Turning on the iPhone 5s for the first time. How to activate and set up your new iPhone. Reset and restore
Without them, your iPhone works longer and faster.
I will skip the most commonplace things that everyone knows, namely: turning on the power saving mode, turning off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, lowering the brightness, removing applications from multitasking, and more.
1. Stop enduring unnecessary notifications
How does this help? But a new application from a game or useless application turns on the screen, uses system resources, and this wastes battery power. Leave them only for important programs.
Disable unnecessary notifications: Settings - Notifications.
2. Application work in the background is not needed
Disable apps that use Wi-Fi or cellular when you are not using your phone. Messengers, mail and the bank application can be left on, for example. Everything for your goals and objectives.
The work of applications in the background is turned off here: Basic - Content update.
3. Mail doesn't need Push
When a new account is added, Push data loading is automatically enabled. Not for every mail, but still in most cases.
If you do not use mail often, then it is better to change Push to content update by time or manually. Thanks to this, the mail will stop always looking for new letters, but will do it after a certain time or when using the application.
Turn off the battery eater Push here:
4. Free geolocation services from unnecessary software
Many applications ask for permission to update the background location on the first launch, and you, without paying attention, allow a useless game to do this. Disable all unnecessary applications, set “when using a program” for the needed ones and “always” for the most important programs.
We remove unnecessary applications from the geolocation menu: Privacy - Geolocation Services.
5. Turn off animations, turn on lowering transparency
I would only recommend this as a last resort when you need to maximize the battery life. Not everyone will like it, because animations are a huge part of iOS and without them it looks different.
How to turn off animations: Basic - Universal access - Reduced movement.
6. Clean your RAM once
Often processes are stored there that you don't need. How to do it? Hold the power key until the slider appears, release the power key and hold the Home button for 5 seconds.
7. And stop giving Apple all your data
Why would you provide Apple with data? There is nothing confidential, but this system regularly checks the geolocation, which wastes the smartphone's charge.
Turns off here: Privacy - Geolocation Services - System Services - Product Improvement.
P.S. Have a great weekend everyone!
Siri has always been a useful companion on the iPhone, but it has gotten a few new tricks lately. One of the best additions is the hands-free mode, allowing you to ask her questions even without unlocking your iPhone. Turn on this new feature in Settings\u003e General\u003e Siri\u003e Allow Hey Siri. You need to set up Siri by repeating this phrase several times, and then everything will work.
Live Photos are kind of like magical photos from Harry Potter. Whenever you take a photo with this mode enabled, you will get a few seconds of video before and after the photo was taken. It's pretty amazing, but it can also use up a lot of extra storage space (and the iPhone SE starts at just 16GB). You can disable this feature by clicking on the icon (three circles) at the top center of the camera application; yellow means it is on and white means it is off.
You just came from the store, got out a new product from Apple with trembling hands with happiness, but you don't know what to do with it now? It doesn't matter, we read this detailed instruction on how to set up an iPhone from scratch like a new phone! Go!
Activating and configuring iPhone
when you turn it on for the first time, you need to go through several steps once for the initial setup of the iPhone, which you will never have to repeat later. So, after pressing the power button, the first thing the phone will greet us in several languages \u200b\u200band will offer to set up the iPhone. Click on the appropriate link
In the next step, choose your country
Next, to configure the iPhone, we will be prompted to connect to a WiFi network. If you wish, you can do it right here. If there is no free Wi-Fi in the coverage area, then skip this configuration and select "Use cellular communication".
After that comes geolocation - determining the location of the smartphone using GPS satellites. Since with a constant activated state it unrealistically consumes battery power, it is better to turn it off at this stage of setting up the iPhone. Subsequently, when installing applications, for example, Navigator, the phone itself will once again ask whether it is necessary to allow the use of geolocation specifically for this application - there we will allow it.
All modern iPhone models contain a fingerprint unlock function - you will be prompted to set up the so-called Touch ID in the next step. Follow the instructions on the screen, put your finger on the scanner and this smartphone protection will be activated. You can add more fingerprints later for other fingers or family members.
And upon completion, we will also be asked to come up with a six-digit password in case the fingerprint scanner does not work.
The next step is to restore settings from your old phone. If you already had an iPhone before, you can transfer all the old saved iPhone settings to the new one. If this is your first phone from Apple or the backup copy of the old one is not preserved, then we select “Set up as new iPhone”. It is also possible to transfer data from the Android platform, but this is a topic for a separate article.
When creating an Apple ID, we will need to enter the region again
Accept the privacy policy
Enter a real Email, which will receive a letter with a registration confirmation code, and also come up with a password
That's it - now we go to the mailbox specified during registration and confirm the registration.
Back to setting up your iPhone. After creating and authorizing in Apple ID, a window for activating the voice assistant - Siri will appear. The thing is convenient, but you need to get used to using it. Therefore, if you do not plan to control the phone with your voice, then turn it off - also to save power.
Finally, if you have the latest iPhone in your hands, you can customize the appearance of icons and texts on the display in standard or enlarged versions.
All! The iPhone is set up from scratch and is completely ready to go. Now you can proceed to the most pleasant thing - installing applications, but more on that some other time
Over time, the iPhone starts to work slightly slower. This is especially noticed by users using the device "to the fullest", installing hundreds of applications and tweaks from Cydia. In this article, we will describe how to troubleshoot all problems, wipe data from your device, and set it up as new.
Before proceeding with the proactive steps to set up iPhone as new and delete all data from the device, you need to back up your data. Nobody wants to lose the photos, videos, contacts and music that have accumulated over several months or years, so this stage should be approached very carefully.
Note: the instructions are valid for both iPhone and iPad or iPod touch.
How to set up iPhone like new? Preparatory work
Step 1. Install the latest iOS version. To do this, go to the menu " Settings» → « The main» → « Software Update»And check for new iOS versions. If your device has a jailbreak, then you can install the current version of iOS only using iTunes.
Step 2. Back up your device data.
Using iTunes:
- Open iTunes and connect iPhone to your computer using a USB cable.
- Select the device in iTunes, activate the switch “ This computer" and press " Create a copy now».
- Wait for the end of the copying and check for a backup by going to the menu " Edit» → « Settings» → « Devices».
With iCloud:
- Go to the menu " Settings» → iCloud → « Backup copy».
- Click the " Create a backup».
Step 3. Disable iMessage by going to the " Settings» → « Posts».
Step 4. Disable Find My iPhone in the Settings» → iCloud.
This completes all the preliminary steps required to set up the iPhone as a new one and you can start cleaning the device.
How to set up iPhone like new? Cleaning the device
Step 1. Go to the " Settings» → « The main» → « Reset».
Step 2. Select an item "Erase content and settings» .
Step 3. Confirm your choice and wait until the end of the operation.
The device is completely cleaned, and a welcome message appears on the iPhone screen - that means we did everything right and you can start setting up your smartphone as new.
How to set up iPhone like new? Setting process
Step 1. In the invitation window for setting up the device (it will appear after deleting content and settings) select " Set up like a new iPhone».
I will show you how to set up your iPhone from the very first start. I will show you how to create an Apple ID, set a password and other first difficulties.
1. Turning on the iPhone for the first time.
First, turn on the iPhone. Press and hold the power button on the iPhone for 1-2 seconds. On older iPhones (iPhone 4,4s, 5,5c, 5s) it is on top, on newer iPhones (iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus) it is on the right. First, a white apple on a black background will appear, and then a greeting in different languages: Hello, Greeting, and so on. We need to swipe from left to right to start setting up the iPhone for the first time.
First, you need to select the language of the iPhone and the language of its interface. Click on the language in which you want to configure the iPhone. I will choose Russian.
Enable or disable geolocation. Next, you can turn on geolocation to turn on the GPS module on the iPhone and it will determine where you are in order to offer you, for example, the weather of the exact place where you are at the moment or the nearest store, or set you the current time zone when you are moving from one city to another or from one country to another. Or to determine where you are at the moment, so that you can find yourself on the map. Also, the iPhone can memorize frequently visited places by you and track your movement. I wrote about this in the article.
But the GPS module consumes battery power and at the moment we do not need it, so I will turn it off by choosing to turn off geolocation services. Geolocation can be enabled later or you can enable its use for a specific application at the time of its operation.
Now we come to the step of using an existing Apple ID or creating a new Apple ID.
2. Create an Apple ID.
If you have not yet had an iPhone or iPad, or you want to create a new Apple ID, then we choose to set it up as a new iPhone. If you already have an Apple ID and want to use it, then select Restore from iCloud Copy or Restore from iTunes Copy. I talked about restoring the iPhone in the article.
I will show you how to set up an iPhone with a new Apple ID and choose set up like a new iPhone.
Apple ID is your iOS account (iPhone or iPad) for use with Apple devices.
With your Apple ID, you can make purchases of apps, music, movies on your iPhone, send free imessage (SMS messages between iPhones and iPads), make FaceTime calls (free video calls between iPhones and iPads), and more.
In general, without an Apple ID, neither here nor there, and its presence is required.
Now we choose to indicate our first and last name.
You need an email address to create an Apple ID. You can specify your already existing mailbox, there will be various notifications about purchasing applications in the AppStore (when you make them), security notifications and other letters from Apple.
You can create a new mailbox on the Apple server and link the new mailbox to your Apple ID. To do this, choose to get a free e-mail in iCloud and click next.
Now we come up with your new e-mail. It will be of this type: [email protected]. This will be your Apple ID login.
To switch the keyboard from Russian to English, click on the bottom left on the globe icon.
After having come up with an e-mail, click next.
We confirm the creation of an e-mail by clicking create.
Now you need to create a password for your Apple ID. Your Apple ID password must be at least 8 characters long and must contain at least one number, one uppercase and one lowercase letter.
That is, the password must be of the type: Genadii6 or Kartohul0 or 4etyResta or dvustoroniiDild0.
After you have come up with a good password and confirmed it, click next.
Now you need to select security questions and come up with answers to them. Security questions are used to identify the user when changes are made to the account information.
Click on select a question.
Can choose:
- childhood best friend name
- the name of your first pet
- the first dish you learned to cook
- the first movie you watched in the cinema
- where did you first fly on an airplane
- your favorite teacher's name
I chose the name of my childhood best friend and gave the answer. The answer can be absolutely anything. The main thing is that you remember this answer if something happens to your Apple ID account.
After you have chosen a question and given an answer to it, click on.
And finally, the third question and answer and click on.
Now we indicate the backup mailbox, in case your main e-mail is not available to you, you can restore access to your Apple ID through the backup mailbox. This email will only be used for security purposes.
After you have specified your mailbox, click next.
Now setting up updates. Get Apple news and software updates, and the latest information on Apple products and services.
I do not want to receive news and information from Apple to my email, so I will disable these updates.
We now accept Apple's terms and conditions. We read and press accept.
We agree to the iOS, iCloud and Game Center terms and conditions.
Click accept.
Creation of a new Apple ID begins. We are waiting for a few seconds or minutes.
We are now encouraged to use iCloud. iCloud is Apple's cloud storage and lets you automatically access music, photos, apps, contacts, calendars, and more across all your devices.
If you do not have a computer, then you definitely need to use iCloud to save your contacts and music and programs to your iCloud account, and in case you lose your iPhone or iPad, you could restore your contacts by buying a new iPad or iPhone and photos and programs for a new iPhone or iPad.
If you have a computer, then you can save your iPhone or iPad backup, which will store your contacts, photos, programs, and more, to your computer via iTunes.
I will click do not use iCloud
Confirm that I really don't want to use iCloud.
Click don't use.
3. Create a password for the iPhone
Now you need to create a password for your iPhone or iPad so that any person cannot take it, climb up to you and watch your photos, videos, correspondence and other personal information.
First, create a simple four-digit password.
We confirm the new created password by entering it again.
You can later change your iPhone password if you want. You can even put a complex password consisting of numbers and letters in different languages. I already wrote about this earlier in the article.
4. Diagnostics and use.
Now let's configure the "Diagnostics and use" item. Automatically submitting diagnostic and usage data will help Apple improve its products and services. Diagnostic data can contain geodata.
That is, you can help Apple by clicking "send automatically", then from time to time your iPhone or iPad will send usage data to Apple: in which applications and how long you are sitting, where you are, where you click, what settings you use, what you write, etc. All this helps to understand who and how is using their products. If you do not want your data to be sent periodically to Apple, then select "do not send".
I choose not to send.
I wrote about sending statistics to Apple and other tracking in the iPhone in the article.
iPhone. Welcome!
Click to get started.
Done. Your new iPhone or iPad is set up and you can start using it.
5. Turn on mail on the iPhone
First, you can turn on mail by going to Settings\u003e Mail, addresses, calendars.
In the iCloud settings, click on the mail slider to enable mail reception on your iPhone or iPad.
Now the slider is green, which means it is enabled.
6. Other first iPhone settings
iCloud Drive. Store files in iCloud and access them anytime on all your devices. Note: Your other devices will not be able to access your documents currently stored in iCloud until they are updated to iOS 8 or OS X Yosemite.
ICloud Drive stores all of your settings and files from your Apple devices. You can click upgrade to iCloud Drive.
Siri helps you solve problems with a simple query. You can call, send a message, dictate a note, or check the forecast using Siri. If you feel like pampering or want to control your iPhone or iPad with your voice, then click Use Siri.
Siri is analogous to Google Nowwhere you can say Okay Google and then say what to do: for example, call your mom or turn on the music, and so on.
7. Setting up Game Center on the iPhone.
The first time you launch the game on your iPhone, you'll need to set up Game Center. The Game Center stores your achievements from games on Apple devices, your game saves can also be stored in Game Center, and you can start playing the game on your iPhone, and continue playing on your iPad (in this case, the same Apple ID must be used on the iPhone and iPad) ...
Enter your Apple ID and password and click Sign In.
Privacy. You can make your game profile public so that other players can see what achievements you have in games and what you are playing. Or make the profile private.
Click Next.
Friend Recommendations. Friends recommendations. You can give the Game Center access to your contacts and if they have an Apple ID and a Game Center account, you will receive notifications about the games they are playing and you can play games with them (for example, poker with each other).
Or you can prevent access to your contacts and not play with your friends from your contacts.
Click Done.
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