How to Restore iPhone XS (Max)/XR/X/8 from Backup without iTunes

Restore iPhone fix error Last Updated : January 9, 2019

How to Restore iPhone XS (Max)/XR/X/8 from a Backup?

Resetting your iPhone XS (Max)/XR/X/8 is simple, you can just do it on your iPhone by clicking the Reset button. But restoring iPhone needs to connect your iPhone to computer with USB and restore your iPhone on computer. There is a common mistake that people always make which is people restore their iPhone without doing a backup first, when they completely erased all the data on iPhone after clicked the Restore button, they will find there is no data saved to reload on their iPhone.

Be careful, restoring iPhone means all your data on the devices including existing OS and firmware will vanish. So, do remember to back up your data before restoring your iPhone and then restore iPhone from a backup.

What is needed before restoring iPhone XS/XR from backup?

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• Backup all your data: video, music, pictures, etc. from iPhone to PC.
• Manage iPhone files: add, delete, edit & create new column or playlist.
• Reload content and data from PC to iPhone after iPhone restored.

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Simplify the complicated process of restoring iPhone XS (Max)/XR/X/8.

When Is the Time to Restore Your iPhone?

Before teaching you how to restore your iPhone, here gives you some tips to remind you when is the time to restore your iPhone, and what benefits restoring iPhone could bring you.

1. Restoring iPhone can help resolve bugs and odd behaviors on your iPhone X/8/7. If your iPhone is always slow to access into your text, emails and it has nothing to do with the internet, then it's time to restore your iPhone.
2. Laggy and longer than 5 seconds delay to see an image in the Camera Roll.
3. Having virus or apps that you are unable to kill or uninstall even if you use a third party tool.

So basically, restoring your iPhone is like doing a thoroughly swiping of your iPhone to make your iPhone run faster, crude, but simple.

Tutorial of How to Restore your iPhone XS (Max)/XR/X/8 with WinX MediaTrans

Step 1. Back up your iPhone data from iPhone to PC with this iPhone restore tool.

a: Download and install this 100% clean and safe WinX MediaTrans on your PC.
b: Connect your iPhone XS (Max)/XR/X/8 to PC with USB.
c: Open WinX MediaTrans and then back up your photo from iPhone by clicking Photo Transfer, click Music Manager to transfer music from iPhone to PC, and tap video to transfer all videos (4K) from iPhone to PC.

Step 2 (Optional). Once you have backed up your iPhone, you need to disassociate your Apple ID as well if you want to sell your iPhone or give it away.
Go to Settings > iCloud > Find My iPhone > Turn it off.

Step 3: Open iTunes, while your iPhone appears in iTunes, click on the Summary panel and then click Restore iPhone. Click Restore again to confirm and then iTunes will erase all your data on iPhone, set up your iPhone by following the instructions.

Step 4: Sync all your data from PC to iPhone from backup.

WinX MediaTrans is the best iPhone manager which helps you to sync videos from PC to iPhone as well as transferring music, music playlist from computer to iPhone. Better still, this iPhone restore helper makes your iPhone become an easy-to-use flash drive to store literally any files from your computer. Download and try this iPhone restore tool for free, you won't lose anything after you choose to restore iPhone.

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