iPhone: Completely DELETE ALL your data safely before selling your device

When looking at selling a phone nowadays we can't be careless with all the important data we hold on these pocket devices. So with the iPhone how hard is it to delete all your sensitive data? Well I'll show you 2 easy methods you can use to be totally safe when getting rid of your old iPhone. Hope it helps and please comment if it does!

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[DirtyDubSteppa1]

im buying an iphone 3gs friday and i may have the same dilema will this break your iphone in eny way ?

[dazz4590]

@DirtyDubSteppa1 It's the official Apple way to do it. So it's fine.

[krayzie2081]

i bought a iphone 3gs was wondering if you can help me as i found out the person didnt pay there bill and is on vodafone now i havent got a signal or anything as vodafone shop told me that the bill wasnt payed i cant get bad the person is there anyway i can get help with this i personally think it has been killswitched but is there any way it can be removed so i can use the phone again?

[dazz4590]

@krayzie2081 Contact your service provider, like Vodafone

[sameerkhaan143]

i have followed that tutorial and its taking too much time :( i just wanted to delete my contacts..

and its turning off and on again and again.. will it delete all the data like whateva i have installed in it?

[dazz4590]

@sameerkhaan143 It will delete all the data, thats what the tutorial is for. Everything will be wiped.

[yakuzahi]

IF YOUR IPHONE IS JAILBREAK IT WILL STUCK ON THE APPLE LOGO AFTER THE ERASE ALL CONTENT AND SETTING!!!

[itsYG]

@yakuzahi how do u fix it then do u have to wait for a long time

[itsYG]

mine froze how do u fix it

[OlCountryBoy297]

im getting a new iphone and i wanted to transfer my info. my current iphone is jailbroken and i know when i transfer its going to delete the jailbreak(which i dnt care about.) i jailbroke then my computer crashed so my backup got lost. what do i do?

[blackhotbird2002]

Hey i have iphone 3gs and it is jailbroken. I have been trying to format my iphone but it gets stuck on that circle thing that revolves around (like 1:22). Could you please help me

[yakuzahi]

@A7XisMyLifeChannel You don't have any other option but to restore the iPhone with iTunes.

[A7XisMyLifeChannel]

HELP i deleted it and my iPhone is jailbreak and now its stuck on the Apple logoooooooooooo

helllllllllllppppppppppp :(

[A7XisMyLifeChannel]

@yakuzahi

thanks for telling me now -_-

now what do i do with it?

[xfliboixx]

Does it delete music and videos

[homie902011]

:\ some ppl didnt whach the hole video before they DELETE ALL DATA,, LIKE TTHE SOFTVARE TOO

[INFAM0USHD]

can u erase it from the computer because i found an iPhone outside with the screen completely cracked and i wana send it to verizon to fix