Leawo iOS Data Recovery User Guide
Leawo iOS Data Recovery is multifunctional data recovery software for all mac users. The software helps users recover the lost data of their iPhone, iPad and iPod touch with ease. The iPhone data recovery software for Mac enables users to recover lost files from iOS devices and iTunes backups, and recover lost data form iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4 under DFU mode. Users are able to recover up to 12 kinds of files with Leawo iOS Data Recovery for Mac, including contacts, messages (SMS/MMS messages), iMessages, calendar, voice memos, photos, videos, call history, notes, reminders and Safari bookmarks. The following guidance divides into three parts: how to recover files from iOS device, how to recover files from iTunes backup and how to recover files under DFU mode.
Recovery mode 3: How to Recover Lost Files Under DFU Mode (iPhone 4 & iPod touch 4 Only)?
Step 1 Connect the iOS Device to Computer and Run the Software
Plug the iOS device into MacBook with the USB cable, and then run Leawo iOS Data Recovery for Mac. The software will recognize your iOS device and show a tutorial of activating DFU mode of your iOS device in the window of the software. Click “Start” button in the window of the software and start activating the DFU mode on your iOS device:
1. Hold the power button and Home button on your iOS device for 10 seconds, the count-down time shows up in the window of the software for you to watch.
2. When the 10 seconds has passed, the screen of your iOS device will go black. Release the power button and keep holding the Home button for another 10 seconds. Then the message “You have successfully entered the DFU mode” will show up in the window of the software.
Step 2 Automatic Scan and Select Files
When you have entered the DFU mode on your iPhone, the software will automatically start the deep scan of your iDevice.
When the scan is done, the software will show the categories of files that you can recover from your iDevice in the left sidebar. Check the category or certain files in the category to recover.
Step 3 Choose a Target Folder to Save the Recovered Files
Click “Recover” button at the right bottom of the window, and then a dialog pops up. Click “Open” in the dialog to choose a target folder on your MacBook to save the recovered files. If you want to manage the files immediately after the recovery, check “Automatically open the output folder after finishing recover”. Click “Go” at the right bottom of the dialog to start the recovery.
When the recovery starts, a dialog pops up and the progress bar in it shows the percentage of the recovery process. When the recovery is done, the target folder that you have chosen to put the recovered files will pop up.
