Geek Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/restore-iphone-or-ipad.jpg" alt="Restore an iPhone or iPad" title="restore-iphone-or-ipad" width="570" height="289" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26993" /></p> <p>Restoring an iPhone or iPad to it’s default factory settings is easy whether you are restoring as a troubleshooting step or just preparing to transfer ownership of the hardware. You can <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/17/reset-iphone-factory-settings/">reset the iPhone on the the device itself</a>, but if the device is unresponsive, stuck on a boot loop, or otherwise needs to be restored directly, the next choice is to connect the iOS hardware to a computer and use iTunes.</p> <p>Using iTunes is also typically faster than resetting through the iPhone or iPad itself, so keep this in mind if you tried the on-device method but it took forever.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">How to Restore an iPhone or iPad with iTunes</h2> <p>If you want to restore to factory settings, <em>do not</em> restore from a backup during this process:</p> <ol> <li>Launch iTunes</li> <li>Connect the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to the computer and select it within iTunes, if it’s <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/07/iphone-not-in-itunes-easy-fix/">not visible</a> check the “Show” button</li> <li>Click on the “Summary” tab and click on the “Restore” button</li> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/restore-iphone-factory-settings.jpg" alt="Restore iPhone or iPad to factory settings" title="restore-iphone-factory-settings" width="620" height="153" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26991" /></p> <li>iTunes will prompt you to back up the device, this is recommended but if you want factory settings only click “Don’t Back Up”</li> <li>At the confirmation screen, click on “Restore” to begin restoring the device to factory settings</li> </ol> <p>When finished, iTunes will alert you the device has been restored, but restoring may take a while. When the device is done, the iPhone/iPad/iPod touch will boot up and be reset completely to factory settings. This means that pre-iOS 5 will require the device to be connected to iTunes to finish, or after iOS 5 you will be presented with the familiar set up screens.</p> <p>As mentioned before, to maintain the factory settings do not select to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/21/restore-iphone-from-backup/">restore from a backup</a> when this process is finished, otherwise you’ll simply be left with a device that has a freshly installed iOS but with the same data as when you started.</p> <p>If you encounter <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/12/06/error-3194-fix-for-itunes/">error 3194</a> during this process, you probably jailbroke your device at some point and need to change the the hosts file.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ODh7ifk6cXw1fcnZvvvO34mAiDc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ODh7ifk6cXw1fcnZvvvO34mAiDc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ODh7ifk6cXw1fcnZvvvO34mAiDc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ODh7ifk6cXw1fcnZvvvO34mAiDc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=8c1uvRykIQw:2pX9UTub-dM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=8c1uvRykIQw:2pX9UTub-dM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=8c1uvRykIQw:2pX9UTub-dM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=8c1uvRykIQw:2pX9UTub-dM:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=8c1uvRykIQw:2pX9UTub-dM:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=8c1uvRykIQw:2pX9UTub-dM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=8c1uvRykIQw:2pX9UTub-dM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/8c1uvRykIQw" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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