iPhone DFU question

[suprfusion]

OK,​

so I have an iPhone 3g and haven't backed it up in quite a while... This has never happened to me before but it has gone into recovery mode or DFU. I don't know how it happened but that part isn't important. I REALLY don't want to lose all of my data, I have important numbers, texts, notes etc. that cannot be replaced easily. I'm not sure what version of IOS I am running but does anyone know how I can get it out of DFU mode and still KEEP all of my data intact? Thanks​

 

[Jmbaker429]

Yep. All you have to do is google a program called "tiny umbrella". Install it and run it and click on kick out of recovery mode. That will fix it. It's a small program and a free be.

 

[acercow]

Tinyumbrella may help you kick out DFU
By the way, although in DFU mode, ifunbox can still recognize your iPhone, so it's easy to backup data (SMS database's direction need jailbroken to access)

 

[suprfusion]

@jmbaker429 I downloaded and ran tiny umbrella and it says enter DFU mode on the device and click fix recovery... but when I try that, fix recovery button is grayed out... Any Thoughts?
Also I clicked Exit DFU and it didn't work...

 

[suprfusion]

Thanks @acercow That is much needed info. I haven't even tried to do a factory restore in iTunes yet because I don't want to lose all of my data. I would probably be OK if I lose SMS messages but not notes, calendar, contacts and pictures... Would this program allow me to save all of that data?

 

[acercow]

Thanks @acercow That is much needed info. I haven't even tried to do a factory restore in iTunes yet because I don't want to lose all of my data. I would probably be OK if I lose SMS messages but not notes, calendar, contacts and pictures... Would this program allow me to save all of that data?

sorry, I did a mistake, in DFU can't access filesystem, but you can try to hold power + home button to reboot your phone, after the white Apple icon appears for some minutes, ifunbox may recognize the phone.

 

[Napoleon PhoneApart]

Duplicate thread deleted.

 

[iphonewarrior]

Thread moved to the iPhone Jailbreak section.

 

[suprfusion]

A couple of things... My iPhone was not jailbroken and neither ifunbox or tinyumbrella are noticing my phone in DFU mode. Has anybody else ran into a similar problem? It just seems to me that there should be a way that I can save all of my data... Any other help would be appreciated

 

[iphonewarrior]

Have you tried using a different USB cable and/or tried different USB ports?

 

[suprfusion]

no I haven't but I will try both right now.

 

[iphonewarrior]

Good luck

 

[suprfusion]

Well I tried three different USB ports and 2 USB cables and tinyumbrella and ifunbox both just cycle through... The phone restarts and goes back to plug into iTunes screen. Ifunbox actually doesn't even recognize the device.

 

[iphonewarrior]

Does the phone have the iPad's baseband installed?

 

[suprfusion]

No, I haven't done anything to my phone for about a year... no software updates, and no backups. I have no idea why it entered into DFU mode in the first place. I was trying to open the iTunes app and it wasn't working so I did a hard reset... I might have held the buttons to long?... either way, I can't believe theres no way to kick it out of DFU mode so I can do a much overdue backup and cleanup...

 

[Europa]

What iTunes error code are you getting? Is your phone unlocked? BTW, you can restore to factory settings and then apply the backup afterwards.

 

[suprfusion]

@Europa I have not received any error codes or messages from iTunes... If I wanted to restore to factory settings I don't think I'd have a problem doing that. The only problem I'm having is that I can't afford to lose all the data that I currently have on my phone. I have some very important pictures, audio recordings, notes, contacts, pdfs in ibooks and SMS messages that I've acquired over the past year I need and won't be able to get back by restoring it to factory and then applying my last backup. This is why I am looking for alternative solutions so I can save all of my data and then do a much needed backup when my phone is back to working condition. It was not jailbroken when it got stuck in DFU and hasn't been jailbroken for about 2.5 years...