Entering Recovery Mode with Your iPhone 11

If you want to enter recovery mode with your iPhone 11, it's as easy as pie. All you need to do is hold the side button until your iPhone reboots. This will allow you to exit recovery mode, which just requires pressing and holding the side button until the screen goes black.

Exiting Recovery Mode

If you want to exit recovery mode, it's easy. Simply press and hold the side button until your iPhone reboots. You should see the Apple logo on your screen within a few seconds. Once you see the Apple logo, you can release the side button and your iPhone will boot up normally.

Getting into DFU Mode

Getting into DFU mode, also known as Device Firmware Update mode, is a bit more complicated. This is typically only necessary if you need to repair or update your iPhone's firmware. To get into DFU mode, you'll need to press the following buttons simultaneously: volume up, then release volume down, then press and hold the side button until you see the screen go black. Next, continue holding the side button while pressing and releasing the volume down button five times. After that, press and hold the side button again for 10 seconds, then release it but continue holding the volume down button for another 10 seconds. If everything is done correctly, your iPhone will remain in DFU mode.

Recognizing DFU Mode

To recognize if you're in DFU mode, look for the following messages on iTunes: "iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode" and "you must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes." This indicates that your iPhone is in DFU mode and needs to be restored.

Exiting DFU Mode

To exit DFU mode, you'll need to press and release the volume up button while simultaneously pressing the side button. Then, press and hold the side button until you see the Apple logo on your screen. It's not as easy as exiting recovery mode, but it's still a manageable process.

Temporarily Disabling Face ID

If you need to temporarily disable Face ID on your iPhone, it's very easy. All you need to do is press either one of the volume buttons while pressing the side button simultaneously. For this example, we'll use the volume down button. Hold both buttons at the same time until you see a message that says "Your passcode is required to enable Face ID." Once you tap cancel and enter your passcode, Face ID will be disabled.

Invoking Emergency SOS

If you need to invoke emergency SOS on your iPhone, it's easy to do so as well. Simply press either of the volume buttons while pressing the side button simultaneously. We'll use the volume up button for this example. Continue holding both buttons until a menu appears, then release them and tap "Emergency SOS" or continue holding the buttons if you want to activate the feature without looking at the screen.

Tips

If you accidentally invoke emergency SOS without needing it, be careful not to do so again as it can lead to false 9-1-1 calls.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enin this video I show you how to force restart into recovery mode into DFU mode and much more on your iPhone 1111 Pro and 11 pro max 905 Mac on YouTube is sponsored by tenor shares reboot have you ever found your iPhone stuck on an Apple logo like this not only can't inner shares reboot fix this problem but it can also do a whole lot more simply connect your iOS device to your Mac and instantly gain access to awesome features like the ability to enter or exit recovery mode with a single click like this that feature by itself seems cool enough but with the reboot you gain access to a whole bunch of other repair features as well reboot can help you fix all sorts of problems with your iPhone and recover your iOS installation to normal without data loss it can even help you downgrade from an iOS beta like this click the link in the description for more details and special things to reboot for sponsoring 905 Mac hey thanks for joining me this is Jeff Benjamin with nine-to-five Mac and in this video I'm going to show you like I told you how to get into recovery mode how to get into DFU mode how to force restart all that jazz so prepare yourself because I'm gonna learn you something over the next few minutes first and foremost however you want to make sure you familiarize yourself with the buttons on your iPhone so with the display of your iPhone facing you on the left side you'll see two buttons you'll see the volume up button and the volume down button familiarize yourself with those two buttons because you're going to be using them and then on the right side of your iPhone you're gonna see this button here this is the side button and that's the button you use to normally invoke Siri what we're going to use combinations of these buttons in order to accomplish various things here in this video so one of those things is to simply power off your iPhone 11:11 Pro 11 Pro Macs and we're going to use either one of the volume buttons either up or down it doesn't matter and then we're gonna use the side button so you want to press both of those buttons simultaneously hold until you see this screen right here and then release and now you simply slide to power off just like that and that's how you turn off your iPhone alright great so you had the phone off now you you know how to turn your back on well thankfully that's really easy simply hold the side button until the Apple logo appears you don't need to use the volume buttons just press and hold the side button until you see that and then release so now your phone's booting back up into iOS and you're good to go but just keep in mind that any time you restart your iPhone or power it back up from an off state you will need to put your passcode in before you're able to use touch ID now here's where things begin to get interesting how to force restart your iPhone 11 now say your iPhones having problems maybe it simply won't respond to your commands well you can force restart your iPhone I'll show you how to do so right now using combinations of the volume and side buttons so you want to press and release the volume up button follow quickly by pressing and releasing the volume down button follow quickly by pressing and holding the side button and you want to continue to hold the side button into your phone restarts you're gonna see that slide to power off message at the top and then it goes to black and there it goes it forced restart your iPhone so you see the Apple logo and it comes back up so it's really simple really easy it's just memorizing those button combinations now if you ever experience an issue where your phone is just really really acting up and perhaps you need to restore to factory defaults well you can use recovery mode to do that now to use recovery mode you will need a Mac or PC in this case I'm using a Mac and you will need your iPhone connected to that computer so I'm connecting using a lightning a USB cable like this and I want to just select trust here you may get a prompt on your Mac or PC as well put my passcode in there all right so now that you're connected to your computer you want to perform the following button combination and it's very similar to force restarting like we just did so if you're able to do that you're definitely able to do this now at the end you want to continue holding the side button until you see the recovery mode indicator on your iPhone so we're gonna press volume up and release volume down and release press and hold the side button continue holding and don't let go of that side button it's gonna restart continue holding the side button though don't let that button go even when you see the Apple logo keep holding the side button and eventually you'll see this and now you can release this is the recovery indicator telling you to connect to your computer we're already connected and when you launch i-tunes you're going to see this right here there's a problem with the iphone that requires it to be updated or restored so you can do either one of those depending on your needs that is how you enter recovery mode with your iPhone 11 now if you want to exit recovery mode it's as easy as pie all you need to do is hold the side button until your iPhone reboots so let's do it right now it's so easy just press and hold the side button like this and continue holding until you see the screen go black like that now you can release because your iPhone is rebooting you should see the Apple logo in five four there we go alright so now that is how you exit out a recovery mode now we're going to talk about the most difficult command or button combination finger gymnastics of this entire tutorial and that is getting into DFU mode now chances are you'll never have to get into DFU mode but if by some reason you do need to do so then I'm gonna show you how to do so like I said just a little bit of finger gymnastic so let me preview it for you you're gonna press volume up and release volume down release press and hold the side button continue holding the side button for 10 seconds the screen of go black and then you want to press and hold the volume down button while simultaneously pressing and holding the side button and then after 5 seconds elapsed you want to release the side button but continue holding the volume down button for 10 more seconds in the screen would go black and stay black and you'll get a message on your computer as well so let try it let's do it volume up press and release volume down press and release press and hold the cite button to one thousand three one thousand four one thousand five one thousand six one thousand seven one thousand eight one thousand nine one thousand press and hold the volume down button continue to hold the side button and after five seconds release your finger from the side button but continue holding the volume down button and after 10 seconds you can release your finger from the volume down button and the screen ship remained black like this this is indicative of DFU mode but you really know you're in DFU mode when you see this message in iTunes it says iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode you must restore this iPhone before it can be used with itunes and your only option is to perform a restore so that is DFU mode you probably won't need it but just in case you do that's how you do it alright so now let's talk about how to exit DFU mode now it's not as easy as exiting out of recovery mode which just requires you to press and hold the side button but it's not too bad all you need to do is press and release the volume up press and release volume down and then press and hold the side button until you see the Apple logo and this will take a few seconds so just be patient that old Apple logo will show up here any moment now and once it does you can release that side button there we go so we can release and now our phone is booting back up into iOS now let's talk about a few more things how to temporarily disable face ID on your iphones very very easy so all you need to do is press either one of the volume buttons while pressing the side button simultaneously so let's do that now let's choose volume down hold both buttons there you go once you see the screen release and then tap cancel and now you see the message your passcode is required to enable face ID so until you enter that passcode face IDs stays disabled our a we have one more tip how to invoke emergency SOS on your iPhone so to do so you can press either of the volume buttons with the side button simultaneously so we'll do so right now and when this menu comes up continue holding those buttons you'll see the little countdown timer don't let it go all the way across otherwise it's going to contact emergency authorities and send text messages to your emergency contacts now what's nice is that you can execute emergency SOS without even looking at the screen you just hold those buttons maybe your phone's in your pocket you need to invoke it you can do so or you can just use this little slider oops didn't mean to do that don't do that folks do not accidentally invoke that because that's not good you don't want to make false you know false 9-1-1 calls and things like that so be sure not to do that unless you really are in an emergency just keep that in mind all right so I want to thank you guys for tuning in be sure to LIKE and subscribe if you appreciate this video and also special thanks to our sponsor tanner share makers of reboot a handy iOS utility for mac and pc you can enter recovery mode and exit recovery mode with just one click try reboot for Mac OS using the link in the description and get $10 off with coupon code nine to five Mac youin this video I show you how to force restart into recovery mode into DFU mode and much more on your iPhone 1111 Pro and 11 pro max 905 Mac on YouTube is sponsored by tenor shares reboot have you ever found your iPhone stuck on an Apple logo like this not only can't inner shares reboot fix this problem but it can also do a whole lot more simply connect your iOS device to your Mac and instantly gain access to awesome features like the ability to enter or exit recovery mode with a single click like this that feature by itself seems cool enough but with the reboot you gain access to a whole bunch of other repair features as well reboot can help you fix all sorts of problems with your iPhone and recover your iOS installation to normal without data loss it can even help you downgrade from an iOS beta like this click the link in the description for more details and special things to reboot for sponsoring 905 Mac hey thanks for joining me this is Jeff Benjamin with nine-to-five Mac and in this video I'm going to show you like I told you how to get into recovery mode how to get into DFU mode how to force restart all that jazz so prepare yourself because I'm gonna learn you something over the next few minutes first and foremost however you want to make sure you familiarize yourself with the buttons on your iPhone so with the display of your iPhone facing you on the left side you'll see two buttons you'll see the volume up button and the volume down button familiarize yourself with those two buttons because you're going to be using them and then on the right side of your iPhone you're gonna see this button here this is the side button and that's the button you use to normally invoke Siri what we're going to use combinations of these buttons in order to accomplish various things here in this video so one of those things is to simply power off your iPhone 11:11 Pro 11 Pro Macs and we're going to use either one of the volume buttons either up or down it doesn't matter and then we're gonna use the side button so you want to press both of those buttons simultaneously hold until you see this screen right here and then release and now you simply slide to power off just like that and that's how you turn off your iPhone alright great so you had the phone off now you you know how to turn your back on well thankfully that's really easy simply hold the side button until the Apple logo appears you don't need to use the volume buttons just press and hold the side button until you see that and then release so now your phone's booting back up into iOS and you're good to go but just keep in mind that any time you restart your iPhone or power it back up from an off state you will need to put your passcode in before you're able to use touch ID now here's where things begin to get interesting how to force restart your iPhone 11 now say your iPhones having problems maybe it simply won't respond to your commands well you can force restart your iPhone I'll show you how to do so right now using combinations of the volume and side buttons so you want to press and release the volume up button follow quickly by pressing and releasing the volume down button follow quickly by pressing and holding the side button and you want to continue to hold the side button into your phone restarts you're gonna see that slide to power off message at the top and then it goes to black and there it goes it forced restart your iPhone so you see the Apple logo and it comes back up so it's really simple really easy it's just memorizing those button combinations now if you ever experience an issue where your phone is just really really acting up and perhaps you need to restore to factory defaults well you can use recovery mode to do that now to use recovery mode you will need a Mac or PC in this case I'm using a Mac and you will need your iPhone connected to that computer so I'm connecting using a lightning a USB cable like this and I want to just select trust here you may get a prompt on your Mac or PC as well put my passcode in there all right so now that you're connected to your computer you want to perform the following button combination and it's very similar to force restarting like we just did so if you're able to do that you're definitely able to do this now at the end you want to continue holding the side button until you see the recovery mode indicator on your iPhone so we're gonna press volume up and release volume down and release press and hold the side button continue holding and don't let go of that side button it's gonna restart continue holding the side button though don't let that button go even when you see the Apple logo keep holding the side button and eventually you'll see this and now you can release this is the recovery indicator telling you to connect to your computer we're already connected and when you launch i-tunes you're going to see this right here there's a problem with the iphone that requires it to be updated or restored so you can do either one of those depending on your needs that is how you enter recovery mode with your iPhone 11 now if you want to exit recovery mode it's as easy as pie all you need to do is hold the side button until your iPhone reboots so let's do it right now it's so easy just press and hold the side button like this and continue holding until you see the screen go black like that now you can release because your iPhone is rebooting you should see the Apple logo in five four there we go alright so now that is how you exit out a recovery mode now we're going to talk about the most difficult command or button combination finger gymnastics of this entire tutorial and that is getting into DFU mode now chances are you'll never have to get into DFU mode but if by some reason you do need to do so then I'm gonna show you how to do so like I said just a little bit of finger gymnastic so let me preview it for you you're gonna press volume up and release volume down release press and hold the side button continue holding the side button for 10 seconds the screen of go black and then you want to press and hold the volume down button while simultaneously pressing and holding the side button and then after 5 seconds elapsed you want to release the side button but continue holding the volume down button for 10 more seconds in the screen would go black and stay black and you'll get a message on your computer as well so let try it let's do it volume up press and release volume down press and release press and hold the cite button to one thousand three one thousand four one thousand five one thousand six one thousand seven one thousand eight one thousand nine one thousand press and hold the volume down button continue to hold the side button and after five seconds release your finger from the side button but continue holding the volume down button and after 10 seconds you can release your finger from the volume down button and the screen ship remained black like this this is indicative of DFU mode but you really know you're in DFU mode when you see this message in iTunes it says iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode you must restore this iPhone before it can be used with itunes and your only option is to perform a restore so that is DFU mode you probably won't need it but just in case you do that's how you do it alright so now let's talk about how to exit DFU mode now it's not as easy as exiting out of recovery mode which just requires you to press and hold the side button but it's not too bad all you need to do is press and release the volume up press and release volume down and then press and hold the side button until you see the Apple logo and this will take a few seconds so just be patient that old Apple logo will show up here any moment now and once it does you can release that side button there we go so we can release and now our phone is booting back up into iOS now let's talk about a few more things how to temporarily disable face ID on your iphones very very easy so all you need to do is press either one of the volume buttons while pressing the side button simultaneously so let's do that now let's choose volume down hold both buttons there you go once you see the screen release and then tap cancel and now you see the message your passcode is required to enable face ID so until you enter that passcode face IDs stays disabled our a we have one more tip how to invoke emergency SOS on your iPhone so to do so you can press either of the volume buttons with the side button simultaneously so we'll do so right now and when this menu comes up continue holding those buttons you'll see the little countdown timer don't let it go all the way across otherwise it's going to contact emergency authorities and send text messages to your emergency contacts now what's nice is that you can execute emergency SOS without even looking at the screen you just hold those buttons maybe your phone's in your pocket you need to invoke it you can do so or you can just use this little slider oops didn't mean to do that don't do that folks do not accidentally invoke that because that's not good you don't want to make false you know false 9-1-1 calls and things like that so be sure not to do that unless you really are in an emergency just keep that in mind all right so I want to thank you guys for tuning in be sure to LIKE and subscribe if you appreciate this video and also special thanks to our sponsor tanner share makers of reboot a handy iOS utility for mac and pc you can enter recovery mode and exit recovery mode with just one click try reboot for Mac OS using the link in the description and get $10 off with coupon code nine to five Mac you\n"