Comments on: How to wipe everything off your iPhone or Android phone (updated) https://heresthethingblog.com/2012/02/22/wipe-iphone-android-phone/ Making sense of gadgets and technology Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:41:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 By: Diane https://heresthethingblog.com/2012/02/22/wipe-iphone-android-phone/#comment-3402 Thu, 08 May 2014 17:24:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2130#comment-3402 Worked beautifully. I went to 2 other sites to erase my Android, but your directions were the best and only ones that enabled me to successfully clear my phone. Great work!

]]> By: RJ https://heresthethingblog.com/2012/02/22/wipe-iphone-android-phone/#comment-3074 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:23:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2130#comment-3074 what if your screen is unviewable.. and im wanting to sell it, i dont know how to get rid of all my information that is already on there. help?

]]> By: Sarah https://heresthethingblog.com/2012/02/22/wipe-iphone-android-phone/#comment-2863 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:46:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2130#comment-2863 Will this wipe all text massages??

]]> By: danwat1234 https://heresthethingblog.com/2012/02/22/wipe-iphone-android-phone/#comment-2826 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:31:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2130#comment-2826 Does doing a “Factory Reset” actually wipe all the custom data off the internal memory of a phone, or just “Delete” it, as in delete the FAT records for those file but not actually wipe over the data?

]]> By: Yue Julian Seeley https://heresthethingblog.com/2012/02/22/wipe-iphone-android-phone/#comment-1308 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:24:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2130#comment-1308 In reply to Benson Yi.

I guess your iPhone is jailbroken, am I right?
Here’s the thing, jailbroken iPhone will stuck if you reset all contents.

]]> By: Ben Patterson https://heresthethingblog.com/2012/02/22/wipe-iphone-android-phone/#comment-1269 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:35:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2130#comment-1269 In reply to Benson Yi.

Hmmm, that does sound odd; usually, it takes less than an hour, if that. Did your iPhone finish wiping its memory, though?

]]> By: Benson Yi https://heresthethingblog.com/2012/02/22/wipe-iphone-android-phone/#comment-1268 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:26:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2130#comment-1268 I am trying to wipe my iphone4 and restore the backup in iCloud. I followed the instruction to erase all contents. But it took a whole night. Anything wrong?

]]> By: Apple Iphone Tech News » Blog Archive » Reset your iPhone or iPad https://heresthethingblog.com/2012/02/22/wipe-iphone-android-phone/#comment-1235 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:33:57 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2130#comment-1235 […] How to wipe everything off your iPhone or Android phone (quick tip) | Here’s the Thing […]

]]> By: How to restore your iPhone (or iPad) with iCloud Backup | here's the thing https://heresthethingblog.com/2012/02/22/wipe-iphone-android-phone/#comment-1213 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:33:07 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2130#comment-1213 […] wasn’t that deep, given that there’s nothing all that important on my test phone) and wiped my iPhone 3GS’s memory clean.Choose "Restore from iCloud Backup" to begin the restoration process.A few minutes later, […]

]]> By: 5 tips for exchanging your old smartphone for cash | here's the thing https://heresthethingblog.com/2012/02/22/wipe-iphone-android-phone/#comment-546 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:08:18 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2130#comment-546 […] your phone’s memory completely before you drop it in the mail or hand it over to a clerk; here’s how to do it.4. Read the fine print So, you sent your phone in to a trade-in center, they looked it over, and […]

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