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iPhone or Android Stuck in a Bootloop After an iOS or OTA Update With Unbacked-Up Photos (DFU vs. Recovery Mode, Update Without Erase, and Error 14 Full Storage)

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Waking up after an overnight iOS or Android Over-The-Air (OTA) software update to find your phone trapped in an endless reboot cycle, flashing the Apple logo, Google G, or Samsung Galaxy splash screen every 15 to 90 seconds before blacking out, is a severe data emergency when years of unbacked-up family photos, videos, or legal records live solely on the internal NAND flash chip. Modern smartphones use hardware-enforced File-Based Encryption (FBE on Android using fscrypt and Data Protection Class keys on iOS paired with the hardware Secure Enclave / . Titan M2 / . Knox Vault coprocessor). No repair shop can unsolder your storage chip and read it inside an external reader without your living motherboard and unlocking passcode.

However, a post-update bootloop almost never means your encrypted user data partition (/dev/disk0s1s2 on iOS or /data on Android) has been erased. Instead, the operating system failed mid-migration because the storage volume had zero free scratch blocks to unpack the new system snapshot, causing iTunes or Finder to throw Error 14, Error 1110, Error 9, or Error 4013, or causing Android Recovery to drop into a Cannot load Android system. Your data may be corrupt prompt where clicking Restore oba ** .Factory data reset** permanently destroys the cryptographic keys protecting your photos. If your phone also has water damage or a cracked display, consult broken or water-damaged phone recovery era iOS iPhone frozen, black screen, and recovery mode. If you face an immediate physical or medical emergency while your primary phone is bricked, borrow a nearby handset to call your local emergency number (911 mu Amerika ne Canada, . 112 okwetoloola omukago gwa Bulaaya, . 999 mu Bungereza) oba kebera ku dayirekita yaffe eya ennamba z’amangu.

Kino kikole kati

  1. DO NOT click "Restore iPhone" in Finder or iTunes, and DO NOT select "Wipe data/factory reset" in Android Recovery: Clicking Restore or Factory data reset issues an immediate cryptographic key obliteration command (effaceable-storage wipe on iOS or metadata key destruction on Android) that renders every unbacked-up photo and video mathematically unrecoverable in under two seconds.
  2. Disconnect the phone from power if it is hot, let it cool to room temperature (20 degrees Celsius / 68 degrees Fahrenheit), and time the bootloop cycle:
  3. 5-second instant flash loop: Indicates a depleted battery unable to sustain the peak 2.5A current draw of kernel initialization, or a shorted front proximity sensor flex cable (flood illuminator on Face ID iPhones). Charge the phone on a 5V / 1A (5W) USB-A brick for 45 minutes before attempting software recovery.
  4. 45-to-120-second slow loop: Indicates the bootloader (iBoot oba ABL) loads the kernel, mounts the APFS oba ext4/ .f2fs root volume, and crashes during user-space migration (DataMigrator choking on 0 bytes of free space). This is the Full Storage Update Bootloop (Error 14 / . Error 1110), and your photos remain intact inside the encrypted user partition.
  5. Never put a bootlooping iPhone into DFU Mode (Black Screen) when trying to save data; use Recovery Mode (Cable-to-Laptop Screen) instead:
  6. Lwaki DFU Mode is a trap: Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU) mode bypasses iBoot and drops to the raw SecureROM bootrom level. Standard Apple Finder and iTunes workflows from DFU mode force a full partition erase (Restore) and cannot execute an in-place Update (Retain User Data).
  7. Lwaki Recovery Mode is required: In Recovery Mode (showing a charging cable pointing toward a laptop), iBoot is active and allows an in-place Update that overwrites only the system OS partition while leaving your /private/var user photo volume untouched.
  8. Use a direct USB-A to Lightning oba USB-A to USB-C data cable plugged into a rear motherboard port on a desktop PC or Mac: Do not use USB-C to Lightning fast-charge cables during firmware flashing (Error 4013 and mid-flash drops frequently occur over USB Power Delivery negotiation handshakes). Never connect through a USB hub.
  9. If Finder or iTunes has already thrown Error 1110 oba Error 14, stop repeating standard iTunes "Update": When an iPhone throws Error 1110 oba ** .Error 14**, the phone has zero free blocks left to complete the APFS snapshot merge. Running standard iTunes Update repeatedly risks corrupting the APFS B-tree catalog. Switch immediately to 3uTools (Smart Flash -> Retain User's Data with the latest signed IPSW) or Apple's latest Apple Devices / macOS Finder build.
  10. Check iCloud.com era photos.google.com from a separate computer before assuming your photos are gone: Roughly 30 percent of users discover that a partial background sync occurred over Wi-Fi while the phone was sitting on the charger during the initial OTA download before the reboot began.

Danger

The One-Chance Rule for Full-Storage Bootloops (Error 14 / . Error 1110): When an iPhone or Android device runs out of storage mid-update, the filesystem is frozen in a half-migrated state with both the old OS tables and the temporary unpacked update staging files occupying 100 percent of the NAND flash blocks. You usually get one or two clean attempts to flash a full firmware image in Retain User Data mode before the flash controller exhausts its remaining spare blocks or corrupts the volume header. Follow the exact cable, power, and IPSW preparation steps below before clicking a single button.


Decision tree: diagnosing and rescuing a post-update bootloop without wiping data

Use this engineering triage flowchart to identify the exact failure state of your phone and choose the non-destructive recovery path:

flowchart TD
    Start["Phone Stuck on Boot Logo or Reboot Loop After iOS / Android OTA Update"] --> CheckOS{"Which Operating System Is the Phone Running?"}

    CheckOS -->|"Apple iPhone / iPad (iOS / iPadOS)"| LoopSpeed{"How Fast Does the Apple Logo Reboot?"}

    LoopSpeed -->|"Flashes Every 3 to 8 Seconds OR Dies When Unplugged"| HardwareCheck["Battery Voltage Drop or Shorted Earpiece / Proximity Sensor Flex: Charge 45 Min on 5W Brick OR Disconnect Top Sensor Flex"]

    LoopSpeed -->|"Asigala ku Apple Logo okumala Seconds 45 ku 180, Olwo Reboots"| EnterRec["Enter Recovery Mode: Connect to Computer, Press Vol Up, Vol Down, Hold Side Button Until Cable-to-Laptop Screen Appears"]

    EnterRec --> StorageCause{"Was the Phone Near Full Storage (Within 1 to 5 GB) Before the Update?"}

    StorageCause -->|"NO: Plenty of Free Space"| FinderUpdate["Mu Finder / Apple Devices / iTunes: Nywa ku 'Update' (NEVER 'Restore') Okuddamu Okuteeka iOS System Partition Mu Kifo"]

    StorageCause -->|"YES: Storage Full OR Finder Threw Error 14 / Error 1110"| FixError14["STOP Standard iTunes Retry: Download Latest Signed IPSW Locally and Use 3uTools 'Smart Flash: Retain User Data'"]

    CheckOS -->|"Android (Samsung Galaxy, Google Pixel, Xiaomi, OnePlus)"| AndroidMenu{"Can You Boot Into 'Android Recovery' or 'Safe Mode'?"}

    AndroidMenu -->|"Shows 'Cannot load Android system: Try again / Factory data reset'"| TryAgainOnly["Select 'Try again' ONLY (Never Select Factory Data Reset) and Hold Vol Down During Boot to Force Android 'Safe Mode'"]

    AndroidMenu -->|"Samsung Galaxy Stuck on Logo After One UI OTA"| SamsungHomeCSC["Boot to Odin Download Mode and Flash Official 4-File Firmware Using 'HOME_CSC' (NEVER 'CSC_***')"]

    AndroidMenu -->|"Google Pixel Stuck After OTA"| PixelRescue["Boot to Recovery Mode, Select 'Apply update from ADB', and Sideload Full Official Google OTA Zip via 'adb sideload'"]

Phase 1: Why updates cause bootloops and why your photos are still inside

When you tap "Install Now" or allow an overnight automatic update on iOS or Android, the operating system does not simply copy a few files like a desktop PC. Understanding the storage architecture explains why the phone crashes and how to save it.

1. The anatomy of an iOS APFS System Snapshot and User Data split (iOS 15 okuyita mu iOS 18+) .

Modern iPhones format their internal NVMe NAND flash using Apple File System (APFS) divided into logical volumes sharing a single storage container pool: - The Sealed System Volume (/dev/disk0s1s1): Contains the core iOS operating system, cryptographically sealed with a SHA-256 Merkle tree (Signed System Volume / . SSV). - The User Data Volume (/dev/disk0s1s2 mounted at /private/var): Contains your camera roll (DCIM), SQLite databases (sms.db, . Photos.sqlite), WhatsApp history, and app containers, protected by hardware encryption tied to your passcode and the Secure Enclave. - Lwaki Error 14 era Error 1110 happen: Because both volumes share the same physical APFS container free-space pool, if your 128 GB or 256 GB iPhone had 127.4 GB of photos and cached apps (System Data), the OTA updater often miscalculates the free space required for step two of the reboot: running the post-upgrade database migrator (DataMigrator). Midway through upgrading your Photos.sqlite database and system keychains to the new iOS schema, the APFS allocator hits ENOSPC (No space left on device, . 0 free blocks). The kernel panics, reboots, attempts to resume the migration, hits 0 free blocks again, and traps the phone in an infinite 90-second bootloop.

2. The anatomy of Android Virtual A/B Dual-Slot Updates vs. Legacy Recovery OTA updates

Android phones use one of two update architectures: - Google Pixel, Motorola, OnePlus, Xiaomi (Virtual A/B Dual-Slot Updates): Essimu ekuuma ebifo bibiri eby’enkola (Slot A era Slot B) nga kwogasse n’Okukoppa-ku-Wandiika (COW) ebifaananyi ebiterekeddwa munda /data/gsi/ota. If the update to Slot B eremererwa okutandika emirundi 3 ku 7 egy'omuddiring'anwa, eya bootloader boot_control HAL ekoleddwa okudda mu kukola Slot A. Kyokka, singa /data yaggwaamu ekifo mu kiseera ky’... snapuserd Copy-on-Write okugatta oluvannyuma lw'okusooka okutandika, oba singa dm-verity detects a corrupted block, the phone freezes on the boot animation or drops to the Cannot load Android system lutimbe. - Samsung Galaxy Models (One UI Partition Migrations): The phone reboots into the recovery kernel to patch /system, . /vendor, era /product directly, then boots into Android to run dex2oat (Optimizing apps) and database migrations. If the battery dips or storage fills up during Optimizing apps, the system crashes into a loop.

3. Recovery Mode vs. DFU Mode vs. Normal Boot

Boot State What Is Displayed on Screen Bootloader Stage Running Can It Update Without Erasing Photos? When to Use It
Normal Bootloop Apple logo, Google G, or Samsung logo appears for 10 to 120 seconds, turns black, and repeats. iBoot / . ABL -> Kernel -> crashes during user-space mount. No (USB stack resets every 60 seconds). Never leave the phone looping here; it heats the CPU and drains the battery.
Recovery Mode (iBoot / . Android Recovery) iPhone: Charging cable pointing at a laptop (support.apple.com/iphone/restore).
Android: Green robot or text menu (Try again, . Apply update from ADB).
iBoot (iOS) or recovery.img ramdisk (Android). Stable USB connection for 15 minutes. YES (100% Capable). Supports in-place Update, Retain User Data flashing, and adb sideload / . HOME_CSC flashing. Bulijjo sooka okozese mode eno buli lw'otaasa ebifaananyi ebitaliiko backup okuva mu software bootloop.
DFU Mode (iOS Device Firmware Upgrade) Completely black screen (backlight is 100% off, but computer chimes on USB connection). SecureROM (Hardware BootROM burned into the Apple silicon). DANGEROUS: Standard iTunes and Finder force a full factory erase (Restore) okuva mu mbeera ya DFU. Kozesa yokka singa iBoot eyonoonese era essimu egaana okulaga screen ya cable ya Recovery Mode.
Samsung Odin Download Mode ** Teal oba blue screen nga eriko akasaale akasoma wansi Downloading... Do not turn off target. Samsung S-Boot / . LK Enkola ya Download Mode (LOKE). YES, provided you load HOME_CSC (era never eya bulijjo CSC file) in the Odin CSC ekifo. Kozesa ku Samsung Galaxy yonna ekwatiddwa mu bootloop oluvannyuma lwa a One UI update.

Phase 2: Step-by-step iPhone photo rescue (Recovery Mode, . Error 14 / 1110, era 3uTools Retain User Data) .

If your iPhone is stuck on the Apple logo or rebooting after an iOS update, follow these steps in strict order.

Step 1: Force the iPhone out of the loop and into Recovery Mode (Not DFU)

  1. Unplug the iPhone from the computer first, wait 5 seconds, and plug the iPhone into your Mac or Windows PC using a reliable USB-A to Lightning oba USB-A to USB-C cable.
  2. Execute the button sequence for your exact iPhone model while the cable is plugged in:
  3. ** iPhone 8 okuyita mu iPhone 17 era iPhone SE (2nd/3rd Gen): Press and quickly release Volume Up, press and quickly release Volume Down, then press and keep holding the Side (Power) button firmly. Do not let go when the Apple logo appears. Keep holding it (15 to 25 seconds) until the screen switches to the cable pointing to a laptop graphic (Recovery Mode), then release.
  4. ** iPhone 7 era iPhone 7 Plus: Press and hold both the Side (Power) button and the Volume Down button together until the cable-to-laptop screen appears.
  5. ** iPhone 6s, . iPhone SE (1st Gen), and older: Press and hold both the Home button and the Side/Top button together until the cable-to-laptop screen appears.
  6. Check if the phone simply needed a kick out of a stuck nvram bendera ya boot:
  7. Occasionally, an iPhone finishes installing the update properly, but its auto-boot NVRAM flag stays set to false.
  8. Before flashing anything, open 3uTools (Windows/Mac) or irecovery (irecovery -n). If the tool detects the phone in Recovery Mode, click Exit Recovery Mode once.
  9. If the phone boots to your lock screen, unlock it and immediately turn on Airplane Mode, then delete 5 to 10 GB of large apps (Settings -> General -> iPhone Storage) before backing up your photos over USB. If it falls back into the Apple logo bootloop, proceed to Step 2.

Omutendera 2: Okulonda wakati wa Finder / Apple Devices "Update" vs. 3uTools "Retain User's Data"

Case A: You had plenty of free space (10 GB+ free) before the update

  1. Open Finder (macOS Catalina 10.15+) or the official Apple Devices app / iTunes (Windows 10/11).
  2. When the dialog box reads "There is a problem with the iPhone that requires it to be updated or restored," click "Update" (kakasa nti onyiga Update and NOT Restore).
  3. Wait while your computer downloads the 7 GB to 9 GB .ipsw firmware package. If the download takes longer than 15 minutes, the iPhone's iBoot watchdog timer will exit Recovery Mode and start bootlooping again. Let the download finish in the background, then repeat Step 1 to put the iPhone back into Recovery Mode and click Update again.

Case B: Your iPhone storage was nearly full, OR Finder/iTunes threw Error 14 oba Error 1110

If your iPhone warned "iPhone Storage Full" before the update, or if clicking Update failed halfway through the progress bar with Error (14) oba ** .(1110)**:

  1. Understand what Error 14 era Error 1110 mean:
  2. ** Error 1110: Explicitly means NAND out of space during APFS volume update / migration.
  3. ** Error 14: Kiraga firmware truncation mid-write etandikiddwawo nga ramdisk tries to expand system files onto a 99.9 percent full NAND chip.
  4. Lwaki okumasamasa iOS point-release EMPPYA .ipsw via 3uTools (Retain User's Data) succeeds where iTunes fails:
  5. Standard iTunes Update sends a generic recovery command that stumbles over leftover OTA staging cache files in /private/var/MobileSoftwareUpdate.
  6. Using 3uTools (Smart Flash) with Retain User's Data selected passes the -u (upgrade) parameter to idevicerestore while clearing stale temporary update caches and installing the newest signed iOS build whose updated DataMigrator binary includes Apple's compact in-place migration fix.
  7. Exact 3uTools Retain User's Data Rescue Procedure (Windows / macOS):
  8. Install 3uTools (3u.com) and verify official Apple Mobile Device Support drivers are installed.
  9. Connect the iPhone in Recovery Mode (cable-to-laptop screen) using a rear motherboard USB-A port and an original USB-A to Lightning / USB-C cable.
  10. Click the Smart Flash tab at the top of 3uTools and select the latest signed stable iOS version under Available Firmwares (or a newer signed RC/Beta build if available, as upward schema migrations succeed more reliably than same-version re-flashes).
  11. Click Download and wait until the .ipsw file shows Downloaded / Verified 100% locally before proceeding.
  12. At the bottom of the window, inspect the three radio buttons: Quick Flash Mode (Wipes data), Retain User's Data (SELECT THIS ONE), and Anti-Recovery Flash (Wipes data).
  13. Double-check that the checkmark is on Retain User's Data, click Flash, and confirm in the popup that it will keep user data.
  14. Do not touch the cable or phone while the progress bar passes through Extracting Firmware -> Sending RestoreRamDisk -> Updating FileSystem -> Verifying Restore (12 to 25 minutes).
  15. When the phone boots to Swipe up to recover and prompts for your 6-digit Passcode, enter your passcode and let Attempting data recovery... complete.
  16. CRITICAL POST-BOOT STEP: The moment you reach your Home Screen, turn on Airplane Mode so iCloud, WhatsApp, and Mail do not download new messages and fill the remaining 50 MB of storage, which would cause a second bootloop. Go to Settings -> General -> iPhone Storage, delete or offload 5 to 15 GB of large apps (Spotify, YouTube, Instagram, games) to free space in the APFS container, then copy your photos off via USB immediately.

Phase 3: Rescuing the "Fake Software Bootloop" on iPhone X through iPhone 16 (Earpiece / Proximity Sensor Flex Short & Error 4013) .

What if your iPhone reboots every 5 to 15 seconds on the Apple logo, or fails in Finder or 3uTools at 19% (Waiting for iPhone) with Error 4013?

  1. The Face ID Earpiece and Proximity Sensor Flex Short (iPhone X okuyita mu iPhone 14):
  2. Inside the top bezel of your iPhone screen sits a ribbon cable containing the earpiece speaker, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, and Face ID flood illuminator.
  3. Over time, moisture from rain, sweat during calls, or humid bathrooms seeps through the top acoustic mesh grille and corrodes the I2C communication line on the proximity and flood illuminator sensor.
  4. During the early seconds of booting iOS, the kernel queries every peripheral on the I2C bus. When the corroded top sensor flex pulls the I2C clock or data line low, the kernel hangs, watchdogs out, and reboots the phone on the Apple logo (or throws Error 4013 during a Recovery Mode update).
  5. How a 5-minute hardware disconnect saves 100% of your photos with zero soldering:
  6. If your iPhone fails with Error 4013 after trying a known-good USB-A cable, or if it loops every 5 to 10 seconds before reaching the slow migration phase, take the phone to an independent repair technician and give them this instruction: > "Do NOT wipe or restore my phone. Please open the display, temporarily disconnect ONLY the top earpiece and proximity sensor flex cable from the logic board, and press the power button to test if it boots to the lock screen."
  7. Unplugging that single corroded top ribbon cable allows the iPhone to boot straight to the lock screen in 20 seconds with every photo and video intact. Unlock with your 6-digit passcode and back up all your photos immediately.

Phase 4: Step-by-step Android photo rescue (Safe Mode, Samsung Odin HOME_CSC, and Google Pixel ADB Sideload) .

Method 1: Escaping the Android "Cannot load Android system. Your data may be corrupt" Screen

When an Android phone fails to boot 3 times in a row after an update, the bootloader boots into a black recovery screen offering [ Try again ] ne ** .[ Factory data reset ]**. 1. NEVER select Factory data reset: Highlight Try again, press Power, and immediately press and hold Volume Down continuously as soon as the boot logo appears. 2. Holding Volume Down throughout the boot animation forces Android into Safe Mode, which disables third-party launchers, overlays, and corporate MDM profiles that often crash system_server after an OS upgrade. Once on the lock screen in Safe Mode, unlock the phone, connect it to a PC via USB (File Transfer / MTP), copy your DCIM era Pictures folders off immediately, and free up 10 GB of storage space before rebooting normally.

Method 2: Rescuing a Samsung Galaxy Bootloop Using Odin + HOME_CSC (Retains All Photos)

If a Samsung Galaxy (S21 okuyita mu S25, . Z Fold, . Z Flip, oba A-series) is stuck on the SAMSUNG logo after a One UI update: 1. First, enter Samsung Recovery Mode (connect the phone to a PC via USB cable, hold Volume Up + Side Power button) and select Wipe cache partition (making sure you DO NOT select Wipe data/factory reset above it), then select Reboot system now. Wiping /cache deletes zero personal photos and fixes roughly 25 percent of One UI update loops. 2. If wiping /cache does not stop the loop, download the official Samsung firmware package for your exact model and carrier CSC (using Frija oba Bifrost). It extracts into 5 files: BL_, . AP_, . CP_, . CSC_ (WIPES DATA), and HOME_CSC_ (PRESERVES DATA). 3. Enter Samsung Download Mode (Odin Mode) by holding Volume Up + Volume Down while plugging in a PC USB-C cable, then press Volume Up. 4. In Odin3 (v3.14.4), load BL, . AP, era CP into their matching slots, and in the CSC slot SELECT HOME_CSC_...tar.md5 (NEVER load the regular CSC_ file). Verify Re-Partition is unchecked, and click Start. In 6 minutes, your Galaxy will boot to the lock screen with all photos intact.

Method 3: Rescuing a Google Pixel Bootloop via ADB Sideload of the Official Full OTA Image

Google provides full OTA Ebifaananyi by'okutaasa (developers.google.com/android/ota) that fix a post-update bootloop even when the bootloader is locked (OEM Unlocking is OFF) and without wiping /data: 1. Download Ebikozesebwa mu nkola ya Android SDK (adb) and the latest Full OTA .zip file for your exact Pixel model from developers.google.com/android/ota. 2. Boot the Pixel into Fastboot Mode (Power + Volume Down), select Recovery mode, and on the No command screen hold Power, press Volume Up once, and release. 3. Select Apply update from ADB, connect the Pixel to your computer via USB, verify connection with adb devices, and run:

adb sideload ota-image-filename.zip
4. Ddi Install from ADB completed with status 0 alabika, londa ** .Reboot system now**.


Emmeeza y'okujuliza: okuggya koodi z'ensobi za iTunes, Finder, ne 3uTools mu kiseera ky'okuzzaawo bootloop

Error Code Where It Appears True Root Cause Safe Data-Preserving Fix
** Error 1110 ** Finder / iTunes / Apple Devices Confirmed Full Storage Crash (ENOSPC): The APFS container has zero free blocks left to stage the new system migration tables. Do not click Restore. Flash ekipya ekissiddwako omukono .ipsw using 3uTools -> Smart Flash -> Retain User's Data.
** Error 14 ** Finder / iTunes / 3uTools (fails mid-progress bar) Full Storage exhaustion on iOS 14 to 17 during Updating FileSystem, OR an unstable USB connection dropping packets during transfer. 1. Kyusa odde ku mukungu ** .USB-A to Lightning cable** ku mulyango gwa USB ogwa motherboard emabega. 2. Flash ebipya .ipsw via 3uTools Retain User's Data.
** Error 4013 / . Error 4014 ** Finder / iTunes (eremererwa nga bukyali ku... Waiting for iPhone oba 19%) . iPhone yakutuka ku USB bus emabegako RestoreRamDisk essiddwa ku ssimu. Mu 80% ku Face ID iPhones, ekiva ku eshorted top Earpiece / Proximity Sensor flex cable okusika... I2C bbaasi ekka wansi. 1. Gezaako a USB-A cable. 2. Bwe kiba nga ekyasuula 4013, funa omukugu aggulewo screen era ggyamu earpiece eya waggulu ne proximity flex cable, olwo boot oba update.
** Error 9 ** Omunoonya / iTunes Ekyuma kyakutuka wakati mu flash olw'okutya kwa kernel, battery enafu n'egwa wansi 3.5V wansi w'omugugu, oba NAND timeout. Chaagisa essimu ku a 5W chajingi okumala eddakiika 30, kebera omwalo gw’okucaajinga oba teguliimu bbugumu oba gukulukuta, oba kebera obulamu bwa bbaatule.
** Error 75 / . Error 78 ** 3uTools (Sending file system oba Updating NAND) . Ensonga y’emu enkulu nga Apple Error 1110 (Out of NAND storage blocks) oba okumasamasa omukadde .ipsw obutakwatagana n’ebitatuukiridde OTA stub. Wano wefunire ekipya ekiriwo nga kissiddwaako omukono .ipsw (nga mw'otwalidde n'okufulumya obubonero obupya oba Beta/RC eriko omukono singa stable eremererwa) n'okuddamu okudduka Retain User's Data.
** Error 26 / . Error -1 ** Finder / iTunes / Ebikozesebwa mu 3u (80% okutuuka ku 99% wa flash) Modem ya Baseband ey’amasimu (BB) firmware eremereddwa okukakasa (Baseband CPU cold solder joint oba eyonoonese PMIC_BB chip y’amaanyi). Singa essimu eba ne hardware Baseband damage, flashing eremererwa ku 80%. Edduuka eriddaabiriza bboodi lisooke likebere eggaali y’omukka eya Baseband.

Ebibuuzo ebitera okubuuzibwa

Laabu y’okuzzaawo data esobola okutwala chip y’okutereka (NAND) off my boolooping iPhone oba Android motherboard ne nsoma ebifaananyi byange butereevu?

Nedda, si ku iPhone yonna eyakolebwa okuva mu... iPhone 5s (2013) oba essimu yonna ey’omulembe eya Android eyakolebwa okuva olwo Android 7.0+. Buli ssimu ey’omulembe ekozesa enkola ey’okukuuma ensirifu (hardware-backed encryption) ekakatako (eya Apple Enclave ey’obukuumi Ekisumuluzo kya UID oba ekya Android Titan M2 / . Knox Vault mu kifo kino / . TEE ekisumuluzo ekisibiddwa ku hardware nga kigatta wamu ne passcode yo eya lock-screen). Data embisi ewandiikiddwa ku... NAND flash chip ye ddoboozi lya cryptographic eritaliimu makulu nga temuli processor ya njawulo eriko silicon-fused (`SoC`) ne cryptographic coprocessor okuva ku motherboard yo entuufu nga etandika n'okusumulula ebisumuluzo bya File-Based Encryption mu RAM. Ne top forensic labs ziggya ebifaananyi okuva mu masimu agamenyese oba aga bootlooping by... okuddaabiriza motherboard oba okugonjoola bootloop essimu esobole okutandika ku lock screen n’ekkiriza passcode yo.

Lwaki Apple yang'amba ku Genius Bar nti eky'okukola kyokka kwe "Restore" (okusiimuula) iPhone yange ng'erina Error 14 oba Error 1110?

Abakugu mu Apple Retail Store Genius Bar basibiddwa ku nkola enkakali ey’obuyambi obw’omunda n’ebikozesebwa mu kukebera (`AST2` ne Finder) eziwa obutambi bubiri bwokka: Update era Okuzzaawo. Okugatta ku ekyo, ggaranti ya Apple ey’okuddaabiriza eby’amaguzi eya bulijjo egaana mu bulambulukufu obuvunaanyizibwa ku kutereka data ya bakasitoma. Nga Finder eya mutindo Update alemererwa omulundi gumu ne Ensobi 14 oba Ensobi 1110 olw’okuba ekifo we baali batereka essimu kyali kijjudde, script y’omukugu mu dduuka ebalagira okunyiga Okuzzaawo oba okukyusa essimu. Tebakkirizibwa kukozesa bantu ba kusatu okutereka ebirowoozo ebizinga (3uTools Zikuuma Data y'Omukozesa), flash omupya okuyimbulwa-omuntu eyeesimbyewo .ipsw azimba okuyita ku kifo ekikwatiddwa Omusenguzi wa Data, oba ggyamu pulaagi ya shorted I2C proximity sensor flex cable okukuleka okukoppa ebifaananyi byo.

Njawulo ki eri wakati wa DFU Mode ne Recovery Mode, era lwaki obutambi bungi obwa YouTube mu ngeri ey’akabi bugamba abantu okukozesa DFU Mode?

Blogs ezitabalika ez’okugonjoola ebizibu ebya generic zitabula Enkola y'okuzzaawo (nga screen eraga cable ecaajinga ng’esonga ku laptop) nga... Omutindo gwa DFU (Device Firmware Upgrade mode, nga screen eddugavu ddala). Bw’oteeka iPhone mu... Omutindo gwa DFU n’ogiyunga ku Finder oba iTunes, software ya Apple efuuka enzirugavu oba okuggyawo mu kifo Update ekkubo n’okukaka a complete Okuzzaawo iPhone (esangula ebifaananyi byonna ne data y’abakozesa enkalakkalira). Osaanidde bulijjo kozesa Recovery Mode (cable-to-laptop screen) nga ogezaako okukuuma data etaterekeddwa, era okwata ku DFU Mode yokka n’ekintu eky’enjawulo ekikaka mu bulambulukufu Kuuma Data y'Omukozesa bendera nga Recovery Mode yennyini tesobola kuyingizibwa.

Oluvannyuma lw’essimu yange okutandika okutandika oluvannyuma lw’okutereeza bootloop ya full-storage, lwaki wagamba okutandika Airplane Mode amangu ddala nga sinnaba kukola backup y’ebifaananyi byange?

Essimu bw’ewona bulungi okununula bootloop ey’okutereka enzijuvu (Ensobi 14 oba Ensobi 1110), ekitundu kyayo eky'omukozesa kitera okuba n'ekitono okusinga Megabayiti 100 wa kifo eky’eddembe ekisigaddewo. Amangu essimu lw’eyungibwa ku Wi-Fi oba data y’essimu ku screen y’awaka, background daemons (WhatsApp, . iObubaka bwa iMessage, . Mail, . Instagram, . Podcast za Apple, era Okukola index y’amataala agatunuuliddwa) amangu ago tandika okuwanula obubaka obuteekeddwa mu nnyiriri n’okukola database caches. Mu sikonda 90, ebyo ebiwanula emabega bimala fayinolo 100 MB wa ekifo eky’eddembe, ekivaako SpringBoard okugwa n’okusuula essimu yo right back mu bootloop eyookubiri. Okutandika okukola Enkola y'ennyonyi ekyokubiri ky’osumulula screen kiyimiriza data yonna eyingidde osobole okusazaamu mu bukkakkamu apps ennene 5 ku 10 (Ensengeka -> General -> Okutereka iPhone), okusumulula 15 GB wa safe disk space, era okoppa camera roll yo ku computer ku USB cable.


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Ensonda n’obulagirizi obutongole

  • Apple Support Ebiwandiiko Ebitongole ebya Yinginiya (support.apple.com/en-us/118106 & support.apple.com/en-us/108308): Singa iPhone yo esibiddwa ku kabonero ka Apple; iOS Okulongoosa n'okuzzaawo Koodi z'ensobi (Error 9, . Error 14, . Error 4013, . Error 4014, era Error 1110).
  • Ekitabo ky’ebyokwerinda ku mukutu gwa Apple (support.apple.com/guide/security/welcome/web): * .APFS Enzimba y’obuzito, Enkola eriko omukono Volume (SSV), Secure Enclave Key Hierarchy, ne Data Protection Classes Mu kiseera ky'okulongoosa Sofutiweya*.
  • Pulojekiti ya Google Android Open Source (source.android.com/docs/core/ota/virtual_ab) ne Google Pixel Etterekero Entongole ery’Okununula OTA (developers.google.com/android/ota): Okulongoosa mu ngeri ya A/B ey'ebifo bibiri, snapuserd Okuzzaawo Okugatta Okukoppa ku Kuwandiika, n'Ebifaananyi bya OTA Ebijjuvu ku Bootloader Ekubiddwa adb sideload Okununula.
  • libimobiledevice Pulojekiti ey’Ensibuko enzigule (github.com/libimobiledevice/idevicerestore): * .iBoot Enkola y'okudda engulu vs. SecureROM Ebikwata ku nkola ya DFU Mode Protocol ne -u (Update / Retain User Data) Okutuukiriza kwa Ramdisk*.