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I tried jailbreaking my iPhone with redsn0w and I must of pulled out the plug to early. Now it's stuck in recovery mode and it says it can't restore. What do I do?

Mike
2011-10-25 18:01:00
http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/iphone-stuck-boot-mode-fix/That's my suggestion ~ seem to have worked for a few people.
Rohit
2011-12-18 19:45:00
I got my unlocked iPhone 4 updated from IOS 4.3.5 to IOS 5.0.1 by mistake which locked my phone again.It is stuck at the start up menu now (pl. refer to the attached snapshot)What shall I do to get my phone working again.Any kind of help from anyone will be really appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Mike
2011-12-18 22:05:00
"Stuck" is probably the wrong description ~ your iPhone is working fine. You will have to jailbreak and then unlock your iPhone again. However if you run a regular update via iTunes you have also updated the baseband firmware which means you might not be able to unlock it at that this time. Dev-Team Blog
Rohit
2011-12-19 17:05:00
A quick question again:When I purchased this phone it was having IOS 4.3.5 which by mistake was upgraded to IOS 5.0.1.Later as IOS 5 was not helping me to unlock the phone I restored the phone settings through restore option in iTunes.So just a bit confused that is it IOS 5 still on my mobile or is this IOS 4.3.5 restored again?
Mike
2011-12-19 18:06:00
When you click restore in iTunes the last firmware downloaded and updated via iTunes will be restored - regardless of whether you select "Setup as new iPhone" or restore from a backup.You are currently running iOS 5.x version which can easily be identified by the gray background.Your iPhone is locked because you are using a SIM card other then the phone was purchased with. For example if you bought your phone from AT&T your iPhone is locked to this carrier and you have to jailbreak and unlock it in order to use a different carrier.
Jay
2011-10-25 10:39:00
If you search this site, this question has been asked before.Try using Recboot:http://jaxov.com/2010/05/recboot-iphone-recovery-modeOr you can use tiny umbrella :http://jaxov.com/2011/02/exit-ios-4-2-1-recovery-mode-loop-with-tinyumbrella-fix-recovery/