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[Free] Put iPhone in Recovery Mode Without Home Button

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Though Apple has ditched the home button for their iPhone 15/14/13/12/11/X, there are still many people using iPhone in older model like iPhone 4/5/5s/6/6s.

When try to make an update/restoration with iTunes, iPhone users may find it hard to get into the recovery mode, especially those whose home button is broken on their older iPhone models.

In this post, we will introduce the best free tool with which you can put iPhone in recovery mode without home button. Let's get started.

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In this article:

Part 1: Put iPhone in Recovery Mode Without Home Button for Free

Putting iPhone into recovery mode is quite easy. But if you don't follow each step correctly, it's possible that your iPhone won't enter recovery mode.

But no worries, as this iMyFone Fixppo supports to enter/exit recovery mode without home button in 1 click for free!

Watch this video to one-click enter recovery mode for free:

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As you can see that it's quite easy to get iPhone into recovery mode when your home button is broken. You can also follow the steps here to see how to put your iphone 4/4s/5/5s/6/6 plus/6s/6s plus in recovery mode without home button:

1 How to Enter Recovery Mode Without Home Button in 1 Click

Step 1: Download the software to your computer and connect your iPhone with home button to it.

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Step 2: From the Recovery Mode for Free tab, hit the Enter button directly.

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Step 3: In a few seconds, your iPhone will restart itself, and you can see that your iPhone has entered the recovery mode successfully, without using the home button!

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You can also hit the "Quit" button to exit the recovery mode if you like. Totally FREE!

See? That's how to put iPhone 5/5s/6 and other iPhone models without home button in recovery mode with 1 simple click. What are you waiting for? Download Fixppo and go put your iPhone in recovery mode right now!

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2 How to Fix iOS Issues to Make iPhone Enter Recovery Mode Without Home Button

If your iPhone can't be detected the time you connect it to the computer and try to enter the recovery mode, it may suggest that there are iOS bugs with your iPhone that need to be fixed before trying to enter the recovery mode.

And the iOS System Repair Software here is your best choice as well. Being able to fix 150+ iOS/iPadOS problems, it can fix your iDevices to remove the software glitches while retainning all data!

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iOS System Recovery Tool:

If you can't put iPhone into recovery mode with/without home button, try to troubleshoot yoour iOS system first by following steps here:

Step 1: Choose Standard Mode and connect your iPhone to the Win/Mac.

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Step 2: When your iPhone gets detected, you can reach this screen and please click the Download button to get thr firmware file for your iPhone. If not, follow to put your iPhone into DFU mode first.

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Step 3: When everything is ready, click the Start Standard Repair, which prompts the software to begin fixing iPhone in a few minutes.

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It should be clear about how to enter recovery mode without home button for iPhone 4/5/6 and more iPhone models by using Fixppo now.

In the meantime, you can fix your iPhone problems in case the iPhone not entering recovery mode problem is caused by the buggy iOS system. With its high efficiency, Fixppo is you go-to, try it now!

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Part 2: How to Enter Recovery Mode with Broken Home Button Manually?

If your home button is broken but it is still working, or if you don't want to install the above program on your computer, then you can manually put it in recovery mode with the following steps.

For iPhone 8/X/11/12/13/14/15:
  • Quickly press the Volume Up and then the Volume Down button.
  • Now, go press the Side button until you see the 'connect to PC' logo, which shows up after the Apple logo.
For iPhone 7/7 Plus:
  • Quickly press and hold the Volume Down and then the Side button.
  • Keep holding and don't let go when the Apple logo appears, move on to release the buttons when the 'connect to iTunes' or 'connect to PC' logo display on the screen.
For iPhone 4/5/6/6s to enter recovery mode:
  • Go hold the Home and the Side button together.
  • Keep holding and remove your fingers when the corresponding logo shows up on the screen.

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Part 3: Hot FAQs about iPhone Recovery Mode

1 How to put iPhone in recovery mode when home button is broken?

When your home button is broken and you want to enter recovery mode on iPhone, the easiest way is by trying Fixppo, the tool that makes you able to even put disabled iphone in recovery mode without home button.

2 Will recovery mode erase everything iPhone?

It depends. When you try to use iTunes to restore your iPhone via entering recovery mode, then this mode will erase everything on your iPhone. It trying third-party tool to update or restore your iPhone via recovery mode, you won't lose any data.

2 How long does iPhone stay in recovery mode?

If you try to resotre your iPhone in recovery mode, then it should take a relatively long time to recover.

But if you try Fixppo to put iPhone in recovery mode without home button, it can be quite easy and fast even when you try to fix iOS issues.

Conclusion

That's all about how to put iPhone in recovery mode without home button. Hope you can get your 4/5/6/7/8 into recovery mode successfully.

And if you don't want to enter recovery mode manually, trying to Enter/Exit Recovery Mode for Free with Fixppo is highly reconneded! Go get this free tool now!

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