The eight things you need to do and protect personal information before selling the old iPhone or permanently erase all the personal data from old iPhone before selling.
The end of this year is coming, iPhone6/6 Plus also gradually reduced to a reasonable price, believe that the general has a little can't wait. Most of the iPhone fans usually choose to sell off the existing iPhone 5s/5/4s/4 to reduce the purchase of new spending.
But, for such a thing happened in a few days ago, the man in New York have bought an iPhone 6, and enter the used apple ID and password before. Unexpectedly, the man have received an email said his apple ID password is modified, and E-mail address were changed a few days ago. The man have aware of his ID was theft, he call the apple company and want to change his ID password, but The thief has changed his encrypted problem, so the trouble thing made the man unable to change the new password, just only be upset.
But the worst is coming soon, the stolen also applied to two step verify password, and successful. When the other party through the "find my iPhone", but this have locked the man’s new iPhone. It is so incredible.
Now, a brand new iPhone 6 besides can see the time, just like a piece of "brick". In addition, the locked iPhone also leave a message: "if you need to unlock your iPhone please contact XXX, it will return all of your contacts, photos and personal information after unlock". This is to help the owner to lock the iPhone, and recover its function. Now, the hackers use as blackmail money chip.
Suggestion 1: Back up to make sure that new device data is completed!
First in order to avoid to lost the related App data on the new iPhone device. You need to do a good job of the backup up first. You can set the backup to your iCloud account up to the project, due to the general users only have 5 GB memory, it may not have enough space if you put up all the data. So you have to choose a software that need backup.
Methods: settings < storage and backup < manage storage space < the iPhone
Suggestion 2: Log out your own Apple ID!
In the App Store, it may also log in with your Apple ID, we can put the Apple ID to log out first for privacy and security reasons. Enter the App Store, pull down to the bottom, click on your Apple ID, in the pop-up dialog, select cancel.
Suggestion 3: Permanently erase data from iPhone before selling.
In order to prevent the previous deleted iPhone data leaked after resold. Although your resold old iPhone have erased all data on it, including previous personal ID number, browsing history, location information, bank or credit card account information, website login name and password, personal ID address, etc. If your personal information above were theft by someone, it will so as to steal money, or other illegal activities by others. So, how to permanently delete data from iPhone unrecoverable before selling?
Methods: There are several steps to delete all data from iPhone 6/6 Plus/5s/5/4s/4 before selling permanently with iOS Data Eraser.
Suggestion 4: iTunes backup again!Double insurance!
Up to backup before, although very convenient, but in order to avoid an accident (for example, apple security have been criticized up to spill) or suggestion on your iTunes backup again, through iTunes backup to the local computer.
Methods: Settings < general < iTunes wireless local area network synchronization.(need to sync to your iPhone, and click "through wi-fi synchronization with the iPhone" on the computer's iTunes)
Suggestion 5: Close the Activation Lock!To prevent accidental blockade!
Need to close the Activation Lock before you get ready to resell your iPhone (Activation), it must to lock apple's "Find my iPhone" Settings, Because if you did not remove the Activation on the iPhone Lock, so you resell iPhone in second hand user, it will be unable to restore the iPhone.
Methods: settings < "find my iPhone" < close "find my iPhone".
Suggestion 6: focus on your own Apple Care!
As a seller, you also hope your iPhone can sold more expensive, so in addition to the appearance of your iPhone looks better, if your iPhone is also in Apple Care plan, or within the warranty period, the selling price will be higher. But if your iPhone Was sold after the warranty period, the price will be lower.
Therefore, it will also become one of the important chips with your buyers about prices.
Methods: Settings < general < about the machine, through the "serial number" can query the phone's warranty period.
Suggestion 7: relevant software chat logs backup!
For example, you must have a lot of memorable moments in Whatsapp. iCloud chat history backup and restore: WhatsApp > Settings > Chat Settings > Chat Backup. When you have new iPhone, then download the previously saved chat logs into the machine.
Suggestion 8: The last big recruit, restore all set!
After the above work is finished, you came to the last step: to restore all the iPhone Settings! Whether you are selling the iPhone, or change the iPhone to the apple retail stores, in order to prevent iPhone data leaked, as long as through the iPhone settings> general > reduction to restore all the settings, so the iPhone will reply to the factory Settings.
It is so important to do these eight steps before you resell your old iPhone, not only helps you make it easy to use for the new iPhone, it can improve the old iPhone's price to some extent, and it is more important to ensure that the information security. Data security problem is more and more important in the Internet age. If you don’t want you personal data destroyed by stealing, first of all, you have to start from your own.
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