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on 08-01-2014 10:58
I will be restoring my iphone to factory settings via iTunes but need to know if there's other things I need to do on my iPhone before I sell it on.
I have a wifi ipad and would be happy to keep receiving iMessages on that.
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on 08-01-2014 12:26
I'm pretty sure, all you would have to do is basically delete everything from your phone.
You don't need to go anywhere near iTunes.
On your iPhone, just sign out of all the accounts (iTunes, App Store, iCloud + any email accounts) - you will still be signed in to these accounts on your iPad (if you also have them on your ipad that is).
Then, just go into the Settings app and there are options to wipe everything from the phone itself - without connecting to iTunes at all.
This is what I did when gave my iPhone 4 to my OH. Signed out of all accounts and then selected the appropriate 'restore' option within the 'Settings' app.
This will then wipe the entire phone of everything (apps, music,the lot!) and will basically put the phone back to default factory settings - which is how it should be when you come to sell it.

on 08-01-2014 11:02
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on 08-01-2014 11:02
If so you'll need to turn off find my iPhone before you can restore.
By restoring you will not need to do anything else with it as this sets it back to factory conditions.
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on 08-01-2014 11:06
Will disabling find my iPhone affect finding my ipad?

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on 08-01-2014 11:13
Cheers.
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on 08-01-2014 11:53
I was also told to delete my iCloud account from my phone before trading it in.
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on 08-01-2014 12:25
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on 08-01-2014 12:25
@Anonymous wrote:
I was also told to delete my iCloud account from my phone before trading it in.
Good shout Tracey
What phone are you using at the moment?
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on 08-01-2014 12:26
I'm pretty sure, all you would have to do is basically delete everything from your phone.
You don't need to go anywhere near iTunes.
On your iPhone, just sign out of all the accounts (iTunes, App Store, iCloud + any email accounts) - you will still be signed in to these accounts on your iPad (if you also have them on your ipad that is).
Then, just go into the Settings app and there are options to wipe everything from the phone itself - without connecting to iTunes at all.
This is what I did when gave my iPhone 4 to my OH. Signed out of all accounts and then selected the appropriate 'restore' option within the 'Settings' app.
This will then wipe the entire phone of everything (apps, music,the lot!) and will basically put the phone back to default factory settings - which is how it should be when you come to sell it.
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08-01-2014 12:36 - edited 08-01-2014 12:36
@Toby wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:I was also told to delete my iCloud account from my phone before trading it in.
Good shout Tracey
What phone are you using at the moment?
@DinoF wrote:I'm pretty sure, all you would have to do is basically delete everything from your phone.
You don't need to go anywhere near iTunes.
On your iPhone, just sign out of all the accounts (iTunes, App Store, iCloud + any email accounts) - you will still be signed in to these accounts on your iPad (if you also have them on your ipad that is).
Then, just go into the Settings app and there are options to wipe everything from the phone itself - without connecting to iTunes at all.
This is what I did when gave my iPhone 4 to my OH. Signed out of all accounts and then selected the appropriate 'restore' option within the 'Settings' app.
This will then wipe the entire phone of everything (apps, music,the lot!) and will basically put the phone back to default factory settings - which is how it should be when you come to sell it.
My current phone is the iPhone 4S.
Im not trading in as I upgrade with O2 directly over the phone. Also, I would get more by selling privately. Where I live iPhone 4s' sell for around £180 still.

