Step-By-Step Guide to ReVirginize or Restore your iPhone/iPod
Here is a pretty straightforward and simple process to reset them all, it is called “ReVirginize” or restoring your iPhone.
Just to be clear about this but “ReVerginizing” your iPhone will clear all your personal data, such as songs, videos, contacts, photos, calendar information, etc. and your iPhone’s settings will be restored to their factory settings.
Step-by-step guide to revirginize or restore your iPhone and/or iPods:
- Connect your device to your computer and select your iPhone/iPod from the list of devices in iTunes.
- In the Summary Tab, click on the “Restore” button.
- iTunes should prompt you if you would wish to take a backup of your iPhone before restoring. Select “Backup”.
- After the backup is completed select the “Restore” option when iTunes prompts you.
- Once the restore process has completed your iPhone will restart.
- After the restore is complete and your iPhone restarts you will see the “Connect to Activate” screen. You must continue to keep your iPhone connected to complete activation.
- The last step is to set up your iPhone as a “new iPhone” when prompted, et volia you have a “clean” phone again which can be sold without giving away all you data…
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Can you help with my iphone, plugged in to comp to download from itunes and phone screen now shows itunes logo with the cable to contect to computer below and states for emergency calls only. Have tried to revirginize using the above but have had no success, message states that iphone is in recovery mode and must be restored which i have tried and failed.
Heya! Sorry for taking so long to respond, but I was out of town. Have you tried iBrickr: http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32564
If that doesn’t help, let me know and I’ll give you a few more pointers….
Cheers, Cliff.
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