How to get my iPhone 5 out of recovery mode? - 1

I've had it since Dec. 2012, it's worked just fine this whole time except mine has had the (apparently common) problem of the power button no longer working. So anyway the faulty power button is literally the only problem I've ever had with it, until the other day…

I literally always let my battery totally drain before I charge it again, to preserve the battery's life, and when I did it the other day it died and I plugged it in and the Apple logo screen just blinked over and over instead of charging.

Now after some research I guess it's in "recovery mode" and because the power button is completely useless I can't for the life of me find a way to restore it.

I've tried restoring via iTunes but get an error message every time (yes I have the latest iTunes downloaded), I've tried TinyUmbrella, I've tried RecBoot, I've tried Wondershare Dr. Fone, and the common failure is, as soon as I click the "Restore" button on any of them, my phone suddenly loses its connection to the computer and starts blinking the logo again.

Considering all of this and the fact that my power button doesn't work at all, WHAT DO I DO?!

Not sure if this will help but have you considered letting the battery drain to reset the phone?

Plug it into itunes and restore it

That power button and iTunes error is the stumbling block to getting this fixed.
Hope you didn't jailbreak it.
Best luck.

You didn't state what iTunes error either.

https://discussions.apple.com/...2#25002102

https://discussions.apple.com/...4#20620044

http://support.apple.com/.../kb/ts3281

here's a work-a-round for the power button when you get it back running.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iphone/how-fix-broken-iphone-lock-button-power-buttons-stopped-working-3464222/

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