Giving away my iPhone 3gs. Help needed.

Droolinggimp · 1 Aug 2011 at 07:46

Ok. I am giving my sister in-law my old iPhone 3gs and would like to know how or what I need to do to get it back to being a blank phone with nothing tied to it.

So far I have took everything off my phone (pics, videos etc) reset the phone to permanently delete all settings etc. Fully charged it and now connected to my PC. Itunes is loaded and it is saying 'Set up as new phone'. Right I get that bit as its all rest and everything but If I set it all up on my PC with her sim card in would she still be allowed to connect to her laptop/PC at her home as well to update/transfer etc. Also would she require her own iTunes account setup?

Cheers.

Blackhawk47 · 1 Aug 2011 at 09:14

Just restore to factory settings in iTunes. Sounds like you've down that. If you set it up on your PC then yes she would have to update/transfer using your pc. Probably best if you borrow her laptop and set it up on that.

Droolinggimp · 1 Aug 2011 at 11:15

I thought its possible to authorise more than one PC to use the iPhone with iTunes? As long as you use the same apple ID to log in..

Deleted member 77746 · 1 Aug 2011 at 11:17

Just make a new Apple ID and use that on your sister-in-law's PC with iTunes. If you have restored the firmware on the phone your good to go.

Droolinggimp · 1 Aug 2011 at 11:21

Can this be done on my PC then eg. set up the phone? New Id for apple then when she goes back home she can use her own laptop? hope you follow..

Si105 · 1 Aug 2011 at 11:28

In any iTunes, factory restore the phone.

Then create a new apple ID for her.

Then give her the phone and the ID/password and she is good to go on any PC/Mac

Droolinggimp · 1 Aug 2011 at 11:41

Cheers.. Thanks for your help.

Deleted member 77746 · 1 Aug 2011 at 11:53

Si105 said:
In any iTunes, factory restore the phone.

Then create a new apple ID for her.

Then give her the phone and the ID/password and she is good to go on any PC/Mac

Droolinggimp said:
Cheers.. Thanks for your help.

Yep, that's the one.

Blackhawk47 · 1 Aug 2011 at 12:12

Si105 said:
In any iTunes, factory restore the phone.

Then create a new apple ID for her.

Then give her the phone and the ID/password and she is good to go on any PC/Mac

Oh really? Is that new?

I thought the iphone or any ipod was locked to one pc and if you plugged it into another pc you would have to wipe it and start again.

Deleted member 77746 · 1 Aug 2011 at 12:35

Blackhawk47 said:
Oh really? Is that new?

I thought the iphone or any ipod was locked to one pc and if you plugged it into another pc you would have to wipe it and start again.

It has been wiped.