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I just got off the phone with apple and they tolf me to take the phone to verizon for exchange due to wifi issues. I don't really want to go through the whole restore process plus Verizon may not like it restored in order to check it out. If I use erase all content under the reset function, will that securely remove all data?
iPhone 5, iOS 6
yes.
yes.
Yes, Reset All Contents and Data
The erase all content and settings option on the iPhone does exactly that which is a secure erase. Restoring with iTunes as a new iPhone does not include a secure erase.
Thank you! I am off to see grumpy Verizon! 🙂
Did you at least backup your phone first.
Why yes, of course!! LOL 🙂
I recently sold my iPhone 4s and followed the erase all content route but didn't stick long enough to see it through, and I found some iPhone data recovery app can restore deleted data from iPhone without backup files, so, I think we have to permanently erase everything from iPhone device before selling it, some “Deleted operation” really doesn’t erase all the data and it still out there, you cannot it.
This is an article talking about:
1. How to permanently erase data from iPhone without restoring
Any professional recovery tool can retrieve those encrypted data easily. So, there is any effective way to permanently erase some unwanted data from your iPhone.
The most secure way is using professional third-party software like iPhone Data Eraser, which is a reliable and effective tool to erase all data without restore.
Way to erase all data without restore?
