Sometimes you need to ‘reset’ your device with a fresh install of the OS. One way to do this is by putting your iPhone or iPod Touch into Restore/Recovery Mode and then restoring it from iTunes.

To do this you will need to turn your iPhone or iPod Touch off. . .then while it’s off, hold the home button and then plug in the USB cable. You will then see the ‘restore mode’ screen so you can then restore in iTunes.

You might ask yourself, but isn’t there a restore button in iTunes, can’t I just click it and let iTunes restore it. Yes, you can. . .but sometimes you could get an error during the restore process. This is a way to get past those errors.

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• App Store App Settings
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• Quick Reset
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• Mass Delete & Move Emails
• Organize Apps
• Safari Auto Zoom
• Save Image in Safari
• Screenshot
• Other TLDs
• Auto TLD
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• Scroll to Top
• WiFi IP
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• Recovery & Restore Mode
• DFU Mode
• Pause App Download

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