Mac-like recovery mode for iPhone and iPad coming in iOS 27

iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 bring a Mac-style recovery mode to iPhone and iPad, allowing devices to boot into a lightweight recovery environment without loading the full OS.

Similar to Apple silicon Macs, users can trigger it by powering off the device and holding the side button during startup. This opens a new screen with handy on-device options like Recovery Assistant, Software Update, Diagnostics Mode, Erase All Content and Settings, and Recovery Mode via Mac. It also shows battery percentage, auto-connects to known Wi-Fi, and lets you restart normally.

Hartley Charlton for MacRumors:
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To use the feature, users must turn the device off, then hold the side button to power it on. The Apple logo appears as it would during a normal boot, but holding the button for an extended duration brings up a progress bar, and the device then launches into the new recovery environment rather than continuing into iOS or iPadOS as normal. The process mirrors how recovery mode is triggered on Apple silicon Macs by holding the power button.

The addition means some last-resort repairs that previously required connecting an iPhone or ‌iPad‌ to a computer can now be carried out independently on the device itself. Apple’s Recovery Assistant tool is designed to handle some of these automated fixes without further input.

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Although it’ll be rarely used, it’s certainly nice to have these recovery features on iPhone and iPad!

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