How to reset iPhone to restore factory settings, any iPhone can do it

Resetting your iPhone is the easiest way to reset your iPhone settings to their defaults. Resetting your iPhone can help you fix a few simple problems. Here are the steps to factory reset your iPhone, which will work on all iPhones from the iPhone 4, iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, iPhone 5s to the latest iPhones like the iPhone 12, iPhone 13, and iPhone 14.

The most standard way to reset iPhone

To reset iPhone, do the following:

Step 1: Back up iPhone data

Remember to remember your iCloud account , because when restarting the device, you will be required to re-enter the iCloud account you had before resetting the device to be able to restore data.

Step 2: Go to the Settings app > select the General Settings app. Then scroll down to the bottom to select Transfer or Reset iPhone.

Here you will see 3 different options namely Transfer - Prepare for new iPhone, Reset, Erase all content and settings.

Transfer iPhone

With the iPhone Transfer feature, you should use this feature when you want to switch to a new iPhone. Select Start to start the process of transferring data from your old iPhone to your new iPhone, then select Move all app data with iCloud > Done.

Then on your new iPhone, just select Back Up from iCloud and import the iCloud from your old device and you're done.

Reset

With the Reset option, you will have a few options to reset settings as shown below.

There are a total of 6 different reinstallation options including:

• Reset All Settings: Resets the settings you've set up on your iPhone without losing any data . If you've used the Settings app to set up a bunch of unnecessary settings and want to return your settings to their original defaults, note that this will also cause you to forget all the wifi networks you've used before.
• Reset Network Settings: Only resets network settings, does not affect data and other settings. You should only use it when the wifi network is not connected? The carrier's internet, 4G, 5G is not accessible. Using a network settings reset will remove all the wifi networks you have previously connected to, their VPN and APN connections, as well as reset your mobile connection to the towers, allowing you to enjoy a fresh start on your network.
• Delete all ESIMs: You will delete all ESIMs currently on your device. This setting only affects all eSims that you currently have on your device.
• Reset Keyboard Dictionary: Resets only the keyboard dictionary settings, leaving data and other settings untouched. You should use this reset option when your keyboard has inappropriate word suggestions or is not working properly.
• Reset screen layout: Resets the home screen only. Use when the phone screen has too many apps, looks messy, and is ineffective. Or only use when you want to return to the default screen of the previous iPhone.
• Reset Location and Privacy: There are many 3rd party apps that require access to location. Should only be used when too many apps are allowed to access location and interfere with user privacy.

How to Erase All Data and Settings on iPhone

You should back up the necessary data to your iCloud account before performing Erase All Content and Settings on iPhone. Then when setting up the iPhone as new "out of the box", log back into iCloud to restore the previously backed up data.

After resetting the device to factory settings, you can use your iPhone as a new device or restore, recover backed up, stored data by the following:

• Restore data using iCloud after resetting iPhone
• Restore iPhone data using iTunes

Reset iPhone, Restore iPhone, what is the difference?

Reset iPhone and Restore iPhone are two ways to erase your iPhone settings. Users often confuse these two concepts as one, in fact, these are different processes, from the implementation process to the restore in the nature of the iPhone. However, they will both reinstall your device from scratch, so they will both be used to restore the iPhone to a new state.

Resetting the device is a "gentler" approach, only erasing data from the phone, without affecting the firmware or operating system version. You can choose to reset the entire iPhone or each small part according to your needs such as: reset settings, reset network, reset keyboard, reset screen layout, reset privacy...

Restore iPhone is a process that needs to be performed if the iPhone has a major problem to return the device to its original state as when it was first shipped. For example, software errors, iPhone often freezes, the device is slow, viruses or error codes appear (the most common are 3194, 4013, 4014, 9 and 51).

• How to restore iPhone, restore settings using iTunes

You can divide the restore process into two categories : Restore the iPhone to a working state with new firmware (Restore iPhone) or restore a backup of the iPhone's data (Restore iPhone Data).

• Restore iPhone: This is the Restore iPhone process, you will restore the iPhone to factory settings, completely erasing data on the device .
• Restore iPhone data: This is the process of recovering and retrieving data to the phone after restoring the iPhone.

In general, many people are often confused with these definitions because they all use the same word Restore. Through this explanation, I hope readers will understand better.

Note:

• To Reset iPhone, you operate directly on your phone device by using iPhone Settings.
• To Restore iPhone, you must use iTunes or appropriate third-party software.

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