I want to restore my iPhone back to original. How long does "delete all contents and settings' take to run? A few seconds? Hours?
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how long should 'delete all contents and settings' take?
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In the last couple weeks I wiped and sold both an iPhone 4S and an iPad 3 (both with iOS6) ... and each took about two to three minutes tops.
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If the phone is jailbroken it will cause the delete option to hang. The best way to make sure everything is wiped from your device is to do a restore in iTunes.
If the phone isn't jailbroken, it should only take a few minutes.
If the phone isn't jailbroken, it should only take a few minutes.
As said, if it's jailbroken, this wont work at all.
The only exception is the anything iPhone 3G or older - it can take hours, since it actually has to delete anything. On the newer phones, it just deletes the encryption keys, then recreates default settings whiles which takes about 2 minutes.
The only exception is the anything iPhone 3G or older - it can take hours, since it actually has to delete anything. On the newer phones, it just deletes the encryption keys, then recreates default settings whiles which takes about 2 minutes.