Donating an old iPone

28 Feb 2022 23:37:12

Michael Corgan

Vodafone are offering to accept old iPhones and give them to people who need a phone. My old iPhone 5s has somehow lost its SD card. If I use the one from my SE2020 to activate the phone and then clear it, what is actually stored in the phone's memory as opposed to the SD card? I don't want to lose all the mail, messages, contact details and calendar info that I have on the SE.

Re: Donating an old iPone

1 Mar 2022 10:38:45

Mick Burrell

It would be unusual to store anything on a SIM card in an iPhone. Do you actually need to put the SIM in the 5s to clear it?

Re: Donating an old iPone

1 Mar 2022 12:52:43

Rick Churchill

I'm sure I reset my iPhone to factory conditions without putting in a SIM card. Try it!

Re: Donating an old iPone

2 Mar 2022 13:27:48

Michael Corgan

The phone is asking to be connected to iTunes and will not go past that opening screen - but that is no longer on my iMac. I shall now send the phone off to Vodafone.Thanks for the reassurance Mick.