Hi Rahul, It sounds like iTunes has the mini player turned on. Press Command-Option-M, and if that's the problem, iTunes should look normal again. If the Source list isn't on screen, you may want to put it there by pressing Command-Option-S. Then see if you can find your iPhone in the list.
How much data you can get back depends on how recently you set up a backup. If you restore your phone, your settings will first be restored, and you'll then be prompted to finish setting up the phone. As part of this process, you'll be asked whether you want to set the phone up as new, restore from an iTunes backup, or restore from an iCloud backup. Choose whichever type of backup is the most recent. Then all your data in your backup will be copied back to the phone. Best, Anna On Jan 31, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Rahul Bajaj <rahul.bajaj1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was trying to install iOS 6.1 today. My phone got stuck in the recovery > mode. > I took it to the Apple Store and they restored it and now it's working. > However, I lost all my data on account of the restore. > Is there any way at all for me to recover my contacts, etc? > > The guy at the Apple Store said that I should try restoring the iPhone > with the help of the iTunes application on my laptop. He said that > that might help to restore the data. > I haven't been able to do that, though, because iTunes just doesn't > recognise my iPhone. > Whenever I go to iTunes on my Mac, all that I see are a few options > like previous, play, next, mute, full volume, etc. I believe that it > opens a playlist called 'ringtones' whenever I go to iTunes. > It doesn't react at all when I plug my iPhone into my Mac. > > I have tried to quit iTunes several times and have tried many other > things, but it still only shows those options like previous, play, etc > and not the full menu which it normally shows when the iPhone is > connected. > It normally reads options like summary, etc when the iPhone is > connected and you can then select the restore button to restore the > iPhone. > > Cutting a long story short, I have 3 basic questions. > 1. Is there any way to restore the data that I have lost? > 2. Will restoring my iPhone with the help of iTunes help in any way to > restore the data? > 3. If yes, then how on earth should I get iTunes to detect my iPhone > and then restore it? > > Best, > Rahul > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
