Today we are going to see the steps we have to follow to put our brand new and new iPhone 11, 11 Pro or iPhone 11 Pro Max, in DFU mode, recovery mode or turn it off. And if you are a user who comes from an iPhone prior to the iPhone X, you will have to adapt to being without a home button and this fully affects some of these functions that we have mentioned.
The simple meaning of DFU (Device Firmware Update) For those who do not know, it is the option we have for our iPhone or iPad to connect directly to iTunes and allow us to install the firmware we want previously downloaded by ourselves. The recovery mode by its side, allows us to recover the device in case of problems, allows to restore or update the device from iTunes. It is a way to forcefully connect to iTunes so that it is responsible for updating and recovering the iPhone.
How to turn off our iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro or Pro Max
But we go for the most basic and for this we will start with the function of turning off the device. In this case the physical button on the right pressed constantly activates Siri, so we have to press and hold the right button while one on the left side increase or decrease volume, until the text “slide to turn off” appears. Now we can turn off the device directly by sliding on the screen until it turns off.
We can also activate the SOS emergency call and view medical data in case the iPhone is not ours, in case we have to help that person. This point is important and everyone should know this option of Apple devices. This directly shows the person's data such as name, age, weight and size in addition to a contact telephone in case of emergency.
How to put DFU mode on iPhone 11
The following is a somewhat more advanced level and it is that putting the iPhone in DFU should not be done by everyone. When we activate this option on the iPhone we can modify the firmware of the device and this in the hands of inexperienced people can be a problem. The iPhone News team is not responsible for any damage you may cause to your device using this DFU mode. Activating the DFU mode is simple but requires a series of steps to prevent any basic combination of keys from activating this mode. We simply have to follow these steps that we leave below and the iPhone 11 and the other models will activate this function.
- Connect the iPhone via cable to a Mac or PC and open iTunes
- We will press the volume up button
- Now we will press the volume down button
- Then we have to press and hold the on / off buttons and decrease volume
- The black screen will remain. After 3 seconds we release the on / off button and keep pressing the volume down button
- A message appears on the Mac or PC and we accept
- Finally, the recovery mode window will appear and at that moment we release the volume down button
If we do not want to keep DFU mode active we can exit without problems. To exit DFU mode What we have to do is something simpler:
- Press the volume up button once
- Press the volume down button once
- Press and hold the button on the right and the Apple logo will appear
The recovery mode or "recovery mode". This is how it activates
To perform the recovery mode we have to follow some more simple steps. Like DFU mode, this is reserved for more experienced users, so in case of problems with your iPhone we recommend that you use the Apple SAC or approach an authorized technical service. On the other hand it is not a problem to try this method and have the experience of our own but you have to know what we are playing. To activate this mode we follow these steps:
- We open iTunes and connect the device
- Press and release the button to increase the volume
- Press and release the volume down button
- Press and hold the upper button until the device automatically restarts
- All we have left is to keep the upper button pressed until the device enters recovery mode
Locate your device on the computer and when you see the Restore or Update option, We select the one that suits us best. iTunes will try to reinstall iOS without deleting the data we have on our iPhone. Wait for iTunes to download the software for your device. If the download takes more than 15 minutes and the device exits the recovery mode screen, wait for the download to finish and repeat the process again since it may have failed at some point.
