How to Reset iPhone and iPod Touch (Hard Reset or Reboot)
iPod Touch and iPhone froze and locked up? The iPhone may be popular, but it has its fair share of problems too. The iPhone and iPod Touch may become completely unresponsive with LCD screen fading away to blank or black. And the gadget device may also does not accept nor respond to any screen taps, and ignoring or not responding to any external buttons pressed. In this total lockout situation, a possible quick solution is to reset the iPhone or iPod.
Apple Support documented how to perform a reset. However, note that resetting the iPhone or iPod is not the same with restoring the iPhone or iPod. Restore will erase and wipe out completely all information and data that contained inside the device, including musics, songs, videos, contacts, photos, calendar information, call lists, maps, applications installed and any other data. All iPhone or iPod Touch settings are restored to their factory condition. Meanwhile, reset is more about hard reset, for those familiar with terms associated with PDA, Palm or Windows Mobile. In other word, reset is simply a forced reboot, where power is cut off from iPhone or iPod Touch to restart the device from fresh.
To reset the iPhone or iPod Touch, press and hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button simultaneously at the same time for at least ten seconds, then the LCD display will clear and the Apple logo appears on the black background. When Apple logo appears, reset is done.
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February 7th, 2010 08:21
thank you so much you saved the day!
February 2nd, 2010 19:56
i love you you fixed it !!!!!!
January 31st, 2010 13:35
i have an ipod touch and the response im getting is to connect device to itunes. i have an apple computer and when i connect them the computer doesn’t find device. hellp me what do i do now?
January 24th, 2010 14:02
nuthing is happening its all dead …
i try everything plz plz help
January 23rd, 2010 07:29
i tried everything and i followed the steps and it either shows the ipod label or asks me if i want to turn it off! HELP PLEASE!
January 17th, 2010 04:24
When i do wat u said, it doesnt work. when i press them both for 10 secs nothing happenes. help me plz
( i have an ipod touch 8GB)
January 16th, 2010 17:57
after pressing the home and the sleep button, it turned into the “apple logo” but it keeps loading . wt can i do about it?
January 14th, 2010 10:20
i just bought a 8g ipod touch from my friend but i forgot my password and i have tryed to reset but every time i plug it in to reset it says that i cant reset cuz it is locked plzz help
codey-92@hotmail.com
January 14th, 2010 08:54
i need help! i rebooted my ipod and it shows connect to itunes. i dont have itunes that i can use please help me email me at super_bad2012@yahoo.com thank you
January 13th, 2010 02:24
ı have ordered a pin code on my ipod touch but my little brother has blocked it..now ı can not open againn..bcs it said ”2568345 minutes later try it again”ı do noıt know what to do..can ı reset it.? or how can ı reset it?
January 8th, 2010 03:30
my sons ipod was stolen at school and if i find out who has it they are in deep shit….the ipod is a very pricey item that was brought for xmas im saden at the way the school has handled this case and even pissed at my son yet god forgives yet i wont forget so if anyone has any idea who stole it from my sons locker call the police on regan high schools theif of the year….
January 6th, 2010 07:04
Okay my ipod touch got stolen at school. I got it back when some one tried to sell it to my friend.They changed the passcode and i can’t unlock it can you please help me?????
January 5th, 2010 20:45
have got a 8gb iphone and i av d same problem everybody has my little nephew changed my code pls help out bro