Sometimes, we need to
reset our iPhone to factory state to fix the problems, or erase data. No matter
you want to sell your iPhone, or send it to others, you should take care to
protect your personal data. To secure your data before the iPhone leave your
hand, you should restore it to factory settings. The factory reset will bring
your iPhone back to a factory state. You have a new iPhone without any musics,
personal data, apps besides the iOS and its built-in apps. Then all your data will
be lost after factory reset.
How
to factory reset your iPhone?
Before you start to
factory reset your iPhone, you must have to back up all your data on iPhone.
You can choose to back up your data to iCloud account or iTunes.
Go to
Settings>General>Reset, then you can find several reset options. You
should tap on the option “Erase All content and Settings”. If you have set
passcode for your iPhone, then you are required to enter the passcode to
process. A warning will pop up and tell you that if you proceed, all the data
and settings on your iPhone will be erased. Click Erase to continue.
It will start to erase
your iPhone. Generally it will take several minutes. After the factory reset
completed, you get a brand-new iPhone. At that time, you can feel free to sell
your iPhone, or give it to others. If you use the factory reset to fix your
iPhone issues, then you can restore your data from backup back to iPhone.
How
to restore data from iPhone after factory reset?
After you have factory
reset your iPhone, all the data and settings on your iPhone have been erased.
If you want to recover your data, you can only recover from backup or recover
with data recovery software. You can sign in the iCloud account to restore your
data, or run iTunes on your computer to restore data to your iPhone. Also, you
can use data recovery software to extract data from the former backup.
Run H Data iPhone recovery
software on your computer and run iTunes.
Click “View and Restore
files from iTunes backups”.
Select a backup to
scan, click “SCAN” button on the software interface.
After scan, you will
see all the data recoverable.
Preview to find the
data you need to recover.
Check the data you need
and then click “Export Selected Records” to save recovered data to your
computer.
After you have extract
all your data from the backup, you can choose to send them to your iPhone
again.