Fixed: iPhone Stuck in Recovery Mode After Update Failure

"Recently, I downloaded the latest official released iOS 7.0.2 and tried to update my iPhone 5. But now, what I got is an iPhone stuck in recovery mode loop. What should I do?"

"I updated my iPhone 4 to iOS 7 as soon as it was released about a year ago, but I encountered an unknown iTunes error during the process. Now my device is stuck in recovery mode. Please help!"

Updating your iPhone should be a simple process, but sometimes things don't go as planned and you encounter an error during the update. As a result, your iPhone is unable to complete the update and gets stuck in recovery mode, displaying an image that says "Connect to iTunes" on the screen. If you want to know how to get out of recovery mode on your iPhone, read on.

How to Exit Recovery Mode on an iPhone

Step 1: Connect your iPhone to the computer that you regularly sync with iTunes. You may need to hold the Home button during this process.

Step 2: iTunes will detect that your device is in recovery mode and prompt you to restore it from a backup.

All user content on the device, such as personal data, apps, and settings, will be replaced with the data from the backup. So you may lose some data if you didn't back up recently before restoring. Or you may not have a backup available to restore from. Then, what can you do after getting out of iPhone Recovery Mode to avoid data loss totally?

Backup your iPhone in Recovery Mode with MobiSaver

In fact, backing up your device with a third-party app before restoring it is highly recommended. tools MobiSaver is the best tool to back up iPhone data when it's in recovery mode. It allows you to export 12 types of data, including messages, contacts, photos, notes, etc. from iPhone/iPad/iPod touch to computer. Even if you know little about how to recover iPhone data, you can still handle this software easily. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to backup iPhone files in recovery mode.

Step 1: Choose the Recovery Mode

Connect your iPhone to the computer and launch the MobiSaver tool. On the left, select the recovery mode – “Recover from iOS Device” – and click “Start.”

Step 2. Scan your iPhone to find the lost data

MobiSaver will scan your iPhone 13/12/11/X/XR/XS/8/7/6/5/4 automatically and find all the existing data, as well as some lost data.

Step 3: Preview and Recover iPhone Data

You can choose to recover lost data from your iPhone 13/12/11/X/XR/XS/8/7/6/5/4, such as photos, videos, contacts, messages, notes, voicemail, or other files. Then, click “Recover” and save these data to another location.