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How can I clear my iPhone before I sell it?

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Sir Green Day

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Jun 18, 2010
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Sorry if this a dumb question but I'm relatively new to IPhones.

I'm selling my 2 3GS's tomorrow and I want to know how to clean all my stuff off my (and daughters) phone before I hand it over.

Also, I'm getting new iPhone 4's on Thursday, so after I get them do I just log onto ITunes to restore all my apps etc. on to the new phone?

Thanks.
 
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r3p00c

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Feb 23, 2010
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I looked into this a year ago when I got rid of my 2G. I can't remember where I got it from, but this is how it goes: Restore from iTunes and set up as a new phone, then completely load and delete music 3 times. Since there is no way to fully format an iPhone, this method gets rid of any traces of data by writing and rewriting multiple times.
 
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hunter x az

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Jun 19, 2010
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Sir Green Day said:
Sorry if this a dumb question but I'm relatively new to IPhones.

I'm selling my 2 3GS's tomorrow and I want to know how to clean all my stuff off my (and daughters) phone before I hand it over.

Also, I'm getting new iPhone 4's on Thursday, so after I get them do I just log onto ITunes to restore all my apps etc. on to the new phone?

Thanks.
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General > Erase > All Content and Settings

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2110
 
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