Should I Remove Sim Before Erasing Iphone?

One last thing before you perform a factory reset: it's time to remove your SIM card if you have one. Removal of the SIM card does not affect the reset process. ... Make sure the phone is powered off before you remove the SIM card.

Should I remove SIM card before or after factory reset?

How to Completely Wipe or Reset an Android Phone Before Selling...
  1. Step 1: Remove the SIM card and SD card. ...
  2. Step 2: Sign out of accounts. ...
  3. Step 3: Encrypt. ...
  4. Step 4: Disable factory reset protection. ...
  5. Step 5: Perform a factory reset. ...
  6. Step 6: Load up the fakes. ...
  7. Step 7: Perform another factory reset. ...
  8. Step 8: Test your work.

Does taking out the SIM card delete everything iPhone?

You can take the sim card out and nothing will happen to your data - it is all stored on the phone. Nothing will happen if you remove your sim card from your iPhone 6. The only thing that will happen is that you will not be able to use it as a phone - you will have no service.

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