Hi guys, David and David here from Payette Forward, and in this video, we're going to
show you put an iPhone 8, 8 Plus, or X into DFU mode and perform a DFU restore.
DFU stands for device firmware update, and it's the most used software repair trick by
Apple techs.
If there is a software problem with your iPhone, the DFU restore will fix it.
We recommend this step all the time in most of our videos.
You probably came here from one of those videos, so welcome.
Here you are!
So first step when we're going to put an iPhone into DFU mode is we have to plug it into a
computer.
You can't do it if it's not plugged in.
So I'll connect this end of the lightning cable to the phone. This end, the USB — I need
to use one of these fancy adapters because I have one of these new MacBooks that doesn't
have a USB port, or at least not the regular one.
Traditional one.
All right, so we're plugged into iTunes.
Now a DFU restore can work whether your iPhone is on or whether it's not on at all, so your
iPhone can actually appear to be completely dead and you can still put it into DFU mode.
What we're gonna have to do is a few different steps.
Yeah.
Sure.
Yeah.
The first thing we're going to do is we're gonna quickly press and hold the volume up
button, volume down button, and then the side button.
Yep.
The screen will go black.
If your iPhone is already off, the Apple logo is going to appear.
Wait for it to appear that disappear again, and that's that's when the screen goes black.
So yeah, we're gonna wait for that to happen.
Yep.
Then as soon as the screen goes black we're going to continue holding the side button
and press down the volume down button.
So now we're holding two buttons together at once for how long?
About five seconds.
Five seconds.
So then after five seconds, we're gonna let go of the side button, and just keep holding
that volume down button.
Don't give up until it appears an iTunes.
Perfect.
So, let's see if I can do it.
Let's do it.
It's a lot easier than we just made it sound.
Okay.
Volume up, volume down, side.
We're just gonna wait for the screen to go black, and then I'm going to press and hold
the volume down button and count to five.
Screen's gone black.
One, two, three, four, five.
Let go of the power button and keep holding that volume down button.
Don't give up... keep holding... watch your computer... keep holding... and iTunes has
detected an iPhone in recovery mode.
First try.
First try!
If your iPhone is in DFU mode, the screen will be black.
If your screen is not black, your iPhone is not in DFU mode.
So let's say that they made a mistake and this isn't happening, what should we do?
Switch to Android!
Okay.
No.
If they make a mistake, just try again.
Try again.
If it doesn't work at first.
Yeah.
Try, try again.
So you could put an iPhone into DFU mode from any state in the United States, or any place
in the world!
It doesn't have to be on.
It can be off.
Just try.
If make a mistake, just go through the steps again and eventually you'll it right.
So we've gotten it right.
We're going to hit OK.
iPhone recovery mode.
Screen is black.
DFU mode: Click "Restore iPhone".
Are you sure you want to restore this iPhone?
Probably you're sold on this by this point.
We're gonna click restore and update.
What your computer will do is ask you things that you should not read.
And then it will download a fresh copy of the iPhone software to your computer, which
could take up to years, depending on... probably not that long.
Probably not.
Yep, 13 minutes remaining here and in 13 minutes it'll go through the whole process of restoring
your iPhone, and you will have a fresh copy of the software on your iPhone and hopefully
you've fixed it!
Yep.
That is how to put an iPhone 8, 8 Plus or X into DFU mode and perform the DFU restore.
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