GaryB1263 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 I am giving someone my 5s phone. Is there a way to completely wipe the memory on this phone? I am giving it to a woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMartinHandyman Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Go to: settings General Reset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manarak Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 I am giving it to a woman. wow, eh, that's an important detail !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie69 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 I am giving it to a woman. wow, eh, that's an important detail !! ... then again it may have been full of porn, snapshots of soapy massage, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKASA Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Maybe his real name is Anthony Weiner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dddave Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Don't know about the i-phone specifically but there were a number of stories in the tech press a few months ago that a standard "Reset" didn't do the job completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCM Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Don't know about the i-phone specifically but there were a number of stories in the tech press a few months ago that a standard "Reset" didn't do the job completely. Link please. But the only thing you can access on a NON-Jailbroken iPhone from a PC is the DCIM (Camera files) location, and then it would still be difficult to "un-erase" them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayk Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 (edited) I am giving someone my 5s phone. Is there a way to completely wipe the memory on this phone? I am giving it to a woman.The best, easiest and most effective way to wipe out the memory in a phone is the throw it full force against a wall.Then you should give it to a woman. Edited June 18, 2016 by Rayk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCM Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 In answer to the OP's questionWhat to do before selling or giving away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dddave Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Don't know about the i-phone specifically but there were a number of stories in the tech press a few months ago that a standard "Reset" didn't do the job completely. Link please. But the only thing you can access on a NON-Jailbroken iPhone from a PC is the DCIM (Camera files) location, and then it would still be difficult to "un-erase" them. https://www.androidpit.com/why-a-factory-reset-doesn-t-wipe-all-your-data Here is a link to one of the articles I referred to, specifically about Android, not IOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lannig Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Hardly relevant to an iPhone as requested by the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rc2702 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 On 18/06/2016 at 7:54 AM, MJCM said: Link please. But the only thing you can access on a NON-Jailbroken iPhone from a PC is the DCIM (Camera files) location, and then it would still be difficult to "un-erase" them. Irecovery stick for iPhone can recover the deleted data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptHaddock Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 The OP should encrypt the phone and then do the factory reset. Data will remain on the phone since a reset is not a data wipe, i.e. does not overwrite every byte. Nevertheless, whatever data remains will be encrypted and not recoverable by mere mortals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryB1263 Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 Thanks. Samsung catching on fire so I guess I will keep it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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