I did exactly that, Steve when someone bought my IPhone 8.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2019 2:22 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: what to do to decommission an iPhone? 1. Turn off "Find My Phone if it's on." 2. Sign out of everything associated with your Apple ID. This may include iTunes, the App Store, iCloud, and possibly other things. 3. Go to Settings -> General, and at the bottom of the screen, find the reset buttons, and choose the one indicating it will erase all content and settings. 4. Confirm/acknowledge all the warning dialogs that appear. This may include having to enter the phone's passcode (if there is one). 5. If VoiceOver is running, which I presume it is, it will eventually stop speaking, your phone will go through a reset procedure, then restart, displaying the screen all iOS devices show when they are brand-new. 6. Hand the phone to its new owner and tell them to enjoy their new phone. Note: I did this on an older phone recently, and ran into a problem after having signed out of iCloud. I had to sign back in again to complete the process. Then I had to go to apple.com and remove that device from my account. Apple makes no asumption about what one does with one's own hardware, so this last step is on you, the user. On 12/26/2019 1:53 PM, 'Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.' via VIPhone wrote: > hi, I am giving my old iPhone to a family member. What are the current best > practices for preparing an iPhone for totally erasing all content and > resetting? > I seem to recall that one should first sign out of the App Store, but then I > don’t know if something else needs to be done before erasing. Any guidance > will be most appreciated. > Best, Keith -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/f1a00d86-e5ac-a876-0edb-c2fa26505d71%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/044101d5bc42%243af8e070%24b0eaa150%24%40icloud.com.
