Selling Or Trading In Your Phone? How To Wipe It Safely (And When A Repair Raises Its Value)

iPhone: The Right Order

1. Back it up.
2. Unpair your Apple Watch (this backs up the watch, too).
3. Sign out of your Apple Account: Settings > [your name] > Sign Out. This turns off Find My and Activation Lock. If Stolen Device Protection asks for a 1-hour wait, see this guide.
4. Erase: Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Erase All Content and Settings.
5. Remove the SIM, and transfer or delete your eSIM.
6. Remove it from your device list at account.apple.com.

Android: The Right Order

1. Back it up to Google.
2. Remove your Google account in Settings (look under Accounts) before the factory reset. That avoids Factory Reset Protection locking the next owner out.
3. Samsung: also remove your Samsung account.
4. Factory reset.

Will A Repair Raise Its Trade-In Value?

Sometimes. A cracked screen often drops a phone into a much lower trade-in grade. Compare:

• the trade-in offer as-is,
• the offer if it were undamaged,
• and the repair price. For trade-ins, our Budget screens (select iPhones) are the lowest-cost way to get it working.

Also check what Parts and Service History will show. See the "Unknown Part" message.

Call or text (720) 413-8150 for a quote.

Franchitti's Fix LLC is an independent repair shop, not affiliated with Apple, Samsung or Google.