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Stuck in DFU mode and cannot successfully recover

So I have a iPhone 5c here, and it is stuck in DFU mode. I have tried recovering it with itunes, it gets as far as a apple logo with a empty progress bar and then it just stays like that. I have let it sit overnight and it still is stuck on empty recovery bar. If I do any combination of buttons, like holding home button and plugging in, hard reset, enter DFU mode, it will always get stuck in DFU mode. I am very confuzzled at this point... please help.

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Ive seen this numerous times, it'll fail the restore at various points, its usually down to either the lightning port, battery or failure of the NAND. I usually lay a known good battery on top of the old one, and plug a new lightning port in with cable already attached, and then power on if the restore fails then its down to the NAND being faulty.

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So I probably need a new lightning port?

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Try this first.

1) Download the full firmware from http://www.iclarified.com/750/where-to-d...

2) Plug the phone which is in DFU mode in to iTunes

• on PC, hold SHIFT+Click Restore, and select the firmware above

• on Mac, hold Option+Click Restore, and select the firmware above

If this still fails, try using 3uTools to update the firmware.

http://www.3u.com/

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Thank You! I cannot attempt until I reassemble it with a new battery so if it works, I'll get back to you!

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@avanteguarde I'm going to try this on an ipad mini (original) GSM with this website: http://www.iclarified.com/8500/where-to-... if it works, you get credit.

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