IPhone 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max, along with all other previous models, can be put into recovery mode and DFU mode. This troubleshooting method is useful when your device stops booting, the iPhone’s touchscreen becomes unresponsive, and various other cases and bugs that require you to update or restore your smartphone when no other solution is available. seems to work.
Recovery mode vs DFU mode
The two iPhone troubleshooting options are similar. Recovery mode allows you either Restore or Update your iPhone, while the DFU mode requires you to update your device.
DFU mode, is the abbreviation for device firmware update mode and is mainly used when you want to downgrade your iPhone’s iOS version or restart a jailbroken device.
One final difference between recovery and DFU mode is that the former calls the iBoot process while DFU allows your iPhone to connect to iTunes or Finder and bypass the bootloader.
How to put iPhone 12 into recovery mode
The procedure is the same for all iPhone 12 and 12 Pro models. To perform this iPhone fix, you need a Mac or Windows computer. Before you start, make sure that iTunes on your PC / Mac is updated to the latest version.
Made: If your Mac is running macOS Catalina or later, you don’t need itunes, because you will use the Searcher tool instead.
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1. Connect the iPhone 12 (Pro) to the computer
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2. Force restart iPhone 12 (Pro)
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3. Restore or update iPhone 12 (Pro)
Use the Lightning to USB cable to connect your iPhone to the available Windows or macOS machine.
Point: If you are doing this for the first time, you must press Trust to confirm that you want the two devices to connect.
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Then you need to restart your iPhone.
How? ‘Or’ What: Click and release quickly Turn up the sound, followed by Lower the volume and hold down Side button. the Apple logo will be displayed on the screen. Do not release the Side button. Continue to hold until a Lightning cable and a MacBook are displayed on the screen.
As soon as your iPhone enters recovery mode, a pop-up window will appear in iTunes or Finder asking if you want to Update or Restore the iphone …
Made: The prompt also informs you that if you click Update your device will be updated without erasing the content. By clicking Restore will erase your iPhone to factory settings.
How to exit iPhone 12 recovery mode
If you reconsider and want to exit recovery mode, just press and hold the side button for a few seconds until the recovery screen is replaced with a black screen. The iPhone will disappear from iTunes or Finder and restart.
Point: Don’t forget to disconnect the Lightning cable!
How to put iPhone 12 in DFU mode
If recovery mode doesn’t help you, you can bring your iPhone 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max into DFU mode. For this, too, you need a Windows or macOS machine:
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1. Connect the iPhone 12 (Pro) to the computer
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2. iPhone 12 DFU handset mode
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3. Confirmation of DFU mode
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How to exit iPhone 12 DFU mode
Similarly for the recovery mode, you must first plug your iPhone into the USB port of your computer.
Next, you need to force restart your iPhone and add DFU mode specific button combinations as shown below:
– Click and release quickly Turn up the sound, followed by Lower the volume and hold down Side button (about 10 seconds) until a black screen appears on your iPhone 12.
-> Press and hold the Lower the volume button (for 5 seconds), while you hold the Side button.
-> Release it Side button and keep holding on Lower the volume for 10 seconds longer!
Point: The iPhone 12 screen should remain black with no Apple logo if you successfully run the DFU Mode combo.
The paired computer will confirm when the iPhone 12 enters DFU mode. A popup indicating “ Your Mac has detected an iPhone in recovery mode, you need to restore this iPhone before you can use it ” is confirmation.
Click on Okay and follow the on-screen prompts.
Made: Although the prompt says “ recovery mode ” your iPhone is in DFU mode because you only get the Restore option without, the Update feature available in Recovery mode.
To exit DFU mode on iPhone 12 and 12 Pro models, you need to use the classic force restart combo:
Click on Turn up the sound -> Click on Lower the volume -> Press and hold the Side button until the Apple logo appears on the screen.
Did you manage to put your iPhone 12 into Recovery or DFU mode? Did it help? What bug did you try to fix? Use the comments section and let us know.
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