iPhone 7 And iPhone 7 Plus Won't Restore From iTunes
For those that see have an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus, you may want to know how to fix when it won’t restore from iTunes. It’s possible to recover data when you see the message iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus disabled connect to iTunes
Connect to iTunes:
- Connect your iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus to the computer
- Open iTunes
- Select the iPhone (from the sidepane or from top-right of the screen)
- In the Summary tab, click on Restore
- If iTunes proceeds with a problem-free restore, your device will be wiped clean and restored as a new device. You can then carry on restoring it from an iCloud ID.
- If iTunes throws up errors, it’s time to go to Recovery Mode. Press and hold Power and Home button until iPhone goes into the blank state. (Black screen). Now connect the iPhone to iTunes and restore (iTunes will detect that a device is in recovery mode).
How to fix iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus disabled connect to iTunes without a backup
If an Apple iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus has never been backed up in iTunes, it will not let you backup the device when it’s locked. When this happens, the only way a locked and disabled iPhone 7 can be restored to work like new is by using this iTunes method. This will mean that you will lose your data, including apps, app data, contacts, photos, music and most of everything that resides on your iPhone SE.
Use iCloud
For those iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus users who setup and backed up their device through iCloud, there is a chance of finding all your app data, photos and contacts in iCloud. In that case, you can move ahead with the assurance that you can restore your Apple device from an iCloud backup and be up and running with almost everything. If your iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus is disabled due to incorrect passcode entry, you can use some other device – may be an iPhone SE – to check out data that has been synced to your iCloud account. You can login to your Apple ID via Settings → iCloud and then sync the device to see if contacts, mail, photos and other app data are available as a backup.