I'm getting ready to sell my iPhone, but I'm a bit paranoid about whether a buyer could recover any data after I've done a factory reset. I've heard mixed opinions on this. Can anyone shed some light on if it's truly possible to retrieve information from a factory reset iPhone?
3 Answers
Honestly, you shouldn’t stress too much. Recovering data from a reset phone is really tough and not worth the effort for a random device. Most people won’t have the capability to do it.
That’s not entirely true! There are forensic tools like Cellebrite that can recover data from phones, even after a reset, and they don’t require advanced technical skills to use. So, just be cautious if you’re selling it!
One solid way to ensure your data is wiped is to fill your iPhone's storage completely before doing the factory reset. Just keep downloading or copying files until you can’t add more. After that, do the factory reset again. If someone attempts recovery after doing this, they’ll just find a ton of copies of that file you used to fill it up.
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