Here, tap Restore from iTunes Backup.Īlternative Method: Factory Reset Remotely using iCloud In the process of restoring your iOS device, you’ll reach the Set Up screen.Select your device in iTunes and pick the most relevant backup according to date and size.When the sync and backup are completed, click Restore iPhone (or relevant device). Wait for iTunes to sync your device and make a backup.If this doesn’t work, resort to recovery mode. Connect your device to the computer you sync with, and open iTunes, if you’re asked for a passcode, try another computer you’ve synced with.If you’ve previously synced your device with iTunes, you can erase your device and its passcode on the software. When the downloading process has finished, you can set up and use your device.Īlternative Method: Reset Your Passcode using iTunes.Select Restore, your iPhone will then download software for your device. You’ll be met with an option to Restore or Update.When your device is connected, force restart it by holding down all three buttons ( volume up, volume down, and wake/ sleep). First, connect your iPhone to your computer and open iTunes.If you’ve never synced with iTunes or set up Find My iPhone in iCloud, recovery mode is your only option for restoring your device – a feat that will erase the device and its passcode, allowing you to set a new one. Keep holding the button until the recovery screen appears on the phone. Plug the phone into your computer while pressing the volume down button.If you have an iPhone 7 model, you can still reset your passcode, but it is a slightly different button combination: If you have done this correctly, your phone will resemble the screenshot above. Do not hold the three buttons together, feather the buttons in sequence. Press the up volume, then the down volume, then long-press the side button again while plugging it into your computer.
Drag the slider across the top of the screen and turn it off. Long-press the side button until the phone gives you the slider to power down.
Do not plug your phone into your computer just yet.Before connecting and following the reset options listed below, put your iPhone into recovery mode. You will need to use your computer just as you did with older models.
Things have changed a bit regarding how to reset one of the newer model iPhones that don’t have a home button. Scroll down for specific instructions on your device. The button combination varies by make and model. The process requires a button combination used to make your computer work with your phone. To begin, you will need to put your device in Recovery Mode.
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