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Deleting private data from old mobiles

  • 07-03-2010 12:59PM
    #1
    cpma282
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭


    I want to give some of my old mobile phones to one of those phone-recycling places - they're cluttering up my storage, and I like recycling.

    However, there is personal info - photos, numbers, messages - on those phones that I'd really rather destroy before handing them over. The phones are mainly Nokias, pre-miniSD cards, and some are no longer working (reliably, or at all). They're also so old that I don't have the cables to connect them to a PC/laptop.

    Does anyone know of a way to wipe the memory from an old phone without destroying what makes them valuable for recycling? I know I can restore factory settings on the phones that work, but not sure if that will delete my data, or what to do with the other ones. Am I just being paranoid about my data if the phones aren't working any more anyway?
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  • #2
    Davy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,301 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    Take out the memory cards, do a factory reset, or type *#7370# into the phone for a hard reset


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