Interested in Jailbreak or having trouble updating to the latest iOS release and need to put your iPhone or iPad into DFU (Device Firmware Update) mode? Some Jailbreaks don’t do this automatically, you’re often required to do it to downgrade your iOS, and sometimes iTunes gives your errors when trying to update from beta or GM firmware to final release. While DFU mode is straight forward it can also be a little tricky. We’ll go over the steps after the break.
(And yes, we really should have made this for Georgia before last week’s iPhone Live! podcast. Our bad…!)
DFU mode as opposed to Recovery Mode, requires a bit of timing and can take practice so if at first you don’t succeed, don’t be afraid to keep trying.
Plug your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad into your Mac or Windows PC and make sure iTunes is running.
Hold down both the Sleep Button […]
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