Preparing old mobile to sell?

sparkiemalarkie

Hi, I am in the process of replacing my old Samsung Galaxy Y and would like to sell it once my new phone is set up.
I have found a good price at CEX and thought it was better to sell it there than risk any scams on Ebay.


Do I just delete my info, texts , contacts and so on - or do I need to do a factory reset?
If I do a reset what will it leave me with?


sparkie

grumbler

It will leave you with a working phone without any personal information/details and any customisation.

sparkiemalarkie

grumbler wrote: »

It will leave you with a working phone without any personal information/details and any customisation.

Thanks,
So do I need to do a factory reset or just delete details?


sparkie

ballyblack

Factory Reset

Frozen_up_north

grumbler wrote: »

It will leave you with a working phone without any personal information/details and any customisation.

Not necessarily so. See:
http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/android-data-wipe-leaves-personal-data/d/d-id/1297156

sparkiemalarkie

Frozen_up_north wrote: »

Not necessarily so. See:
http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/android-data-wipe-leaves-personal-data/d/d-id/1297156

Gosh!
It doesn't matter much to me as I don't have anything of value on my phone but it's worth knowing........
I might try the Avast's app, just to see how it works.


sparkie

grumbler

It's worth saying that AFAIK hard reset doesn't erase the SD card.

Rusty!

It does if you tick the box at the time