How to Set up iPhone as New Phone

Updated Apr 12,2018 | by Cody

If you find your iPhone X/8/7 does not work well as it should or you want to change iPhone to a new owner, then you can set up iPhone as a new phone.

This is pretty useful for the low storage version of iPhones, especially the earlier versions like iPhone 6. App cached files and other files can take up a really huge portion of your iPhone’s storage. In that case, you can free up iPhone storage space by resetting iPhone to new.

How to Reset iPhone as New

As you know, to reset iPhone as new will erase all data saved on your iPhone. If you still want to use the data saved on your iPhone, you need to backup your iPhone before resetting.

iPhone does not save contact information to SIM card, so you need to at least backup your contacts to PC or iCloud even if you are not planning to own the iPhone.

Once you are clear that all data saved on your iPhone will be wiped out, you can follow the steps below to reset iPhone.

Step 1.Open your iPhone and go to Settings > General > Reset.

Step 2. Tap Erase All Content and Settings.

Step 3. Type in your passcode to confirm the operation.

In a short while, everything and custom settings will be wiped off from your iPhone. Your iPhone will reboot and you will see the initial setup screen that you saw when you got hands on this device the first time.

You can also plug in your iOS device to a computer and use iTunes to reset your iPhone. Once connected, you should see a 'Restore iPhone' button, which will fully reset the device; you can click it to start to set up your iPhone as a new phone.

If you cannot even boot your iPhone or the Settings app does not work, you will need to enter Recovery Mode to hard reset your iPhone with iTunes.

In addition, if you have enabled Find MY iPhone feature, you can also reset your iPhone to factory settings with Find My iPhone app.

How to Easily Backup Your iPhone Data

Whether you want to reset your iPhone for a new user or to fix some iPhone problems, the photos, songs, videos, and contacts are still valuable to you. iCloud storage probably cannot hold all these data if you do not upgrade to a paid plan. Therefore, it is highly recommended to backup your iPhone to a PC, which is faster than backing up to iCloud.

IOTransfer is an iPhone/iPad backup tool that allows you to backup photos, music, videos, contacts and other files from your iOS device to PC in one click.

You can refer to the steps below to backup iPhone to computer hard drive before erasing anything.

Step 1.Download IOTransfer and install on your Windows 10/8/7 computer.

Step 2. Open this software and connect your iPhone to this PC. Confirm connection to this PC on your iPhone.

Step 3. After the program finishes scanning your iPhone, click the button Transfer to PC to backup all the listed items to your computer. If needed, you can change the default location to receive the iPhone backup.

That’s it. All your data are backed up on your computer hard drive. You can go ahead and set up iPhone as a new phone without worrying data loss.

If you need to select which items to be backed up to your PC, you can have a clear view on all your data including photos, music, videos, podcasts, contacts, and apps under MANAGE tab. What’s more, you can use IOTransfer to download videos to your iPhone and free up storage space without deleting apps.

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