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will not restore to factory settings

will not restore to factory settings

iPhone 6s, iOS 14

Posted on Aug 8, 2021 10:55 AM

2 replies

Aug 8, 2021 8:51 PM in response to Simmondley1

Hi Simmondley1,

Welcome to the Apple Community.


Wondering why you iPhone will not restore to factory setting.

If there was an error message, that might suggest a solution.

OR

You might want to try again,

using the steps in one of the articles from Apple Support (links below):


How to erase, and restore to factory settings, your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch without a computer

https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201274

OR

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings using a computer

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201252


Hope this helps you :)

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