Restoring Factory Settings

[albyalbright]

I have been frustrated with the lag that occurs when I try to access my contact list (only 52 contacts). So, I had the bright idea to restore my 3g i phone to factory settings. I backed it up before doing the reset and now the lag is fixed. However, all of my songs have been deleted from the phone and i-tunes will not let me sync them again. It says "an i-phone has previously been synced with this computer". When I try to restore factory settings again it says it was done successfully but still no luck with the music and itnes still says "an i-phone has previously been synced with this computer" instead of giving me an option to sync. The only option I haven't tried to yet is to set it up as a new phone and I'm am afraid of what mess I wil get myself into if I do that. can anyone help?? Of course it is labor day and apple is closed.

[jptolife]

If you set as a new phone it will delete all your text, call records, etc. I don't know what else to tell you but I don't know what the problem is, sorry.

[albyalbright]

If you set as a new phone it will delete all your text, call records, etc. I don't know what else to tell you but I don't know what the problem is, sorry.

I appreciate your response. The problem is itunes won't restore my songs when I restore from the back up. My songs are still in my itunes library but they just won't sync.

[jptolife]

When you connect the iPhone, make sure you go to the music tab and make sure that sync music is selected. Either playlists or the whole library, I know it has to be selected there first.

[BaLLi5t1c]

I am having the SAME exact problem. I had to restore my phone for the 4th time today because it froze during the install/update on two or three different applications. I restored it and my phone is working fine. I have all of my apps and contacts and whatnot but no music or anything in the iPod. I can't sync because it only gives me the option to restore or set it up as a new phone. I don't mind losing contacts, call log, etc... but is there any other downfall to setting it up as a new phone? It's really my only option at this point. I even tried to Restore it again last night after running into this problem and it came back with the same result. I uninstalled and re-installed iTunes and I'm still stuck. So, back to my original question, will I be losing/risking anything other than Contacts and Call Log (organizer data basically)?

[jptolife]

You won't be losing anything other than text message histories you might have if you sync your contacts they should be back when you set the phone as a new iPhone.

[danyelpaul]

please will some one tell me how to restore my ipod touch to factory settings i hav not got a clue thankyou please email danyelpaul@hotmail.co.uk:angry:

[sheelz]

I don't know if this will help but when you connect your iPhone to iTunes try it with only 'manually manage files' or suchlike checked on the Summary page.

[Miss M]

I couldnt sync anything until i also clicked MANUALLY MANAGE FILES that usually allows you to drag and drop.