You May Soon Be Able to Recover Your iPhone Without a Mac

Recovering a malfunctioning iPhone tin be quite a pain considering the procedure relies on connecting the iPhone to a laptop and restoring the firmware via a Mac or Windows figurer. However, co-ordinate to a new report from 9to5Mac, Apple tree could be working on a Bone Recovery feature for iPhones and iPads.

The subconscious characteristic, spotted in the iOS xiii.4 beta is named 'Bone Recovery' which makes its purpose adequately clear. It appears to be something that will let a user to re-flash iOS on their iPhones without having to connect the iPhone to a computer.

apple os recovery — Prototype Courtesy: 9to5Mac

It's noteworthy that an internet recovery has existed on the Mac for years. In macOS, users can download macOS over the net in order to reformat their MacBooks without requiring whatever other computers for recovering the device. This new iOS feature could be a stride in that same direction for iPhones and iPads.

As mentioned past 9to5Mac, the feature isn't functional as of at present since it's under development, and the Cupertino giant might make up one's mind to never ship it after all, so don't go your hopes upward until we know more well-nigh the feature, or see it in activeness, fifty-fifty if information technology is on a beta version of iOS.

The feature, if information technology does get shipped, will too prove useful for devices like the Apple Watch, which don't take whatever concrete ports for troubleshooting in instance something goes wrong, forcing users to seek official support. The timeline for the characteristic as well fits in nicely with earlier rumours that Apple tree might exist working on a port-less iPhone for the future. A device like that will definitely need something similar OS Recovery to ensure that users have some recourse in case their phone starts malfunctioning.