How To Perform Hard Reset On iPhone

Are you wishing to make your iPhone as same as it was when you purchased? Then you should probably go through this article to get a solution.

What is a Reset? Reset is basically bringing back the phone to its factory state. In iPhone, there are two types of reset, soft reset and hard reset. In soft reset, you only need to restart your device and by doing this, you make no changes in the data or software. In hard reset or also known as a factory reset you allow your phone to remove all its data like music, pictures, videos, etc. and bring it back to the factory version as same as it was when you purchased the iPhone.

So let’s further know how to hard reset different kinds of iPhones.

Hard Reset of iPhone 7

There are two ways to hard reset an iphone7; one is by going through settings if the phone is responsive or else you can go ahead with recovery mode when your iPhone is not responding.

Method 1

Go to Settings – General – Reset – Erase all content and settings

The phone will then ask for the passcode or apple id

Enter the same and your phone will restart to welcome screen

Method 2

Switch off your iPhone

Launch iTunes by connecting your phone to your computer

On the right-hand side of the phone, you have wake/lock button, press it

At the same time press the volume down button which is on the left side of the phone

Make sure both the buttons are pressed simultaneously

The screen will turn black and in a couple of seconds and you will see the iTunes logo

Release the buttons and now your iPhone is in recovery mode

“There is a problem with the iPhone” message will appear

Click on restore and wait for the reset to be done

iPhone will start automatically

 

Hard Reset of iPhone 8

Method 1

Press and release the volume up button of your iPhone 8

Press and release the volume down button

Press and hold the side button

The entire above-mentioned buttons to be pressed and released pretty quick

Post holding the side button for 10 seconds the phone will restart

Method 2

Open Settings of your iPhone– General – Reset – Erase all content and settings

Click on Confirm to go ahead

Reset done

 

Hard Reset of iPhone 6

How To Perform Hard Reset On iPhone

There are three different methods to hard reset an iPhone 6.

Method  1

Navigate to Home Screen – Settings – General – Reset – Erase all content and settings

The phone will pop up a message to confirm

Enter the passcode if asked

Hard Reset is done

Method 2

Connect your iPhone 6 with computer or laptop and open iTunes

Select your iPhone from the menu in iTunes

Click on the Restore button in iTunes

A pop up will come to get the confirmation on restore and update

iTunes will reset the software in your phone

Method 3

Connect your iPhone 6 with a computer or laptop and open iTunes

Switch off your phone (if not freeze)

Press the power button for 3 seconds

Now press the home button along with power button for 10 seconds

Now release the power button

You will receive a pop up stating it has detected a device in recovery mode then release the home button as well

Click OK and accept the instructions

Phone is reset

 

Hard Reset of iPhone 4

Method 1

Connect the iPhone 4 to the laptop or computer and switch off the phone

While connecting to iTunes, hold the home button

On the Computer a pop up will appear stating iPhone is in recovery mode

Click OK

Then, click Restore

Click Restore and Update

iTunes will restore the phone

Method 2

Go to Settings on your iPhone – General – Reset – Erase all content and settings

Click on Confirm to go ahead

Reset done

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