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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August 11th, 2009 11:30
Thank God! This worked like a charm. I have over 6000 songs, games, contacts, videos and TV shows all saved in perfect condition, what bliss I am in again. Thank you for this valuable tip it was greatly appreciated.
August 7th, 2009 13:19
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August 4th, 2009 08:11
Thanks alot!!!
July 30th, 2009 17:01
Thank you. This was a huge help with my little cousin’s phone.
July 30th, 2009 13:04
I just wanted to thank you for this tip your a real help
July 24th, 2009 03:21
IF THIS DOES NOT WORK FOR YOU, first plug the iphone/ipod into a USB port, then try the same thing. It was necessary with mine for some reason. OS 3.1
I think the article should be updated with this info.
July 23rd, 2009 19:10
Graaaaaaaacias viejooooooooo!!!
July 17th, 2009 06:15
thanks for sharing the knowledge
July 16th, 2009 04:49
THANK YOU SO MUCH
July 14th, 2009 04:13
Mikebkr
June 3rd, 2009 12:30
79Ok, I have a particular problem with my itouch. A few weeks ago I was listening to it when it died. When I got home I put it on the charger and ever since then whenever I turn it on a picture of the USB connector cord with an arrow pointing toward the itunes symbol appears. So naturally I plugged it inot my itunes and on the computer screen appeared a caption that said that I must enter my password into the itouch. But I cannot get to that point…It will not respond to any touch on the screen. It does however turn off and on. I have reset it and it still won’t work!
I have no idea what to do…any ideas?
I have the same issue…IT WONT WORK!!
July 13th, 2009 04:14
omg thx so mmuch
July 7th, 2009 23:46
and, if was locked with a passcode like mine, you have to do what they said , have it connected to itunes, and keep holding the buttons until it says connect to itunes on the screen
July 7th, 2009 10:47
useless
July 6th, 2009 05:22
well done!! thanks for posting such an easy to read fix. And here I was thinking that my beloved iPhone was kaput.
July 5th, 2009 01:05
my iphone is going crazy it blinks of and on showing nothing just a white screen. i tryed to hold the power buton on the top and nothing i also tryed to fix it by conecting it to my itunes and nothin.
please help!
July 3rd, 2009 11:27
ahh! mikebkr! i’m haveing the exact same problem, i don’t know what to do! we need help.
June 24th, 2009 08:44
i did that and all it did was take pictures of itself instead of restarting so im confusedf
June 23rd, 2009 23:04
my apps on my ipod touch keep exiting by themselves….
i tried to reset my ipod, but it didn’t do anything!!
someone help me please!!
June 22nd, 2009 00:08
Thank you soooo much may god give you loads of boys!!!!!!
June 15th, 2009 06:40
thank you thank you thank you! i thought i was gonna have to buy another ipod for a while there
June 11th, 2009 22:38
You are a guenious! Thanks a lot. FOR EVERYONE OUT THERE, THE FLASHLIGHT APP WILL FREEZE YOUR ITOUCH! i DONT KNOW IF IT HAPPENDS TO JUST THAT APP, BUT IT SURE MESSED MINE UP, AND I WAS FREAKING. LOL
June 3rd, 2009 12:30
Ok, I have a particular problem with my itouch. A few weeks ago I was listening to it when it died. When I got home I put it on the charger and ever since then whenever I turn it on a picture of the USB connector cord with an arrow pointing toward the itunes symbol appears. So naturally I plugged it inot my itunes and on the computer screen appeared a caption that said that I must enter my password into the itouch. But I cannot get to that point…It will not respond to any touch on the screen. It does however turn off and on. I have reset it and it still won’t work!
I have no idea what to do…any ideas?
May 25th, 2009 18:39
THANK YOU !!!! omg i was was so scared haha that worked well
May 21st, 2009 06:12
OMG THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH U IZ DA BEZT!
May 17th, 2009 20:40
thanks