iOS 26 Allows You to Restore Any iPhone Without a Mac or PC

[svish]

Good to see this. Hopefully it makes it easier to do it if ever required. Not sure whether the new iPadOS also has a similar option.

 

[Dark-Signature]

Good to see this. Hopefully it makes it easier to do it if ever required. Not sure whether the new iPadOS also has a similar option.

The most important thing will be that it is reliable and robust, so that it works even without a cable connection.

Anyone who has ever had such cases where an iPhone/iPad could only be saved by a DFU mode will understand what I mean.

 

[JonaM]

So, it appears as though this is a feature that cannot be triggered by the user. A problem must be detected by the phone and the software/hardware will trigger the feature to become active. Is that what you guys are getting from this too?

If the phone was was functioning normally you achieve the same result by selecting the option to erase device and restore to factory settings as it wipes all user data and returns to a clean install of the current iOS.

 

[mystery hill]

If the phone was was functioning normally you achieve the same result by selecting the option to erase device and restore to factory settings as it wipes all user data and returns to a clean install of the current iOS.

If you’re on iOS 26, you can’t restore to iOS 18 by erasing the device from the Settings app. You still need to use a Mac or PC, as there is no way to trigger the recovery mode currently.

 

[wolverinechris]

I had this happen within 30min of installing the Beta.

It did not help, unfortunately. Device was bricked and I had to do DFU, then only had the option to restore back to iOS 18 (is there some way to force MacOS to restore to a beta?)