Reset iPhone 5s to factory settings. Video instructions for resetting an iPhone using iTunes. How to make a backup

iPhone restoration is a standard operation to return an Apple smartphone to a working state after various failures. Unsuccessful firmware, incorrectly executed jailbreak, incorrect iOS update - if you know how to restore an iPhone, you can fix almost any problems that arise during the operation of this device.

Recovery procedure

To restore your iPhone, you need to enter Recovery Mode. It's easy to do:

When the iPhone is ready for the rollback and error correction procedure, click the “Restore” button.

iTunes will independently find the current firmware version and install it on the smartphone, returning it to the state in which it was immediately after purchase.

Working in DFU mode

If iPhone recovery does not work in Recovery Mode, then you need to enter the device into DFU mode. This mode is used when there are software errors - for example, when the iPhone does not turn on. DFU mode works at the hardware level, so it helps to reset all settings even in the most difficult cases. To enter DFU mode:

Connect your device to your computer.
Press and hold Power and Home for 10 seconds.
After counting to 10, release Power while continuing to hold the Home button.

It's difficult to enter DFU mode the first time because nothing changes on the screen. If the recovery mode detects itself as an iTunes icon, then the phone does not seem to turn on in DFU. Therefore, you need to look at the computer screen where iTunes is running. As soon as the iPhone enters DFU mode, a notification will appear in iTunes informing you that the program has detected the device in recovery mode, and you need to reset all settings and content to continue working with your smartphone.

If you need to install another firmware, hold down Shift and click “Restore”. An explorer will appear through which you need to specify the path to the previously downloaded firmware.

Recovery without a computer

If you don’t have your computer at hand, it won’t turn on, or you can’t connect your iPhone to it, then try resetting all settings through the device settings. As a result of this operation, you will get a clean smartphone without settings and user information, so be sure to make a backup before resetting. If the smartphone turns on normally:

It is not necessary to delete user files. If the iPhone turns on, then you can eliminate problems with its operation by simply resetting the settings. In this case, the user’s personal data will remain intact.

Recovery after reset

If you need to restore your iPhone after resetting all settings and deleting content, you won’t be able to do this without a backup copy. The presence of a backup file with information stored in the device’s memory is the main point that needs to be checked before performing a reset. After restoring the iPhone to its factory state, all personal data of the user is erased from it.

Creating a backup before resetting:

After the reset, the iPhone will be like new: no content or settings will remain on it. To get all the information back, you need to connect the device to your computer and restore from the backup via iTunes. Choose the most recent backup, as it stores the most current information.

You can also restore all settings after a reset via iCloud, provided that you stored backups on the cloud. In this case, when setting up your iPhone, you need to select the “Restore a copy from iCloud” option and specify a suitable backup.

Problems during recovery

If after a normal recovery the phone does not turn on, then it makes sense to put it in DFU mode and try restoring it through iTunes again. This time you should not trust iTunes: download the official firmware and select it in the Explorer window by holding Shift and clicking on the “Restore” button .

Sometimes the TinyUmbrella utility helps solve the problem that the smartphone does not turn on after resetting the settings via iTunes. This program has an “Exit Recovery” button. If the iPhone does not turn on after recovery, you need to select it in the TinyUmbrella window and click “Exit Recovery”.

Beginner users of Apple phones are usually enthusiastic about downloading various software to their device. And this is not surprising, because there are so many interesting games and applications on the Internet. Such a thoughtless approach sooner or later leads to a lack of memory on the device, as a result of which the gadget works more and more slowly, and there is no free space left for downloading really necessary programs.

If your iPhone increasingly shows such signs, this is a signal that you need to clear the memory to factory settings. How to clear memory on iPhone 6, one of the most popular phone models today, using different methods, is described in this article.

Before you reset your iPhone 6, 6S or any other version of the Apple gadget, you need to carefully prepare, namely, make a backup. This action will protect the user from losing information, because if this happens, it can always be restored from a copy.

You can backup your iPhone 6 in one of 2 ways. The first method involves performing the following steps:

Login to the AppStore, select the file menu.
Go to the devices section.
Click on the option to create a backup copy.
Click on the gadget icon located at the top.
Enter the review section and select the function to create a copy right now.

Reference. It is impossible to restore absolutely all information from a backup. Therefore, before you clean your iPhone and delete everything on it, think carefully. From the backup to iPhone 6, you can “return” data about contacts, notes, photographs, settings and call history, etc. All content deleted from the phone’s memory cannot be restored.

Another backup method involves the following algorithm:

Enter device settings.
Selecting the main section.
Go to the end of the screen, select the reset sub-item.

Here the device will offer the user several options. According to them, you can reset:

Settings. Resetting your iPhone will not erase personal information stored on the gadget. The same cannot be said about other settings that will have to be reset. This applies to the alarm clock and other standard applications.
Content. By selecting this item, the user can clear the device’s memory completely, returning it to factory settings. Why might such a step be needed? For example, if the owner of the sixth iPhone model wants to donate or sell his gadget. Of course, the buyer will want to have a phone with “clean” memory.
Network settings. This operation is required in situations where, after replacing the SIM card, the device cannot recognize the network. Such a reset will not harm the device and there will definitely be no data loss in the process.

Before deleting any information from the memory of an Apple phone, the user should consider the following points:

The need to recharge the smartphone to at least half, so that during the operation it does not completely discharge and turn off. This is especially necessary if the content is reset - the longest of all options for this operation. Of course, nothing critical will happen when you disconnect the device, but then you will have to connect it to the PC and work with the iTunes utility, which will increase the duration of the procedure.
After deleting the content, a jailbroken phone will go into “eternal apple” mode. In this situation, you will also need to restore the device using iTunes in such a way as entering the device into DFU or Recovery mode.

Clearing iPhone memory via iTunes

Before starting the procedure, which will be performed through iTunes, you must disable the iPhone search function, if it was active. To do this, you need to go into the iCloud settings and turn off this function. Next, you need to connect your iPhone using a USB cable to your PC or laptop (depending on what you will be working with), and perform the following steps:

Click on the gadget image.
In the review tab, click on iPhone recovery.
Confirm your decision a second time by clicking on the appropriate button.

Next, iTunes will start the process of erasing information automatically. After finishing, the device’s memory will become clear, but the settings for the alarm clock, contacts, etc. - will not be harmed. But such files of this type as multimedia will be lost forever.

Erase iPhone via iCloud

Let's look at another way to quickly free up your iPhone's memory from everything unnecessary. This method can be implemented even remotely, as long as there is access to the network. You will also need a PC or laptop, smartphone or tablet. What operating system is installed on these devices does not matter. There is no need to install additional software either.

To delete data, the user must follow the following algorithm:

Go to the iCloud resource (official) and log in with your Apple ID.
Launch the iPhone search application.
Select your device in the menu, which contains a list of all devices. Select it.
Confirm erasing information. The blocking function will not allow the operation to be completed successfully until the Apple ID is entered. You do not need to enter any information into the other fields that appear on the screen; let them remain empty.
Click on “Done”.

The fifth step is the final one. After it, the process will be automatically launched by the system, and after a couple of minutes all data from the device’s memory will be erased.

Reference. You can delete data from the memory of an Apple phone via iCloud without the Internet. The request will be added to the queue, and as soon as the device appears on the network, it will be executed.

We warn you! All of the above steps will disable the iPhone search option and disable Activation Lock. To bring all functions back to normal, you will need to enter your Apple ID. If you do not perform this action, the gadget will simply turn into a piece of iron.

Completely reset your iPhone via Hard Reset

It is advisable to use this method, which will be discussed in detail below, in a situation where the user has lost his security password and therefore cannot disable the iPhone search function. Why sometimes you need to do the latter has already been said. For example, when restoring gadget settings through the iTunes utility.

This method is called “hard”, since a reset can lead to the erasure and complete loss of absolutely all personal data. In this regard, the use of this method is recommended only for those who have tried other methods but have not received satisfactory results.

Through Hard Reset, clearing memory is done as follows:

The device is connected to a PC or laptop using a USB cable (depending on what device the user has at his disposal).
The latest version of the iTunes utility is launched. If the user's PC is running an outdated version, you need to download the latest version of the program from the Apple resource.
The gadget is entered into DFU mode. To do this, the user presses 2 buttons at once - Home and Power and counts to 10. Then the second button is released, and the first continues to be held for the same amount of time. A sound should appear indicating a connection to iTunes. The phone display will turn black and there will be no images on it.
Click on the iPhone restore button.

After this, all you have to do is wait for 10-15 minutes. After the reset operation is completed, the system will offer the user a choice of 2 options for further actions: reactivate the smartphone or return the erased information via backup. If the user chooses the latter, they will need to go to the review option and click on the restore from copy button. Then all you have to do is stop choosing a specific copy option and press the button to confirm your decision again.

Conclusion

Unfortunately, the difficulties of iPhone owners are not limited to device freezes. They often become victims of scammers and extortionists when they remotely change device passwords and blackmail owners of Apple gadgets. And every year the number of such cases only increases. In such a situation, in no case should you transfer money to the criminals, otherwise the blackmail will be long-lasting, but such a simple procedure as resetting the device to factory settings will leave the criminals with nothing. The main thing is not to forget to regularly make backups so that you can always restore lost data.

To reset your iPhone to factory settings without a password, you need to use iTunes and a computer. Specifically, you need to erase data from the device (then, along with the rest of the information, the password will be deleted) or perform a recovery.

1. Data erasure procedure

Before starting any procedures, dump all data (photos, videos, audio and documents) onto a flash drive and remove it from the device, and also copy all contacts to the SIM card.

Important! You must have a computer with the iTunes program installed, with which your iPhone was previously synchronized.

This procedure looks like this:

Use a USB cable to connect your iPhone to your computer.
Launch iTunes. At this stage, a window may appear in which you will need to enter a password. In this case, use the recovery procedure rather than erasing data. You can also try to use another PC/laptop, but it should also have synchronized with the iPhone before. If you are not prompted for a password, you can move on.
The program will create a backup copy. We'll have to wait a little. When this process is completed, you can continue working. Click on the “Restore iPhone...” button (or “Restore iPhone...” if the program is in English).

When prompted to choose a recovery option, click "Recover from a copy of iTunes." After that, select the most suitable copy by date and time. It is advisable to choose the one on which the settings have been reset. This may be the version that you created when you first connected after purchase.
Wait until the data is erased.

This way, the data along with the device settings will be erased. Or they will return to the state they were in before, before various problems appeared.

2. Recovery procedure

If for some reason you can’t use data erasure, here’s what you need to do:

Connect your mobile device to your computer and launch iTunes using a USB cable.
Reboot your smartphone in hard mode. On the latest models (8 and 8Plus), to do this, you first need to press the up key (and immediately release it), then the volume down key, and then the screen lock button. On 7 and 7Plus, press the lock and volume down buttons at the same time. In 6s and older versions, you need to press “Home” and the lock button at the same time. After this, the iTunes branded icon will appear on the device’s screen.

At the same time, a window will appear on the computer screen in which you need to click the “Restore” button. Wait for the recovery process to complete.

After this, the device can be configured again.

3. What's the best thing to do?

It is best to contact support if you encounter any problems, including those related to forgotten passwords. How to do this is described.

To be specific, you will have to go to a service center and ask to reset your device. You will need to say that you forgot your password.

To confirm that the smartphone is yours, take with you proof of purchase. This could be a purchase receipt, a warranty card with the owner's name on it, or something similar.

Often, the reason why iPhone and iPad begin to perform much worse than usual lies in the lack of free space in the device's memory. If you notice that your device has become “brooding”, often freezes, and involuntarily reboots without a command, then it’s time for “spring cleaning”. It's time to clear the device's memory of extra megabytes, or even GB of software garbage. Agree, manually deleting each application and its files is not professional.

Today I will tell you how to quickly clear your device’s memory completely or partially, as well as how to reset your iPhone to factory settings.

In the settings of the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad in the “General -> Statistics” menu there is an interesting section - “Storage”. This menu contains information about how much and what the device’s memory is occupied with. Take a look, you might be surprised to learn that even the most seemingly harmless applications, such as social media managers, can store gigabytes of useless data.

Just recently, we were contacted by an iPhone owner who was faced with the problem of insufficient memory. This resulted in the device falling into . Restoring the iPhone was not considered as a solution to the problem, because... The user did not want to lose data from the device. Fortunately, everything ended well, the person still had to restore the iPhone through iTunes, and the information was recovered from the data, the existence of which he did not even know.

This precedent encourages us to always keep the device’s memory “clean,” or at least periodically clear it of information “junk.”

You can clean your iPhone radically, i.e. completely or partially by deleting individual applications and their files. This is quite easy to do in several ways at once.

Ways to clean iPhone

Erase content and settings on iPhone.
Erase iPhone in iCloud.
Removing an application from the desktop.
Deleting an application in the iPhone settings in the “Storage” menu.
Removing an application from iPhone via iTunes.

The first 3 methods allow you to completely “zero” the device’s memory, as a result of which you will have a “clean” iPhone at your disposal. After cleaning, you will need to set it up again and restore the necessary data from your iTunes or iCloud backup.

The last 3 are classic, allowing you to delete individual applications and all their data manually.

We have already written about restoring the iPhone and that’s enough, I don’t see any point in repeating it. Let's try to erase content and settings on the iPhone and see what the consequences are.

How to erase content and settings on iPhone

This procedure is performed very simply, in just 5 “taps”.

To erase content and settings on your iPhone, you don't need to connect it to a power source, but make sure the battery level is at least 25%. Otherwise, if the battery is completely discharged during the erasing process, you may need to restore the iPhone using iTunes.

!Warning
If you have an iPhone or iPad with a jailbreak (Pangu for example), as a result of erasing content and resetting the settings, the device will enter the “eternal apple mode”, but instead of the Apple logo, a process progress icon will spin on the screen. The iPhone will have to be restored using iTunes.

- Warning -
Please note that the application (program or game) is deleted along with all content. If, for example, you created files in a certain program, such as Pages, and you delete it, all files created in Pages will be permanently deleted. Save files created on your iPhone to cloud storage (iCloud, Dropbox, etc.).

In addition to applications, free space on an iOS device is consumed by photos, videos, music, contacts, notes and other important information. But there is another secret (for many) memory hog - Safari.

Apple's mobile web browser works like any other: when you load a site, it loads its content into temporary storage (cache). This is done in order to speed up the loading of pages when accessing them again.

When you re-access web pages loaded into the cache, the cached data is not downloaded from the servers again, but is retrieved from the cache. On the one hand, this allows you to save on traffic and get web pages to load quickly, on the other hand, you have to put up with the fact that the cache “eats” memory.

So, if you actively use your iPhone or iPad to “surf the Internet,” be prepared for the fact that the Safari cache can take up quite a lot of memory space. This amount depends on how much data the server hosting the site has allowed to be cached. The iPhone owner cannot limit this size; all that remains is to periodically clean it.

Advice: Make it a habit to periodically clear your Safari cache to improve the health of your iPhone and iPad.

How to Clear Safari Cache on iPhone

That's how it really is, it's simple. Now you know how to remove a “problematic” application from an iPhone or completely clear its memory.

If you have any difficulties or questions about the topic of the article, welcome to the comments.

Sometimes it is useful to clean the internal contents of your smartphone - especially if it does not work correctly at times, you want to sell the gadget, or you recently bought it second-hand. For such cases, Apple has provided several types of cleaning. Let's figure out how to reset an iPhone to factory settings, depending on the situation.

The easiest way is to clear the settings on your iPhone. Pre-charge the device to at least 30%; do not erase content from a jailbroken smartphone using this method - you will end up with a non-working device. Don't forget to create a backup in iTunes before doing a hard reset - this will help you quickly return all personal data to your device, except for installed applications and music.

In the menu, open the sub-item “Basic->Reset”.

You will see several options for the procedure:

Reset all settings - all system parameters will return to factory settings, including set alarms and application settings, user content remains. Helps with broken OS parameters.
Content and settings – system settings and all user multimedia data are deleted. The device comes out of the box, the method is suitable for pre-sale preparation of the device - just make sure that you log out of your Apple ID profile.
Network – settings for connecting to cellular networks, Wi-Fi, VPN, their logins and passwords are cleared. Helps with problems with signal reception and data transmission.
Keyboard dictionary – clears words entered by the user from the auto-correction list.
“Home” screen – returns the original view of the desktop, placing icons of branded applications in their places.
Geo-settings – cancels all software permissions and restrictions on the use of geolocation information.

Cleaning via iTunes

There are two types of reset via iTunes for iPhone - updating with clean firmware or loading a previously saved copy. For any of them, sufficient charging of the gadget is required - at least 70%. The first option will help erase content and settings, you will get a clean device with fresh firmware. The method works well in case of major system failures, freezes and reboots. How to restore an iPhone to factory settings via iTunes:

Launch iTunes on your computer, connect the gadget with a cable.
On the top panel, select a connected device.
Open the “Overview” tab, next to the right click on “Restore”.

The program will download the latest version of the OS to your iPhone or iPad and restore factory settings.

If you don't want to lose all your personal content, 5, 6 or another model in advance. The device will remain in working condition; you will only be able to reset the changes that were made after the backup. How to restore a gadget from a copy:

In the iTunes menu, open the “File” menu, the “Devices” subsection and select the “Restore from copy” function.
Specify the save that should be used for recovery.

We recommend that you regularly create working copies of your device, then if problems occur, we can easily reset the latest changes and return a copy to the gadget where all contacts, photos, notes, messages and iPhone settings are stored.

Cleaning via iCloud

You can reset your iPhone via cloud storage, without using a PC. This method is also useful if you need to restore the device after resetting all settings, but there is no backup copy on the computer. Copies in iCloud are created automatically and regularly while the gadget is charging, if it is connected to Wi-Fi at the time and you have not disabled the copy function.

To reset settings via iCloud in the device menu, first perform “Erase content” in the “Reset” subsection, then select “Restore from iCloud copy”.

Full hard reset

Full reset of iPhone is not an easy procedure, which completely returns factory settings to the gadget. It will help in cases where you have forgotten your digital password or pattern and cannot disable Find My iPhone. But you still won’t be able to hack a found smartphone - if its owner has activated the search function on the Apple website, then even after a complete flashing you will need the password for his Apple ID.

Recovery mode will help you return your iPhone to factory settings and unlock the password:

Turn off the device - hold down the Power key until the power off slider appears.
Press and hold the “Home” button, while connecting the device to the PC with a cable.
The iTunes icon will appear on the display - you have entered Recovery. Release "Home".
Open iTunes and reset your iPhone through the recovery procedure.

When finished, disconnect the wire and reboot the gadget.

In case of serious problems with the system, another bootloader mode will help - DFU. It involves a complete reinstallation of the system. There are several options on how to reset and how to return your iPhone to factory settings in DFU mode:

Immediately press the power off and “Home” buttons, hold them for 10 seconds, press the power off button, and hold “Home” until the power-on sound appears.
Press the power off button for 3 seconds. Without releasing it, press “Home” for 10 seconds, then release the power.
For iPhone 7 and 7+: actions as in option 2, only instead of “Home” there is a volume down key.

When you enter DFU mode, the device screen will remain blank, as if it were offline. Launch iTunes and perform a deep restore, all system parameters will be reset. The process will take about 10 minutes, then you can reactivate the device or download a backup copy.

Conclusion

We figured out how to delete all user parameters and clean the system. Resetting an iPhone 5s or another model, iPad tablets is not difficult, the main thing is to carefully follow the instructions. Do not forget to create backup copies of your smartphone, then in case of any problems you will lose a minimum of important information.