How do I wipe my old iphone3gs clean for my wife to use without itunes restoring the data to my settings when she plugs it into itunes?
Hi, I have bought a new iphone 4s and want to give my old iphone 3gs to my wife. She has a sim card on the same network so she can put the sim in and use it straightaway but all of my data and apps stay on there. How can I restore the phone to factory settings for her to use without itunes automaticly trying to restore it to the back up data to my last back up?
Thanks in advance,
Matt
Hi,
You will find a list of your iDevice Backups there:
Edit (Control+,) - Preferences - Devices
Delete the Backups you don't need anymore, but if you delete all Backups you can't restore your iPhone.
Hope i could help you
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