How to Reset Your iPhone [Video]

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Posted October 18, 2015 at 4:03am by iClarified

These are instructions on how to reset your iPhone.

You may need to do this if your iPhone is functioning abnormally. This procedure will not erase your data or media.

Step One
Tap to launch Settings from your SpringBoard.

Step Two
Choose General from the Settings menu then scroll down and select Reset from the General menu.

Tap the Reset All Settings button, then press the Reset All Settings button that appears below.

Your iPhone will now reboot with factory default iOS settings.

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gamerscul9870 - October 19, 2015 at 10:44pm

You do know this in no way targets jailbroken people, just what involves risking jailbreak whch is on them.

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Titan3636 - October 18, 2015 at 1:57pm

Does anyone know if there is a way to wipe an iPhone that has water damage and won't turn on? Thanks.

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dave vangina - October 18, 2015 at 2:27pm

Cupertino does not allow wipe iphones

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Titan3636 - October 18, 2015 at 2:41pm

???? I mean reset. Aka remove all my data before selling my water damaged phone to my data cannot be accessed

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Gavin - October 18, 2015 at 3:51pm

Use find my iPhone from another device and remote wipe the water damaged phone.

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Titan3636 - October 18, 2015 at 3:58pm

Thanks Gavin. I did the remote erase and it says it will be done when the phone has an Internet connection. If I sell it though could someone still access my info before connecting it to the web?

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Gavin - October 18, 2015 at 4:00pm

Yes they could if they can access it. Can't u connect it to the web yourself and then it will definitely be erased?

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Gavin - October 18, 2015 at 4:00pm

Or take it to Apple Store for advice as a last resort :)

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gamerscul9870 - October 19, 2015 at 1:23am

Who said anything about what Cupertino and what they allowed?

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Name14 - October 19, 2015 at 11:25am

A hammer or brick normally does the trick...

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n0m0n - October 18, 2015 at 12:35pm

Will this method whip out all Apple Pay info? It's such a hassle to have to call the financial institutions to have them reenabled.

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Alad - October 18, 2015 at 9:18am

YOU SHOULDNT RESET ALL CONTENT AND SETTINGS WHEN JAILBROKEN. YOU CAN ONLY RESET PHONE SETTINGS WHEN JAILBROKEN

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96e9908 - October 18, 2015 at 1:02pm

THIS IS ABOUT RESETTING ALL SETTINGS, NOT ALL CONTENTS AND SETTINGS, READ TEXT BEFORE POST!

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Red - October 18, 2015 at 5:26am

Doing this is not recommended if you are jailbroken. You risk to screw up your phone. Error -1 when restoring.

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Alad - October 18, 2015 at 9:14am

you can easly restore it via iTunes if something happens at restoring - keep phone backed up

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AverageReviewer - October 18, 2015 at 4:13am

Did this really need to be explained lol ???

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Frank12 - October 18, 2015 at 5:42am

My dad doesn't know how to do this for sure. It's useful for non-techy people.

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Alad - October 18, 2015 at 9:12am

jailbreak his phone secretly, and then let him restore it, and then watch

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