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:
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.
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Gerilynn
September 20th, 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?
willem
September 26th, 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).
iphoneuser
January 25th, 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.
G
January 27th, 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
Hakima
January 27th, 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.
Zabu
January 29th, 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 !!
BURDA
January 29th, 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..
Demonwolf
February 1st, 2010 at 21:37
Thanx alot iphoneuser. My honey is working again;)
Stephanie
February 3rd, 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.
eXperience
February 5th, 2010 at 13:52
Friends thnx very much … i really preciate the fact that you helped me !!!
:D 
Luftim
February 6th, 2010 at 00:06
You must delete It (any ring) from Cydia, and Your Iphone will exit Safe Mode, and will works normaly.
Nofar
February 9th, 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!
Patty
February 9th, 2010 at 18:00
Thanks so much - yes - it was the expired anyring-app! I was really desperate - until I found your solution!
milan baros
February 12th, 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..
CanteK
February 14th, 2010 at 10:21
YeY YeY…thank u so much iphoneuser..,my iphone works perfectly in normal mode after i removed anyrings…thanks babe
msr
February 15th, 2010 at 15:05
thanks u sooooooooooo much iphoneuser, my iphone works perfectly after removing anyrings
aliwa
February 22nd, 2010 at 13:20
thanks a lot iphoneuser, my iphone works after removing anyrings
Never fear..........RAJ is here..............
February 24th, 2010 at 15:48
thank you boss. i also struggle with same problem. after uninstall ANYRING it come to normal.
ramy
February 25th, 2010 at 12:27
yes, i did the same.
it was coz of ANY RING software.
iphone worked agian after removing it