How often it is allowed to restore an iPhone?

Hello,
I am facing internet connection problems on my iPhone 4S. An Apple Genuis recommended that I should restore my iPhone and start as a new device, however, I was under the impression, that it there is a problem with the carrier.
The problem remained even after the carrier upgraded his network, so they told me to come back to the store when the technical guy is available, and be sure that you make a backup. I realised that they will restore it, so, i can do it on my MacBook. I did backup to my iPhone and restored it, then started as new to find out if the problem would be solved.
Luckily, the problem was solved, but I wanted to know what data (app data, games socres and levels, settings,...) I can manage to restore back from iCloud after I restore my iPhone and set it up as a new device. So I did another restore for that, then restore back to my backup.
I am worried if restoring an iPhone frequently affects its life span (Hardware, Flash Memory,..), or is it just copying data to my iPhone when it restores? (ex. 20 GB are used on my iPhone, so when I restore, it is like copying 20GB to it and deleting them again? or it will affect the hardware as well?)
Thank you..
Best Regards,
AbdulRahman Deeb

I am worried if restoring an iPhone frequently affects its life span (Hardware, Flash Memory,..), or is it just copying data to my iPhone when it restores? (ex. 20 GB are used on my iPhone, so when I restore, it is like copying 20GB to it and deleting them again? or it will affect the hardware as well?)
Nothing to worry about. Restoring an iPhone with iTunes completely erases the iPhone first including iOS followed by the current iOS version being reinstalled. After iOS is reinstalled, you are prompted to restore from an available backup or as a new iPhone or not from the backup.

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