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your stuff—all of it. Music, videos, email, all gone. Clearly, you’re getting<br />

into last resorts here.<br />

Restore the phone. If none of these steps seem to solve the phone’s<br />

glitchiness, it might be time for the Nuclear Option: Erasing it <strong>com</strong>pletely,<br />

resetting both hardware and software back to factory-fresh condition.<br />

if you’re able to sync the phone with iTunes first, do it! That way, you’ll have a<br />

backup of all those intangible <strong>iPhone</strong> data bits: text messages, call logs, Recents<br />

list, and so on. iTunes will put it all back onto the phone the first time you sync<br />

after the restore.<br />

To restore the phone, connect it to your <strong>com</strong>puter. In iTunes, click the<br />

<strong>iPhone</strong> icon and then, on the Summary tab, click Restore. Confirm this<br />

drastic decision.<br />

When it’s all over, you can sync your life right back onto the <strong>iPhone</strong>—this<br />

time, if the technology gods are smiling, with better success.<br />

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