Deal with an Unresponsive iPhone 5s

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Do you own an Apple iPhone 5S phone and encountering unresponsive screen or you forgot the password of the phone to unlock the home screen? Do you also want to reset the phone back to factory settings in order for you to resolve the problem? Or are you selling your iPhone 5S and you want to switch to another phone manufacturer to try other brands and explorer as well?

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This article is a short tutorial on how you can perform a reset on the phone to set all back to factory settings like when you first got it and also to resolve issues by simply doing a Hard Reset. However, the process on resetting the phone will delete all Data like Media Contents, pictures, contacts and any other, but can be recover by doing restoration using iCloud or by iTunes to your PC or Macintosh computer. See the guide below on how you can perform "Reset To Factory On iPhone 5S".

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How to Hard Reset App iPhone 5S

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    You need to turn off the phone, just press and hold the wake and slide the red bar to turn it off
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    Launch the iTunes on your computer then get your USB cable and connect it to the phone and press and hold the home button on your phone.
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    You will be able to see there a portion that says your "The iPhone has been detected in Recovery mode"
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    On your iTunes, you will be able to see there a button that says "Restore iPhone"
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    Then click that button
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    After clicking the button, you will be able to see a pop up on your computer that you can click on Restore and Update then click it
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    The iTunes will do its thing on resetting then once it is done, you should be able to see there an Apple logo in the process field then the phone is now back to default values.
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The steps you take can help you resolve your phone problems specially when it is being unresponsive

How to Delete all Content in iPhone 5S

If you are going to sell your phone, this is the best steps that you can take for you to erase all your information in the phone and what not.

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    On your phone screen, tap on the Settings
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    After the Settings, Scroll down and look for the General
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    Under the General, you will see there a portion for reset then tap it
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    You will be able to see there list of things what action will you take
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    Select the "Erase All Contents and Settings"
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    Tap on Erase iPhone then the phone will automatically reboot/restart and everything will now be on default condition
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How To Reset Network Settings on iPhone 5S

The iPhone 5S has a lot of options for you to reset the settings that you made in the phone. If you just change from one network carrier to the other or do you have too many preferred networks and want to delete them all? These steps are applicable to your needs to reset the network settings only.

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    Tap on Settings
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    Scroll down and look for the General option
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    Under General, look for the option that says Reset and tap it
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    Under the Reset, tap the "Reset Network Settings"
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    Tap on Reset Network settings again then your phone will automatically restart itself to simply refresh the systems and the network settings you have will now be on default.
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  • If you have problems with any of the steps in this article, please ask a question for more help, or post in the comments section below.

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