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xiah · 18-07-10, 10:17 PM

Evening ladies n gents, not too sure where to put this but i've got abit of trouble with my iphone. It won't boot up, it's stuck in recovery mode as far as i can understand. I plug it into my pc and it says 'iTunes has detected and iphone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes'. However if i hit restore it does the whole extrating software, verifying your phone with apple then the error 'The iPhone "The Iphone" could not be restored. An unknown error has occurred (21). Then nothing happens, i've tried booting it up by holding the power off key and home for 10 seconds to try and boot it into DFU mode but I still get the same problem. It hasn't been jailbroken either but i'm out of idea's. Anyone any help? :/

cable man · 18-07-10, 10:35 PM

1
Press-hold the Home button (big circle below the screen) and the Sleep/Wake button (on top of the iPhone) simultaneously

2
Continue holding both buttons (Ignore the "Slide to power off") until the iPhone shuts off and begins to restart.

3
You may let go when you see the silver Apple logo.

You have completed a hard reset successfully

xiah · 18-07-10, 10:37 PM

Sorted it, tried the above but my phone seriously doesn't like me!

RecBoot: Easy Way to Put iPhone into Recovery Mode | Jaxov

Fixed within 10 minutes of using that. I've spent all bloody day then this comes along. Thanks anyways man

18-07-10, 10:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
xiah Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: newcastle, UK Posts: 65 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Iphone 3gs Evening ladies n gents, not too sure where to put this but i've got abit of trouble with my iphone. It won't boot up, it's stuck in recovery mode as far as i can understand. I plug it into my pc and it says 'iTunes has detected and iphone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes'. However if i hit restore it does the whole extrating software, verifying your phone with apple then the error 'The iPhone "The Iphone" could not be restored. An unknown error has occurred (21). Then nothing happens, i've tried booting it up by holding the power off key and home for 10 seconds to try and boot it into DFU mode but I still get the same problem. It hasn't been jailbroken either but i'm out of idea's. Anyone any help? :/

18-07-10, 10:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
cable man IS FREE Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Sunderland Posts: 1,014 Thanks: 347 Thanked 247 Times in 195 Posts	Re: Iphone 3gs 1 Press-hold the Home button (big circle below the screen) and the Sleep/Wake button (on top of the iPhone) simultaneously 2 Continue holding both buttons (Ignore the "Slide to power off") until the iPhone shuts off and begins to restart. 3 You may let go when you see the silver Apple logo. You have completed a hard reset successfully

18-07-10, 10:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
xiah Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: newcastle, UK Posts: 65 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Iphone 3gs Sorted it, tried the above but my phone seriously doesn't like me! RecBoot: Easy Way to Put iPhone into Recovery Mode \| Jaxov Fixed within 10 minutes of using that. I've spent all bloody day then this comes along. Thanks anyways man