Precautionary Steps To Follow Before You Sell Your Used iPhone XS Max

Are you planning to sell your iPhone XS Max sometime soon? Before giving it away or trading it for cash, always remember to do the things we have mentioned here. Follow these important tips to ensure you are not trading it in with your credentials or important data. All your personal data like text messages, emails and other things should be backed-up somewhere else before you give it away. They must not be accessed in any way. Let’s discuss the tips:

Unpair your Apple watch

Have you already paired your Apple watch with the iPhone XS Max? If you have then, get it unpaired.

Take a backup of your iPhone

Now that you know what you have stored on your iPhone XS Max, you should at least get a backup for everything. Take a backup of your iPhone’s data on another device and once you get the new phone, store them all there. When you want to get a backup of all your personal data you can use your machine and restore everything on it with the help of iTunes. Or you can simply get a backup on Apple’s server with the help of iCloud.

Signing out from iCloud, iTunes and App store

To do this you will first need to follow the steps as mentioned here:

• When you are using iOS 10.3 first tap settings and scroll down. Now tap into sign out. Enter the Apple id and password and then again tap turn off.
• When you are using iOS 10.2 or any earlier version simply tap settings and visit iCloud. Now tap on sign out and then tap on to the delete from my device option. Now enter your Apple id and password and move to settings, then iTunes and App store followed by your Apple id and sign out.

Turn Off the Find My iPhone option

Since you soon want to sell your used iPhone XS Max 256GB in the UK it is pertinent that you turn off the Find My iPhone option. For this you will need to enter your Apple id and password. To do this you will need to navigate to the settings and enter your name. Next visit iCloud and click to Find My iPhone option. Next tap the Find My iPhone option and toggle it off.

Deregister from iMessage on the iPhone

Unless you intentionally turn off iMessage there is a chance that you may continue getting iMessages which are addressed to you. In order to avoid such a scenario, turn off iMessage by following the steps here. Visit settings and then navigate to the Messages option and then toggle off the iMessage option.

Erase all the data on your iPhone XS Max

Now since you have taken a backup of your iPhone XS Max, follow the steps as mentioned here to delete data and settings from your phone. To do this however, we will recommend having your phone fully charged and connected to the power source before you begin the process. Follow the steps here:

• Launch the settings app
• Tap on to the General option
• Scroll to the bottom and click on Reset
• Tap on to the erase all the content and settings option
• If you have previously set any passcode, you will need entering it.
• After you enter the passcode, the system will prompt you to delete all the data and settings.
• Click on to the erase iPhone button

At this stage your iPhone will show you its logo and the progress bar. In a few minutes the entire data and settings of the phone will be deleted.

We suggest you follow these guidelines before you sell the iPhone XS Max 256GB in the UK. The process will help your data from being accessed later.

Author-bio: the author runs a company where users sell iPhone XS Max 256GB in the UK and other versions of the iPhone. In recent times the author has been shedding light on key aspects concerning the subject.