Once I’ve gone thru the steps to erase personal data on my old phone, how can I check to see if everything is erased without re-signing in to my old phone?
iPhone SE, iOS 14
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When resetting your iPhone to factory settings, it also erases everything on it, and disables Activation Lock. Erasing via Find My does the same thing, except it keeps Activation Lock on so if your iPhone is ever lost or stolen, nobody can use it unless it connects to your iCloud account.
When resetting, iPhone will backup all data from it and save it securely in your iCloud account, so that you can move your data via that backup on your new iPhone.
tudor5808 wrote:
When resetting, iPhone will backup all data from it and save it securely in your iCloud account, so that you can move your data via that backup on your new iPhone.
No it won’t, at least not automatically. That must be done manually before you reset it.
tudor5808 wrote:
When resetting your iPhone to factory settings, it also erases everything on it, and disables Activation Lock.
Also not true. You cannot restore the device if Find My Device is enabled unless you do it via iOS Recovery Mode which will keep Activation Lock on.
If it displays the setup screen (the one that says Hello) when you turn it on the phone has been erased.
I’ve gone thru the listed steps to erase personal info from my old phone. Is there a way to make sure it is erased without putting in the initial information it asks for when the phone turns back on?
