How to master reset iphone xs max

There are multiple ways to reset your device if you are experiencing issues. The first step is to power cycle/restart your device.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

• Power cycle/restart your device • Perform a soft reset• Reset network settings

• Perform a factory data reset 

Power cycle/restart your device

Simultaneously press and hold the Side button and the Volume up or down button until the slider appears, then select and drag the Power icon to the right.

Perform a soft reset

If a power cycle/restart does not resolve your issue, perform a soft reset. Press and quickly release the Volume up button > press and quickly release the Volume down button > press and hold the Side button until you see the Apple logo.

Reset network settings

If you are having connectivity issues, you can try resetting your network settings. This will delete all network settings, returning them to factory defaults. From the home screen, select the

Perform a factory data reset

If you are still having issues with your device, you may need to do a Factory data reset (Master reset). This will reset all settings to their defaults and erase all data stored on iPhone, including your contacts, messages, and music.

1. From the home screen select the 

Note: iPhone cannot be used while data is being erased. iPhone will instantly and securely erase all data, and then restore settings to their factory defaults. After iPhone reboots, it will display the "Connect to iTunes" screen. If you have backed up your device to iTunes or iCloud, you may be able to restore personal data back to iPhone, if desired. Wi-Fi or a wireless data connection is required to re-activate iPhone after a reset. Learn more from the Apple support articles Back up your iPhone and Erase all content and settings on your iPhone.

2. Select General, then scroll to and select Transfer or Reset iPhone.

4. Select Erase All Content and Settings to reset device, then select Continue.

5. Select Finish Upload Then Erase or Erase Now. 

6. Select Erase iPhone to confirm.

Note: If you have a passcode, you will be prompted to enter your passcode to complete the reset. Enter your Apple ID password then select Erase. If you can't update or restore your iPhone with the steps above, for instructions on how to put your device in recovery mode and set it up again, click here.

Performing a force restart should not delete any data, but can be helpful if your iPhone XS Max is frozen or needs troubleshooting.

• Finally, press and hold the side button (3) until the Apple logo appears, and then release.

• The screen will temporarily go dark as the iPhone shuts down and reboots. Keep holding the button until you see the  logo.

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Apple iPhone XS Max

If your mobile/cell phone Apple iPhone XS Max works very slow, it hangs, you want to bypass screen lock, or memory is full, and you want to erase everything, or you want to sell it or give it away and you want nobody to be able to access your files and passwords. You can do a factory reset so that it returns to be like the first day. In the following steps we explain how to format the Apple iPhone XS Max to erase all your information and make it totally clean as it came out of the store. You must bear in mind that a reset or return to the factory state in a mobile deletes all its content, so you must make a backup of your data before doing it if you do not want to lose everything.

There are several ways to do a reset on an Apple iPhone XS Max depending on the data you have.

If you want to make a reset using the device options to return to the factory state an Apple iPhone XS Max you have to follow these simple steps:

Estimated time: 5 minutes.

1- First step:

Turn on and unlock your Apple iPhone XS Max to be able to reset or format it from the device's own settings.

2- Second step:

Let's go to the settings of the Apple iPhone XS Max, it is the icon of the gear wheel that you will find on the home screen of the device.

3- Third step:

We look for the “General” section within the settings, its icon curiously is also another cogwheel.

4- Fourth step:

We go down through the “General” menu of our Apple iPhone XS Max all the way to the bottom until we find the “Reset” option and click on it.

5- Fifth step:

Among the different available options that appear in the “Reset” menu we find “Erase All Content and Settings”, click on this option to start the Apple iPhone XS Max reset.

6- Sixth step:

If you do not have an iCloud backup of your Apple iPhone XS Max data, photos and applications, a notice will appear inviting you to review the iCloud settings. If you want to make a backup copy this is the moment before deleting all the content of the device, otherwise click on “Continue”. The data you have uploaded to Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or backup copies that you have in the cloud, such as iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox or One Drive, will not be deleted.

7- Seventh step:

It will ask you for the password of the iPhone XS Max and if you have activated “Find”, you will also have to enter your iCloud username and password.

8- Eighth step:

Your device iPhone XS Max from Apple it will restart and take several minutes to start while restoring the device to its factory state and optimizing the applications pre-installed in the operative system iOS 12, upgradable to iOS 12.1.

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