I just installed LibUsb-Win32 on my Vista PC and none of the USB ports on my PC work now! So I can’t use the mouse or keyboard in windows. Help!
@Nial: you can simply uninstall it to have the USBs work again..
you re actually supposed to run it in compatibility mode “Windows XP” to work in Vista ..
hi, i did blackra1n, and phone went into recovery loop.
these istructions get it out of the loop, however i still continually fail a restore? Get a 1603 error message, ive tried everything i can think off and searched the net high and low but still no retore. Any advice? thanks
hi, ive done it to iphone 3gs 3.1.2, but every time i restart it still go to recovery loop…any suggestions????
Hey guys,
Got a new OOTB iPhone 3gs 16 with 3.1.2, Jail broken via Blackra1n on a mac, and upon every reboot I get the recovery mode (cable+itunes logo)…
So there is a rumor about Apple changing something in the iphones that are now shipped out of the company. What’s that about ?!? And some say from a specific time line, Something as of week 40+
What the… #$%#@?
Ok first iRecovery didn’t help me, just keep getting the same recovery mode logo every time. And I tried using the commands on this tutorial but no luck.
I also can’t use a custom restore via pwnage cause itunes gives me 16XX errors, Don’t know how to go about that as well. ( Is it my mac? cable,itunes,iphone,ipsw,???)
I tried so many things but no luck. What are we to do??? is this the end of Jail breaking as we know it?
We can’t give up now…
First of all is console the command prompt? I use windows vista
And when I try to open the Irecovery file it flashes and then closes immediatly
OK, so here’s how i got this to work. kinda tricky but i dinked around a bit.
followed the command line as given. however, since my iphone 2g was unresponsive to the hard reset (home+power combo) i typed “reboot” instead of exit. i immediately unplugged my iphone as soon as i seen the apple logo, and it kicked it right out of recovery mode.
Thank you very much to those responsible for putting together this help area, this iphone has been in recovery mode since being dropped in the toliet over 2 years ago, even Apple couldn’t fix it.
Could someone please make a step-by-step screenshot version for OSX users? I cannot get it work on a new 3GS with 3.1.2. Everything seems to be ok, but after restart I stuck in recovery mode.
do NOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT use this on vista its fucked up my usb port now i cnat use my mouse or keyboard and i cnat navigate to unistall it this program is shitttttt
Hi I am using 3GS firmware 3.1.2.
it detect my usb
-i did not encounter any error message but still cannot get out from the loop. I tried the steps above fews time and installed all the file needed as instructed but still cannot.
I think someone has posted said Jailbreak wont work on 3.1.2
Please help me! thanks alot
Hi there ^^
I’m stuck with this recovery mode loop and I can’t get rid of it.
I’ve tried the instruction on my PC(windows XP) and it can detect my iphone and start working but there are some error like “the image doesn’t match) and after the “iphone$” came out, I just type setenv and so on,but it still stucks in the recovery mode loop, but I know it can connect to my phone because when I entered “reboot” the phone reboot.
Is it working with iphone 3gs 3.1.2 firmware(my iphone)?or is it only for older firmware and phone?maybe apple changed the variable name?
hello..
Vista user here..
i did every step stated until the time when i need to open iRecovery, it will just open and close immediately..
how exactly is to “Start iRecovery in Terminal / Console with iRecovery -s”????
Brian, I experienced the same problem. The issue you’re experiencing is likely due to you using a 64-bit version of Windows. Try rebooting your computer, and during boot up, tap F8 on your keyboard till the boot options appears. Once the menu appears, try selecting Last Known Good Configuration.
If this doesn’t help, you’ll probably need to use a PS/2 mouse and/or keyboard to get back into Windows to uninstall libusb.
The blogger really should update this post making it clear that libusb is designed for 32-bit Windows. I think there’s a fix for 64-bit, but I didn’t follow up on that since I just decided to perform the above steps on my laptop instead, which is running 32-bit Windows.
Hi guys! just found the solution for the recovery mode!
Go to http://www.blackra1n.com and download the program. Follow the instructions on the program and it’s DONE!
It’s that easy! Damn..
Cheers!
It’s not working for 3.1.2. If u couldn’t find other ways, u can on blackra1n and use it to reboot ur ipod. It doesn’t solve the recovery loop prob, but after reboot everything will still b there so u dun hav to reinstall anything
THX Man you saved me
ILOVEYOU Guys!!!!!
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Download and run blackrain rc3. the website has the latest. fixed the recovery loop when the other option didnt work. if you dont know how to install black rain, just download it, make sure the iphone is connected, close itunes. Run the blackrain. click on “make it rain”. click continue or whatever when it asks to donate, and wait for it to reboot. Works like a charm. currently works for the 3.1.2
http://blackra1n.com/
YES !! worked a treat. I had two iPhone 2’s sitting in the drawer stuck in Recovery Mode. Then I came accross this site and I have two working iPhones
blackrain rc3 fixed in a very elegant way my iPod Touch 3G!! iRocovery didn’t make the job right… sry!
So what is the fix for the iPhone/iPod not detected issue?
I’m running this in 64-bit Windows 7 and nothing, even QuickPwn detects my iPhone. Under device manager it comes up as the apple recovery iBoot device but shows an error code 39, saying the device is unresponsive.
Please help!
Just tried blackra1n – no luck. My 3G reset and is again stuck on the apple logo.
Tried libUSB through another PC (32bit Win7) and it crapped up all my USB ports. Need to go pick up a PS2 keyboard from work tomorrow to fix that mess…
help me open terminal/console
easyascake thanx so much….. i did exactly what u wrote n my 1phone 3gs is working perfectly fine nw…. thanx so much!!!!!!
Installing Blackra1n rc3 only solved the problem once. As soon as I reboot my iphone 3GS 3.1.2, it stucks again in recovery mode. I must use blackra1n each time, which is quite annoying and also use 10 Mo each time!
Is someone here has a solution?
help… why even after I installed blackra1n rc3 still doesn’t help my ipod touch 3g with this problem? It always stuck everytime I do a reset… any ideas?
Hi!
Thanks for this! I tried to follow but my phone seems to be stuck in the apple logo…i followed everything till the last reboot step =(
pls help…
So far so good, the rebooting has stopped and I have been asked if I want to restore from backup so can’t complain right now.
What I will say is it took about 15 goes to get this right, I ended up moving USB ports regulary and just continuing with the irecover -s and the rest with many many reboots but its running now.
Thanks for the help, what a pain in the &^%
wow this worked.
ty.
SUCCESS
I have a 3GS 3.1.2 with BlackRain jailbreak. My phone has gone into permanent recovery mode twice now.
Like “easyascake” suggested, I was able to return to normality by simply plugging the phone into the USB cable and reinstalling BlackRain. I hit “let it rain”, and the phone rebooted normally.
BTW, I first tried the iRecovery method multiple times (XP SP3). The commands seemed to be accepted, but the iphone never left recovery mode. Before doing a complete restore, I decided to try the BlackRain “reinstall” method and it worked painlessly and immediately. No reinstall required.
Now I am looking for the best way to backup the entire iphone, including the jailbreak apps, to my computer without iTunes. Suggestions?
- mike
Now I understand what is causing the permanent recovery. http://thebigboss.org/guides/purplera1n-guide/
“Note 3gs users: If you have a week 41 or newer iPhone
you will only be able to have a tethered jailbreak. This means if you have to reboot your iPhone or turn it off then turn it back on (a full reboot, not just standby), you have to rerun blackra1n. You won’t lose all your settings or apps, but you will have to do this everytime you boot. So if you’re iPhone is newer, do not reboot your iPhone for no reason. You can determine your week based on your serial number in settings, general, about. Look the 3rd, 4th, and 5th digits. If it is larger than 940 you will have a tethered jailbreak only.”
DO NOT INSTALL LIBUSB ON YOUR PC.
IT WILL CAUSE IT TO CRASH>
REPEAT DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS CRAP>
I download this and when ever I click iRecovery it opens then closed like 2 second later. What am i doing wrong? I have LibUSB installed aswell. What exactly is LibUSB for??
Can someone explain to me how to do this without having iRecovery crash on me every two seconds.
just sharing what i did, im using iphone 3G
step for Window xp only:
1. Download & install LibUsb-Win32
-rename irecovery folder to ihack or anything u want.
2. simply copy irecovery folder (ihack) and paste it to your Program Files folder.
3. Go to Start menu/Run/cmd (command promp)
-then type this, cd C:\Program Files\ihack\iRecovery -s after that press ENTER
-2nd type this, setenv auto-boot true then press ENTER
-3rd, type this, saveenv then press ENTER
-4th, type this, /exit then press ENTER
then u’re done the recovery process via usb to iphone. continue reboot ur iphone and it will works fines (contine with jailbrake step)
good luck!! perhaps this will help!!
if u still dont get this basic and clear step for dummies like me, just skype me # fidofirdaus
Hey guys, I have a 1st Gen IPod Touch, heard it works the same as the Iphones, well my issue is i keep getting the recovery screen every time, and no matter if i reset it with the sleep and home button but every time i get the apple for a few seconds then the itunes plug-in screen, then after about 20 seconds black screen again. Ive tried Blackra1n and i recovery, nothing is working, Need some help if you guys can!
HELP I INSTALLED “libusb-win32-filter-bin-0.1.12.2″ and now my USB’s are not working at all. PLEASE HElP!i can’t even use my mouse or keyboard because the mouse and keyboards are USB!!! The computer doesnt have those old mouse and keyboard slots either.
I have Vista 64 bit and I can’t for the life of me get it to say anything besides “Got USB No iPhone iPod found”
I was getting the “No iPhone/iPod found.” message too so I just unplugged the USB cable from the bottom of the iPhone and plugged it back it. Then I typed in “iRecovery -s”…presto, it worked!
is this fixing the recovery mode loop error permanently or let us get out of the recovery mode?
People people people.
The first thing you should know is that the iRecovery tool does NOT work with an iphone with firmware 3.1.2. So before you worry about installing iRecovery, be warned that it won’t work.
For those of you with 3.0 or 3.1, here is what you need to do. When you get the iRecovery tool to work, you will see “Entering recovery mode, starting command prompt” … and then it should give you a “(Recovery) iPhone $” prompt. If you do not see this prompt you are NOT at a command prompt. And you probably have firmware 3.1.2. Entering in anything will have no effect. The only code accepted here is “reboot”.
For those of you with 3.1.2, put your phone in recovery mode, and run the “blackra!n” jailbreak again. Read up a few comments and note that if your iphone is made in week 41 or newer of 2009, it requires a tethered jailbreak (meaning you can only reboot it when it is restarted while connected to a computer).
Does anyone else notice the lack of “wifi” after fixing this problem?
Wow this is pissing me off.
I tried the irecovery cause im using vista. I do everything and run as administrator and when i open it, it says that it is unable to locate component and closes. I tried the Mac on using WinRar to open the file. And whenever i try to open it it just pops up and closes automatically.
Please help me someone
I can’t even run the exe, i’ve tried this one THREE different computers. Two with XP, and one with Vista. All are 32 bit, when i open the iRecovery, it opens up the black box and it closes automatically, DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS
Is that why my usb mouse is not working!!!!
I guess i’ll try this on MAC.
DO NOT USE THIS GARBAGE IN VISTA IT WILL CRASH YOUR COMPUTER
Running vista (32bit) tried to upgrade to 3.1.3 from 3.0 on 2G (stupid right?)
You need to install http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&displayLang=en before running iRecovery
Now extract the contents to desktop
run cmd and then cd desktop
follow instructions as per author (phone should be connected in recovery mode)
Nothing worked in first attempt
I did make a change in command as suggested in a comment here and tried ‘reboot’ instead of ‘/exit’
then unplugged iPhone as soon as apple logo appeared on screen
I am back to my good old 3.0 with no hiccups
thanks for every one who helped here, saved my day
This will not work on Vista 64 bit. period. It will keep on showing you No iPhone/iPod found
Plus, it will disable your USB and mouse functions.
Use Windows XP 32 bit.
Also, if you are using iPhone 3.1.2, I believe there is no fix so far, need to keep booting back up using blackra1n every time you shut down your phone.
So, don’t ever shut down your phone
All I did for my Iphone 3g is download the iPhone1,2_3.1.2_7D11_Restore and put my 3g in DFU mode.
Opened itunes then pressed Shift and clicked restore and selected the 3.1.2 restore. When I got the error 1015 I ran blackra1n and it reboted back to 3.1.2
WOW FANTASTIC LIFESAVER. THANK YOU!! I appreciate this more than you know.
Looks like it will work pretty okay.
Only problem is that it won’t recognize the usb OR the phone.
Thank you sooooo much. Between Saurik and the developers of this, you guys definitely saved my bacon. Took me a while, but finally got it to work on my windows xp media center sp2
restored with my cydia shsh
used blackra1n to escape the restore loop
phone wouldn’t activate
tried irestore but it wouldn’t run
installed the c++ from the link above
irestore worked like a champ!
thanks again
@H3NN3p I have the same problem…
I had just removed an app in cydia and also turned off an unneeded mobile substrate and it was taking too long and felt like it was frozen so I rebooted my phone and that was the last time I saw the springboard.
Since then I have used iphone browser and explorer and total commander or whatever that is, iphone tunnel to try to ssh and also irecovery.
Irecovery works fine as far as accessing it but no good as far as fixing anything. I can type the commands in just fine, but they don’t seem to help. I can get to recovery and dfu no sweat.
My phone just goes to logo screen then stays for a few minutes then goes black for a few minutes then starts over.
I tried rejailbreaking and that worked fine as far as finishing everything out and even changed the logo so I don’t have to look at the apple anymore, but it still does the same thing, just with a different pic now.
Any suggestions???
I really really really would rather not have to restore as I have things that aren’t on a backup that I can’t recover otherwise…
Thanks
Thank you guys.
I could not get this to work at all, until I found a post on another forum.
If you are getting the “Got USB No ipod/iphone found” message on Vista 32-bit like I was then this may help:
- if you’ve already installed libusb, go to control panel and uninstall it
- when finished, locate the install (setup) file you downloaded. Right-click, properties, compatibility, select Windows XP service pack 2
- now install it and follow above steps
This worked immediately for me. So, it’s not that the irecovery exe needs to be in compatibility mode, it’s the libusb setup.exe that needs to be put in compatibility mode BEFORE you install
Worked like a charm for me then
Hi, I did all the steps BaLiaN suggested. I did everything correctly but my Touch still goes back into recovery mode.
Does it make a difference that my iPod is locked? Will it not work otherwise? To further clarify, I haven’t unlocked the Touch with my passcode
I can’t unlock it because there is no screen where I can put the code in; it’s just the iTunes symbol and the USB sign.
Thanks a lot
hi guy i have a question at first my stats i have a iphone 3gs and i am already running the 3.1.3 original apple firmware *shame on me* no MC model now my question does this method work without having my old shsh data backed on sauriks server ???
or do i need to sit out the 3.1.3 jailbreak ???
pleas help me
sorry my fault it is a mc model so let me know if you got something
thanks
I’m facing quite similar problem, but my 3gs is still on 3.1.2. I’ve installed something on cydia previously (if i’m not mistaken it was winterboard). Then my 3gs asks me to reboot. So I did, thought that I can just run blackra1n again to return back to normal. but instead this time I’m facing the recovery mode loop. I’ve tried your method, tried to restore it to 3.1.2 but it didn’t work. something with i’m not eligible blah blah..but then I guess that I’m still on 3.1.2, so I don’t have to restore it again. so i just did this iRecovery but guess what? the apple logo is still there!!!
So I suspect some people get this working maybe because they have an old iboot (359.3) but I have a new one (359.3.2) although i’m not sure if this is the case. hope you genius people can help me on this! I’ve tried SO MANY WAYSSSS but still dead end!
Well, here is my story with the 3.1.3 upgrade.
First I upgraded to 3.1.3 by mistake, then went back to 3.1.2, of course it will lock, but I also have a MAC, so once I plugged into the MAC it worked just fine.
A few months later, everything is as smooth as it could be, with the occasional freeze, and hung ups, I was using the iBlacklist to filter out some calls, and SMS privacy, but it was an unregistered version, I found a hack to register it, to avoid paying the $12 (which cost me more than $5000.00 in revenue loss, since my phone was down for more than 2 days), once I did the hack, the phone froze, and it stopped working, I have tried every possible way with every possible computer & OS with every possible firmware, coming up with all errors possible like the 1600, 1501, etc.., with no avail.
But….
here is the solution I found, which worked wonderfully, I even tried it 5 times just to make sure that it was NOT a random fix.
….
Use iTunes as usual to downgrade to 3.1.2, the official one, of course it will lock at the end saying it didn’t work with error 1500, 1501 or whatever error you come up with.
Open quickpwn, & reboot the phone again, once that is done, the phone automatically boot normally, no need to use iRecovery, eventhough I have tried to use it before discovering the solution with QuickPwn.
QuickPwn is NOT going to do anything for you but to reboot the phone in normal mode, & iTunes activates it (if you have AT&T of course).
here is a link to download the executable file of Irecovery. I’m using windows 7 ultimate and it worked for me. My operating system is in french and the program executed in french. so i don’t know if language was automatic or if this link was for the french version. let me know if it execute in english also.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VMZMYHWV
i dont see any of these
* Right click on this file. Select Properties | Compatibility Click the “Run this program in compatibility mode” box and select “Windows XP (Service Pack2)” from the drop down list.
* Right click again and select “Run as “Administrator”. Follow the installation instructions. Running the test program list the usb devices plugged into my computer – but not my new device.
Since i have vista and i downloaded the file from link given in this page i see none of them .
i see couple of people having the same issue here though i coundt see any response posted for them as well
any idea /?
Hey guys, Derf is right. Thank you very much for the help. I faced the same problem as Bab. Bab good news, just run blackrain again, it will boot your iphone up together with Winterboard installed. We’re using the tethered jailbreak. Hope this helps.
Hey guys really don’t know what to do. Have tried using blackra1n to boot it but was unsuccesful. Tried to use iRecovery but struggle with the commands regestring, the only command that seems to work is reboot but it doesn’t allow printenv or setenv to work. Hmm any other suggestions?
After much searching and head scratching this worked. Thanks so much, I think you might just have made my day!
AUSWOME!!! IT WORKED PERFECTLY!!
this worked!
I’d tried numerous custom ipsw’s supposedly built for my phone. all failed to load (even in DFU mode)
i used itunes 9.0.3 and the phone in DFU mode to load the apple ipsw for 3.1.2
install failed at very end, and looking through the log, it was because modem firmware update refused to backrev in spite of iBoot not running,
but instructions to fix reboot loop let it comeup, and now runs well with 3.1.2 and the modem fw from 3.1.3
no unlocking, but i don’t need that.
I am using Windows xp sp3 and am not able to get the right download of irecovery and libusb, can you please email me the right link for download and how to set up with windows XP SP3…..Pls
I got the irecovery dowmloaded but when running it, and it looks for iphone and try to send reboot files, an error message appears an “dfu.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience”. and i dont really understand why this is happening. can someone pls help me do this?..thank you
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