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Hi guys,
My girlfriend has an iPhone 4 that has been giving her a lot of problems lately. I want to restore it but I don't want to update it to iOS 6 just yet. Instead of restoring through iTunes, if I restore via settings>general>"reset settings and erase all content" will that restore the phone WITHOUT updating it to iOS 6? Please let me know. Thanks 😀
Reset settings and erase all content will NOT update your iPhone to iOS 6
If you erase all content & settings, you're not restoring the phone at all. What you're doing is just what that setting says, you're erasing all content & settings, and no, this will not update or change the iOS.
This is, generally, not considered a troubleshooting step.
That was my second question. So erase all content and settings is not refreshing the system to new in the way a restore would?
Correct.
basically her iPhone 4 is having problems stuttering and freezing. When shes on a call she cant back out to do anything (while on the call) or the iPhone locks up. Sometimes when opening her camera it locks up for many seconds or just opens to a black screen. Would resetting through the settings and erasing everything help? Because I dont really want to put iOS6 on her iPhone 4 for fear of more slowdowns or battery issues.
recklessdoc wrote:
Would resetting through the settings and erasing everything help?
Doubtful it will do anything other than erasing the phone. Try resetting her phone: Press the Sleep/Wake button & Home button at the same time, keep pressing until you see the Apple logo, then release. If no change, your next step would be to restore from backup.
Im afraid that any software bugs or issues would also be in the back up tho. So i was thinking of transfering the apps and purchases, restore to new, and then syncing the apps and purchases back onto it.
That would be the last troubleshooting step...restore as new. However, this will update the iOS to iOS 6.1.
Ok, my biggest issue is that I have been hearing about battery draining issues with iOS 6 on the iP4 especially. Do you know how widespread battery issues are?
Well, millions of users update & have updated to iOS 6.1 with zero issues. I personally know of no one that has experienced any issues.
Reckless
There are over 300,000,000 devices running IOS 6.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jan/29/apple-ios-6-devices
I have never had a battery nor a wifi issue on any of my 3 devices running IOS 6+. We can't predict what your experience will be.
Cheers
I understand that my chances of having issues are very slim. But articles like the one below make me nervous because if i update and have issues, Apple doesnt let me downgrade, meaning we would be stuck with crappy battery life and literally no way to fix it. Not a position I want to be in. I understand that the internet can blow things way out of portortion, but still.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/100212-iphone-battery-262963.html
I understand that article refers to 6.0, but most of what i have read has said that people with battery issues havent seen it get better with 6.1 Thats why i was hoping to see a statistic of those affected. I just would hate to pull the trigger and have her battery die on her every afternoon. Just because 300 million are running iOS 6 doesnt mean 300 million are running it issue free. Any amount of them could be having trouble, but you would never know, because thanks to Apple, you CANT downgrade.
There's really nothing more we can add. If you restore, iOS 6.1 will be installed on the phone. Will you have issues...doubful.
Good luck.
Thank you for your time and thoughts. I appreciate it very much wjosten!
You're welcome.
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