“iPhone Could Not be Restored” Can be Easily Solved

1 Update Computer and iTunes

You can check if your windows operating system is up to date by clicking:

• Step 1: Start button > Search option > type Update in the search box.
• Step 2: Click Windows Update.

Also, you can check if your iTunes software needs to be updated by:

• Step 1: Run iTunes on your Windows PC, then click “Help > Check Update”.
• Step 2: Update iTunes to its latest version.

2 Check the USB Connection

Check to see if your iPhone USB cable is the problem why iTunes cannot restore iPhone. Use another USB cable or try another USB port.

3 Reset All iPhone Settings

• Step 1: Restart your iPhone.
• Step 2: Go to Settings and click “General > Reset > Reset All Settings”.

4 Clean iPhone Space

The ‘iPhone could not be restored” errors may have occurred due to lack of iPhone storage space to accommodate new update. You can manually delete some unwanted files from iPhone, like photos, videos, music, apps, etc. Or you can take advantages of iMyFone Umate Pro iPhone Cleaner to safely release huge space on iPhone without hassle.Gihosoft iPhone Data Recovery is a professional iPhone Data Recovery software to get back all your lost text message, photo, video, call history, note, contact and more from iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. It offers a full solution to recover your lost data in different tough situations. Besides recovering data directly from iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, it also allows you to recover data from iCloud and iTunes backup files.

5 Put iPhone into DFU Mode and Restore

• Step 1: Connect your iPhone to your computer and launch iTunes.
• Step 2: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake and the Home buttons simultaneously for 10 seconds, then leave the Sleep/Wake button but keep holding the Home button until iTunes says “iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode.
• Step 3: Release the Home button. At this point, your iPhone screen should be completely black.
• Step 4: Restore your iPhone with iTunes.

If you don’t like to bear iTunes, you can also try the alternative way to restore your iPhone to factory default settings.

The Causes for “iPhone Could Not be Restored" Error

“iPhone could not be restored” errors is a common error that is usually encountered when updating or restoring an iPhone on iTunes. However, no one could be able to say that “this is the particular cause of iPhone could not be updated or restored errors”.

There are several possible reasons why iTunes may be displaying “iPhone could not be restored” error, but we shall be listing 4 most common causes:

1. Unauthorized modification of iOS which has led to security vulnerabilities, instabilities, and other issues.
2. Your iPhone may have been jailbroken in the past. This may be the reason why iTunes cannot install the right firmware on your iPhone.
3. iTunes malfunctions can be the major cause of “iPhone could not be restored” error, and fixing iTunes is the best-known way to solve this issue.
4. Other reasons such as fake iPhone USB, outdated iTunes or Windows software drivers, wrong settings, etc.