I have a water damaged iphone 5, it will not turn on or connect to pc etc. It has sensitive data on and I need to wipe it before I sell it as a non working phone, does anyone know how to do this?
iPhone 5
If you cannot start it you cannot erase it.
If the data contained are truly sensitive you would be better off keeping it or destroying the iPhone.
But what if you need to return it as part of the warranty replacement program? (which I need to do) It's still full of data that is accessible to somebody down the line, just not me.
When Apple takes a device back as warranty replacement, that iPhone is completely erased, new battery installed, new screen installed. and any repairs made that are needed. Nothing is left on the solid state memory. The iOS is installed from scratch so the iPhone is then a completely new device.
Nothing can be said about anyone other than Apple, however.
how do I wipe a non working iphone 5?
