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iPad mini How to sell iPad Mini with Apple's location services turned on

1rottenapple

1rottenapple

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So I'm selling my mini... What are the steps to removing the iTunes lock AFTER the buyer gives me the money when I meet him at a Starbucks. What's the sequence of logging in and logging off? Can I go on find my iPhone to erase it, and remove the passcode lock?
 
If it were me, I would erase and restore your iPad on iTunes before meeting the buyer. I don't know if remote erasing it would lock the buyer out of the iPad afterwards (new iOS 7 anti-theft feature).
 
Is there a way to remove the iTunes lock on site after the transaction?
 
Turn off find my iPad from the iCloud settings menu then reset all content and settings
 
Thanks! My nightmare is selling it, dude runs always with the iPad without paying me lol. Well that's my over active imagination. Love this extra security features.
 
Turn off the find my iPad.
Log out of iTunes.
Remove device from your account.
Delete the backup on iCloud.
Do the full erase and this will restore IOS and set it back to factory start.
Remove the sim...if you have one (though this does not really matter if the sim has been deactivated).
Wipe down really well.

If you're not selling with the Applecare, the email apple for a refund of the unused amount.
 
ZipZap said:
Turn off the find my iPad.
Log out of iTunes.
Remove device from your account.
Delete the backup on iCloud.
Do the full erase and this will restore IOS and set it back to factory start.
Remove the sim...if you have one (though this does not really matter if the sim has been deactivated).
Wipe down really well.

If you're not selling with the Applecare, the email apple for a refund of the unused amount.
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You don't want to delete the backup if you plan to restore it to another iPad in the future! Also, is logging out of iTunes necessary if you do an Erase All Contents and Settings? And while I guess you will want to delete the device from your account at some point, it's not necessary to do that before the point of sale.
 
1rottenapple said:
Thanks! My nightmare is selling it, dude runs always with the iPad without paying me lol. Well that's my over active imagination. Love this extra security features.
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Meet inside a Best Buy, bank, etc lots of places where you can find staffed doors and/or cameras
 
I always meet in coffee shops or libraries. There are always people around, and I haven't had an issue.

But yeah, you just have to log out of Find my iPhone/iPad.
 
1rottenapple said:
Thanks! My nightmare is selling it, dude runs always with the iPad without paying me lol. Well that's my over active imagination. Love this extra security features.
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Meet at the local courthouse, after the security check. Unlikely anyone who tries to run out of the building with you shouting after them is going to get very far... :)
 
Night Spring said:
You don't want to delete the backup if you plan to restore it to another iPad in the future! Also, is logging out of iTunes necessary if you do an Erase All Contents and Settings? And while I guess you will want to delete the device from your account at some point, it's not necessary to do that before the point of sale.
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I never restore a backup from an old device to a new one. Apple has never perfected this process and it always leads to issues and a restore.
 
I recently sold an iPhone 4 and an iPad 3. I turned off Find My Phone/iPad etc, and did a factory erase all content and settings from the devices.

The iPhone 4 still shows up in the Apple Maps "send to" dialogue on my iMac.

Both the iPad 3 and the iPhone 4 still show up under Find my Friends under "share my location from" on my new iPhone 5s and iPad Mini Retina.

I have removed all these sold devices from my apple support id, logged out of iCloud etc., but they still show up in these instances.

It's a pain in the rear.
 
phphreak said:
I recently sold an iPhone 4 and an iPad 3. I turned off Find My Phone/iPad etc, and did a factory erase all content and settings from the devices.

The iPhone 4 still shows up in the Apple Maps "send to" dialogue on my iMac.

Both the iPad 3 and the iPhone 4 still show up under Find my Friends under "share my location from" on my new iPhone 5s and iPad Mini Retina.

I have removed all these sold devices from my apple support id, logged out of iCloud etc., but they still show up in these instances.

It's a pain in the rear.
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On the iPad, you can delete those devices by swiping to the left. I imagine there's a way to delete them from a Mac as well.
 
Night Spring said:
On the iPad, you can delete those devices by swiping to the left. I imagine there's a way to delete them from a Mac as well.
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I can't believe I didn't try to swipe them away, but that worked. Thanks.

My iPhone 4 still shows up on the mac however.
 
deeddawg said:
Meet at the local courthouse, after the security check. Unlikely anyone who tries to run out of the building with you shouting after them is going to get very far... :)
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I can see the headlines now. "3 shot, 2 killed when ipad deal goes awry at the county courthouse."
 
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