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What do you do before you sell an iPhone?
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Thanks! I'm considering selling my 16gb iP4 for an offer I received today--- $650... Do you think I can go higher? It's opened but in mint condition.
Thanks for this! I'm assuming I can jailbreak and unlock after doing this? Planning on selling my 3GS after I pick up an ip4.
Just be careful, a lot of people have sold their phones only to have the buyer state the box was empty and PayPal refunded the money.
Here's what I would do if I was going to sell an iPhone I had owned:
1. Restore as new.
1. Jailbreak the device.
2. Find a zero out utility (like this one: http://totalsmartphone.net/2010/03/iwipe-cleanse-iphone-user-partition-iwipe-iphone-jailbreak/) in Cydia to zero out the user partition of the device.
3. Restore again (probably in DFU mode).
4. Maybe re-jailbreak if you think you can add it as a "feature" to the sale, but I never get that since it seems as though it wouldn't do the buyer any good the first time they decide to sync with their machine.
It's a bit paranoid, but it's pretty secure. In theory someone could jailbreak a purchased iPhone, SSH in and use a utility to look for undeleted personal data that hadn't been zeroed out.
1. Restore as new.
1. Jailbreak the device.
2. Find a zero out utility (like this one: http://totalsmartphone.net/2010/03/iwipe-cleanse-iphone-user-partition-iwipe-iphone-jailbreak/) in Cydia to zero out the user partition of the device.
3. Restore again (probably in DFU mode).
4. Maybe re-jailbreak if you think you can add it as a "feature" to the sale, but I never get that since it seems as though it wouldn't do the buyer any good the first time they decide to sync with their machine.
It's a bit paranoid, but it's pretty secure. In theory someone could jailbreak a purchased iPhone, SSH in and use a utility to look for undeleted personal data that hadn't been zeroed out.
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You don't need to worry about that if you follow all the procedures to make yourself eligible for paypal seller protection (and insure the item).
DiamondGCoupe said:
You don't need to worry about that if you follow all the procedures to make yourself eligible for paypal seller protection (and insure the item).