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Handing out an iphone 5

Hello,


I am happily prepare myself to iphone X coming shortly.

I want to hand my iPhone 5 to a friend who will have iPhone forst time in his life.

The iPhone 5 has iOs 10 and several applications, which are not all important to my friend.

My question: What are the steps he should do in order to activate the iphone on his name and utilisations without reseting the iphone.

Pratically I need to explain how to erase the existing e-mails accounts and their content which is not important to me.

The friend doesn't have a mac and has no access to itunes on Mac or on windows. He has a simple android handset whih naturally sim card and wifi access.


I'll appreciate every explanations and links which woulkd expklain step by step what one shopuld do in order to trahfer the iphone to another person


Thanks in advance

iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Posted on Nov 12, 2017 10:22 PM

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Posted on Nov 12, 2017 10:45 PM

cooprik wrote:


My question: What are the steps he should do in order to activate the iphone on his name and utilisations without reseting the iphone.

Why would you not want to reset the iPhone? Your friend should receive the iPhone as if it were brand new, right out-of-the-box, at least from a software perspective.


He should not take the following steps ... you should. Before parting with your iPhone, thoroughly cleanse it software-wise as described here.


What to do before you sell or give away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support


Then, you can give the iPhone to him and he can proceed as follows:

New to iPhone - Official Apple Support

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Nov 12, 2017 10:45 PM in response to cooprik

cooprik wrote:


My question: What are the steps he should do in order to activate the iphone on his name and utilisations without reseting the iphone.

Why would you not want to reset the iPhone? Your friend should receive the iPhone as if it were brand new, right out-of-the-box, at least from a software perspective.


He should not take the following steps ... you should. Before parting with your iPhone, thoroughly cleanse it software-wise as described here.


What to do before you sell or give away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support


Then, you can give the iPhone to him and he can proceed as follows:

New to iPhone - Official Apple Support

Nov 12, 2017 10:55 PM in response to sberman

Thanks for your detailed answer.

I'll explain why I prefer not to reset the iPhone.

I ma not sure which IOS remain on the iPhone, and now it is the latest for iPhone 5. He is unable and does not know how to update his iOS.

So if I know how to erase my e-mail components and hand it to him that he would create his new ID and his email, I do not care about my old software which can serve my friend otherwise he would not download them.

I may be wrong with my assumption about reset the iPhone, and would appreciate few more words about it. And in what situation it create in the iPhone after.

How should he do after receiving the iPhone in order to activate it, which means a link for him.

I can be with him when he would get the iPhone, so I am asking the questions.

Handing out an iphone 5

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