Restore iPhone 4S from iTunes
Goodday,
My story is like this: i have used iTunes to restore my iPhone to factory settings as a new iPhone, no backup involved. So, i have plugged in my iPhone to the laptop, i have used the RESTORE button in iTunes and the process started smooth. At the end, the iTunes told me that my iPhone will restart, and it did. After the restart, of course, the configuration of my iPhone was needed. iTunes told me not to unplug my iPhone and to wait until the restart its over. And i did. When iTunes was reconnecting my device, it told me that my SIM has a PIN CODE and i need to enter it so i can proceed with configuration. So i did this step also, i have used my PIN on the device, on my iPHONE the configuration STARTED but iTunes told me that it cannot reconnect with my iPhone and that i should retry later. So i didnt used iTunes to configure, instead i did the configuration directly from the phone. My questions are:
1. Why didnt iTunes reconnect with my iPhone after i entered PIN?
2. Does it matter if it didnt reconnect, so this way i was forced to do the configuration directly from my iPhone and not in iTunes like it supposed to be done after a restore made in iTunes?
3. What does EXACTLY restore from iTunes do !? And what does this mean, from the HELP iTunes files (red lines). What does it mean by "doesn't erase it?"
Update and restore software on iPod, iPhone, or iPad
Using iTunes, you can update software on your iPod, or updateiOS softwareon iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad.
If you are having problems with your device, you can also use iTunes to reinstall the software and restore your device’s default settings.
Important: Restoring iOS software on iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad deletes your information, but doesn’t erase it. Deleted information can’t be accessed through the device’s controls, but it remains on your device. To find out more about erasing all content and settings (if, for example, you plan to give your iPhone away), seethis article at the Apple Support website.
To update your software:
To restore the software on your iPod , iPhone, or iPad:
- Connect your iPod, iPhone, or iPad to your computer.
- When your device appears in the iTunes window (below Devices), select it.
- Click the Summary button, click Restore, and follow the onscreen instructions.If you’re restoring software on your iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad, iTunesbacks up your deviceat the start of the process. You can restore your settings from the backup at the end of the restore.
4. Off-topic question: Why now, when my iPhone is factory settings with nothing on it, after pluggin to iTunes, my used memory went from 26x MB to 392 MB used?
iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1
