For anyone who has recently sold their iPhone on Ebay...

[Hecklerdanny]

I'm considering, like many of you, selling my current iPhone on Ebay and using something basic/cheap until the 2nd Generation iPhone comes out. But I have a question for anyone who has/is doing this currently...

What did you "do" with AT&T to get this done? What phone are you using in the mean time? How did you get everything set up?

Any help at all would be much appreciated!

FYI - I'm about 6 months into a 2 year contract.

 

[GFLPraxis]

I'm thinking about it as well, except that T-Mobile doesn't have a 3G network yet so I'd be stuck without a phone for a while.

 

[zainjetha]

just restore iphone - simple..

then put ur sim into a cheap phone and use...

ihope this helps. more info PM me.

 

[ibglowin]

So do you sell your iPhone without a sim card?

Or swap it out with one that comes in a Go Phone?

just restore iphone - simple..

then put ur sim into a cheap phone and use...

ihope this helps. more info PM me.

 

[zainjetha]

exactly buy a cheap pay as you go motorola gophone and be done with it.

 

[Hecklerdanny]

exactly buy a cheap pay as you go motorola gophone and be done with it.

Sorry I'm pretty new at this stuff....

So if I restore my iPhone, pull the SIM card and sell it on Ebay, I can just get a cheap GoPhone, put the SIM card in it, still use it on AT&T, and nothing changes? Then buy the "new" 3G iPhone, put the SIM card back in it, and be done??

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[hotzenplotz]

Before you send off your iPhone to eBay have a look at this.
To be sure, also do a Settings>General>Reset on your iPhone.

 

[Niiro13]

That's scary.

Could you jailbreak, then SSH into the phone and delete the settings?

 

[hotzenplotz]

I don't see why not. As long as the raw data is available to view via ssh it should be possible to wipe it out as well.