Tutorial: How to Format and Reset Your iPhone or iPad

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A quick guide to erasing content from your iPhone or iPad and leaving it like new

Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), has achieved with the passage of different generations that its operating system for mobile devices, iOS , is one of the safest, most stable and most optimized on the market. However, we can see that our iPhone ou iPad is not performing as well as we would like it to, or that we just want to sell it or give it away or reset it to its factory condition to start from scratch. Therefore, you may want to format your iOS device and restore it by erasing all content. What methods can we follow to format and reset our iPhone or iPad? Follow our tutorial to leave your iOS mobile or tablet like new .

Reasons to format our iPhone or iPad

The device runs slower or freezes too often.
I want to return it to its original condition after a period of use.
I want to backup my media files and format them.
I want to sell or give away my device and want to securely erase everything.
Before sending your device for repair.

On the other hand, before continuing to format the device, there are alternatives before deleting everything if our device does not work as it should; Therefore, we can delete the cache from our iPhone or iPad, delete apps we don't use to lighten the operating system or clean up a good part of the photos or videos which only take up space, since via WhatsApp we receive all kinds of photos and videos which are totally disposable content. Even so, if after trying these options you want to reset your iOS device, here are several options for that:

How to reset your iPhone from iTunes

To restore our iPhone or iPad from iTunes just connect it to the computer where the Apple program is installed, go to the view Summary and click on the option Restore . Then iTunes will download the software file from the device and automatically start the restore. Once the process is complete, our iPhone or iPad will restart and we can start the configuration as if it was new or restore the backup that was generated automatically , it depends on each user and their needs.

It is important that we back up our backup copy of the content installed on our iOS device from time to time; iOS will take care of reminding us from time to time or if we haven't made a backup for too many days. The only thing that will not be saved is the text messages on the iPhone or specific data from by applications third parties.

Preserve app order after reset

Generally speaking, if we have many apps installed on several pages of our iPhone or iPad interface in a certain order or to our liking, they appear out of order after resetting the device, which becomes a real one. puzzle to have to sort everything again, one by one. Fortunately, there is a little trick via iTunes; After we reset our iOS device, we can right click on the icon the device in iTunes and select Restore Backup , so that our apps will reappear in the order we had before the reset.

How to restore your iPhone without iTunes

If our device is working fine and we don't want or can't connect it to iTunes or we don't have a computer for it, we can always do it through the menu Settings de iPhone or iPad. To do this, follow the steps below:

Go to Settings - General - Reset.
Select Remove content and settings.
Enter the security code you usually use and tap Erase iPhone.

Of course, if we want to keep a backup of our data, media and apps, we have to do it through iTunes through a computer.

How to restore your iPhone in recovery mode

We can also choose to restore our iPhone by recovery mode then restore it with iTunes . Use recovery mode in the following cases:

If iTunes does not recognize the device or indicates that it is in recovery mode.
If your screen is stuck with the Apple logo for several minutes without showing a progress bar.
If you see the Connect to iTunes screen.

Now is the time to put our device into recovery mode and set it up again. Follow the next steps:

1 Make sure you have the latest version of iTunes.
2 If iTunes is already open, close it. Connect your device to your computer and open iTunes. If you don't have a computer, ask a friend for help, or visit an Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider.
3 While the device is connected, force restart with these steps , but don't release the buttons when you see the Apple logo, wait for the Connect to iTunes screen to appear:

On an iPhone X, iPhone 8, or iPhone 8 Plus: Quickly press and release the volume up button. Press and quickly release the volume down button. Then press and hold the Side button until you see the Connect to iTunes screen.
On an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus: Press and hold the side and volume down buttons at the same time. Hold them down until you see the Connect to iTunes screen.
On iPhone 6s and earlier, iPad, or iPod touch: Press and hold the Home button and the Top (or Side) button at the same time. Hold them down until you see the Connect to iTunes screen.

4 When you see the option Restore ou Update profile , select Update profile . iTunes will try to reinstall iOS without deleting data . Wait for iTunes to download the software for your device. If the download takes more than 15 minutes and the device exits the Connect to iTunes screen, wait for the download to complete and repeat step 3.