When Motorola first introduced to the world a wireless phone or the cell phone as it is popularly call now, there was just one basic model. The prime function of the phone is to make calls and later texting was added to the phones. But now we have totally different mobile phones. They not just serve the purpose of calling and texting but have other smart features like internet access, video and music player, gaming etc. With a new model cell phone releasing every other day, it only tempts the consumers to buy a new one. But the question is, what do you do with your old phone? Dump it in the drawer or recycle it? Well, whatever is your decision you need to keep one thing in your mind, it is the security of your info you have stored in your phone.
Whether you are crazy about buying the new iPhone or any other cell phone and no longer want to use the old one, you have to make sure you delete the info from your old one. You would not want a stranger to access your personal data. Present day cell phones like personal computers have personal info like bank details, personal photos, passwords, email access and other info stored in them. If this info falls into the wrong hands then users can fall into grave trouble. So, it is extremely important to delete all the information before disposing, reselling or recycling your old phone.
However it is not easy to delete all the information from your phone. Users have to delete browsing history at one place, media files and contacts at another and so on. An added difficulty is each phone is different. But you can learn how to delete personal info online by typing your phone model and you will get lot of websites that give you the information. Here is how you can do it easily.
- First switch off your cell phone. You might need to read the cell phone manual or you can find info about your phone model from the manufacturer’s website before you start the procedure.
- After doing some reading turn your cell phone on and simultaneously hold the central button or select button. This is the basic method of reformatting your cell phone and cleaning the cell phone info.
- You must next look out for reformat screen and then select the option to start the procedure of reformatting.
- After reformatting is done check once again to see if all your personal info is deleted which includes contacts, emails, calendar entries etc.
If you are still not able to delete the info or confused about what to do then it is better you take your phone to the cell phone company’s priority store to get all the information deleted.
Remember to transfer all your data to your new phone before you delete anything from your old phone and make sure you check one last time that all the data is deleted before disposing your old phone.
