IOS 8.1 Up (sic) grade fracas on iPhone 5 s

[ChristoC]

what to do?

iphone 5S
(a1530)
- made back up to cloud
- downloaded IOS 8.1 (as being the latest upgrade)
- now phone is is in recovery mode (dont know why)
- have to restore the phone
- in iTunes 12 i have tried numerous occasions now to restore it
- the wretched program just freezes and does nada
nothing niks.....
Why is some OS upgrades perfect and this piece of crap ios 8.1 has caused so much crap?
I have wasted 4 hours now trying to decipher this mystery.....
Any ideas?

 

[ChristoC]

anybody?

 

[Johnatan56]

If your iPhone stuck in recovery mode, DO THIS: (ON Screen USB pointing to a CD with a Music Note).

1. Make sure your iTunes is up to data, if not re-download itunes.
2. after re-installing ITUNES, plug your iphone via USB into your computer. ITUNES will automatically pick it up and a pop up box will probally say that your IPHONE is in recovery mode would you like to restore?
3. Click the restore tab.
Note - If ITUNES if out of date, this will not work.
Note - Do not do this over WIFI
Note - Do not interrupt the restore
Note - If you did not make a previous back up, your IPHONE will restore back to the factroy settings.

All this happened to me, fortunately I made a back up. I hope this helps.

else go to iStore.

 

[ChristoC]

nope
nothing is working...
im moving back into a cave with wood for fire....
i give up with apple

 

[nemisiz]

Any technology named after a fruit should never be used.

Adam and Eve - Apple old tech just used cause people are familiar with it.
Android - Future robots ,C3P0 , R2D2 , Bender
Blackberry - the things in my muesli

but yes best bet istore , those geniuses can factory reset any iphone for you.

 

[sand_man]

1.) Download the required IPSW and save it to your PC/Mac - Make sure you have the right version for your device.http://osxdaily.com/2014/09/17/ios-8-ipsw-download/
2.) Your phone needs to be in DFU mode to do a DFU mode restore. iTunes will always display the same "phone in recovery mode" message even when it is in DFU mode. The difference when the phone is in actual DFU mode is the screen is blank. I say again, the screen is blank. Nothing displayed. Looks like the phone could be switched off.
3.) It takes 20 seconds to get an iPhone properly into DFU mode.

Press power button for 3 seconds, continue to press power button and home button simultaneously for another 10 seconds, release power button but continue to hold home button for another 7 seconds... Phone should be in DFU mode.

4.) In iTunes shift/restore and point towards the saved IPSW...make sure you have an Internet connection for the verification process.

Go and make yourself a cup of coffee. When you return your phone will have been restored to 8.1

 

[sand_man]

Pleasure.

 

[ijacobs3]

My wife's done the same, used tiny umbrella to get it out of recovery mode, turns out it didn't have enough free space to complete the upgrade

 

[Lord Flacko]

Plug it to a Mac and click restore once iTunes has opened.

 

[ChristoC]

sand_man you rock!
Thank you a thousand times over....
looks like it is busy downloading... its just the speeeeeed
is so slowwwwwwwwwww
patience is a virtue. I know.....
thanks all
for the advice

 

[sand_man]

So you sorted big boy?

 

[PostmanPot]

There is so much support for Apple Mac and iDevices! Free too.

 

[AfricanTech]

There is so much support for Apple Mac and iDevices! Free too.

Bad Postman, bad!

 

[ChristoC]

no i am not....
i went to iStore V and A tonight. WORST setup. We are too busy. F off....
i just walked out.
day three. iPhone5s still dead. NOBODY understands the hideous frustration i am going through.....
Lost total faith in their product....
next stop maybe the imbeciles of vodascum.....

 

[SauRoNZA]

Tried re downloading the IPSW?

Wonder if it's corrupted maybe.

 

[ChristoC]

yes downloaded it. does not install. It s a dud download. SUCKS SUCK SUCKS
will have to book it with the wretched iStore twats to have the iPhone 5s in Restore mode to restore the stupid software
I dont know anymore.
It s bunch of BS

 

[sand_man]

When you say it does not install, what exactly is it doing?

What error message does iTunes give you when you start the process?

 

[AfricanTech]

no i am not....
i went to iStore V and A tonight. WORST setup. We are too busy. F off....
i just walked out.
day three. iPhone5s still dead. NOBODY understands the hideous frustration i am going through.....
Lost total faith in their product....
next stop maybe the imbeciles of vodascum.....

They are terrible.

Try digicape - always had decent service there.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Try Digicape for sure.

sounds like your internet connection might be the main problem.

 

[Soul Assassin]

You can check the ipsw files md5 hash just to be sure it's not corrupt.