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Shutdown your iDevice and put it into DFU/recovery mode. How to achieve this depends on your iDevice model. See [https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/DFU_Mode DFU Mode on the iPhone Wiki] for more details.
Once your iDevice is in recovery mode, run following command to reset your device. You will get asked which firmware to install and a final confirmation that everything will be erased.
{{Warning|The following command will reset your iPhone. All user data will be lost. Be sure to backup everything before proceeding.}}


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This restore will erase your device data.
This restore will erase your device data.
################################ [ WARNING ] #################################
################################ [ WARNING ] #################################
# You are about to perform an *ERASE* restore. ALL DATA on the target device                         #
# You are about to perform an *ERASE* restore. ALL DATA on the target device
# will be IRREVERSIBLY DESTROYED. If you want to update your device without                     #
# will be IRREVERSIBLY DESTROYED. If you want to update your device without
# erasing the user data, hit CTRL+C now and restart without -e or --erase                                   #
# erasing the user data, hit CTRL+C now and restart without -e or --erase
# command line switch.                                                                                                                 #
# command line switch.
# If you want to continue with the ERASE, please type YES and press ENTER.                           #
# If you want to continue with the ERASE, please type YES and press ENTER.
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> YES
> YES