Howto DFU mode/Recover your iPhone/iPod

This is a question i hear a lot.
First of all, why do you need the DFU mode?
Dfu stands for Download Firmware Update and you need this to recover your iPhone or iPod touch.

Her’s a quick guide.

1) Start your iTunes and connect your iPhone or iPod touch to your mac/pc.

2) Keep holding the sleep/wake and home button for about 10 seconds. Release the sleep/wake button, but keep holding the home button. you will hear some sounds.

3) If you did it correctly iTunes will tell you that it has detected an iPhone or iPod touch in recovery mode.

4) If you see the iTunes icon and cable on your iPhone, your device is not in DFU mode, but in recovery mode. Your device’s screen will be black when you are in DFU mode. I always have to try this several times so succeed.

5) Connect your device back to your Pc/Mac and press SHIFT+CLICK (pc) or COMMAND+ CLICK on the restore button.

6) Select the firmware version you’d like to install 1.1.4 (you can find it on our firmware page).

7) Wait for a couple of minutes and your iPhone/iPod will be as new.

enjoy ….

9 Comments

  • At 2008.05.28 05:52,
    Wavatar Fernando     said:

    Buenas noches, necesito ayuda con mi iphone…compre mi iphone con la version 1.1.4 y como no tenía el icono “installer” me recomendaron hacer un downgrade para luego instalarlo….al querer hacerlo bloqueo el iphone y ahora al encenderlo solo veo la imagen de iTunes como el conector. Trate de entrar al modo DFU pero no tengo suerte. Creen poder ayudarme por favor?
    Gracias,
    Fernando.

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    • At 2008.06.11 18:59,
      Wavatar Annie       said:

      Hi, does this work on unlocked iphones to update the firmware without locking them? Thanks,
      annie

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      • At 2008.07.17 01:27,
        Wavatar ur gay         said:

        :oops: :razz: :roll: :wink: :cry: :eek: :lol: :mad: :sad: :!: :?: :mrgreen: :neutral: :twisted: :arrow: :smile: :???: :cool: :evil: :grin: :idea:

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        • At 2008.08.23 09:37,
          Wavatar uhhhh           said:

          I’m using window vista. How or where can I find the “COMMAND” key at? Sorry I’m not a computer geek. Please help!

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          • At 2008.08.23 09:50,
            Wavatar uhhhh             said:

            hahaha…never mind I figured out what you saying. Thanks a lot!

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            • At 2008.08.23 10:14,
              Wavatar uhhhh               said:

              I did everything that you instructed, but at the end it gave me this message: The iphone could not be restored. An unknown errors occurred (20). What is this mean? Or what should I do from here? Keeps try it again and again until it works?

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              • At 2008.09.14 03:21,
                Wavatar nooolsda]sd                 said:

                :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

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                • At 2008.10.04 20:00,
                  Wavatar zuniee                   said:

                  Can some body help me with my iPhone problems…
                  1) Sound is missing after I applied ibrickr fix.
                  2) PC suite is crashing immediatly after connecting iPhone..

                  Kindly requesting all to help me ..

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                  • At 2008.10.14 08:45,
                    Wavatar jay                     said:

                    What button do you mean when you say “click”. There is no such button on a pc.

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