Resetting your phone

Has Resetting your phone ever fixed the problem?

jake171 wrote:
I am having a problem with my slider bar, I tired restart and rest. The apple agent told me to restore it to see of I helps. What would you do?
Listen to the advice the Apple "Genius" is providing.
Basic troubleshooting for any iDevice (and most electronics) is reset, restart, restore. Unless you just like wasting everyone's time and never getting your issue resolved.

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This is my fault but at the same time I extremely bloody angry!!!!
The isssue of trying to downphotos from my phone to my computer should not be a major hassell, however out of shear frustration & loss of patients using Blackberry link I inadvertely hit the restore button thinking it would correct any settings that I may have changed from the factory installed settings but no it installed a Competely new version from blackberry with a new pin.
I have now lost every thing that I had on the phone including all the important photos that i needed, all contacts, even all installed apps that I had, so I thought since I did a full back only yestereday, not to worry simply reinstall the back up files, but no it won't reconise the backed up files.
So I go the Blackberry website to a phone contact for technical support, I took a bit of effort but i finally get in contact with them. I now have my phone with all data returned.
So if you are using Blackberry Link on your computer do not reset the device unless you are prepared to lose everything that you have on your phone & if you are going to reset your phone back to factory setting make sure you have done a full backup on your phone prior.
This has caused me a whole heap of time that wasn't necessary but a valuable lesson.
P.s. My apologies to all that my have read my rant. It was my own fault as I stated above.
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Mike-W, you said the in the first paragraph you hit restore.
Restore a backup and Reset to factory are two very different functions.
I'm don't see anything you said regarding changing the PIN, I'm not sure why Craig is commenting on that.
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Are you able to regain information about your password if forgotten by email instead of resetting your phone?

I just put in a password but I just lost the information on what the password was. I need help because I just got this phone for Xmas. Is anyone else having they same trouble or have gone through what I have to deal with right now? Any help will do. Is there a possibility of asking Apple for a reset link by email? I do not want to reset my phone because much information is on here and there is no backup.

Apple does not have your passcode for the phone.
You will have to do a restore.

FACTORY RESET YOUR PHONE - does it ever actually f...

Half the advice given here is to reset the phone.
A huge amount of time is then potentially spent reinstalling and reconfiguring the apps.
Indian "script monkey" call centres give that "advice" out all the time.
Does it ever fix anything?
Especially as restoring the old backup is likely to restore whatever the old problem was. For example if your drive c: space was low, because you had loads of emails under Sent, those will go right back in. And I bet orphaned files which got stuck in the 1000484b directory will get put back too.

Not all the problems get resolved thru' Factory reset but yes, certainly some do .. Thats why you may need a Soft reset or a Hard reset to overcome certain other issues..
..and it depends on what is Backed-up. Its advised that you only back-up the important data such as Contacts / Calendar entries before the reset and restore them after the reset..Messages (not e-mails) may be synced with Nokia Suite if large in nos. so that phone memory is left free..My personal experience shows that when a phone is NEW, you tend to install a lot of applications, may be for fun or curiosity or for showing off and do not really need them. After the excitement dies down, Reset the phone and install only those you really rally need. Won't be surprised if the no. of applications re-installed are less than 50% of initially installed ..

What are the risks of soft resetting your phone?

Hello,
I've tried to google it first...but no clear conclusion.
Is there any risk if you, by any reason, soft reset your mobile 3 times a week?
Thanks,
iusti

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How do you reset your phone when getting rid of it

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Before Sellings iOS Device...
If desired, move photos/videos off the Camera Roll: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083
If desired, backup the device to iTunes or iCloud: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
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Settings > FaceTime > Off
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Settings > iTunes & App stores. Tap the AppleID and sign out.
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Unregister your device at https://supportprofile.apple.com
More Info... http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5661

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HT201413 Great article on how to reset your phone if you forgot your password

I don't know why this article is buried, but I hope by mentioning forgot password that I am tagging the article for recognition.

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HT4061 How do I restore my iphone 4? Whilst updating to new software my computer crashed. This has left me with a phone that won't respond at all and itunes says 'restore your phone'. I can't press anything without getting a picture of a usb. not useful.

My computer crashed while updating my iphone 4.
My phone now will not respond other than a USB symbol to itunes.
When I plug into itunes it says 'reset your phone'.
I've tried holding the on/off and home button together, nothing.
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1) ensure iTunes is authorized for your iTunes store account(s)
2) connect your device and right-click or control-click it in the iTunes Source list, then choose transfer purchases from the shortcut menu that appears.
3) sync the device
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I mistakenly reset my phone. Needed text messages on their. How can I retrieve them back?!!

Is there any way to retrieve the text messages I just lost due to resetting
my phone?

Tommis,
I am sorry to hear you lost your text messages after resetting your phone on accident. Did you ever backup your media using Verizon Cloud or use Verizon Messages? If you haven't then the text messages are unfortunately lost and there is no way to get them back.
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Hello i have a problem with my iphone. I put a password on it and i have forgotten my password. however i have the ios7 so i cant just reset the phone. also the app find my iphone on so that isnt helping. Please someone help it will be much appreticated

hello can someone help me out
i have a iphone 5 and i set a password this morning
however i have forgotten it
and with the ios7.0.3 you cant just reset your phone
and the app find my iphone is turned on
however my problem is i cant turn it of cause ive forgotten my password
please can someone help me
Thankyou
i miss my phone haah

Follow the directions here to force the phone into recovery mode & restore it:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
This will remove the passcode.

Is there a way to reset my phone? When I turn it off, it turns itself back on automatically

Is there an issue with my phone itself or is it a software issue if I turn my phone off and it turns itself back on automatically?

you can reset your phone by holding the home button and the power button at the same time tell you get a apple logo

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sleepybird wrote:
Thanks for the reply, looks like i am screwed. My computer runs on Vista.
How does that make a difference as far as resetting your phone goes?
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