Restore iPhone WithOut iTunes ?

To restore iPhone and reset the phone to default factory settings, follow these steps:

1. Turn off iPhone – Hold down the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then slide the red slider. Ignore this step if your iPhone is already off.
2. Press and hold down the Home button for about 10 seconds until a yellow triangle with a text which says Please Connect to iTunes appears.

    

3. Plug the iPhone into Mac or Windows PC. Release the button if you haven’t.
4. Run and open iTunes if it’s not already opened yet.
5. iTunes will prompt a message that says iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. Click OK.
6. You will be taken to the iPhone pane. Then, click on Restore.
7. Wait for the full restoration process to complete, and the iPhone will be back to the original settings state as when it left the manufacturing factory, typically a working phone again if you face any problem, unless it’s hardware related.

Combo 1:

1. Boot phone
2. Hold Power + Home until the screen goes BLACK
3. Continue to hold home and let go of power
4. Plug into iTunes (screen should still be BLACK)
5. – Within 20 seconds it should come up in recovery mode
6. Let go of Home and hit RESTORE in iTunes.

Combo 2

1. Plug the iPhone to your computer and start iTunes
2. Power phone OFF (Power + Home until the screen goes BLACK)
3. hold Hold power + home for 10 seconds (apple logo will appear)
4. Let go of power and continue to hold home until iTunes finds the phone.

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