Wiping iPhone 5s to sell and upgrading

satman17 · 22-01-2016, 07:17

In the next few days I will be upgrading my iPhone 5s to a 6s I have a buyer for my 5s but would like to know how to save everything on my 5s and then wiping it to factory default before selling it ?

davethorp · 22-01-2016, 10:54

If you have a backup to either iTunes or iCloud you will be able to restore from that when setting up the new phone which will reproduce all the apps, settings, messages etc etc on the new device. You may want to run the backup manually one final time before setting the new phone up to make the backup as current as possible.

As far as wiping goes just go to settings/general/reset/erase all content and settings. You will need to enter your appleID and password before it will wipe to remove activation lock. Once erased it should be as new ready for your buyer

satman17 · 22-01-2016, 12:22

To to confirm connect to iTunes and click back up that will save all apps settings and everything else ?

davethorp · 22-01-2016, 12:43

Yeah it should do

If you're doing it through iTunes you'll need to connect the new phone when setting it up to restore the backup from iTunes

Stig · 22-01-2016, 13:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by satman17

To to confirm connect to iTunes and click back up that will save all apps settings and everything else ?

If you are already backing up to iCloud then it's easier to just use that.

satman17 · 22-01-2016, 15:50

So under the iCloud tab I have turned backup on and it's now doing it, how often does the phone back up and this is everything?

davethorp · 22-01-2016, 16:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by satman17

So under the iCloud tab I have turned backup on and it's now doing it, how often does the phone back up and this is everything?

It will back up once every day when on charge. Yeah this backup will be everything and if you are backing up to iCloud you can just restore the new device from iCloud to restore everything to it.

You can manually perform a backup from the same tab to iCloud and as I said above you should do this before setting the new device up to make the backup as current as possible

jchamier · 22-01-2016, 18:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by davethorp

It will back up once every day when on charge. Yeah this backup will be everything and if you are backing up to iCloud you can just restore the new device from iCloud to restore everything to it.

Until you run out of iCloud space due to photos on the iPhone; then the choice is to turn off photo backup and back up everything else (my family do this as they send photos to shared photo stream and facebook) - or buy more storage from Apple (I do this).

iCloud 50GB storage is 79p a month.

Gigabit · 22-01-2016, 18:57

If you're going to restore the backup to another phone, just make sure both phones are running the same iOS version.

davethorp · 22-01-2016, 19:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gigabit

If you're going to restore the backup to another phone, just make sure both phones are running the same iOS version.

This is true and if you are running iOS 9.3 public beta you will need to update the new device to the beta before restoring from backup

Stig · 22-01-2016, 20:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by davethorp

This is true and if you are running iOS 9.3 public beta you will need to update the new device to the beta before restoring from backup

The OP won't be running a beta!

artnada · 23-01-2016, 07:55

And don't forget to do this
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201351

22-01-2016, 07:17	#1
satman17 Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,977	Wiping iPhone 5s to sell and upgrading In the next few days I will be upgrading my iPhone 5s to a 6s I have a buyer for my 5s but would like to know how to save everything on my 5s and then wiping it to factory default before selling it ?

22-01-2016, 12:22	#3
satman17 Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,977	Ok To to confirm connect to iTunes and click back up that will save all apps settings and everything else ?

22-01-2016, 15:50	#6
satman17 Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,977	Backup So under the iCloud tab I have turned backup on and it's now doing it, how often does the phone back up and this is everything?

22-01-2016, 10:54	#2
davethorp Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Preston, Lancashire Posts: 7,255	If you have a backup to either iTunes or iCloud you will be able to restore from that when setting up the new phone which will reproduce all the apps, settings, messages etc etc on the new device. You may want to run the backup manually one final time before setting the new phone up to make the backup as current as possible. As far as wiping goes just go to settings/general/reset/erase all content and settings. You will need to enter your appleID and password before it will wipe to remove activation lock. Once erased it should be as new ready for your buyer

22-01-2016, 12:43	#4
davethorp Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Preston, Lancashire Posts: 7,255	Yeah it should do If you're doing it through iTunes you'll need to connect the new phone when setting it up to restore the backup from iTunes

22-01-2016, 13:08	#5
Stig Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sandy Heath, Beds. UK Posts: 10,378	Quote: Originally Posted by satman17 To to confirm connect to iTunes and click back up that will save all apps settings and everything else ? If you are already backing up to iCloud then it's easier to just use that.

22-01-2016, 16:23	#7
davethorp Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Preston, Lancashire Posts: 7,255	Quote: Originally Posted by satman17 So under the iCloud tab I have turned backup on and it's now doing it, how often does the phone back up and this is everything? It will back up once every day when on charge. Yeah this backup will be everything and if you are backing up to iCloud you can just restore the new device from iCloud to restore everything to it. You can manually perform a backup from the same tab to iCloud and as I said above you should do this before setting the new device up to make the backup as current as possible

22-01-2016, 18:32	#8
jchamier Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: This forum Posts: 3,389	Quote: Originally Posted by davethorp It will back up once every day when on charge. Yeah this backup will be everything and if you are backing up to iCloud you can just restore the new device from iCloud to restore everything to it. Until you run out of iCloud space due to photos on the iPhone; then the choice is to turn off photo backup and back up everything else (my family do this as they send photos to shared photo stream and facebook) - or buy more storage from Apple (I do this). iCloud 50GB storage is 79p a month.

22-01-2016, 18:57	#9
Gigabit Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2,876	If you're going to restore the backup to another phone, just make sure both phones are running the same iOS version.

22-01-2016, 19:01	#10
davethorp Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Preston, Lancashire Posts: 7,255	Quote: Originally Posted by Gigabit If you're going to restore the backup to another phone, just make sure both phones are running the same iOS version. This is true and if you are running iOS 9.3 public beta you will need to update the new device to the beta before restoring from backup

22-01-2016, 20:32	#11
Stig Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sandy Heath, Beds. UK Posts: 10,378	Quote: Originally Posted by davethorp This is true and if you are running iOS 9.3 public beta you will need to update the new device to the beta before restoring from backup The OP won't be running a beta!

23-01-2016, 07:55	#12
artnada Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 9,396	And don't forget to do this https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201351

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