DFU mode is a lower-level restoration state that’s utilized by advanced users to troubleshoot serious software issues. It’s something that can be used across all iPhone and iPad models, but the technique to enter the DFU mode varies on the newer iPad Pro models due to the hardware involved.

A lot of users may already be familiar with the recovery mode for troubleshooting and resolving iPadOS issues. While this may be good enough most of the time, there are some rare instances where the recovery mode doesn’t help and you’ll need to resort to more…