How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode
A small guide on how to put your iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode. Works with all G’s of iPod touch / iPhone
What is DFU: Device Firmware Upgrade
Step 1: Turn off your iPod touch / iPhone completely and connect to PC / mac
Step 2: Hold down the Power button for 3 seconds
Step 3: Without releasing the power button, also hold the Home button for 10 seconds
Step 4: Without releasing the home button, release the power button and keep holding the Home button for 20 seconds.
Itunes will identify that you are in DFU mode.
thanks, my ipod touch (jailbroken) stopped working and kept restarting itself
DFU Mode Animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aES6bEY18F4
THANK YOU!!!!
thanks for doing absolutely nothing
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Help! Touch is frozen with weird icon! - iPod Touch Forum said this on January 25, 2010 at 5:35 pm
had the same problem ipod touch after jailbrake keps restarting it self….if this will work i´ll be hapiest man in the world…
thanks bro.
Thnax man!!!
THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH!!!!
this is recovery, not DFU!
thank you very much. i never thought I would be able to do this on my own, but I did! I so happy.
wtf i think by doing that it just deleted all my songs
thank you so much…you saved my iPod/vacation!!
this just bricked my ipod
god bless you!
thank u
Thansk heaps – I just used these instructions to fix my 11 yr old daughter’s ipod touch that was stuck in recovery mode. She went to bed super sad, thinking it was stuffed but she’ll be stoked in the morning!
My ipod saying Ipod is disabled connect to iTunes.
Check this http://www.blurtit.com/q3441341.html
thanks
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!! This saved me a trip to the Apple Store!!! No other article explained how to do this.
Excellent!!! worked like a charm. Thanks Again.
Thanks for the instruction. It worked first time. Much appreciated.
hii.. a message on my ipod that “ipod is dissabled connect to itunes ” but after connecting it to itunes .. itunes refuse to connect becuase there is some notification like ipod is locked with passcode first unlock ipod then connect . after that i was keep on searching on net and there is another way to restore ipod with holding power and home buttons but the main problem is that power/sleep button of my ipod is not working .. so can anyone please help me …please !!
i am having major issues! this does not work i dont understand..does the ipod have to be off while pressing the buttons if so how is it possible if it is connected to the computer either way it turns on..and when i tried these steps while the ipod was on it still doesnt work it just asks me “slide to power off” please someone help me i just cant seem to put my ipod in DFU mode
Hey everyone!
I own an 8GB iPod Touch which had iOS4.
I run Windows XP (pro) on my PC.
I tried to update it to iOS 4.3 using iTunes.
It downloaded the stuff and showed “Updating software”.
In the middle of it all it gave me a notification saying -
”iPod could not be updated. an unknown error occurred (1601)”
Now my Pod’s a brick! it doesn’t do anything, isn’t even detected on iTunes. It just shows the ‘connect to iTunes’ screen when i plug it in!
I tried to put it in DFU mode and restore, but it gave the same error!
I have reinstalled iTunes (latest) and rebooted my PC twice. Nothing has worked.
what should i do, i don’t have an authorized dealer nearby.
Can I still jailbreak it or get some functionality outta it?
Please help me ASAP.
Any help on what to do would be appreciated.
PS I’m a real n00b, sorry…
Itunes might have got into a loop.
Try iREb from http://ih8sn0w.com/index.php/welcome.snow
Read the details on how to do it
You can get out of the loop
Good luck
who r u? I’ll tell u. u r IPG ipodgod thanks a mill that did it
what do i do when dfu fails? my touch screen still does not work this really sucks is it water damage or something fucked up on the inside let me know please
THANKKKKKSSSS!!!!
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this worked
best instructions ever on this matter
i am doing what you said but it keeps going on recovery mode
this was the only site that gave intructions that worked, one word:- thanks!!!!!
WOW i got freaked out cuz my ipod kept trying to restart (jailbroken) and when i tried to manually restart it it wont do anything.
That did not work for me. the iReb file just throws up an error message and says it has to close unexpectedly. Still can’t get iTunes to recognise my iPod touch (3rd Gen), even though I tried DFU which allowed iTunes to recognise the device but and that failed halfway through. Now iTunes does not recognise it again.
wow thanks a bunch this worked great i cant thank you enough:)!!!!!!!!!! super happy
Hi, I’ve been trying to jailbreak my son’s ipod touch (8gb) for the last 3months UNSUCCESSFULLY and it is honestly DOING MY HEAD IN – my son cannot stand the fact that his ipod has been taken over by his lunatic mother who refuse’s to part with it til it’s done!!!
I would not only appreciate it-I would actually reward the person who is willing and kind enough to give me step-by-step (VERY EASY & SIMPLE) instructions on how I can jailbreak his ipod, what programs/firmware I need to download, links for these downloads (free downloads) and pics/vids to further assist me of what my comp screen & ipod will (or SHOULD) show me after each step .. Yes … That is how clueless & frustrated I am atm !!!!!!!
this is the best post ever!!
I do not know what this did but now my iPod 4th gen won’t even turn on
Worked like a charm!!
Thank you very much for this helpful post. I was able to restore my daughter’s iPod. She did however lose all her apps, yet was able to restore all of her music and movies. Life saver!!!
My ipod wont turn on anymoreeeee
still dont understand
it is still not working for me anyone would like to help me out here
thanks this was very helpful not even the itunes store helped
WOW! I spent all day doing other stuff that I found all over the internet and this finally worked!! So simple, thank you so much!!
Hello, after doing this, i get this notice: itunes cant reach server fpr update because i am not connected to the internet! but i am connected, what now?? please help!
This isn’t working with my Ipod touch 4g.
it is not working
Nope
IPOD 4 touch just keep going on and off then to white screen. Nothing seems to work. Any ideas?
Thanks – worked beautifully – the only site I found without tons of adverts or dead ends – I really appreciate this…
GodBless whoever wrote this! THANKYOUUUUU !
thx
OMG i love you dude!!! Thank you!!!
I did this because my ipod sayed ipod disabled connect to itunes and then when I did it, it says installing driver or something (Cant remember full name) then it sayed installation failed and my ipod wont turn on ):
THANK U SO MUCH!!! It’s fixed and I am happy!
i did this it keep sayin the same stuff. error 3194 like the other way i tried to restore it. now it wont turn back on
you rock, my friend!!
thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i wonder why apple website can’t come up with something brilliant & simple like this!!!!!
Thanks a lot. I really appreciated u guys and it worked perfectly. Ipod touch 4g 8gigabyte.
It bricked my iphone, god I hate apple and their fuckin updates, pos company
Well it was shosing the usb going into the itune i tried the above instructions and now its completly OFF, wont do anything!! What do i do?
well well well… this sure works… tried all the other apple stuff, none did it.
DFU worked… it did the trick. thank you!
thanks dear. my iphone was neither charging nor turning on, and even itune was unable to detect it. but using your trick i am now in a process of restore. well done. hopefully it will recover my iphone. great job
Thank you. iPod is now working. Unfortunately the same game was downloaded onto the iPad. I have tried the same thing but iPad doesn’t power off. When connected to iTunes it says an error has occurred.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks
it WORKED this ipod has been broke for 2 yrs and this fixed it how bout that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please help I have the same problem as Faiz did on june 13 2011 at 1.27am please help its my daughters ipod and she is driving me nuts i cant do anything to restore it
i download offline update without using itunes..i tried to update using dfu mode..but wen i switched ma ipod touch again, its still the old version
will someone please hel me en tell me how to install the offline update!
thankssssss imma so happy right now !!!!!
thank you so much it has bin two months since my iphone has worked
thank you so much
CAN you help? Updated ipod gen 4 on request of settings. Did this, but wiped EVERYTHING OFF! Now i am unable to load any apps, as i need operating systems 4.2.2, and i only have 4.2.0. Any ideas or is it snookered?
Thank you very much. Tried many things I found on the web to get my son’s iPod unlocked when it became disabled and nothing worked but this! Thank you very much!!
OMG this just saved me, the instructions on the apple web site werent working for me but your steps did the trick. Appericate it!
is it supposed to go into recovery mode now after i unlocked it? i followed the instuctions but didnt want to lose everything.
my i pod 3g does not working.i tried to charge it many times..no sign of power…..help me……
i have done this and now my iphone 3 will not turn back on
can u guys help out
MY APPLE IPOD TOUCH WONT DO NOTHING. ALL IT DOES IS GO TO A BLACK SCREEN WITH A APPLE AND SOMETIME FLASH A WHITE SCREEN THEN BLACK THEN A APPLE APPEARS. WHAT CAN I DO TO GET IT TO WORK HOLDING THE BUTTONS DIDNT WORK.
Didn’t work, still disabled. All this did was try to send me into recovery mode. I’ll try it again, what do I have to lose?
Thank you!! It did work <3
really thanks.. its really work…
IDK if this is what fixed my ipod BUT i know that after i tried it the pod is working!! thanks.
I attempted it once and it didn’t work…I thought I’d give it another go and it worked….so very happy, thanks!
Thank you! Best help ever!!
Thx very much! ^^~~
how do i turn it back on? it turned off and nothing happend
my ipod 4th gens power button is not working how do i put the ipod to dfu mode
thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my ipod has 32 gigabytes! i swear!!!
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Thanks sooo much! This was the answer I was looking for!
mine wont turn off
After trying the iOS 6.1 update my iPod 4G was frozen. Following your steps I was able to recover. Luckily I had made a backup just before the 6.1 upgrade.
thank you so much – this worked a treat! Greatly appreciated by this technophobe.
After following these instructions, I left the iPod plugged in my LapTop for a about 10 minutes, I downloaded the iTune and installed it, in the meantime I also went and downloaded the Download iOS 4.1 For iPod Touch 4th Generation (4G) and it was not installed again in my iPod from http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/download-ios-4-1-for-ipod-touch-4th-generation-4g/ the iPod did not allow me to reinstall iTune, I retry to install it 4 times and then I clicked ignore, then by itself the iPod just showed up the already in use menu and nothing was lost, leaving the iPod connected while downloading its driver help to keep the iPone working itself out, don’t be inpatient and nothing was lost. I’d backed up all my daughter’s pictures by pure coincidence before following your instructions. Backing up your work before a major repair is the right way to avoid the upsetting time of losing precious memories. Thank you for your appreciated help.