So my stupid little brother...

[ej2zo]

... accidently restored my friggin iPhone (while receiving several texts at that). I'm not too familiar with this "restore" tab on itunes... but could it have done harm to my iphone while it was receiving/processing sms? I know it deletes all the info on the phone itself but can it do any harm in general? If someone can enlighten me on this I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

 

[SFStateStudent]

Hopefully, you did a backup on your iPhone recently, that would eliminate any concerns about losing data or accidentally deleting information on your iPhone. My understanding is that "restore" will return your iPhone to its' original settings, and delete everything else, but if you recently synced with iTunes then all your information should be available by syncing with iTunes. Is there anything you can do to ensure that your little brother can't contaminate the rest of the world's iPhones???

http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/troubleshooting/phone/#


LOL

 

[ej2zo]

^ Thanks for the response but for anyone who has done a restore in the past... is there a preparation stage before the actual restoring (where the device is still functional) or does it immediately go into action?

 

[Templex]

^ Thanks for the response but for anyone who has done a restore in the past... is there a preparation stage before the actual restoring (where the device is still functional) or does it immediately go into action?

It starts pretty much immediately. Restoring doesn't do any harm, except maybe if you do it way too often. That might wear out the flash chip a bit.