Is my phone memory completely erased?

[grantymc]

I have recently got a new phone and I am looking to sell on my iphone4, the sim in it is now deactivated, so I performed a full wipe of the phone via restore and installed the latest iOS. I cannot activate the phone as I dont have a sim for it and the sim from my new phone wont work with it. Am I safe selling this phone on in the knowledge that all my contacts / texts will be deleted? Surely this is so if it needs to be activated.

advice appreciated, cheers!

 

[Pinkpoison]

I have recently got a new phone and I am looking to sell on my iphone4, the sim in it is now deactivated, so I performed a full wipe of the phone via restore and installed the latest iOS. I cannot activate the phone as I dont have a sim for it and the sim from my new phone wont work with it. Am I safe selling this phone on in the knowledge that all my contacts / texts will be deleted? Surely this is so if it needs to be activated.

advice appreciated, cheers!

Did you do Erase contents and all Settings?

 

[grantymc]

no it would not work as my phone was jailbroken, this was my only worry, that carrying out a restore would retain my emails and such

 

[Pinkpoison]

You should be able to perform that now if your JB has been erased, if i remember correctly you can do that without a sim.

 

[grantymc]

I cant get past the activation screen though, even though the sim from the HTC one is the same size the iphone doesnt seem to pick it up or give me a signal, Im connected to my wifi - is there a way I can bypass the activation?

 

[Pinkpoison]

I'm not sure how you would do that but if theres a way someone will help I'm sure.

 

[grantymc]

think ive found a way using redsn0w and a firmware file I will let you guys know how I get on

 

[Pinkpoison]

Alternatively someone may be able to advise if your phone is safe to sell on as it is.

 

[Pinkpoison]

think ive found a way using redsn0w and a firmware file I will let you guys know how I get on

Yes, do let us know

 

[grantymc]

no joy, all I'm wanting to do is erase all settings and contents, is there a reason my htc sim wont work in the iphone 4 even though its the same size?

 

[Pinkpoison]

no joy, all I'm wanting to do is erase all settings and contents, is there a reason my htc sim wont work in the iphone 4 even though its the same size?

It should work if its the same network, has anyone else got a sim you could try?

 

[willerz2]

You might have to change the ESN/ECID with your carrier for your SIM to recognize the new device.

Alternatively, if you're on iOS 6, you can hacktivate the device by jailbreaking it using Sn0wBreeze or RedSn0w.