Help/Support Boot loop

[Mike BB 7]

My iPad is stuck in a boot loop. It was jailbroken running iOS 12.4.8 and I think I deleted something I wasn’t supposed to using filza. I was trying to free up space and deleted a file that was 1.5gb or so. And when I rebooted it the apple logo pops up then goes black and restarts. Over and over. My problem is that the home button is broken on it. Is there a way to just erase everything and reset it without the use of the home button? iTunes won’t recognize it and I only have a pc and do not have a Mac. As long as the iPad is plugged in it just loops forever. The only way I can get it to stop is to unplug it and let the battery die.

[Laxus 825.1k iPhone 5s 10.3.3]

You need to fix your home button otherwise you can't go into dfu mode and restore your device.

[KeN98 948 iPad (7th gen) 16.2]

2 hours ago, BonesBrigade1 said:

My iPad is stuck in a boot loop. It was jailbroken running iOS 12.4.8 and I think I deleted something I wasn’t supposed to using filza. I was trying to free up space and deleted a file that was 1.5gb or so. And when I rebooted it the apple logo pops up then goes black and restarts. Over and over. My problem is that the home button is broken on it. Is there a way to just erase everything and reset it without the use of the home button? iTunes won’t recognize it and I only have a pc and do not have a Mac. As long as the iPad is plugged in it just loops forever. The only way I can get it to stop is to unplug it and let the battery die.

download checkra1n and turn your iPad in DFU mode using checkra1n

[Mike BB 7]

I do not have a Mac and checkra1n don’t work with windows. I wish I could use it because my new iPads iOS 14 and I can not downgrade it to 13 and checkra1n is the only one that will jailbreak ios14. my old iPad that’s stuck in boot loop is 12.4.8.

[Mike BB 7]

On 1/26/2021 at 1:06 AM, Laxus said:

You need to fix your home button otherwise you can't go into dfu mode and restore your device.

Ya that’s what I figured. Because I’ve tried almost everything. Been thinking about attempting to open it up but when I looked at how hard it’s gunna be I’m thinking I better not. I guess I’ll probably have to wait till checkra1n works on windows or until iOS 14 is jb by someone else.