How often do you reset/rebuild your iPhone?

[Cmhrob]

How often do you wipe your iPhone clean and reinstall everything from scratch (not restore from backup)?

I don’t know if I’m seeing bugs or something is just messed up. Examples: I’m on 17.3.1 (14 Pro Max) and CarPlay has me driving through neighborhoods when I’m on the highway and some web pages, after I tap the back button, it will automatically take me back to the page I was on and remain in that loop until I close the page.

I rebuilt my iPhone three months ago.

Thanks,

RC

 

[eyoungren]

I've never done that. And I have jailbroken many times and many phones in the past. The current iteration of my 'profile' on my iPhone dates back to 2012.

But after much experimentation with jailbreaking and having to often restore (on a non-primary phone) I settled on a process that I used up until 2021 whenever I upgraded an iPhone.

Backup, wipe phone, place NEW phone in DFU mode, upgrade and restore from backup.

In 2020 there was a deviation when I transferred files from my 6s Plus to a Pixel 3a XL. In 2021, I came back to iOS with my 11 Pro Max so that was another file transfer. Nothing is missing.

I've never had any problems.

 

[Reverend Benny]

Never done it unless there has been something major, the last time I did was at least 10 years ago.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

I've done it religiously when getting a new phone or if something is seriously effed up (only happened twice). Decided to allow my X to transfer everything to the new 15PM this time and it worked great..

 

[jz0309]

basically never, and for the past 4 or 5 iPhones (13PM, 11PM, X, 6S+, 5S ...) I have always restored from backup when getting a new one, or transfer from old to new

 

[NoBoMac]

Also basically never, unless something is really messed up on a new device.

This is one of many of these type of threads from over the years:

New Phone: Restore from backup or Setup as new phone?

Since the X, I've upgraded every 3 years (12 Pro now 15 Pro [Max?]). I've always taken this as an opportunity to clean my phone and not reinstall apps I don't use. What about others? Anybody else start from scratch with a new phone?

forums.macrumors.com

As I mentioned in it, with the large number of settings these days, many buried deep and sometimes not in "obvious" places, a real pain to get your phone setup like the previous one if not restoring from backup.

 

[one more]

Never started from 0, well, except for my first iPhone ever.

In early days I used to back up my iPhone to a Mac and then Restore it from that backup after running betas, once the public release would come out.

Nowadays, once the public release of a new IOS is out, I just do a fresh install with an IPSW file, so no need to restore from a backup.

When I get a new iPhone, I do a direct transfer (old phone to new phone), which works amazingly well!

 

[Helmsley]

How often do you wipe your iPhone clean and reinstall everything from scratch (not restore from backup)?

Never 🙂

Touch wood, I've never had any issues that have required a full reset either.

 

[Al Rukh]

I’ve never done it for many years now. So far restoring from backup has worked like a charm for me.

 

[Starfia]

(Thinks)

My first "iPhone" was the first iPod touch from 2007. I think I've always chained backups from one phone-type iOS device to the next with no such restarts.

 

[jetsam]

I've never done this, and never felt the need to. And I've had an iPhone since 2008.

 

[chabig]

I’ve never even considered doing this.

 

[Rileyuk]

Consider reinstalling your iPhone from scratch if issues persist. Before that, update iOS, reset settings, and troubleshoot specific apps. Always backup data before a clean reinstall to avoid data loss. Hopes it helps you