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 809.8k 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 924 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.

Updated February 20, 2021 by BonesBrigade1

[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.

Updated February 20, 2021 by BonesBrigade1