How to Restore iPhone or iTouch

Is your iPhone or iTouch locked up, showing errors or just freezing? Here's how to restore it using recovery mode.

***After you fix your iPod be sure to check out the link below to the top 10 iPhone / iTouch apps!***

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• iPhone or iTouch
• The latest version of iTunes

1. POWER OFF YOUR IPHONE / ITOUCH
   
   Hold down the button on the top of your device and slide the bar over to power the phone off.

2. HOLD DOWN THE HOME BUTTON

3. CONNECT THE PHONE OR IPOD TO THE COMPUTER
   
   Using your usb sync cable, connect the device to the computer with iTunes running.

4. WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE ITUNES LOGO OVER THE SYNC CABLE ON YOUR SCREEN
   
   Your iphone or ipod touch will be in recovery mode once the iTunes logo (Not the apple logo) is on the screen. You can let go of the home button at this point.
   
   A pop up window will also appear on your computer verifying that the phone or ipod is in recovery mode.

5. CLICK OK THEN RESTORE ON YOUR COMPUTER
   
   A pop up window will appear on your computer stating that the device will need to be restored before it can be used with iTunes. Click ok, then at the bottom of the screen click the restore button.

Resources

• Top 10 iPhone / iTunes Apps
• iTouch Review

[carolj1]

on 9/15/2009 Good advice for those of us who are tech challenged! 5*

[mobilephones]

on 9/1/2009 Super information for freezing iphones, I know lots of friends who have had this problem, I'll send them to here.