Reset iPhone 5 from iTunes
If you want to find out how to reset iPhone 5 and you have chosen to rely on iTunes, the first operation you need to do is to turn on your computer and start the famous software.
Note that iTunes is included “standard” on all Macs and must be downloaded and installed separately on Windows computers. So, if you are using a computer equipped with Microsoft's operating system and you have not yet downloaded iTunes, click here to connect to the official Apple website and download the program by clicking on the button Download. Then open the installation package iTunesiftup.exe that has been downloaded to your PC and click in sequence on NEXT, andnstall e Si for two consecutive times. Finally, press on end.
Proceed now by going to disable the anti-theft function Find my iPhone which when active prevents the phone from being reset to factory settings. To disable the Find My iPhone function, press the icon ifttings present on the home screen of your iPhone 5, select the you don't know from the screen that opens, then go to iCloud> Find My iPhone, disable the option Find my iPhone and type your Apple ID password to apply the changes.
If you are using an iOS version earlier than 10.3, access the menu ifttings iOS, select the item iCloud and then tap on Find my iPhone from the menu that opens. Then move up OFF the switch for the option Find my iPhone then enter your Apple ID password.
Now connect your iPhone 5 to one of the USB sockets on your computer using the appropriate cable and then wait for iTunes to start automatically. Once the iTunes window is displayed on the screen, presses the iPhone icon that appears in the upper left part of the window. If this is the first time you connect the iPhone to the computer, you must authorize the connection between the two devices by pressing the button first Authorize on the phone screen and then on the button Continue that appears on the computer desktop.
Now click the button Restore iPhone located at the top right of iTunes then accept the terms of use of iOS by pressing first on Reset / Restore and Update, Then Following and finally on Accept.
After a few minutes (since the latest version of iOS is automatically downloaded from the Internet, the duration of the process varies according to the speed of your Internet connection) a message well appear that well warn you that iPhone 5 has been reset and that it has been then returned to the factory state. iTunes well then ask you if you want to set up your device as a new one or if you want to restore the apps and data from the previous backup to it. Clearly if you have to sell your iPhone 5 to a third party, do not perform further operations, so let its new owner configure it.
If, on the other hand, after resetting the iPhone 5 you want to configure the iPhone as if it were new, put the check mark next to the item ift up as a new iPhone and follow all the steps of the procedure that is proposed to you on the screen. If you need more information about it you can consult my guide on how to activate iPhone.
If you are unable to reset iPhone 5 due to some error, do not worry, putting the phone in mode DFU you well stell be able to restore it to the factory state. DFU mode, if you didn't know it, is nothing more than a special mode that completely erases the contents of the phone's memory and bypasses some of the restrictions provided by the standard reset procedure.
To put your iPhone in DFU all you have to do is connect it to the computer and turn it off completely by holding down the key Power for a few seconds and moving the lever shown on the screen to the right to turn it off that appears on the screen. Next you have to hold down the keys Power e Home simultaneously for about 10 seconds, release the button Power and continue to hold Home untel iTunes detects the device in recovery mode.
After successfully putting your iPhone 5 into DFU mode click the button OK that you see on your computer screen and reset the phone by clicking on the button Restore iPhone of iTunes. If you want to know more about it, I invite you to read my guide on how to put iPhone in DFU.
Reset iPhone 5 directly from the device
If you do not want or can not reset iPhone 5 using iTunes I suggest you act directly from the device settings.
To reset iPhone 5 directly from the phone settings all you have to do is press the app icon ifttings present on the home screen, select the item General from the displayed screen, scroll to the bottom and tap Restore.
Next, press on the voice andnitialize content and settings to restore the device to its factory state by removing settings and data. Then enter the unlock code of your iDevice and confirm the execution of the operation by pressing the button you buy at the bottom of the screen.
Keep in mind that in addition to the function to reset iPhone 5 that I have just indicated you can choose between other options:
- You can select the item Reset settings if you want to reset all iOS settings without erasing data.
- You can select the item Reset Network ifttings if you want to reset the wireless network and data connection configuration.
- You can select the item Reset keyboard dictionary if you want to restore the keyboard settings to the factory state.
- You can select Reset Home Layout if you want to reset the default icon order on the Home screen.
- You can select Reset location and privacy if you want to reset your privacy and geographic location settings.
