Preparing old phone for sale

rayh22 · Apr 6, 2012

Just upgraded my iPhone and plan to sell the old one (3g). How can I make sure that all personal info is off the phone? Should I remove the memory card? Or, is there a way to erase it?
Thank you.

Thomasjtsi · Apr 6, 2012

rayh22 said:
Just upgraded my iPhone and plan to sell the old one (3g). How can I make sure that all personal info is off the phone? Should I remove the memory card? Or, is there a way to erase it? Thank you.

Seeing that iPhones don't have a "memory card"... they have flash memory built onto the mother board. The best way to completely wipe your iDevice is to connect to a fully updated version of iTunes and restore it as a new device. That'll pretty well set it back to out of the box specs w/ no personal info left on the iDevice.

Benson11 · Apr 7, 2012

There is many ways actually. You should try first to Unlock the iPhone and go to Settings > General > Reset and the another is go to the Reset menu Erase all content and Settings. I wish this will be helpful for you and dont worry your personal info will be safe also.

rayh22 · Apr 7, 2012

Thomasjtsi said:
Seeing that iPhones don't have a "memory card"... they have flash memory built onto the mother board. The best way to completely wipe your iDevice is to connect to a fully updated version of iTunes and restore it as a new device. That'll pretty well set it back to out of the box specs w/ no personal info left on the iDevice.

iPhones do in fact have a memory card. In the 3g its at the top next to the power button. It can be released by inserting a straight pin into the tiny hole.

zig9449 · Apr 7, 2012

rayh22 said:
iPhones do in fact have a memory card. In the 3g its at the top next to the power button. It can be released by inserting a straight pin into the tiny hole.

(LAUGHS OUT LOUD!)

That is what we call a "SIM" card.

NOT a memory card.lol.