Hi, Although this is a question best for the viophone list, your assertions are correct. You need to do that very very scary step of erasing all data and settings on the iPhone. That will allow you to set it up as a new device and you’ll have all the same options as you did originally, including backing up from an iCloud backup.
Note, that if you have any apps that have been removed from the app store, you will not get these apps back. I therefore suggest you also do a manual backup to iTuens, which is probably a good idea in general, just in case. The backup will take a good amount of time to restore from iCloud, so be patient. Good luck, —k Faith doesn’t give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the questions. On Apr 2, 2016, at 2:02 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I messed up some important files on my iPhone and want to restore to a > previous state. I have iCloud backup turned on and have a backup shown from > yesterday, which is what I want truster to. How do I go about this? > I believe I need to reset to erase all data and settings from within > Settings/general/reset, and then restore the phone from most recent backup. > Is that the case? I assume that after resetting , I have an option to restore > from iCloud backup or factory default, and of course, I would choose iCloud > backup. > Am I right here? > Don’t want to screw things up anymore than I already have. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
