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Erase All Content And Settings

NyYaNkEeFaN95

NyYaNkEeFaN95

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Jul 24, 2011
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Hey, I am running IOS 5 beta 4 and i decided to see if apple has changed the "Erase All Content And Settings" option because you can setup the iPhone without a computer. I when into settings and tapped it and it literally took less than 2 minutes to completely erase everything and clear all settings. Then it took me to the "Setup iPhone" screen. All without a computer in under 2 minutes. Wow
 
NyYaNkEeFaN95 said:
Hey, I am running IOS 5 beta 4 and i decided to see if apple has changed the "Erase All Content And Settings" option because you can setup the iPhone without a computer. I when into settings and tapped it and it literally took less than 2 minutes to completely erase everything and clear all settings. Then it took me to the "Setup iPhone" screen. All without a computer in under 2 minutes. Wow
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Neat! :D I wonder if it will still "brick" a jailbroken phone.
 
NyYaNkEeFaN95 said:
What do you mean?
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the rule is never do this with a jailbroken phone because it messes it up big time. It's fallowed by a post in the hack section I briked my iphone. it's not really bricked just needs a full restore. Brick means useless as a brick unusable. Of course awadeee knows that it's not really bricked 100% and having a little fun! ;)
 
labman said:
the rule is never do this with a jailbroken phone because it messes it up big time. It's fallowed by a post in the hack section I briked my iphone. it's not really bricked just needs a full restore. Brick means useless as a brick unusable. Of course awadeee knows that it's not really bricked 100% and having a little fun! ;)
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Oh haha i can see how that can be a bad thing
 
This isn't new to iOS 5. It's actually new to the iPhone 4 (and maybe 3GS, but 3G most definitely took about 45+ min). It's been here since iOS 4.
 
Saberon said:
This isn't new to iOS 5. It's actually new to the iPhone 4 (and maybe 3GS, but 3G most definitely took about 45+ min). It's been here since iOS 4.
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Really...Come to think of it i never restored my iPhone 4 on IOS 4 without a comp so seeing it restore that fast on IOS 5 made me think it was a new feature.
 
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Lol I had to erase all on my original iPhone, lord! It took like 2 hours an it was only a 4GB.
 
iTunes restore actually re installs the firmware on the device whereas the Erase All settings just wipes your information off the phone while not touching the firmware.
 
labman said:
the rule is never do this with a jailbroken phone because it messes it up big time. It's fallowed by a post in the hack section I briked my iphone. it's not really bricked just needs a full restore. Brick means useless as a brick unusable. Of course awadeee knows that it's not really bricked 100% and having a little fun! ;)
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Couldn't have said it better myself! :D

NyYaNkEeFaN95 said:
Oh haha i can see how that can be a bad thing
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Yes it is! But all it takes is a DFU restore. :)
 
NyYaNkEeFaN95 said:
I stopped jailbreaking after my battery life started to decrease
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you were just running the wrong stuff, but that's another story. biggest problem with JB imo. everybody want's do reap the rewards and not do any work or research. not really including you just in general. We have some repeat threads in the hack section it's not funny.
 
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I agree
 
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