Are you caught in the process of downgrading or updrading your iPhone or iPod touch firmware? It may be quite frustrating when iTunes shows errors on your screen, leaving you feeling stranded. Well, there is a way to get out of the situation. All you need to do is manually set your iPhone/iPod touch in the recovery mode. For this:

• Hold down the home as well as sleep button at the same time
• When a black screen shows up, release the sleep button, but do not let go of the home button yet.
• While pressing and holding the Home button, connect the USB cable to the device
• Continue holding the Home button until you see the ‘Connect to iTunes’ screen. You can then release the Home button
• If necessary, open iTunes. You should see a ‘recovery mode’ alert.
• Use iTunes to restore the device

Agreed entering into the manual recovery mode needs no rocket science. But a simpler technique to achieve the same can really be no harm. We are talking about the Recboot Recovery Tool that works on Windows and Mac. This free utility tool for the iPhone and iPod touch users can help put your device in the recovery mode. All you need to do is download the tool and let it do its job. The tool can help you avoid error codes like 1013, 1611 and 1602.

Download Recboot on WindowsDownload Recboot 1.3v (for 32-bit machine)

Download Recboot on Mac OS XDownload Recboot 1.0.2v here