Do not update the Creeky Ipad's firmware!

Do not update the Creepy Ipad's firmware!

Or you will probably enter the endless "recovery mode" loop. It happened to me one time before while I was updating the firmware.  And it happened again. I should never trust AP@LE. To get out the loop I have tried many ways I found online, however all most all of them do not work.

Try the following methods first if it happens to you.

Hold on booth home key and power key for at least 10 seconds, ipad will reboot. If you are lucky it will out of the recovery mode by doing so. ---Good for you.

The upper method works for me last time, but does not work this time. The only way works is do the following:

1. Uninstall old version of the iTunes and reboot your computer

2. Reinstall the most updated iTunes

3. Go to c:\ windows\system32\drivers\etc\ to locate the host file, delete the following two lines from the host file:

74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com
#127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com

4. Open iTunes and redo the recovery.

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Unsuccessful methods:

Here are some others recommended to do with the "endless recovery mode":

1. Enter the DFU mode:

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 (on top of your device) and the Home Button (on the front underneath the screen).
• Keep them both held down from about 10 seconds. (If you see the Apple logo, you’ve held them too long and will need to start again.)
• Let go of the Sleep Button but keep holding the Home Button for about 5 seconds. (If you see the “Plus into iTunes” screen than you held it too long and will need to start again.)
• If the screen stays black, that’s it! Your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad should now be in DFU mode.

2. Use TinyUmbrella, which requires you are able to enter the ipad's DFU mode:

• Download TinyUmbrella (Fix Recovery) for iOS 4.3.x (Windows | Mac)
• Download Zlib1.dll from here and place it in the same directory in which fixrecovery43.exe is present.
• Launch iTunes and plug your iPhone into your PC or Mac via USB cable. Let iTunes run in background and use the following instructions to put your iPhone into DFU mode:
  • Hold down the Home+Power button simultaneously for 10 seconds.
  • After 10 seconds, release the Power button but keep holding the Home button until iTunes detects your iPhone into DFU mode.
  • Do not close iTunes. Let it run in the background.
• Launch fixrecovery43.exe and wait while it kicks your iPhone out of recovery mode loop. Make sure you have an active internet connection because fix recovery will be needing to fetch DFU and firmware image from Apple servers. Whole process usually takes less than a minute.

3. Try using the Recboot and TinyUmbrella to kick you out of the recovery mode.