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Erase all data and content on iPhone 5 with SIM card but no service
How do, or even can you, delete all data and content on a iPhone 5 with SIM card but no service?
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How do, or even can you, delete all data and content on a iPhone 5 with SIM card but no service?
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GeekBoy
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10 years ago
Have you tried connecting to wifi when you are doing this? It should only need the web connection so you can turn off Find My iPhone under iCloud, and I have done that with my old iPhone 4 more than once. It still has my old SIM card in it, even though the service was moved to my iPhone 5 almost 2 years ago. I just use it connected to the web via wifi and it works great for me.
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scrooziej
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> Please remove all email addresses if you forward email, and use BCC instead of TO or CC to prevent spammers!
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GeekBoy
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10 years ago
ON your iPhone go to:
Settings->General->Reset
then select:
Erase All Content and Settings
That should do the same as connecting your iPhone to a computer with iTunes and selecting the "Restore" option within iTunes. Once the process completes and the phone re-starts it should appear just like a new phone out of the box (software wise).
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scrooziej
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> Please remove all email addresses if you forward email, and use BCC instead of TO or CC to prevent spammers!
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scrooziej
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> Please remove all email addresses if you forward email, and use BCC instead of TO or CC to prevent spammers!
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GeekBoy
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10 years ago
Another thing to be aware of is that if you have a Mobile SHare plan, then your new iPhone can enable the Mobile Hotspot feature and share it's cellular data connection as a wifi hotspot. Using that your old iPhone can then connect to the web via wifi and you can do what you need without leaving home. It may use a little more data than normal in doing it this way, but in a pinch, it will still work for you.
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Sseasskk
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9 years ago
Go to Settings > General > Reset > Erase all content and settings
But this way you can temporary erase data on iphone. To use some iphone data recovery tool can recover them back easily However, using Coolmuster iOS Eraser professional data eraser software, which allows you wipe everything from iphone.
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