User level: Level 1 (4 points)ios 27.0.1 update fails on iPhone 14 Pro with a Looping Recovery screen. Tried factory and iCloud restore without success.
Posted on Sep 30, 2026 7:01 PM
User level: Level 10 (93,009 points)Sep 30, 2026 10:07 PM in response to cordomite
Did you make sure, that no VPN or other Firewall is blocking the contact to Apple servers?
If connecting the device in recovery mode does not work, you will have to get your iPhone diagnosed by Apple of an Authorised Apple Service Provider next to your place.
User level: Level 1 (4 points)Oct 1, 2026 1:02 AM in response to Ingo2711
Hi, during the update process I do not have access to VPN settings so I am not sure in what state it would be in.
I took the phone into the Apple Store and they could reproduce the problem several times and the phone would only start fine on a clean restore and no iCloud backup restore. As soon as the backup got applied the new ios 27 recovery loop issue came back and the iPhone would never get back to the home screen.
I suspect there is some configuration in my 27.0.0 install that the 27.0.1 is conflicting with and the backup restore and the 27.0.1 update will make the issue surface. Good bug report for Apple maybe as the local guys here have not seen this issue before.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256368167