How to Hard Reset iPhone 6 or iPhone 6S Plus (Working Methods)

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Turning it off is our first major step, which we all take if something gets wrongs with our electronic equipment. Most of the time, it fixes our problem, but sometimes when this solution doesn’t work, we go for another solution to restarting the device. Well, restarting a device can fix many issues of a device, especially of a mobile phone. Here in this article, you can also learn How to Do Hard Reset on iPhone 7.

Restarting in Android devices is done by long-pressing the Sleep/Wake button, release it when you get the option of restart on the screen. Tap on that option, and your device will initiate restarting. Well, on iPhone 6, you can restart your device, while long-pressing the Sleep/wake button, you will get a Slide to Power Off option. So, yes, you have to slide it for turning it off.

But will it surely fix up the problem? What if it still does not make any changes? Well, here you would need to hard reset your device. If your device has stopped responding completely, if it is frozen, or throwing up the errors, these situations can be sorted with hard resetting the device. Hard resetting the device will force-reboot your iPhone, which will help you get rid of these issues. You can download iPhone Configuration Utility Here.

Why to Hard Reset iPhone 6?

So, in today’s tutorial, we are going to guide you about how you can hard reset your device and activate the Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU) mode to troubleshoot the device whenever needed. If the Standard Recovery Mode or hard reset doesn’t work or sort out the phone issues, switch ON the DFU mode. It will update the firmware, allows the device to interface with iTunes, and without automatically installing the last downloaded version it restores the OS. So, if the beta malfunctions or a jailbreak goes bad, DFU will be useful for restoring the older versions of iOS.

Well, as we said, in today’s tutorial, we are going to guide you on the method to hard reset iPhone 6. So, let’s have a look at it.

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Steps to Hard Reset iPhone 6

• Go to your home screen first.
• Steer to the device’s settings.
• Now, click to General.
• Choose reset. There you will find an option to erase all Content and Settings. Click on that option.
• See the warning to reset the device.
• If it asks for a passcode, enter the passcode.
• Accepts all the information or conditions, and wait, until the operation gets completed.
• The process gets completed here.

So, guys, these are the eight simple steps that you need to follow to hard reset your iPhone 6. Well, if you want to reset your phone when it is locked, and you forgot the password, you would need to follow the following steps.

Well, I think you all know if you will try to unlock your iPhone for more than six times with the wrong passwords, you will be locked out automatically. So, it is better to use iMyFone LockWiper because it is the best unlocking software. So, I will now share the guide to reset the locked iPhone 6 with LockWiper. If you face any problems like iTunes Not Recognizing iPhone, then fix it by following the article.

Reset Locked iPhone with LockWiper

>> Step 1) Open your PC and open iMyFone Lockwiper software. Choose the unlock mode. If your iPhone 6 is locked to iCloud, choose Unlock Apple ID, and if your iPhone is screen locked, choose Unlock Screen Passcode. Suppose you chose the Unlock Screen Passcode.

>> Step 2) Connect your iPhone with your PC and tap Next. Now, click Download. After starting downloading, LockWiper will start downloading and verifying the firmware for your device.

>> Step 3) To unzip the download file after completing this process, click on Start to Extract.

>> Step 4) Now, tap on Start Unlock. You will see a box where you would need to enter 000000. Click Unlock for further processing.

>> Step 5) Once this process gets completed, everything from your device will get removed.

So, these are the five simple steps that you have to follow, and your iPhone 6 will get reset with LockWiper if you have forgotten the password.

Now, my next guide is on resetting the iPhone 6 when locked with recovery mode to remove Password.

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Reset iPhone 6 when locked with recovery mode

• Connect your iPhone with your PC. Open iTunes on your PC.
• After connecting both the devices, the long-press Sleep/Wake button simultaneously with the Home button. You will see the recovery-mode screen.
• Now, it will ask you to restore or update your device.
• After completing this process, your iPhone 6 will get unlocked.

So, guys, this is how you can reset your device when it is locked with the recovery mode and remove its password. You can use this method when you haven’t synced your device with iTunes.

Well, as we have already discussed above, Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU) mode restores an iPhone Standard Recovery Mode, or Resetting doesn’t help you to get rid of your device’s issues. So, let’s move forward to see how you can activate DFU mode on iPhone 6.

>> Step 1) Connect your iPhone with a PC. Make sure iTunes is running in your device.

>> Step 2) Press the Sleep/Wake button for a maximum of three seconds.

>> Step 3) Press the home button simultaneously for 10 seconds. Make sure, your screen remains black throughout, pressing the buttons

>> Step 4) Now, release the Sleep/Wake button, but don’t release the home button at least for five seconds. But if you will hold them for too long, your iPhone will display Plug into iTunes. If this message will popup, you will need to start the process all over again.

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FAQ’s of Resetting Hard iPhone 7 & iPhone 7 Plus

1. Is it safe to reset the Hard Reset iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus?

Yes, no need to worry about any issue and problems of losses.

2. After resetting, Data available in the system or not?

All the data will remain in the system, no need to erase the data from the device.

3. Does it take much time to Hard Reset iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus?

No, the risk is very less compared to all other processes, and it is easy to reset and takes no time.

Final Verdicts

So, guys, this is the complete guide on hard reset iPhone 6. Well, we have shared some other methods also. So, if in case you are facing any of these problems, you can go through this guide. We hope you all liked it. If you have any other queries, you can feel free to ask us. Thank You. Here you can also learn How to Unlock Disabled Apple ID if you face any problems with your Apple ID.

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