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A DFU loop only happens when you've put your iPhone into [[DFU|True hHardware DFU Mode]]. Sometimes during the restore with your messed-up [[IPSW]], [[iTunes]] will error out with an [[iTunes Errors|Error 31]]. This indicates that your device is in [[DFU|True Hardware DFU Mode]]. This mode can't be exited. You're in a DFU loop. Any time you try to reboot the device, it goes right back into [[DFU]] mode. Only solution is to restore a working [[IPSW]].
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A [[DFU]] loop only happens when you've put your device into [[DFU Mode]] (by hardware). Sometimes during the restore with your messed-up [[IPSW File Format|IPSW]], [[iTunes]] will return error 31. This indicates that your device is in [[DFU Mode]] and cannot be exited, even after attempting to reboot. This is what's referred to as a DFU loop. The only solution is to restore a working firmware.

Latest revision as of 07:28, 24 August 2011

A DFU loop only happens when you've put your device into DFU Mode (by hardware). Sometimes during the restore with your messed-up IPSW, iTunes will return error 31. This indicates that your device is in DFU Mode and cannot be exited, even after attempting to reboot. This is what's referred to as a DFU loop. The only solution is to restore a working firmware.