Summary: Sometimes reset is essential to fix iPhone issues. But iPhone reset leads to loss of your device data. Here in this post, you will learn how to reset iPhone without worrying about losing data.
Your iPhone is troubling you and only factory reset can solve the problem. However, you may not be keen to do it as reset of iPhone leads to complete data loss. Do not worry. This post shares how you can factory reset iPhone without losing data and fix your device issues.
Factory Reset iPhone without Losing Data
Factory reset resolves most of the iPhone issues such as freezing Apps, iPhone 0 bytes problem, iPhone error 26, no sound issue during calls, or some annoying bug.
Since it is often a necessity, here are the best solutions to reset your iPhone without losing its data:
- Reset after iCloud or iTunes backup
- Reset and restore using Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone
- Reset iPhone using Reset All Settings option
1. Reset after iCloud or iTunes backup
When you Erase All Content and Settings, it completely resets your device. All information including apps, photos, videos, contacts, messages, calendar, or music etc. are lost. In order to restore your iPhone after factory reset, first take the backup of data in iCloud or iTunes. Backup ensures that you do not lose any data after factory settings in your iPhone.
Steps to iCloud backup
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- On your iPhone go to Settings > iCloud > Backup
- Enable iCloud backup
Steps to iTunes backup
- Connect your iPhone to the computer and open iTunes.
- Select your iPhone in iTunes. Under Backups, click on Back Up Now.
After your iPhone is back to factory settings, you can restore all contacts, photos, videos, music, Safari history, WhatsApp, Line, Kik messages, etc., from the backup created in iCloud or iTunes.
Steps to restore iPhone data from iCloud backup after reset:
- Plug in your iPhone to power and connect it to a Wi-Fi network
- Go to App & Data >Restore from iCloud Backup
- Sign in to your iCloud account
- Choose backup from the list and wait for the restoration process to finish
Steps to restore from iTunes after factory reset:
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- Connect iPhone to computer and open iTunes
- Select your device the list in iTunes
- In Summary, select the iPhone backup to restore
- Click Restore Backup
2. Reset and Restore with Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone
The best way to restore iPhone information after reset is through Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone. It lets you reset and restore iPhone without losing data.
You may not want to restore everything from the backup or perhaps not every information is worth keeping. Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone gives you the flexibility to select your data and then restore.
Sometimes, even iTunes or iCloud backup become inaccessible due to technical glitches. With Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone you can recover lost files also from the backup. The DIY software recovers missing or accidentally deleted contacts, messages, calendar, call history, music, photos, and videos, etc. from iTunes, iCloud and iPhone.
Water damage, jailbreak, black dot of death etc., the software efficiently restores data in all such situations.
Restore iPhone data now:
3. Reset iPhone using Reset All Settings option
In order to avoid complete data loss, you can opt for reset via Reset All Settings option. This method deletes the default settings of your iPhone without wiping out the other data. The personal preferences for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Sounds, General, and Privacy etc. will be removed but the rest of your iPhone data including photos, videos, music, calendar, messages etc. remain in the device.
Follow on to your iPhone Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings.
Note: Here, be careful not to click Erase All Content and Settings option, which will completely delete your iPhone data.
Conclusion
iPhone reset is sometimes inevitable. With above methods, you can factory reset without any fear of data loss.
While restoring from iTunes or iCloud may not always work, you can trust Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone to get back all your lost information including WhatsApp, Kik, Line messages, contacts, music, photos, etc.
Moreover, with Stella Data Recovery software, you get to choose the specific data that needs to be restored in the device. This feature comes quite handy because you don’t need to copy everything from the previous iPhone data.
Just follow the backup, reset and restore process, and now you can reset your iPhone without losing data.
About The Author
Harsha is a technical expert who loves Mondays, technology and is a big time Apple fan. She knows her way around the data loss problems and is always looking for ways to help out people.
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About half of my apps and games won’t open. It says no connection, try again later. If I want to reset this to factory settings will I lose my data, pictures, How do I get things to work without losing everything
Hi Susan,
Thanks for reaching out. I can understand that you are facing an issue related to your apps and you want to Reset to Factory Settings without losing the existing data. I would recommend is to create a backup of the existing data on your iPhone. As a solution to your query, you can check our software- “Stellar Toolkit for iPhone” which is capable of repairing the current iOS version of your iPhone without hampering the existing data on it. So, basically, it will replace the current iOS version with a fresh copy of the same by downloading it from the Apple server. I believe it resolves the issue.
I hope it helps!
Will I be able to see any messages I got while my iPhone is resetting? So during the resetting process, if I get messages, will I be able to see them?
Hi Ayah,
No, while resetting your iPhone, you won’t be able to check or receive any calls or messages, even though it is highly advisable to create a backup before making any significant changes to it.
If I reset with your software will any malware or Trojan on my phone also be recovered when I restore the data and apps?
Hi Gerry, No, the software will not recover any Malware or Trojan with the lost files.
Thanks for the tips to reset iPhone! I had lost couple of videos in my iPhone. Could I know the software work to retrieve video from iPhone 6? Any Suggestion would be appreciated!
Hi Oliver, Yes, you can try our software demo version and see the preview the recovered video from your iPhone. Thanks!
I have been try to reset my iPhone but stuck on verifying all apps freezing. I follow the steps to reset my iPhone 6. Thank you very much!
Hi Joe, Thank you!
I had my backup stored on icloud as well as on itunes and restored by following these steps. Thanks for these easy steps.
Hi Callie,
We are glad these solutions worked for you.
I had just updated to iOS 12.0. Even if I tap the greyed out App store icon, unfortunately all messages lost. This blog help me a lot to recover iPhone messages. Thanks!
Hi Ashley, Thanks for sharing your valuable feedback with us!
Ever since I installed ios 12, my phone has been freezing on every app. Even after downgrading to 11.4.1 it’s becoming difficult to work. Is there anything I can do except resetting it ?
Hi Simba, Please follow given steps as mentioned on this blog. If any confusion please contact our support email support[@]stellarinfo.com. Thanks