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Refurb iPHONEs contain previous owners info? - samintx - 05-20-2008
be sure and erase before selling!
Re: Refurb iPHONEs contain previous owners info? - BigGuynRusty - 05-20-2008
[quote samintx]
be sure and erase before selling! That applies to all CellPhones!
Since I only purchase used phones, I have an array of pictures and video files ranging from someone taking pictures of sofas to a couple chronicling their "Sex in Bathrooms across America" tour.
BGnR
Re: Refurb iPHONEs contain previous owners info? - C(-)ris - 05-20-2008
That isn't anything new to the iPhone. That goes for every storage device ever made. A basic format doesn't "erase" anything. It just removes the links to the files. You have to do a full format that writes over the info multiple times to erase it completely. The headline is very misleading and makes you believe that Apple didn't clear them at all. Apple did what any other company does, a quick format. If you want more than that, you should have done it before you turned it in.
Re: Refurb iPHONEs contain previous owners info? - DavidS - 05-20-2008
I just got 2 refurb iPhones. How do I look and see what info is saved but not immediately accessible?
Re: Refurb iPHONEs contain previous owners info? - C(-)ris - 05-20-2008
[quote DavidS]I just got 2 refurb iPhones. How do I look and see what info is saved but not immediately accessible?
With some forensic tools that 99.9999% of the population has no access to.
Re: Refurb iPHONEs contain previous owners info? - Rolando - 05-21-2008
Thats 3 people!