How "Recovery Mode" can rescue your iPhone
Recovery mode saves the day.
Restoring the iPhone is a troubleshooting lifesaver. It can eliminate virtually all of the known operational errors documented for the iPhone to date. Unfortunately, as we've noted a number of times, restoring sometimes doesn't work. Needless to say, an inability to restore the iPhone can result in user panic, especially if the device won't properly startup (the Apple logo is persistently displayed), is completely frozen or some other serious problem ensues. Problems like this are especially likely to occur if you've been experimenting with hacking your iPhone to add binary applications. Some users have also recently been reporting the error: "iPhone could not be restored. There is not enough memory available." This is where recovery mode comes into play. More...
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