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How to securely erase an iPhone 5
I bought an iPhone 6S fro yesterday. Besides it, i also owned an iPhone 5 for 2 years. There is no need to keep two iPhones at once, so i will sell the old one to someone. However, before selling i want make sure everything being wiped on that phone. How can I erase my iPhone 5 securely that the buyer can't get any information from the phone.
Anonymous
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25.7K Messages
8 years ago
See this from Apple...
What to do before selling or giving away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201351
To add...you may get more money for the phone if it is carrier unlocked. See this for more details...
https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/#/
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oldlabguy0
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8 years ago
I did followed the tutorial as it tells, but i don't know whether it didn't work.
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Anonymous
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8 years ago
Not sure what you mean? Did you follow this procedure?
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If you still have your iOS device
Before you sell or give away your device, you should remove your personal information. You shouldn't manually delete your contacts, calendars, reminders, documents, photo streams, or any other iCloud data while you're signed in to iCloud with your Apple ID. This would delete your content from the iCloud servers and any of your devices signed in to iCloud.
Follow these steps:
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formerlyknownas
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8 years ago
Does the phone say.
Hello!
Hola!
Slide to set up>
then it has been factory reset an has no information on it.
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oldlabguy0
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8 years ago
I was told by my freind that this doesn't work on jailbroken iPhones. That's why the phone keeps flashing when i hit the erase button. After two days researching, finally got the problem solved with the following tutorial:{Inappropriate content removed}
Thanks all for the kindly suggestions.
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formerlyknownas
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8 years ago
If you had included that information, I would have told you you have to update with iTunes, effectively removing the jailbreak, then factory reset.
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