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planning on buying iPhone 3G - how can I sell my current iPhone?

ero87

ero87

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Hi friends,

So the title says it all - how do I go about doing this? Can I just post it on eBay? How does this work regarding activation, etc.? Do I just completely restore my phone and ship it out to someone?

Thanks so much 🙂
 
When I sold my iPhone, I backed it up to iTunes and then restored the phone itself. People say that some of your info is still on the phone when you restore it, so I guess somebody will provide those necessary steps for you. And unlocking it for the buyer also brings in more money. Make sure you take out your SIM card too.

You should be good to go after that.
 
newyorksole said:
When I sold my iPhone, I backed it up to iTunes and then restored the phone itself. People say that some of your info is still on the phone when you restore it, so I guess somebody will provide those necessary steps for you. And unlocking it for the buyer also brings in more money. Make sure you take out your SIM card too.

You should be good to go after that.
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okay, silly question, but how do I unlock it? And do I do that after I restore it?
 
My question surrounds the SIM part. I understand that if you sell the iphone you need to remove this with a paperclip - but when you buy a new 3G do you use the original SIM card for that? How does that piece work?

I'm looking to sell a jailbroken iphone and buy a new 3G one. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
 
To be honest, I don't know how to unlock it. But I'm sure you can find out how to do on it on google in a few seconds. I would imagine you restore your phone and then unlock it. Because if you unlock it then restore it, the unlock might be gone.


When you buy the iPhone 3G and activate it, the old SIM will deactivate if you are using the same number. The SIM holds account information and your number on it, so once a new 1 is activated, the old one is obselete. There are tutorials about selling your iPhone on this website and Gizmodo.
 
Dakotafan said:
My question surrounds the SIM part. I understand that if you sell the iphone you need to remove this with a paperclip - but when you buy a new 3G do you use the original SIM card for that? How does that piece work?

I'm looking to sell a jailbroken iphone and buy a new 3G one. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
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No you won't use the same SIM, standard SIM's like the ones in the original iPhone, don't work in 3G phones, 3G phones have whats called USIM, which is just a different kind of SIM that enables the 3G capabilites
 
Steve Jobs=God said:
No you won't use the same SIM, standard SIM's like the ones in the original iPhone, don't work in 3G phones, 3G phones have whats called USIM, which is just a different kind of SIM that enables the 3G capabilites
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thanks for the help. so I would just remove my SIM card from the V1 iphone and not use it for anything correct?
 
I'm wondering the steps needed to take and wanted some confirmation on someone who knows more than I do:

1) restore iphone
2) jailbreak 1.1.4
3) get new 3G - what happens if I have a jailbroken iphone in the store (yikes!)
4) sell other iphone on ebay

I'm just curious if this is the correct steps to take, and also curious about the jailbroken iphone in the store.

Thanks
 
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