How To Put An iPhone In DFU Mode & DFU Restore Your iPhone!

In this video, a former Apple tech shows you how to put an iPhone into DFU mode. Then, we demonstrate how to perform a DFU restore on an iPhone 7, but the steps in this video work for all models of the iPhone, with one catch:

On iPhone 6s or earlier, you press and hold the home button with the power button. On the iPhone 7 or later, you perform a DFU restore using the volume down button instead.

Important correction for PC users: To manually choose a file to restore from using iTunes, hold Shift and click "Restore iPhone". We said to hold "Alt" by mistake in the video. We apologize for any confusion!

To put an iPhone into DFU mode, plug it into your laptop and open iTunes. Next, press and hold the power button and the volume down button (iPhone 7 and later) or the Home button (iPhone 6s and earlier) for 8 seconds.

After 8 seconds, release the power button and wait until iTunes says, “iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode.” At this point, let go of the volume down button or Home button. Your iPhone’s display should be completely back. If it doesn’t start from the beginning.

Wait for the status bars to complete, then set your iPhone up again or restore from a backup! This process can take several minutes, so be patient!

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IMPORTANT UPDATES & NOTES FOR THIS VIDEO:


Usually, trying a different Lightning cable or USB port on your computer can make the error go away.

Important update for iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and iPhone X users:



Important correction for PC users:

To manually choose a file to restore from using iTunes, hold Shift and click "Restore iPhone". We said to hold Alt by mistake in the video.

We apologize for any confusion!

[Turtle_Projects]

I'm in the middle of the process of downloading which is already more progress I've made before because it used to just have the bar with nothing on it and then say there was an error. This video actually helped way more than the huge amount of articles iv'e read. Thank you

[karamasengill]

THANK YOU!!!! Had a full storage glitchy phone and offloaded everything I could think of, nothing worked. Did the DFU reset, now have about 20 gigs free space and when backed up from iTunes, even the apps I offloaded came back <3 It failed a few times to restore but I kept trying and it worked on about the 4th try. "Other" had been using 22 gigs and now only 3.34. Thank you again!!

[rosiegymnast]

Thank you for posting this! I've been trying to fix my completely locked out iphone and it would never connect to itunes. This method worked though! THANK YOU!

[malicememy]

You actually saved my time with this video. Even Apple Care with 104 minutes chat and 45 minutes phone call found nothing. I had no phone and they told me: Please wait 48 to 72 hours for a answer. I was giving up, but I looked online and found your video. Fully restored my iPhone 7 plus with an "OLD" OS and use my last back up after all. Thank you so much!

[jaylineberry]

After watching several video's on youtube this was the only one with the correct steps. Worked on iphone 6 perfectly. The key was letting go of the power button after 5 seconds. Like others have stated, I did get the "unknown error (9)" on the first attempt. After starting over, the restore was successful on the second attempt. Thanks guys!

[justinmedina]

thank you so much!!! My iPhone 6 was stuck on 1% and i fixed it by updating the software.

[cataschulz]

Thank you guys!! My touch screen wasn't working and (through you) I found I had to do a DFU restore, now it works perfectly!!

[sspena]

Just when I thought my phone was a lost cause (I had already tried many other methods from other threads and videos), this method worked like a charm! Y'all are lifesavers!

[desmondbobb]

Thank you so much guys. I have just completed this task with an i phone A1429.I am not a tech person and I do not even have i tunes. I even had to download i tunes on my PC to do the process. I followed all of your instructions both verbally and visually and got it done. Very clear and accurate guidance. Even the part when it did not work in the video showed how you worked it out. Not sure if that was scripted but in any event great work. You guys know your stuff. Well done David and David, double you, you have defeated this goliath.

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I was on the phone with apple support for over an hour and turns out I didn’t need them! I needed these guys! I finally got my phone fixed!

[markmakelky]

Gotta thank you for this. Worked perfectly on my old iPhone 5s. Now have a "brand new" 5 year old phone!

[heyscot]

Thank you so much, this worked in fixing my wife's phone when it wouldn't charge. I appreciate you!

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[merchantseamancommunity]

Thank you so much for this video. I had no idea what the heck was going on with my phone. You save me a lot of time and money.

[KaSirisXavier]

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[lipsincontrol]

I’ve watched many of their videos, not because of any issue but just simply that they make them so good to watch, easy on the eye and simplistic

[Quevrys]

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[janellstroman]

Thank you guys very much, my phone got stuck in the middle of updating and this helped me a lot !

[muhammedjallow]

Tried to start up whilst in recovery mode 7 times doesn’t work and my phone won’t come out of recovery mode now