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what is DFUmode for?
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It’s a state you can put your iphone in for it to be ready to receive firmware form iTunes. So if your device ever froze got stuck in a boot loop or just generally messes out, a DFU restore can fix things more often than not.
iTunes would do all this for you, you wouldn’t really ever need a manual DFU restore unless your device was being crazy, iTunes will automatically update you to the latest version and tell you what you’re on already.
Loads on google. Also the method depends what iPhone you have as the 7 differs, but the below link explains both.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.ma...ne/how-put-an-iphone-in-dfu-mode-3628686/?amp
Been awhile since I’ve messed with this stuff, but not DFU (Device Firmware Update) mode itself, you can exit it. If you connect it to iTunes while it’s in DFU, iTunes will ask you if you want to restore the iDevice, which will erase everything. Which is the point of DFU mode as it’s near hardware level and not software, so if your software is really messed up, you can still recover.
May I ask why you want to do this? There’s other ways to completely erase everything. I only used DFU when I was jailbroken.
Im helping out a friend that has an issue with his iPad (it reboots on its own while he is using it) and i thought it might help. But to be honest i thought that the content remains intact... hmm now this kinda changes things.
No, you need to create a backup before you restore it.
Then restore from backup.
Everything gets wiped out clean when you do a restore or dfu restore.
Then restore from backup.
Everything gets wiped out clean when you do a restore or dfu restore.
Backup you mean by using the Timemachine backup?
What puzzles me is... after i do a DFU on my iPad, how do i put back the photos/content that has been wiped out?
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No, its an itunes backup.
Plug it to itunes and backup the ipad.
Then once its done restoring again via itunes it will ask you if you want to restore from backup.
That's how you will put all your content back.
Plug it to itunes and backup the ipad.
Then once its done restoring again via itunes it will ask you if you want to restore from backup.
That's how you will put all your content back.
Sorry that's what i meant, i wrote TMachine instead of iTunes.
Im doing the DFU Restore because something seems to be wrong with the iPad. Everytime it downloads a specific file it reboots, so there was some advice of doing the DFU in order to solve this issue. If i restore all the stuff back wont the problem come back again? You catch my drift?
Test it out for a few days without restoring from backup.
When its done restoring and asks you select setup as new.
Then you can isolate it better.
What specific file download causes it to reboot?
When its done restoring and asks you select setup as new.
Then you can isolate it better.
What specific file download causes it to reboot?
What will happen to my content though, wont i be ever able to retrieve it? (im sorry, i prolly dont understand what u say)
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https://coconut-flavour.com/downloads/coconutBattery_3.6.3.zip
Here's what he's saying.
With the device functioning normally, connect it to iTunes and backup the phone.
Place the phone in DFU Mode and then when iTunes detects it, upgrade and restore as new.
Use the phone as new for a few days to see if you have any problems. If you do, it may be a hardware issue. If you don't then you can try restoring from that backup you made.
If you restore from the backup and the problem recurs then you know the issue is with whatever is in the backup.
At that point your options are to either deal with it, or reset everything up as new.
That's what I meant by saying you had a choice.
You can either live with the problem or start fresh and set everything up again.
There are third party apps available for Windows and Mac that may be able to do that, but I'm not sure which ones work. I've never used one (never needed to).
As for the file, that wasn't me asking for it so no, I haven't looked.
When you do a dfu restore, it restores the device to a factory default settings. So yes all the contents will be wiped out. It is just like you are formatting a hard drive and re-installing the software. But before you do a DFU restore, make sure you back up the device. After the DFU restore, you can restore from back up and get everything back.
Hold on.
So that coconut battery software causes the iPad to reboot?
That's a mac computer only application right?
You said the iPad reboots on its own while using it.
Or it reboots when you plug the iPad to the computer and run the coconut application on the computer while the iPad is connected?
Does the iPad reboot on its own when it's not plugged in to anything?
So that coconut battery software causes the iPad to reboot?
That's a mac computer only application right?
You said the iPad reboots on its own while using it.
Or it reboots when you plug the iPad to the computer and run the coconut application on the computer while the iPad is connected?
Does the iPad reboot on its own when it's not plugged in to anything?