Ian Chilton

ok, so I managed to get my iPod Touch stuck in recovery mode – it wouldn’t restore for some reason (I got an error) and you can’t get it back out of recovery mode.

…Oh but you can!

After some searching around, I found that all you have to do is download something called QuickPWN, run it, turn the iPhone / iPod Touch off by holding down both the power button (on the top) and the home button (on the front, under the screen) until it turns off, plug it in and turn it on.

QuickPWN gets the device out of restore mode and reboots it!

(if you do want to know how to get it into recovery mode, see here: http://www.ichilton.co.uk/blog/iphone/getting-the-iphone-ipod-touch-into-recovery-mode-48.html)

If  your iPhone or iPod Touch is messed up some how (like it wont boot up) and all else fails, you can put your iPhone into something called ‘Recovery Mode’. This allows you to use iTunes to restore it.

To put the iPhone / iPod Touch into recovery mode:

- Turn it off (hold the power button on the top down for a few seconds then slide the red slider across from left to right).

- Press and hold the home button (the button on the front, under the screen)

- While still holding the home button, plug it in to the computer

The screen should show something like this:

iPhone / iPod Touch Recovery Mode

You should now be able to use iTunes to restore the iPhone / iPod Touch by clicking the Restore button.

(If you want to get out of recovery mode without restoring, see here: http://www.ichilton.co.uk/blog/iphone/getting-the-iphone-ipod-touch-out-of-recovery-mode-52.html)