How to: Restore your iPhone like new

Accidental Post · Thread Author #1 11-20-2011, 10:38 AM

Hope this helps someone: THIS IS FOR IOS 5

Ok here we go:

If you have a gmail account import all of your contacts from your address book to gmail through the web.

Sync your iPhone
Backup your iPhone plug into iTunes right click the device and click backup.
Backup phone to iCloud.

Okay here is where we are going to basically wipe the phone out and start from scratch.

1. Plug phone into PC or MAC and go to iTunes and click restore.
2. Let the phone go through the restore process.
3. DO NOT RESTORE THE PHONE FROM A BACKUP.
4. Disconnect from iTunes and proceed with the onscreen instructions to setup phone.
5. Select your language
6. Turn Location Services on (it's ok to do that now) more later.
7. Continue through the setup process until your phone looks like it is new.
8. Now this is what we are going to do. Plug the phone into iTunes and SYNC.
9. Disconnect phone when SYNC is complete.
10. Setup GMAIL as exchange go to settings>Mail Contacts>Calendar and select EXCHANGE
11. Your email is your FUL gmail account. BTW copy it you will need it in a second.
12. Username: paste your email account
13. Password: (self explanatory)
14. Domain: Leave empty
15. Click next
16. Server: m.google.com
17. Click next and all should verify
18. Next screen make sure email , contacts and calendar are on.
19. Your contacts will come back from GMAIL (Cloud).
20. At this point we are going turn off unnecessary settings.
21. Siri turn off raise to speak. ( the IR sensor stays on constantly if you don't)

Turn OFF the following
WiFi: Ask to join networks OFF
Location Services: Go to System Services and turn off iAds and Time Zone and Diagnostics and Usage
Notifications: Turn off what you don't use i.e. Stocks and weather and set to manually
Store: Turn off Auto Downloads
Restrictions: Go to Settings>General>Restrictions (enter password if asked). Turn them on and turn off PING.

Now reset networks settings: Settings>General>Reset> Reset Network Settings.

Phone reboots. Setup wifi Again and make sure ask to join is off.

Kill your battery until the phone shuts off and charge back to 100% preferably from Wall Charger. Remove from charger let it run down 5-10% and charge it again to 100%

Enjoy the phone!!

Ok I think thats it.

If I think of anything else I will update this post.

it worked for me.......

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iPinkk · #2 11-20-2011, 11:51 AM

Mods, this is a helpful tutorial as posted by Accidental. I think many people new to the iPhone would benefit from these instructions.

It would be great if we could get this thread "stickied" to always have at hand

TIA.

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lax42 · #3 11-20-2011, 02:30 PM

I got a scare when I tried to restore my phone and reload iOS 5 onto the phone. My back up was saying it wasn't availble, and I was so scared, but thankfully I had a old backup. Do you have any idea why that is?

mikos · #4 11-22-2011, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iPinkk

Mods, this is a helpful tutorial as posted by Accidental. I think many people new to the iPhone would benefit from these instructions.

It would be great if we could get this thread "stickied" to always have at hand

TIA.

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+1 on the sticky request, great idea.