RE: Want to be certain erase phone

[Fazil]

This is my second IPhone and both of them have SIM card tool.

HTH.

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
SoonerAnnie
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 6:15 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Want to be certain erase phone

 

I have removed three new, never used iPhones from their original boxes but I 
have never, ever, ever found the SIM card tool in an iPhone box! Where do they 
hide it? Smile! Thank God for paper clips... 

 

- Original Message - 

From: Gmail <mailto:englishride...@gmail.com>  

To: viphone@googlegroups.com 

Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 3:02 AM

Subject: Re: Want to be certain erase phone

 

Tracey, as this 9 to 5 Mac article I've pasted below illustrates, wiping your 
iDevice of data is more complex now than before.

 

 

If you’re thinking of selling or trading in your current iPhone ahead of the 
iPhone 6S’s release, you probably know that you’ll need to wipe your device 
before a buyer can use it free and clear. Prepping an iPhone for resale used to 
be almost as easy as hitting a “reset” button in the iPhone’s settings menu. 
But over the past few years, the process has become more complex thanks to new 
security, wallet, and cloud-dependent features such as Activation Lock, Apple 
Pay and iTunes in the Cloud. Completely removing all of your personal items 
from your iPhone — and your iPhone from Apple’s servers — requires extra work.
Today, I’m going to walk you through the process of thoroughly scrubbing your 
iPhone prior to resale. There are 9 steps to take to make sure your device is 
cleaned up and ready to sell to its next owner. Here they are…
[1] Erase All Content And Settings. The first, easiest, and best-known step in 
wiping your iPhone is found within the Settings app at the bottom of the 
General menu: click on Reset, then “Erase All Content And Settings.” (I’d 
suggest taking this step only after using iTunes to do two complete, encrypted 
backups of your iPhone to your computer. If you’re planning to move from iPhone 
to a non-Apple smartphone, follow Apple’s guide to deactivating iMessage before 
erasing your phone, as well.)
You will be prompted to enter your iPhone’s passcode, then told that “this will 
delete all media and data, and erase all settings.” If you press the Erase 
iPhone button, iOS will ask you for your iCloud account password to “erase this 
iPhone and remove it from your [iCloud] account.”
You’ll be surprised at how quickly the iPhone is wiped — as soon as you’ve 
entered your password and hit erase, you’ll get a notification email on your 
account’s other devices that Find My iPhone was disabled, and it should take 
only a couple of minutes for the wiped iPhone to display “Hello” and “Slide to 
Set Up” text. Is the erasure secure? Well, all of the iPhone’s memory is 
protected using AES-256 encryption, and hitting the Erase iPhone button 
destroys the encryption key. Several security companies have tried to offer 
‘secure erase’ tools that more aggressively scrub the iPhone’s memory, but 
Apple has shut those tools down as ‘misleading,’ noting that the encryption is 
effectively unbreakable. Hitting the Reset button leaves the former contents of 
your device all but completely impossible to recover by a subsequent owner. But 
you’ll be able to get everything back from your computer’s encrypted iTunes 
backup, should you need it.
[2] What About Activation Lock + Disabling Find My iPhone? As shown above, you 
can manually disable Find My iPhone by going into the Settings app’s iCloud 
menu, pressing the Find My iPhone “On” button, flipping the Find My iPhone 
switch to off, and entering your iCloud password. But if you use the Erase All 
Content And Settings feature above, this step is automatically handled for you 
when you enter your iCloud password at the end of the process. Either method 
will disable your iPhone’s “Activation Lock,” the security system that allows 
you to locate, remotely wipe, and send signals to an iPhone no longer in your 
possession. Any purchaser of a used iPhone will expect you to have taken this 
step (or more wisely, the step above) before selling your device.
[3] Apple Pay/Credit Card and Touch ID Fingerprint Wiping. If you’re using an 
iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, or newer iPhone, erasing your iPhone will 
automatically purge whatever credit cards and fingerprints you’ve stored in 
your iPhone. (Even attempting to disable fingerprint protection for your device 
will prevent it from storing cards for Apple Pay.) You will probably receive a 
collection of emails from your banks noting each “Virtual card” that has been 
“deleted from Apple Pay,” and you may also receive notices of the card’s 
deletion from your Apple Watch. If you want to manually remove individual cards 
or fingerprints, the Settings app’s Touch ID & Passcode menu handles prints, 
and the Passbook & Apple Pay (iOS 8) or Wallet & Apple Pay (iOS 9) menu handle

Re: Want to be certain erase phone

[Paul Hunt]

I've never seen a sim tool. What do they look like?

> On Sep 27, 2015, at 12:57 PM, Fazil <fzlmahmoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This is my second IPhone and both of them have SIM card tool.
> HTH.
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> SoonerAnnie
> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 6:15 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Want to be certain erase phone
>  
> I have removed three new, never used iPhones from their original boxes but I 
> have never, ever, ever found the SIM card tool in an iPhone box! Where do 
> they hide it? Smile! Thank God for paper clips...
>  
> - Original Message -
> From: Gmail
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 3:02 AM
> Subject: Re: Want to be certain erase phone
>  
> Tracey, as this 9 to 5 Mac article I've pasted below illustrates, wiping your 
> iDevice of data is more complex now than before.
>  
>  
> If you’re thinking of selling or trading in your current iPhone ahead of the 
> iPhone 6S’s release, you probably know that you’ll need to wipe your device 
> before a buyer can use it free and clear. Prepping an iPhone for resale used 
> to be almost as easy as hitting a “reset” button in the iPhone’s settings 
> menu. But over the past few years, the process has become more complex thanks 
> to new security, wallet, and cloud-dependent features such as Activation 
> Lock, Apple Pay and iTunes in the Cloud. Completely removing all of your 
> personal items from your iPhone — and your iPhone from Apple’s servers — 
> requires extra work.
> Today, I’m going to walk you through the process of thoroughly scrubbing your 
> iPhone prior to resale. There are 9 steps to take to make sure your device is 
> cleaned up and ready to sell to its next owner. Here they are…
> [1] Erase All Content And Settings. The first, easiest, and best-known step 
> in wiping your iPhone is found within the Settings app at the bottom of the 
> General menu: click on Reset, then “Erase All Content And Settings.” (I’d 
> suggest taking this step only after using iTunes to do two complete, 
> encrypted backups of your iPhone to your computer. If you’re planning to move 
> from iPhone to a non-Apple smartphone, follow Apple’s guide to deactivating 
> iMessage before erasing your phone, as well.)
> You will be prompted to enter your iPhone’s passcode, then told that “this 
> will delete all media and data, and erase all settings.” If you press the 
> Erase iPhone button, iOS will ask you for your iCloud account password to 
> “erase this iPhone and remove it from your [iCloud] account.”
> You’ll be surprised at how quickly the iPhone is wiped — as soon as you’ve 
> entered your password and hit erase, you’ll get a notification email on your 
> account’s other devices that Find My iPhone was disabled, and it should take 
> only a couple of minutes for the wiped iPhone to display “Hello” and “Slide 
> to Set Up” text. Is the erasure secure? Well, all of the iPhone’s memory is 
> protected using AES-256 encryption, and hitting the Erase iPhone button 
> destroys the encryption key. Several security companies have tried to offer 
> ‘secure erase’ tools that more aggressively scrub the iPhone’s memory, but 
> Apple has shut those tools down as ‘misleading,’ noting that the encryption 
> is effectively unbreakable. Hitting the Reset button leaves the former 
> contents of your device all but completely impossible to recover by a 
> subsequent owner. But you’ll be able to get everything back from your 
> computer’s encrypted iTunes backup, should you need it.
> [2] What About Activation Lock + Disabling Find My iPhone? As shown above, 
> you can manually disable Find My iPhone by going into the Settings app’s 
> iCloud menu, pressing the Find My iPhone “On” button, flipping the Find My 
> iPhone switch to off, and entering your iCloud password. But if you use the 
> Erase All Content And Settings feature above, this step is automatically 
> handled for you when you enter your iCloud password at the end of the 
> process. Either method will disable your iPhone’s “Activation Lock,” the 
> security system that allows you to locate, remotely wipe, and send signals to 
> an iPhone no longer in your possession. Any purchaser of a used iPhone will 
> expect you to have taken this step (or more wisely, the step above) before 
> selling your device.
> [3] Apple Pay/Credit Card and Touch ID Fingerprint Wiping. If you’re using an 
> iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, or newer iPhone, erasing your iPhone will 
> automatically purge whatever credit cards and fingerprints you’ve stored in 
> your iPhone. (Even attempting to disable fingerprint protection for your 
> device will prevent it from storing car

RE: Want to be certain erase phone

[Fazil]

The sim goes in to a tray and this little bar of flexible mettle pushes this 
sim-tray in place and locks there.

HTH.

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Paul Hunt
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 11:18 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Want to be certain erase phone

 

I've never seen a sim tool. What do they look like?


On Sep 27, 2015, at 12:57 PM, Fazil <fzlmahmoo...@gmail.com> wrote:

This is my second IPhone and both of them have SIM card tool.

HTH.

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
SoonerAnnie
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 6:15 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Want to be certain erase phone

 

I have removed three new, never used iPhones from their original boxes but I 
have never, ever, ever found the SIM card tool in an iPhone box! Where do they 
hide it? Smile! Thank God for paper clips... 

 

- Original Message - 

From: Gmail <mailto:englishride...@gmail.com>  

To: viphone@googlegroups.com 

Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 3:02 AM

Subject: Re: Want to be certain erase phone

 

Tracey, as this 9 to 5 Mac article I've pasted below illustrates, wiping your 
iDevice of data is more complex now than before.

 

 

If you’re thinking of selling or trading in your current iPhone ahead of the 
iPhone 6S’s release, you probably know that you’ll need to wipe your device 
before a buyer can use it free and clear. Prepping an iPhone for resale used to 
be almost as easy as hitting a “reset” button in the iPhone’s settings menu. 
But over the past few years, the process has become more complex thanks to new 
security, wallet, and cloud-dependent features such as Activation Lock, Apple 
Pay and iTunes in the Cloud. Completely removing all of your personal items 
from your iPhone — and your iPhone from Apple’s servers — requires extra work.
Today, I’m going to walk you through the process of thoroughly scrubbing your 
iPhone prior to resale. There are 9 steps to take to make sure your device is 
cleaned up and ready to sell to its next owner. Here they are…
[1] Erase All Content And Settings. The first, easiest, and best-known step in 
wiping your iPhone is found within the Settings app at the bottom of the 
General menu: click on Reset, then “Erase All Content And Settings.” (I’d 
suggest taking this step only after using iTunes to do two complete, encrypted 
backups of your iPhone to your computer. If you’re planning to move from iPhone 
to a non-Apple smartphone, follow Apple’s guide to deactivating iMessage before 
erasing your phone, as well.)
You will be prompted to enter your iPhone’s passcode, then told that “this will 
delete all media and data, and erase all settings.” If you press the Erase 
iPhone button, iOS will ask you for your iCloud account password to “erase this 
iPhone and remove it from your [iCloud] account.”
You’ll be surprised at how quickly the iPhone is wiped — as soon as you’ve 
entered your password and hit erase, you’ll get a notification email on your 
account’s other devices that Find My iPhone was disabled, and it should take 
only a couple of minutes for the wiped iPhone to display “Hello” and “Slide to 
Set Up” text. Is the erasure secure? Well, all of the iPhone’s memory is 
protected using AES-256 encryption, and hitting the Erase iPhone button 
destroys the encryption key. Several security companies have tried to offer 
‘secure erase’ tools that more aggressively scrub the iPhone’s memory, but 
Apple has shut those tools down as ‘misleading,’ noting that the encryption is 
effectively unbreakable. Hitting the Reset button leaves the former contents of 
your device all but completely impossible to recover by a subsequent owner. But 
you’ll be able to get everything back from your computer’s encrypted iTunes 
backup, should you need it.
[2] What About Activation Lock + Disabling Find My iPhone? As shown above, you 
can manually disable Find My iPhone by going into the Settings app’s iCloud 
menu, pressing the Find My iPhone “On” button, flipping the Find My iPhone 
switch to off, and entering your iCloud password. But if you use the Erase All 
Content And Settings feature above, this step is automatically handled for you 
when you enter your iCloud password at the end of the process. Either method 
will disable your iPhone’s “Activation Lock,” the security system that allows 
you to locate, remotely wipe, and send signals to an iPhone no longer in your 
possession. Any purchaser of a used iPhone will expect you to have taken this 
step (or more wisely, the step above) before selling your device.
[3] Apple Pay/Credit Card and Touch ID Fingerprint Wiping. If you’re using an 
iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, or newer iPhone, erasing your iPhone will 
automatically purge whatever credit cards and fingerprints you’ve stored in 
your iPhone. (Even attempting to disable fingerprint protection for your device 
will prevent it from s

Re: Want to be certain erase phone

[Daniel Miller]

You might not have the AT version of the phone. Those haven’t included sim 
eject tools since the 3G S.

> On Sep 27, 2015, at 2:07 PM, Fazil <fzlmahmoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The sim goes in to a tray and this little bar of flexible mettle pushes this 
> sim-tray in place and locks there.
> HTH.
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Paul Hunt
> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 11:18 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Want to be certain erase phone
>  
> I've never seen a sim tool. What do they look like?
> 
> On Sep 27, 2015, at 12:57 PM, Fazil <fzlmahmoo...@gmail.com 
> <mailto:fzlmahmoo...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>> This is my second IPhone and both of them have SIM card tool.
>> HTH.
>>  
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
>> [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>] On 
>> Behalf Of SoonerAnnie
>> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 6:15 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
>> Subject: Re: Want to be certain erase phone
>>  
>> I have removed three new, never used iPhones from their original boxes but I 
>> have never, ever, ever found the SIM card tool in an iPhone box! Where do 
>> they hide it? Smile! Thank God for paper clips... 
>>  
>> - Original Message - 
>> From: Gmail <mailto:englishride...@gmail.com>
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 3:02 AM
>> Subject: Re: Want to be certain erase phone
>>  
>> Tracey, as this 9 to 5 Mac article I've pasted below illustrates, wiping 
>> your iDevice of data is more complex now than before.
>>  
>>  
>> If you’re thinking of selling or trading in your current iPhone ahead of the 
>> iPhone 6S’s release, you probably know that you’ll need to wipe your device 
>> before a buyer can use it free and clear. Prepping an iPhone for resale used 
>> to be almost as easy as hitting a “reset” button in the iPhone’s settings 
>> menu. But over the past few years, the process has become more complex 
>> thanks to new security, wallet, and cloud-dependent features such as 
>> Activation Lock, Apple Pay and iTunes in the Cloud. Completely removing all 
>> of your personal items from your iPhone — and your iPhone from Apple’s 
>> servers — requires extra work.
>> Today, I’m going to walk you through the process of thoroughly scrubbing 
>> your iPhone prior to resale. There are 9 steps to take to make sure your 
>> device is cleaned up and ready to sell to its next owner. Here they are…
>> [1] Erase All Content And Settings. The first, easiest, and best-known step 
>> in wiping your iPhone is found within the Settings app at the bottom of the 
>> General menu: click on Reset, then “Erase All Content And Settings.” (I’d 
>> suggest taking this step only after using iTunes to do two complete, 
>> encrypted backups of your iPhone to your computer. If you’re planning to 
>> move from iPhone to a non-Apple smartphone, follow Apple’s guide to 
>> deactivating iMessage before erasing your phone, as well.)
>> You will be prompted to enter your iPhone’s passcode, then told that “this 
>> will delete all media and data, and erase all settings.” If you press the 
>> Erase iPhone button, iOS will ask you for your iCloud account password to 
>> “erase this iPhone and remove it from your [iCloud] account.”
>> You’ll be surprised at how quickly the iPhone is wiped — as soon as you’ve 
>> entered your password and hit erase, you’ll get a notification email on your 
>> account’s other devices that Find My iPhone was disabled, and it should take 
>> only a couple of minutes for the wiped iPhone to display “Hello” and “Slide 
>> to Set Up” text. Is the erasure secure? Well, all of the iPhone’s memory is 
>> protected using AES-256 encryption, and hitting the Erase iPhone button 
>> destroys the encryption key. Several security companies have tried to offer 
>> ‘secure erase’ tools that more aggressively scrub the iPhone’s memory, but 
>> Apple has shut those tools down as ‘misleading,’ noting that the encryption 
>> is effectively unbreakable. Hitting the Reset button leaves the former 
>> contents of your device all but completely impossible to recover by a 
>> subsequent owner. But you’ll be able to get everything back from your 
>> computer’s encrypted iTunes backup, should you need it.
>> [2] What About Activation Lock + Disabling Find My iPhone? As shown above, 
>> you can manually disable

Re: Want to be certain erase phone

[Grant]

Hi Paul,

The sim eject tool roughly resembles a paperclip. In fact, many people simply 
use the pointy end of a paperclip to eject the sim card tray. I’d guarantee the 
tool would be included with all unlocked iPhones, to give users a way of 
inserting their sim card. I guess in cases where the phone is locked and your 
carrier’s sim is already inserted, they might figure there’s no need to include 
the tool.

Grant


> On Sep 27, 2015, at 11:00:18 AM, Paul Hunt <prhu...@att.net> wrote:
> 
> I've never seen a sim tool. What do they look like?
> 
> On Sep 27, 2015, at 12:57 PM, Fazil <fzlmahmoo...@gmail.com 
> <mailto:fzlmahmoo...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>> This is my second IPhone and both of them have SIM card tool.
>> HTH.
>>  
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
>> [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>] On 
>> Behalf Of SoonerAnnie
>> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 6:15 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
>> Subject: Re: Want to be certain erase phone
>>  
>> I have removed three new, never used iPhones from their original boxes but I 
>> have never, ever, ever found the SIM card tool in an iPhone box! Where do 
>> they hide it? Smile! Thank God for paper clips...
>>  
>> - Original Message -
>> From: Gmail <mailto:englishride...@gmail.com>
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 3:02 AM
>> Subject: Re: Want to be certain erase phone
>>  
>> Tracey, as this 9 to 5 Mac article I've pasted below illustrates, wiping 
>> your iDevice of data is more complex now than before.
>>  
>>  
>> If you’re thinking of selling or trading in your current iPhone ahead of the 
>> iPhone 6S’s release, you probably know that you’ll need to wipe your device 
>> before a buyer can use it free and clear. Prepping an iPhone for resale used 
>> to be almost as easy as hitting a “reset” button in the iPhone’s settings 
>> menu. But over the past few years, the process has become more complex 
>> thanks to new security, wallet, and cloud-dependent features such as 
>> Activation Lock, Apple Pay and iTunes in the Cloud. Completely removing all 
>> of your personal items from your iPhone — and your iPhone from Apple’s 
>> servers — requires extra work.
>> Today, I’m going to walk you through the process of thoroughly scrubbing 
>> your iPhone prior to resale. There are 9 steps to take to make sure your 
>> device is cleaned up and ready to sell to its next owner. Here they are…
>> [1] Erase All Content And Settings. The first, easiest, and best-known step 
>> in wiping your iPhone is found within the Settings app at the bottom of the 
>> General menu: click on Reset, then “Erase All Content And Settings.” (I’d 
>> suggest taking this step only after using iTunes to do two complete, 
>> encrypted backups of your iPhone to your computer. If you’re planning to 
>> move from iPhone to a non-Apple smartphone, follow Apple’s guide to 
>> deactivating iMessage before erasing your phone, as well.)
>> You will be prompted to enter your iPhone’s passcode, then told that “this 
>> will delete all media and data, and erase all settings.” If you press the 
>> Erase iPhone button, iOS will ask you for your iCloud account password to 
>> “erase this iPhone and remove it from your [iCloud] account.”
>> You’ll be surprised at how quickly the iPhone is wiped — as soon as you’ve 
>> entered your password and hit erase, you’ll get a notification email on your 
>> account’s other devices that Find My iPhone was disabled, and it should take 
>> only a couple of minutes for the wiped iPhone to display “Hello” and “Slide 
>> to Set Up” text. Is the erasure secure? Well, all of the iPhone’s memory is 
>> protected using AES-256 encryption, and hitting the Erase iPhone button 
>> destroys the encryption key. Several security companies have tried to offer 
>> ‘secure erase’ tools that more aggressively scrub the iPhone’s memory, but 
>> Apple has shut those tools down as ‘misleading,’ noting that the encryption 
>> is effectively unbreakable. Hitting the Reset button leaves the former 
>> contents of your device all but completely impossible to recover by a 
>> subsequent owner. But you’ll be able to get everything back from your 
>> computer’s encrypted iTunes backup, should you need it.
>> [2] What About Activation Lock + Disabling Find My iPhone? As shown above, 
>> you can manually disable Find My iPhone by going into the Settings app’s 
>> iCloud

Re: Want to be certain erase phone

[Traci Duncan]

Hi, in order to reset my phone, I needed to enter in a restrictions passcode.  
I tried a few different options, I could not get it correct.  :) I was confused 
& frustrated.  You know when you feel like you are pretty certain of a 
passcode, then it turns out to be incorrect?  It was that sort of situation.

Thanks,
Traci

> On Sep 26, 2015, at 11:13 PM, Gmail  wrote:
> 
> Tracy, were you enable to get to the option, or just didn't feel like doing 
> it that way? I have never done any of this before, since I've never wiped an 
> iPhone for sale, but I imagine the reset option wouldn't be very hard to use. 
> There's a podcast on doing this on AppleVis which was posted a while ago.
> 
> I'm afraid I can't help you with your Mac questions, since I've never used a 
> Mac. If I hear anything about devices in iTunes, I either think of the 
> devices tab in the preferences menu, which is on Windows, though I'm not sure 
> if it's on mac, or the devices submenu in the file menu; again, this is in 
> iTunes on Windows, but I'm not sure if it's on the Mac.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ari
> 
> On Sep 26, 2015, at 8:12 AM, Traci Duncan  > wrote:
> 
>> Wow!  This article is brilliant.
>> 
>> The sticking point for me is, I was unable to start the process with the 
>> usual way of settings/general/reset & erase all content.  My method was 
>> restore to factory settings & find my iPhone erase.
>> 
>> Secondly, on my Mac, in iCloud preferences, I do not see a devices tab.
>> 
>> I was successful in removing the 5s from iTunes cloud, and when I go to find 
>> my iPhone the 5s is no longer there.  I have also changed my Apple ID 
>> password for an extra step.
>> 
>> So, when I turn on the 5s it is acting like a new phone.  Slide to set up & 
>> choose a wireless network.  However, it is already connected to my guest 
>> network, but beyond that point it is all brand new.  Activate location 
>> services, enter Apple ID, etc.
>> 
>> Any further advice?  Do you guys think I have successfully erased my phone?
>> 
>> Thanks for the support,
>> Traci
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 26, 2015, at 1:02 AM, Gmail >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Tracey, as this 9 to 5 Mac article I've pasted below illustrates, wiping 
>>> your iDevice of data is more complex now than before.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If you’re thinking of selling or trading in your current iPhone ahead of 
>>> the iPhone 6S’s release, you probably know that you’ll need to wipe your 
>>> device before a buyer can use it free and clear. Prepping an iPhone for 
>>> resale used to be almost as easy as hitting a “reset” button in the 
>>> iPhone’s settings menu. But over the past few years, the process has become 
>>> more complex thanks to new security, wallet, and cloud-dependent features 
>>> such as Activation Lock, Apple Pay and iTunes in the Cloud. Completely 
>>> removing all of your personal items from your iPhone — and your iPhone from 
>>> Apple’s servers — requires extra work.
>>> Today, I’m going to walk you through the process of thoroughly scrubbing 
>>> your iPhone prior to resale. There are 9 steps to take to make sure your 
>>> device is cleaned up and ready to sell to its next owner. Here they are…
>>> [1] Erase All Content And Settings. The first, easiest, and best-known step 
>>> in wiping your iPhone is found within the Settings app at the bottom of the 
>>> General menu: click on Reset, then “Erase All Content And Settings.” (I’d 
>>> suggest taking this step only after using iTunes to do two complete, 
>>> encrypted backups of your iPhone to your computer. If you’re planning to 
>>> move from iPhone to a non-Apple smartphone, follow Apple’s guide to 
>>> deactivating iMessage before erasing your phone, as well.)
>>> You will be prompted to enter your iPhone’s passcode, then told that “this 
>>> will delete all media and data, and erase all settings.” If you press the 
>>> Erase iPhone button, iOS will ask you for your iCloud account password to 
>>> “erase this iPhone and remove it from your [iCloud] account.”
>>> You’ll be surprised at how quickly the iPhone is wiped — as soon as you’ve 
>>> entered your password and hit erase, you’ll get a notification email on 
>>> your account’s other devices that Find My iPhone was disabled, and it 
>>> should take only a couple of minutes for the wiped iPhone to display 
>>> “Hello” and “Slide to Set Up” text. Is the erasure secure? Well, all of the 
>>> iPhone’s memory is protected using AES-256 encryption, and hitting the 
>>> Erase iPhone button destroys the encryption key. Several security companies 
>>> have tried to offer ‘secure erase’ tools that more aggressively scrub the 
>>> iPhone’s memory, but Apple has shut those tools down as ‘misleading,’ 
>>> noting that the encryption is effectively unbreakable. Hitting the Reset 
>>> button leaves the former contents of your device all but completely 
>>> 

Re: Want to be certain erase phone

[Gmail]

Tracy, were you enable to get to the option, or just didn't feel like doing it 
that way? I have never done any of this before, since I've never wiped an 
iPhone for sale, but I imagine the reset option wouldn't be very hard to use. 
There's a podcast on doing this on AppleVis which was posted a while ago.

I'm afraid I can't help you with your Mac questions, since I've never used a 
Mac. If I hear anything about devices in iTunes, I either think of the devices 
tab in the preferences menu, which is on Windows, though I'm not sure if it's 
on mac, or the devices submenu in the file menu; again, this is in iTunes on 
Windows, but I'm not sure if it's on the Mac.


Thanks,
Ari

> On Sep 26, 2015, at 8:12 AM, Traci Duncan  wrote:
> 
> Wow!  This article is brilliant.
> 
> The sticking point for me is, I was unable to start the process with the 
> usual way of settings/general/reset & erase all content.  My method was 
> restore to factory settings & find my iPhone erase.
> 
> Secondly, on my Mac, in iCloud preferences, I do not see a devices tab.
> 
> I was successful in removing the 5s from iTunes cloud, and when I go to find 
> my iPhone the 5s is no longer there.  I have also changed my Apple ID 
> password for an extra step.
> 
> So, when I turn on the 5s it is acting like a new phone.  Slide to set up & 
> choose a wireless network.  However, it is already connected to my guest 
> network, but beyond that point it is all brand new.  Activate location 
> services, enter Apple ID, etc.
> 
> Any further advice?  Do you guys think I have successfully erased my phone?
> 
> Thanks for the support,
> Traci
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sep 26, 2015, at 1:02 AM, Gmail  wrote:
>> 
>> Tracey, as this 9 to 5 Mac article I've pasted below illustrates, wiping 
>> your iDevice of data is more complex now than before.
>> 
>> 
>> If you’re thinking of selling or trading in your current iPhone ahead of the 
>> iPhone 6S’s release, you probably know that you’ll need to wipe your device 
>> before a buyer can use it free and clear. Prepping an iPhone for resale used 
>> to be almost as easy as hitting a “reset” button in the iPhone’s settings 
>> menu. But over the past few years, the process has become more complex 
>> thanks to new security, wallet, and cloud-dependent features such as 
>> Activation Lock, Apple Pay and iTunes in the Cloud. Completely removing all 
>> of your personal items from your iPhone — and your iPhone from Apple’s 
>> servers — requires extra work.
>> Today, I’m going to walk you through the process of thoroughly scrubbing 
>> your iPhone prior to resale. There are 9 steps to take to make sure your 
>> device is cleaned up and ready to sell to its next owner. Here they are…
>> [1] Erase All Content And Settings. The first, easiest, and best-known step 
>> in wiping your iPhone is found within the Settings app at the bottom of the 
>> General menu: click on Reset, then “Erase All Content And Settings.” (I’d 
>> suggest taking this step only after using iTunes to do two complete, 
>> encrypted backups of your iPhone to your computer. If you’re planning to 
>> move from iPhone to a non-Apple smartphone, follow Apple’s guide to 
>> deactivating iMessage before erasing your phone, as well.)
>> You will be prompted to enter your iPhone’s passcode, then told that “this 
>> will delete all media and data, and erase all settings.” If you press the 
>> Erase iPhone button, iOS will ask you for your iCloud account password to 
>> “erase this iPhone and remove it from your [iCloud] account.”
>> You’ll be surprised at how quickly the iPhone is wiped — as soon as you’ve 
>> entered your password and hit erase, you’ll get a notification email on your 
>> account’s other devices that Find My iPhone was disabled, and it should take 
>> only a couple of minutes for the wiped iPhone to display “Hello” and “Slide 
>> to Set Up” text. Is the erasure secure? Well, all of the iPhone’s memory is 
>> protected using AES-256 encryption, and hitting the Erase iPhone button 
>> destroys the encryption key. Several security companies have tried to offer 
>> ‘secure erase’ tools that more aggressively scrub the iPhone’s memory, but 
>> Apple has shut those tools down as ‘misleading,’ noting that the encryption 
>> is effectively unbreakable. Hitting the Reset button leaves the former 
>> contents of your device all but completely impossible to recover by a 
>> subsequent owner. But you’ll be able to get everything back from your 
>> computer’s encrypted iTunes backup, should you need it.
>> [2] What About Activation Lock + Disabling Find My iPhone? As shown above, 
>> you can manually disable Find My iPhone by going into the Settings app’s 
>> iCloud menu, pressing the Find My iPhone “On” button, flipping the Find My 
>> iPhone switch to off, and entering your iCloud password. But if you use the 
>> Erase All Content And Settings feature above, this step is automatically 
>> handled for you when 

Want to be certain erase phone

[Traci Duncan]

Hi group,

Sheesh, a bit of a bumpy tech ride for me today.  I want to be certain I have 
erased my iPhone 5s completely.

I tried the easy route of reset & erase all data, but I kept getting 
restriction passcode errors.  So, I did a bit of a stupid move & put my phone 
in recovery mode to restore.  Once I saw how long that would take, I used find 
my iPhone to erase the device.  Effectively, doubling up methods & complicating 
things.

My phone successfully restored & updated, & acted like a lost device, which 
needed the owner’s Apple ID & password.  I went to iCloud & find my iPhone, 
then removed my iPhone 5s from my account.

>From what I understand, my device should be erased & ready for a new owner.  
>The only information it holds for sure is my guest wireless network details, 
>because I entered them in to see if someone could start the activation process.

What is your advice so I can be certain I can turn this phone into Verizon?  
Clean & free of personal data.

Thank you,
Traci

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Re: Want to be certain erase phone

[Gmail]

Tracey, as this 9 to 5 Mac article I've pasted below illustrates, wiping your 
iDevice of data is more complex now than before.


If you’re thinking of selling or trading in your current iPhone ahead of the 
iPhone 6S’s release, you probably know that you’ll need to wipe your device 
before a buyer can use it free and clear. Prepping an iPhone for resale used to 
be almost as easy as hitting a “reset” button in the iPhone’s settings menu. 
But over the past few years, the process has become more complex thanks to new 
security, wallet, and cloud-dependent features such as Activation Lock, Apple 
Pay and iTunes in the Cloud. Completely removing all of your personal items 
from your iPhone — and your iPhone from Apple’s servers — requires extra work.
Today, I’m going to walk you through the process of thoroughly scrubbing your 
iPhone prior to resale. There are 9 steps to take to make sure your device is 
cleaned up and ready to sell to its next owner. Here they are…
[1] Erase All Content And Settings. The first, easiest, and best-known step in 
wiping your iPhone is found within the Settings app at the bottom of the 
General menu: click on Reset, then “Erase All Content And Settings.” (I’d 
suggest taking this step only after using iTunes to do two complete, encrypted 
backups of your iPhone to your computer. If you’re planning to move from iPhone 
to a non-Apple smartphone, follow Apple’s guide to deactivating iMessage before 
erasing your phone, as well.)
You will be prompted to enter your iPhone’s passcode, then told that “this will 
delete all media and data, and erase all settings.” If you press the Erase 
iPhone button, iOS will ask you for your iCloud account password to “erase this 
iPhone and remove it from your [iCloud] account.”
You’ll be surprised at how quickly the iPhone is wiped — as soon as you’ve 
entered your password and hit erase, you’ll get a notification email on your 
account’s other devices that Find My iPhone was disabled, and it should take 
only a couple of minutes for the wiped iPhone to display “Hello” and “Slide to 
Set Up” text. Is the erasure secure? Well, all of the iPhone’s memory is 
protected using AES-256 encryption, and hitting the Erase iPhone button 
destroys the encryption key. Several security companies have tried to offer 
‘secure erase’ tools that more aggressively scrub the iPhone’s memory, but 
Apple has shut those tools down as ‘misleading,’ noting that the encryption is 
effectively unbreakable. Hitting the Reset button leaves the former contents of 
your device all but completely impossible to recover by a subsequent owner. But 
you’ll be able to get everything back from your computer’s encrypted iTunes 
backup, should you need it.
[2] What About Activation Lock + Disabling Find My iPhone? As shown above, you 
can manually disable Find My iPhone by going into the Settings app’s iCloud 
menu, pressing the Find My iPhone “On” button, flipping the Find My iPhone 
switch to off, and entering your iCloud password. But if you use the Erase All 
Content And Settings feature above, this step is automatically handled for you 
when you enter your iCloud password at the end of the process. Either method 
will disable your iPhone’s “Activation Lock,” the security system that allows 
you to locate, remotely wipe, and send signals to an iPhone no longer in your 
possession. Any purchaser of a used iPhone will expect you to have taken this 
step (or more wisely, the step above) before selling your device.
[3] Apple Pay/Credit Card and Touch ID Fingerprint Wiping. If you’re using an 
iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, or newer iPhone, erasing your iPhone will 
automatically purge whatever credit cards and fingerprints you’ve stored in 
your iPhone. (Even attempting to disable fingerprint protection for your device 
will prevent it from storing cards for Apple Pay.) You will probably receive a 
collection of emails from your banks noting each “Virtual card” that has been 
“deleted from Apple Pay,” and you may also receive notices of the card’s 
deletion from your Apple Watch. If you want to manually remove individual cards 
or fingerprints, the Settings app’s Touch ID & Passcode menu handles prints, 
and the Passbook & Apple Pay (iOS 8) or Wallet & Apple Pay (iOS 9) menu handles 
cards. But even if you delete cards for Apple Pay, your iPhone can still store 
card numbers for Safari web transactions; they can be deleted under Settings > 
Safari > AutoFill > Credit Cards.
[4] Carrier Lock + Clearing The ESN/IMEI/MEID. Buyers of used iPhones want to 
avoid purchasing devices that are either stolen, or still under contract with a 
cellular company. The status of an iPhone can be checked using a 
device-specific serial number that’s called an IMEI (International Mobile 
Equipment Identity) number, ESN (Electronic Serial Number), or MEID (Mobile 
Equipment Identifier). IMEIs have traditionally been used by GSM networks 
(AT/T-Mobile), while ESN/MEIDs are traditionally used by CDMA networks 

Re: Want to be certain erase phone

[Traci Duncan]

Wow!  This article is brilliant.

The sticking point for me is, I was unable to start the process with the usual 
way of settings/general/reset & erase all content.  My method was restore to 
factory settings & find my iPhone erase.

Secondly, on my Mac, in iCloud preferences, I do not see a devices tab.

I was successful in removing the 5s from iTunes cloud, and when I go to find my 
iPhone the 5s is no longer there.  I have also changed my Apple ID password for 
an extra step.

So, when I turn on the 5s it is acting like a new phone.  Slide to set up & 
choose a wireless network.  However, it is already connected to my guest 
network, but beyond that point it is all brand new.  Activate location 
services, enter Apple ID, etc.

Any further advice?  Do you guys think I have successfully erased my phone?

Thanks for the support,
Traci



> On Sep 26, 2015, at 1:02 AM, Gmail  wrote:
> 
> Tracey, as this 9 to 5 Mac article I've pasted below illustrates, wiping your 
> iDevice of data is more complex now than before.
> 
> 
> If you’re thinking of selling or trading in your current iPhone ahead of the 
> iPhone 6S’s release, you probably know that you’ll need to wipe your device 
> before a buyer can use it free and clear. Prepping an iPhone for resale used 
> to be almost as easy as hitting a “reset” button in the iPhone’s settings 
> menu. But over the past few years, the process has become more complex thanks 
> to new security, wallet, and cloud-dependent features such as Activation 
> Lock, Apple Pay and iTunes in the Cloud. Completely removing all of your 
> personal items from your iPhone — and your iPhone from Apple’s servers — 
> requires extra work.
> Today, I’m going to walk you through the process of thoroughly scrubbing your 
> iPhone prior to resale. There are 9 steps to take to make sure your device is 
> cleaned up and ready to sell to its next owner. Here they are…
> [1] Erase All Content And Settings. The first, easiest, and best-known step 
> in wiping your iPhone is found within the Settings app at the bottom of the 
> General menu: click on Reset, then “Erase All Content And Settings.” (I’d 
> suggest taking this step only after using iTunes to do two complete, 
> encrypted backups of your iPhone to your computer. If you’re planning to move 
> from iPhone to a non-Apple smartphone, follow Apple’s guide to deactivating 
> iMessage before erasing your phone, as well.)
> You will be prompted to enter your iPhone’s passcode, then told that “this 
> will delete all media and data, and erase all settings.” If you press the 
> Erase iPhone button, iOS will ask you for your iCloud account password to 
> “erase this iPhone and remove it from your [iCloud] account.”
> You’ll be surprised at how quickly the iPhone is wiped — as soon as you’ve 
> entered your password and hit erase, you’ll get a notification email on your 
> account’s other devices that Find My iPhone was disabled, and it should take 
> only a couple of minutes for the wiped iPhone to display “Hello” and “Slide 
> to Set Up” text. Is the erasure secure? Well, all of the iPhone’s memory is 
> protected using AES-256 encryption, and hitting the Erase iPhone button 
> destroys the encryption key. Several security companies have tried to offer 
> ‘secure erase’ tools that more aggressively scrub the iPhone’s memory, but 
> Apple has shut those tools down as ‘misleading,’ noting that the encryption 
> is effectively unbreakable. Hitting the Reset button leaves the former 
> contents of your device all but completely impossible to recover by a 
> subsequent owner. But you’ll be able to get everything back from your 
> computer’s encrypted iTunes backup, should you need it.
> [2] What About Activation Lock + Disabling Find My iPhone? As shown above, 
> you can manually disable Find My iPhone by going into the Settings app’s 
> iCloud menu, pressing the Find My iPhone “On” button, flipping the Find My 
> iPhone switch to off, and entering your iCloud password. But if you use the 
> Erase All Content And Settings feature above, this step is automatically 
> handled for you when you enter your iCloud password at the end of the 
> process. Either method will disable your iPhone’s “Activation Lock,” the 
> security system that allows you to locate, remotely wipe, and send signals to 
> an iPhone no longer in your possession. Any purchaser of a used iPhone will 
> expect you to have taken this step (or more wisely, the step above) before 
> selling your device.
> [3] Apple Pay/Credit Card and Touch ID Fingerprint Wiping. If you’re using an 
> iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, or newer iPhone, erasing your iPhone will 
> automatically purge whatever credit cards and fingerprints you’ve stored in 
> your iPhone. (Even attempting to disable fingerprint protection for your 
> device will prevent it from storing cards for Apple Pay.) You will probably 
> receive a collection of emails from your banks noting each “Virtual card” 
> that 

Re: Want to be certain erase phone

[SoonerAnnie]

I have removed three new, never used iPhones from their original boxes but I 
have never, ever, ever found the SIM card tool in an iPhone box! Where do 
they hide it? Smile! Thank God for paper clips...

- Original Message - 
From: Gmail
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 3:02 AM
Subject: Re: Want to be certain erase phone


Tracey, as this 9 to 5 Mac article I've pasted below illustrates, wiping 
your iDevice of data is more complex now than before.




If you’re thinking of selling or trading in your current iPhone ahead of the 
iPhone 6S’s release, you probably know that you’ll need to wipe your device 
before a buyer can use it free and clear. Prepping an iPhone for resale used 
to be almost as easy as hitting a “reset” button in the iPhone’s settings 
menu. But over the past few years, the process has become more complex 
thanks to new security, wallet, and cloud-dependent features such as 
Activation Lock, Apple Pay and iTunes in the Cloud. Completely removing all 
of your personal items from your iPhone — and your iPhone from Apple’s 
servers — requires extra work.
Today, I’m going to walk you through the process of thoroughly scrubbing 
your iPhone prior to resale. There are 9 steps to take to make sure your 
device is cleaned up and ready to sell to its next owner. Here they are…
[1] Erase All Content And Settings. The first, easiest, and best-known step 
in wiping your iPhone is found within the Settings app at the bottom of the 
General menu: click on Reset, then “Erase All Content And Settings.” (I’d 
suggest taking this step only after using iTunes to do two complete, 
encrypted backups of your iPhone to your computer. If you’re planning to 
move from iPhone to a non-Apple smartphone, follow Apple’s guide to 
deactivating iMessage before erasing your phone, as well.)
You will be prompted to enter your iPhone’s passcode, then told that “this 
will delete all media and data, and erase all settings.” If you press the 
Erase iPhone button, iOS will ask you for your iCloud account password to 
“erase this iPhone and remove it from your [iCloud] account.”
You’ll be surprised at how quickly the iPhone is wiped — as soon as you’ve 
entered your password and hit erase, you’ll get a notification email on your 
account’s other devices that Find My iPhone was disabled, and it should take 
only a couple of minutes for the wiped iPhone to display “Hello” and “Slide 
to Set Up” text. Is the erasure secure? Well, all of the iPhone’s memory is 
protected using AES-256 encryption, and hitting the Erase iPhone button 
destroys the encryption key. Several security companies have tried to offer 
‘secure erase’ tools that more aggressively scrub the iPhone’s memory, but 
Apple has shut those tools down as ‘misleading,’ noting that the encryption 
is effectively unbreakable. Hitting the Reset button leaves the former 
contents of your device all but completely impossible to recover by a 
subsequent owner. But you’ll be able to get everything back from your 
computer’s encrypted iTunes backup, should you need it.
[2] What About Activation Lock + Disabling Find My iPhone? As shown above, 
you can manually disable Find My iPhone by going into the Settings app’s 
iCloud menu, pressing the Find My iPhone “On” button, flipping the Find My 
iPhone switch to off, and entering your iCloud password. But if you use the 
Erase All Content And Settings feature above, this step is automatically 
handled for you when you enter your iCloud password at the end of the 
process. Either method will disable your iPhone’s “Activation Lock,” the 
security system that allows you to locate, remotely wipe, and send signals 
to an iPhone no longer in your possession. Any purchaser of a used iPhone 
will expect you to have taken this step (or more wisely, the step above) 
before selling your device.
[3] Apple Pay/Credit Card and Touch ID Fingerprint Wiping. If you’re using 
an iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, or newer iPhone, erasing your iPhone will 
automatically purge whatever credit cards and fingerprints you’ve stored in 
your iPhone. (Even attempting to disable fingerprint protection for your 
device will prevent it from storing cards for Apple Pay.) You will probably 
receive a collection of emails from your banks noting each “Virtual card” 
that has been “deleted from Apple Pay,” and you may also receive notices of 
the card’s deletion from your Apple Watch. If you want to manually remove 
individual cards or fingerprints, the Settings app’s Touch ID & Passcode 
menu handles prints, and the Passbook & Apple Pay (iOS 8) or Wallet & Apple 
Pay (iOS 9) menu handles cards. But even if you delete cards for Apple Pay, 
your iPhone can still store card numbers for Safari web transactions; they 
can be deleted under Settings > Safari > AutoFill > Credit Cards.
[4] Carrier Lock + Clearing The ESN/IMEI/MEID. Buyers of used iPhones want 
to avoid purchasing devices that are either stolen, or

Re: Want to be certain erase phone

[Daniel Miller]

They’ve stopped offering the sim ejection tool, at least here in the US. They 
haven’t offered it since the iPhone 3G S. If you’re in a country which does 
offer it, it’s located in the paper leaflet with all the other documentation.

> On Sep 26, 2015, at 8:15 PM, SoonerAnnie <sooneran...@att.net> wrote:
> 
> I have removed three new, never used iPhones from their original boxes but I 
> have never, ever, ever found the SIM card tool in an iPhone box! Where do 
> they hide it? Smile! Thank God for paper clips... 
>  
> - Original Message - 
> From: Gmail <mailto:englishride...@gmail.com>
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 3:02 AM
> Subject: Re: Want to be certain erase phone
> 
> Tracey, as this 9 to 5 Mac article I've pasted below illustrates, wiping your 
> iDevice of data is more complex now than before.
> 
> 
> If you’re thinking of selling or trading in your current iPhone ahead of the 
> iPhone 6S’s release, you probably know that you’ll need to wipe your device 
> before a buyer can use it free and clear. Prepping an iPhone for resale used 
> to be almost as easy as hitting a “reset” button in the iPhone’s settings 
> menu. But over the past few years, the process has become more complex thanks 
> to new security, wallet, and cloud-dependent features such as Activation 
> Lock, Apple Pay and iTunes in the Cloud. Completely removing all of your 
> personal items from your iPhone — and your iPhone from Apple’s servers — 
> requires extra work.
> Today, I’m going to walk you through the process of thoroughly scrubbing your 
> iPhone prior to resale. There are 9 steps to take to make sure your device is 
> cleaned up and ready to sell to its next owner. Here they are…
> [1] Erase All Content And Settings. The first, easiest, and best-known step 
> in wiping your iPhone is found within the Settings app at the bottom of the 
> General menu: click on Reset, then “Erase All Content And Settings.” (I’d 
> suggest taking this step only after using iTunes to do two complete, 
> encrypted backups of your iPhone to your computer. If you’re planning to move 
> from iPhone to a non-Apple smartphone, follow Apple’s guide to deactivating 
> iMessage before erasing your phone, as well.)
> You will be prompted to enter your iPhone’s passcode, then told that “this 
> will delete all media and data, and erase all settings.” If you press the 
> Erase iPhone button, iOS will ask you for your iCloud account password to 
> “erase this iPhone and remove it from your [iCloud] account.”
> You’ll be surprised at how quickly the iPhone is wiped — as soon as you’ve 
> entered your password and hit erase, you’ll get a notification email on your 
> account’s other devices that Find My iPhone was disabled, and it should take 
> only a couple of minutes for the wiped iPhone to display “Hello” and “Slide 
> to Set Up” text. Is the erasure secure? Well, all of the iPhone’s memory is 
> protected using AES-256 encryption, and hitting the Erase iPhone button 
> destroys the encryption key. Several security companies have tried to offer 
> ‘secure erase’ tools that more aggressively scrub the iPhone’s memory, but 
> Apple has shut those tools down as ‘misleading,’ noting that the encryption 
> is effectively unbreakable. Hitting the Reset button leaves the former 
> contents of your device all but completely impossible to recover by a 
> subsequent owner. But you’ll be able to get everything back from your 
> computer’s encrypted iTunes backup, should you need it.
> [2] What About Activation Lock + Disabling Find My iPhone? As shown above, 
> you can manually disable Find My iPhone by going into the Settings app’s 
> iCloud menu, pressing the Find My iPhone “On” button, flipping the Find My 
> iPhone switch to off, and entering your iCloud password. But if you use the 
> Erase All Content And Settings feature above, this step is automatically 
> handled for you when you enter your iCloud password at the end of the 
> process. Either method will disable your iPhone’s “Activation Lock,” the 
> security system that allows you to locate, remotely wipe, and send signals to 
> an iPhone no longer in your possession. Any purchaser of a used iPhone will 
> expect you to have taken this step (or more wisely, the step above) before 
> selling your device.
> [3] Apple Pay/Credit Card and Touch ID Fingerprint Wiping. If you’re using an 
> iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, or newer iPhone, erasing your iPhone will 
> automatically purge whatever credit cards and fingerprints you’ve stored in 
> your iPhone. (Even attempting to disable fingerprint protection for your 
> device will prevent it from storing cards for Apple Pay.) You will probably 
> rece