The “iPhone Attempting data recovery” message usually shows up when anupdate has failedorcouldn’t be completed. This could happen due to several reasons:
Normally, thedata recovery process completes in under 30 minutesand your iPhone should be back online. However, if the data recovery process gets stuck or fails, that can lead to aboot loop.
To fix this issue, start byforce restarting your iPhoneto terminate the data recovery process. If this doesn’t work, you might need torestore your iPhone.
The steps to forcerestart your iPhonewill differ a little depending on your iPhone model.
Another thing you may do to fix this issue is to restore your iPhone. This will wipe all the data from your iPhone and revert it back to the factory default settings.
However,this will result in complete data loss, somake sure you have a backupon iCloud or Finder/iTunes.
Anyway, I’ll show how you may reset your iPhone and restore from a backup (If you have alreadymade a backup).
Step 1: Enter Recovery Mode
As your iPhone is stuck on the attempting data recovery screen, you will need to reset your iPhone through Finder or iTunes.
For this to be possible, your iPhone will need to be in recovery mode.
For iPhone 8 and newer
For iPhone 7 and older
If you want to exit out of recovery mode without doing anything, simplyforce restartyour iPhone.
Step 2: Reset iPhone Through Finder or iTunes
Now, you may connect your iPhone to your computer to reset it. If you have a Mac running Catalina or higher, you will need to use Finder. For anything lower, you will need to use iTunes.
