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Selling my iphone

  • 04-11-2013 4:56pm
    #1
    skinny90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭


    Hi anyone have any advice about selling my Iphone 4s,What to do about about backing up important information, contacts etc. is their anything i need to be concerned?


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  • #2
    brophs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭brophs


    The first thing to do is backup your phone completely. Plug it into iTunes, right click on the phone name and choose the 'transfer purchases' option. This sends your purchases on your iPhone back to iTunes. Then right click on the phone name again and choose backup. This backs up your iPhone, which allows you to restore your new phone with the same settings etc.

    If you have any photos on the phone you want to keep do the following: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083

    The last suggestion I'd give it to wipe the phone completely once you're finished with it. However just before you do that I'd turn off iMessage, Facetime and Find My iPhone, as those can occasionally cause a problem if they're not deactivated prior to wiping the phone. To wipe the phone completely go to (on the iPhone) Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings.

    Only do this once you're sure you're finished with the phone, as it will delete all your accounts/settings/etc.

    That should do it.


  • #3
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    skinny90 wrote: »
    Hi anyone have any advice about selling my Iphone 4s,What to do about about backing up important information, contacts etc. is their anything i need to be concerned?


    Are you going to be getting another iPhone?

    just set up iCloud backup if you haven't done so already. You can also backup to iTunes and that will back up all your photos too (you can back up photos to iCloud too but they would need to be less than 5gb or youll need to pay for more iCloud storage).

    You should also just transfer all your photos to your computer by hooking up your iPhone and copying over the photos folder.

    If you're not going to get another iPhone then you can backup your contacts and calendar to Gmail or Outlook.

    Then once you've done all that just go into settings, general, reset, erase all content and settings.

    Also if you are running iOS 7 don't forget to sign out of find my iPhone, also sign out of iMessage if you aren't going to get another iPhone.


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