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Current version by: oldturkey03 (vote details)

Title:

iPad Stuck in DFU Mode

Text:

I am trying to revive an iPad 5th gen wifi/cellular. Screen is black but when I connect to computer it is recognized as being in DFU mode by both 3utools and iTunes. Trying to restore on 3utools gives an error “ERROR: Unable to load RestoreRamDisk” and does not do anything. In iTunes when I restore it turns on with the apple logo and goes through the entire restore process, but when it is finished it goes right back to black screen and iTunes picks it up as being in recovery mode. Any suggestions?

Device:

iPad 5 LTE

Status:

open

Accepted Answer:

+657606

Original post by: Robert Reich

Title:

iPad Stuck in DFU Mode

Text:

I am trying to revive an iPad 5th gen wifi/cellular. Screen is black but when I connect to computer it is recognized as being in DFU mode by both 3utools and iTunes. Trying to restore on 3utools gives an error “ERROR: Unable to load RestoreRamDisk” and does not do anything. In iTunes when I restore it turns on with the apple logo and goes through the entire restore process, but when it is finished it goes right back to black screen and iTunes picks it up as being in recovery mode. Any suggestions?

Device:

iPad 5 LTE

Status:

open