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iPhone 12 reset iself out of nowhere

I have an iPhone 12 Mini. Out of nowhere it reset itself today (it did NOT just reboot). My data that I have not yet backed up is lost. How does this happen?

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Posted on Aug 5, 2022 8:05 AM

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Posted on Aug 5, 2022 8:37 AM

XeinaX wrote:

I have an iPhone 12 Mini. Out of nowhere it reset itself today (it did NOT just reboot). My data that I have not yet backed up is lost. How does this happen?


if you update through the Mac computer a backup is automatically made before the update...


if you think you have an issue—


How to put your iPhone in diagnostics mode - identify potential hardware and software issues

How to put your iPhone in diagnostics mode - Apple Support



The current stable release of iOS including bug fixes, is iOS 15.6

Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support




If you value your user data, then backup your device.

Back up iPhone - Apple Support


In order to save drive space recent iOS backs are over-written, unless you manually alter the name or from Manage Backups Control click and “Archive” the backup.




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Aug 5, 2022 8:37 AM in response to XeinaX

XeinaX wrote:

I have an iPhone 12 Mini. Out of nowhere it reset itself today (it did NOT just reboot). My data that I have not yet backed up is lost. How does this happen?


if you update through the Mac computer a backup is automatically made before the update...


if you think you have an issue—


How to put your iPhone in diagnostics mode - identify potential hardware and software issues

How to put your iPhone in diagnostics mode - Apple Support



The current stable release of iOS including bug fixes, is iOS 15.6

Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support




If you value your user data, then backup your device.

Back up iPhone - Apple Support


In order to save drive space recent iOS backs are over-written, unless you manually alter the name or from Manage Backups Control click and “Archive” the backup.




iPhone 12 reset iself out of nowhere

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