Hi Anna and Mark, Thank yo ufor you for your responses. You've put my mind at rest.
Andrew > On 16 Oct 2015, at 20:29, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > > Hello Andrew, > > You do not need a SIM card in the phone in order to reset it. > > In fact, I strongly suggest that you reset the phone after removing the SIM. > Why? Because, if you completely reset the phone after removing the SIM card, > then it cannot be activated until a new SIM is inserted. > > This is exactly what you want to happen for the new user of the phone as > activating the phone with the SIM ties the phone and SIM together, in a way, > from the wireless carrier's perspective. > > Were you to reset the phone with your original SIM inserted, then, upon the > reset, the phone would automatically be activated on your SIM, again. While > this is not a completely bad thing, it is not as clean a solution as my > recommendation. > > Finally, the following URL is a link to an article that provides the > recommended steps one should follow before completely resetting the phone, in > preparation, for resale. > > http://9to5mac.com/2015/08/25/how-to-safely-prepare-wipe-your-iphone-for-resale-trade-in/ > > Good Luck, > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Andrew Lamanche > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 11:04 AM > To: VIPhone > Subject: Resetting iphone 5C to pass on to somebody else > > Hi, > > Just wanted to ask your advice how best to reset my iphone 5C which I'm going > to pass onto a family member. can I reset it after I've removed the SIM card > from it? Or do I have to reset it while my sIM card is still in it? I will > be using the same sIM card with my new iphone 6S. I'm just not sure whether > you can reset the iphone without the SIM card being in it. > > Many thanks for any advice. > > Andrew > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone 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 VIPhone 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 post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone 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 VIPhone 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 post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone 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 VIPhone 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 post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
