How to "erase your device"

after the iOs 7 update ia was advised to
Turn off Find My iPhone on your device.
Erase your device.
Reactivate and use your device.
How do I ""Erase your (my) device""

I did not thoroughly read the email that I had been sent from Apple following the upgrade to IOS7, that I thought was instructing me to carry out certain instructions, including "Erase your device". In fact it was only advising me details of what is now possible.
So, silly me an thankyou

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HT201365 how to erase your device

how to erase your device?
and how to reactivate the device?

I did not thoroughly read the email that I had been sent from Apple following the upgrade to IOS7, that I thought was instructing me to carry out certain instructions, including "Erase your device". In fact it was only advising me details of what is now possible.
So, silly me an thankyou

HT201263 how to place your device into recovery mode without home button?

How to place your device into recovery mode without home button?

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How to verify your device

I keep trying to log in to the App Store from my tool bar but after I enter my Apple ID and password word I keep getting an error message ..... "Your device or computer could not be verified. Contact support for assistance." Trying to contact support is a whole nother issue.
Why is my Apple ID not working? I can log into iTunes no problem with the same info.
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First, make sure you are logged out of iTunes before logging in to the App Store.
Since can login to iTunes, try this.
Launch iTunes. From the menu bar top of your screen click Store > View My Account
Click Reset to the right of "Reset all warnings for buying and downloading" then click Done.
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HT4972 How about instructions on how to "erase" my device so I can upgrade

Trying to update operating system on Ipad2. Please help!

You don't need to erase your iPad prior to upgrading to the most current version of iOS, which by the way will be iOS 7.1; you cannot upgrade to iOS 5 or any other version. Just follow the instructions as provided in the support article from which you came.
Regards.

HT1766 how to erase my device using itunes?

how can i erase my iphone device that using itunes?

Go to iTunes Store and sign out of all accounts.
Connect the iPod to your computer and restore to factory settings/new iPod via iTunes. Do not restore from backup
iTunes: Restoring iOS software
Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode and then restore if necessary
If recovery mode does not work try DFU mode.
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings

How to activate your device

Sir,
How to download my experia software in z1 mobile

If it isn't,sideload it from here:
http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/02/18/my-xperia-leaked-now-available-to-download-for-all/
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us - J.R.R. Tolkien

HT201441 how can erase a device if i dont have any way of contacting the previous owner? the phone was bought broken off craigslist. I had it fixed now I cant access it due to the phone being locked to there icloud

is there anyway i can remove my iphone from previous owners icloud/ itunes account. if i cant contact them? there has to be something that can be done . the phone is use less if i cant link it to my on account. Please help.

If this phone you bought was already running iOS 7 and had the new activation lock enabled, you can't do anything.
That's the whole point of the feature. If it could be bypassed it would be a pointless feature.
If you can't get the previous owner to unlock it, you've wasted your money.

My ipad mini was stolen and i have activated the find my phone to lock it. how can i get the serial number off my itunes or icloud profile? and what are the chances that the find my iphone app works when someome erases the device?

my ipad mini has been stolen and i have activated the find my iphone to lock. now it is only a wifi device so what are the chances that a person can get hold of it and log onto wifi without the password of my device to unlock. does that not make the app rather less useful as i have to hope that the person is apt enough to log onto the internet but not enough to erase it and start afresh. is it possible to find my device even afte someone has erased it?

"Losing your iPhone feels lousy. Thankfully, iCloud can help you get it back. But if it looks like that’s not going to happen, new Find My iPhone features in iOS 7 make it harder for anyone who’s not you to use or sell your device. Now turning off Find My iPhone or erasing your device requires your Apple ID and password. Find My iPhone can also continue to display a custom message, even after your device is erased. And your Apple ID and password are required before anyone can reactivate it."
http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/#fmip

HT5868 This is not happening... help! "Note: If you select Trust, the computer will be trusted indefinitely. If you select Don't Trust, you will be asked if you want to trust that computer each time you connect your device to that computer."

How do I make my PC prompt my phone to trust my computer again so i can access it. I've already Reset all my setting and it has not worked.
Thanks,
Joel

bubblesblom wrote:
Okay, so my friends think it is funny to change the passcode on my iPhone.
Maybe you should get new friends.
I'm not sure that recovery mode works when you have to trust the computer, but did you try it?
If you can't update or restore your iOS device - Apple Support
If that won't work, perhaps you can use Find my iPhone from a computer in your iCloud.com account to erase the device.
iCloud: Erase your device - Apple Support
This has nothing to do with the Find my iPhone app being installed on the phone, but you do have to have Find my iPhone activated in the iCloud settings on the phone.

HT4061 how to activating your iphone

did dont let me go on my stuff its on activating your iphone

"the day that iphone creates a tracking system that cannot based on wifi connection, we will never lost our phones again."
"Losing your iOS device feels lousy. Thankfully, Find My iPhone can help you get it back. But if it looks like that’s not going to happen, new security features in iOS 7 make it harder for anyone who’s not you to use or sell your device. Now turning off Find My iPhone or erasing your device requires your Apple ID and password. Find My iPhone can also continue to display a custom message, even after your device is erased. And your Apple ID and password are required before anyone can reactivate it. Which means your device is still your device. No matter where it is."
http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/

HT4061 How to find your lost iphone via IMEI

i lost an iphone 4s, it is been a while like 1 years.
then one day i checked my imei number on www.sickw.com
my iphone, somehow, fly away to germany and the new owner has a new contract of 1 year.
So i created some legal pages, send them to Interpol. Now i'm waiting for justise.
the day that iphone creates a tracking system that cannot based on wifi connection, we will never lost our phones again.

"the day that iphone creates a tracking system that cannot based on wifi connection, we will never lost our phones again."
"Losing your iOS device feels lousy. Thankfully, Find My iPhone can help you get it back. But if it looks like that’s not going to happen, new security features in iOS 7 make it harder for anyone who’s not you to use or sell your device. Now turning off Find My iPhone or erasing your device requires your Apple ID and password. Find My iPhone can also continue to display a custom message, even after your device is erased. And your Apple ID and password are required before anyone can reactivate it. Which means your device is still your device. No matter where it is."
http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/

I need to erase the contents of my phone and restore to factory settings. Does anybody know how to save your texts so you don't lose them? Can I back those up to iCloud? My phone was very likely hacked (Apple's advice was to call the police!)

"I need to erase the contents of my phone and restore to factory settings. Does anybody know how to save your texts so you don't lose them? Can I back those up to iCloud? My phone was very likely hacked (Apple's advice was to call the police!)"
That was all I could put in the initial "box." Then it brought me to this page with instructions on how to write a good sentence.
Proceeding ...
After going back and forth between Apple, AT&T and the police (all telling me to go to the other two) I took AT&Ts suggestion and got a new number. One tech warned against doing a backup, especially on my Mac, saying if my phone had been hacked then whatever bug was there would then invade my computer. But nobody knows how to determine if the phone has been hacked or a virus was planted there. Unfortunately I know who would have reason to do such a thing and all I can say is that he is at the top technologically and could easily do it. Almost impossible to prove, however.
So I need to preserve my text messages and my emails as well. I backed up my photos to that Microsoft product (One-Drive) and it froze (Surprise, Surprise) with four short videos to go, and no way of stopping that (when I tried it crashed repeatedly) so I'm in crisis mode here.
Help ...
Running 8.0 on 5S
Thanks!

Betty I don't know if you fixed your hacking problem but I feel your pain. I've seen some strange things going on between my iMac and my iPhone and Apple has told me the same thing, call the police which I have done. The hackers have stole 500.00 out of my checking account have access to every internet account I use and no matter how often I change the password their right back on the account. I closed my FB account 3 times only to have someone reopen it. Right now I've got a link in my reading list (Safari) that if I click on it, it allows me to log onto my FB account anonymously.
I've seen a green folder come out of no where while I was trying to delete my passwords out of keychain when that green folder was put into the key chain I was immediately locked out. I than went into system preferences to try to make changes to my security settings, when I clicked on the icon it wouldn't open. I've seen log files of automator receiving commands and sending out my personal information thats on my computer.
I have a legitamate program called iExplorer that allows you to look at the contents of your iPhone back ups and saw a transaction someone made at the Apple store for some full length movies, some albums, ibooks and other apps but when I called the iTunes store and they said none of those items were showing up on my account. If their not on my account how can they be on my iPhone 6? One day someone was using my gmail account and unknowingly used google maps to search for an Italian restaurant, than a Mexican restaurant than a coffee shop and their search showed up on my iPhone but I didn't have my gmail account installed on my iPhone 6. Using my computer I logged onto my gmail account and looked at the maps history and sure enough there were the searches when I'd hover my curser over the link it gave me the longitude and latitude of the where the hacker was when he was using google maps. I know whoever reads this thinks Im crazy but I've documented everything and can prove the things that I have mentioned in this post actually happened.
One day I had my laptop (pc) and my iMac next to each other as I was using both. when I clicked on airport it showed that my laptop and my iMac had made a connection and were actually communicating with each other. I know I didn't do it I don't know how. The iMac was logged into my iCloud account while my laptop wasn't. I have formatted my iPhone at least a dozen times, Apple and an Apple retailer have formatted my hard drive not to mention the numerous times I have formatted it but the hackers keep getting on my devices. Im formatting my lap top at this very second because during the course of the night I left the ethernet cable plugged into it and they locked me out of my c: drive, and configured the system so I can't download any updates from Microsoft, overtime I type in www.microsoft.com it changes to ww38.microsoft.com which takes me to a blank page. I right clicked on the page I was redirected to and read the java script and couldn't believe that someone had actually configured Internet Explorer to redirect me to a blank page when I tried to go to Microsoft. Apples answer to all this is there was nothing wrong with my iPhone or my iMac and if I thought there was a problem to call the police which I have done.
Theres no doubt the hackers are reading this while I type it or will read it and I simply don't care anymore. I no longer email anyone, don't use my iCloud account and have taken precautions to protect my credit but if I ever find out who has invaded my privacy to this extreme the police are going to want to talk to me because Im going to hurt them like they've never been hurt before

Hi! I'd like to ask how to erase all content and settings if your iphone was stolen? Please help.

Hi! I'd like to ask how to erase all content and settings if your iphone was stolen? Please help.

Were you signed in to iCloud?
Did you have Find My iPhone enabled in the iCloud settings?
If so sign in to iCloud.com > Find My iPhone > Devices & select your iPhone
Otherwise, you are out of luck.

Can anyone help me with Magicjack? after I purchased US number I am unable to log in on my Iphone, I keep getting an error "YOUR DEVICE IS NOT ON THIS ACCOUNT" I contacted MJ support but they are very much useless and dont know how to fix it!

can anyone help me with Magicjack? after I purchased US number I am unable to log in on my Iphone, I keep getting an error "YOUR DEVICE IS NOT ON THIS ACCOUNT" I contacted MJ support but they are very much useless and dont know how to fix it!

There's a whole lot to read in your post, and frankly I have not read it all.
Having said that, this troubleshooting guide should help:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
In particular, pay attention to the mobile device support sections near the bottom, assuming you have already done the items above it.

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