Fix – iPhone stuck at pineapple boot screen
Symptom: iPhone won’t boot, hangs at pineapple boot screen
Fix: Put iPhone in DFU mode.
- Launch iTunes
- Connect iPhone to computer via USB cable
- Shut iPhone off (press and hold sleep/power button)
- Reset iPhone by pressing & holding both the power button and home button (Note Screen will be blank)
- Release power button after 10 seconds
iTunes will now recognize the iPhone in DFU mode. It will then give you the option of restoring it.
Restoring an alternative .ips file within iTunes.
- Launch iTunes
- Connect your iPhone
- On the iPhone summary screen press and hold Shift and press Restore.
- You will be given the option of selecting your own .ipsw file.
By default iTunes stores .ipsw files in this folder:
C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorApplication DataApple ComputeriTunesiPhone Software Updates
or
C:Documents and Settings<user account name>Application DataApple ComputeriTunesiPhone Software Updates
Categories: 2.1, boot screen, iPhone, pineapple
boot screen, fix, iPhone, pineapple, stuck
AMAZN
WORKS!!!
this is totaly the most awsome thng i thought i was sunk but man it worked
this isn’t working for me on os 3.0, pwned. also no ssh is possible, no usb detection, nothing.
any idea?
Are you using a Mac or an Intel machine? If you are running Max OS X make sure you are fully patched up to version 10.5.7 update or higher. OS X 10.5.6 had issues with allowing iTunes to go into DFU mode.
thanks a lot mate…..i was actually considering a new iphone
but it worked yay
okay question….how am i supposed to turn it off when the damn thing is stuck on the pineapple? also it wont connect to itunes because of this…..
If the iPhone is stuck at the pineapple boot screen you use the same method you normally would to turn it off (Press and hold the power button in the upper right corner). Step 4 listed above is the actual method you’ll need to use for shutting the iPhone off and allowing iTunes to see it in DFU mode.
Regarding your second question iTunes will not recognize your iPhone until you restore it to a previously saved backup. Once you have restored your iPhone it will be once again recognizable in iTunes.
Give it another shot and let me know how you fair.
I have the pinneapple loop issue as well, however, I cannot turn my iphone off. No amount of sleep+home button shuts the iphone off. Because of this, I cannot enter DFU mode. Any ideas?
Pressing the sleep+home button resets the iphone and does not shut it off. Pressing and holding only the sleep button will shut it off.
Phew those where the scariest 45 minutes of my life,
thanks guys! fixed it!
I got mine to work thanks alot =), if step 3 on the first method doesn’t work for you
then you can shut the iphone off by holding both the sleep and home buttons untill the iphone turns off, then you just go to step 4 as directed.
Thanks.. Just got an iphone from an insurance guy who is supposed to throw them away and this trick worked for it