Recovering your iPhone from Safe Mode

18 Jun 2009 27 Comments

I didn’t know that Jailbroken iPhones had a Safe Mode for when SpringBoard crashes, but the other day my iPhone suddenly restarted and presented me with these screens:

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When in Safe Mode certain functions are disabled, but you can easily restore your iPhone to normal Operational Mode by either:

Tapping the Restart button in the Safe Mode Notification Dialog

… or:

By holding down the Sleep / Wake Button for a few seconds, dragging your finger along the “slide to power off” slider, waiting until the iPhone turns off, then pressing the Sleep / Wake Button for a few seconds until it turns on again.

 

Related posts:

  1. Putting an iPhone into DFU or Recovery Mode with iTunes 8.2
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  3. Re-enable DFU mode detection in Mac OS X 10.5.6
  4. Enabling iPhone Tethering and MMS with MTN or Vodacom in South Africa
  5. Getting an iPhone out of the Recovery Mode Loop
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27 Responses to “Recovering your iPhone from Safe Mode”

  1. Gerilynn Reply 20 Sep 2009 at 06:01

    I tried both ways and nothing works it is still showing the sad face on the lock screen. what else can i do?

  2. willem Reply 26 Sep 2009 at 12:51

    Hi Gerilynn

    You could also try resetting the device: Hold down the Sleep / Wake and Home buttons until the iPhone restarts.

    If that doesn’t solve the problem you may have to reinstall the iPhone’s software (if you’re going to Jailbreak and Unlock it again, I recommend that you use PwnageTool as detailed here).

  3. iphoneuser Reply 25 Jan 2010 at 04:50

    In order to get out of safe mode, you need to remove the last thing that you downloaded or any software that has expired due to end of trial period. In my case, i signed up for ANYRING to download ringtones, but end of the trial period, my phone automatically turned on the safe mode. My phone went back to normal mode after i deleted it.

  4. G Reply 27 Jan 2010 at 03:15

    iphoneuser: Thank you very much for your tip about expired software. I scoured the internet trying to solve my constant safe mode issue, and your post gave me the answer.

    I could not figure out why (apparently out of the blue)the phone reverted to safe mode. I knew I hadn’t installed any new software lately. Expired trial software didn’t cross my mind at all.

    Thanks again,
    G

  5. Hakima Reply 27 Jan 2010 at 20:53

    Thank you so much iphoneuser, you right about the experied software. I look every where in the internet to solve this problem, and it was the ANYRING software. I remover it and my iphone work perfect. THank you again.

  6. Zabu Reply 29 Jan 2010 at 13:11

    Iphoneuser <–

    thanks soooooo flippin much man !!! im still new to it yet …and i was shyting my loads man , i was like nooo i gota restore it etc , luckily i also had ANYRING which expires today !! went to cydia got rid of it restarted springboard and yaayyy !!! thanks s lottt broo !!

  7. BURDA Reply 29 Jan 2010 at 19:11

    My ANY RING expired like 4 days ago? and has been in SAFE MODE ever scince… how do i delete ANY RING? im still new to most of the jailbreak iphone..

  8. Demonwolf Reply 01 Feb 2010 at 21:37

    Thanx alot iphoneuser. My honey is working again;)

  9. Stephanie Reply 03 Feb 2010 at 06:38

    My phone went into safe mode a couple hours after i tried downloading backgrounder from cydia. I restarted and got it out of safe mode but my phone won’t connect to the internet unless it’s wifi. What do I do? My phone never actually downloaded backgrounder so I can’t even remove it to fix the problem. Help! I also have Tmobile if that means anything.

  10. eXperience Reply 05 Feb 2010 at 13:52

    Friends thnx very much … i really preciate the fact that you helped me !!! :D :D :D

  11. Luftim Reply 06 Feb 2010 at 00:06

    You must delete It (any ring) from Cydia, and Your Iphone will exit Safe Mode, and will works normaly.

  12. Nofar Reply 09 Feb 2010 at 16:18

    How do I delete the ANyRing APP ?

    I can’t seem to get into Cydia – it crashes everytime
    I’m running both Cydia and Rock APP to downloads stuff – Rock works great but AnyRing is not there and I can’t uninstall it..

    Again – for some reason i can’t get into Cydia

    Any other solutions for this? I’m so tired of the “safe mode” thingy..

    Thanks!

  13. Patty Reply 09 Feb 2010 at 18:00

    Thanks so much – yes – it was the expired anyring-app! I was really desperate – until I found your solution!

  14. milan baros Reply 12 Feb 2010 at 18:59

    ThnQ iphoneuser!!!

    i had ANYRING on my iphone, and my iphone chrash.
    i removed anyring and problem solved!!!!
    love you bro..

  15. CanteK Reply 14 Feb 2010 at 10:21

    YeY YeY…thank u so much iphoneuser..,my iphone works perfectly in normal mode after i removed anyrings…thanks babe

  16. msr Reply 15 Feb 2010 at 15:05

    thanks u sooooooooooo much iphoneuser, my iphone works perfectly after removing anyrings

  17. aliwa Reply 22 Feb 2010 at 13:20

    thanks a lot iphoneuser, my iphone works after removing anyrings

  18. Never fear..........RAJ is here.............. Reply 24 Feb 2010 at 15:48

    thank you boss. i also struggle with same problem. after uninstall ANYRING it come to normal.

  19. ramy Reply 25 Feb 2010 at 12:27

    yes, i did the same.
    it was coz of ANY RING software.
    iphone worked agian after removing it

  20. Lils Reply 24 Mar 2010 at 19:23

    iphoneuser……you are a F’n GENIUS…. May you live long…

  21. von Reply 20 Jun 2010 at 19:42

    iphoneuser,,,, u safe my life !!! it really really work ! thank ya !

  22. steve Reply 14 Jul 2010 at 18:04

    3GS IOS 4 jailbroken and ultrasn0w for unlock. after i rebooted i kept entering safe mode. i upgraded winterboard and it did not go in safe mode anymore :)

  23. andddy Reply 28 Jul 2010 at 02:26

    dude iphoneuser tyvm. saved me from rejb’ing my phone. i dl’ed something that only worked for 3.6 and i have 4.0. fixed everything!

  24. sameer Reply 15 Aug 2010 at 15:33

    thanks.. it was the Smartdialer that was causing the loop after the trial period expired.

  25. Kenny Reply 19 Aug 2010 at 08:42

    Thanks, this helped a lot. Exit Safe Mode thing kept popping up and didn’t know what to do and i did what you said, i deleted the last thing i downloaded from cydia and it worked again :D

  26. uzair Reply 20 Aug 2010 at 03:40

    hi,, my iphone suddenly showed just the apple sign and did not start so what should i do to restore my settings because i tunes wont read the phone so i cannot restore ..please suggest something

  27. moe Reply 25 Aug 2010 at 00:56

    if your stuck on safe mode and cannot get out ,remove Mobile substate. it worked for me when nothing else did.

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