5 Things You Need to Do before Selling Your iPhone

5 Things You Need to Do before Selling Your iPhone

Technology sector is ever changing, bringing about rapid upgrades in gadgets. With every new season, Apple keeps up with the trend and launches upgraded iPhones, iPads and other iOS upgrades. Now with such rapid changes, it is likely for any iPhone user to purchase the latest version. For this purpose users can replace their old device by selling it here or websites like eBay. Even though your pre-owned iPhone is good to sell, but there are a few things that you need to understand. Given here are 5 such things you need to do before selling your iPhone.

TakingA Backup

After using your iPhone for quite some time, your pictures, video clips and other such files are still stored in the device. For this reason it is essential that you should take a complete backup of your iPhone before you decide to sell it to another user. Taking backup of the data is not at all time consuming. Apply the following steps for taking a backup of your iPhone:

For iCloud backups: 

• Head to the Settings and go to theiCloud
• Go to the Storage & Backup option
• Click on the ‘Backup Now’ option

Doing this will begin the process of backup on the iCloud.

If you are using iTunes then apply these steps:

• Using the USB, plug-in your iPhone to your desktop system
• Launch iTunes
• Your device should be visible on the screen, select your device
• In the Summary tab enable the option of Backup this device to the computer
• Sync your iDevice for taking backup

As soon as the sync process begins, the backup is complete.

Logging Off TheiCloud

For any iCloud user the application is essential for storing things online for their iPhone. Often as soon as you log off your iCloud account, the data stored vanishes. This means that you need not bother about erasing data manually. However, if you are not familiar with the process of logging off from iCloud then it can be difficult to erase the data. Apply the following steps to log off from iCloud.

iCloud-> Account ID-> Sign out

Remember the Account ID is your id that you have created on iCloud and signing out will automatically remove all your data.

If you are using the iTunes then apply the following steps:

• Launch iTunes and then go to Settings
• Go to iTunes & App store option to log off

Signing off All the Accounts

Using an iPhone gives you the convenience of creating numerous accounts for syncing your data online and receiving updates on the go. However, when you are up for selling your iPhone you should remember to sign off all your accounts to maintain safety of your data. All the social media accounts, all the e-mails and other online accounts should be signed off or logged off in a proper manner.

Manually ErasingAll The Data

Even after you have long logged out of your online accounts in the iTunes and the iCloud, your data still remains. The locally stored data needs to be erased as it is your personal possession. Here you need to remember that before you think about removing all the data, you will have to remove the data individually. For example, if you have numerous files stored like music, documents, messages and music then you will need to individually need to remove these files.

Beginning with your media files that contain your photos and videos:

Go to your Photos App and select all the folders that you need to delete and erase it. This process can be applied to other folders to erase your data individually.

Go to General> Reset. It is the quickest means of erasing all your data as your device goes back to factory reset and all the changes or the data stored will be automatically deleted. However, it is suggested that you individually delete the data or files as this way you can ensure that all the files are deleted.

After applying all the above steps, your iPhone is ready to be sold. However, it is difficult to find a legit seller, but a reliable online seller like eBay or Klymen is a great way to get a good value for your product.

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