Sell Your Old Phone. Keep Your Data Safe.
Restoring your phone to its factory settings is a key step in selling your old device at an ecoATM. Luckily, it's incredibly easy and you don't need to do it until right before you drop your phone at one of our kiosks.
Start your safe and secure device trade-in today.
Tell us a bit about your phone and we'll give you a no-commitment price estimate. If you decide to sell, simply reset your phone and bring both your drop-off code and phone to any of our 5,000+ kiosk locations.
How to Reset Your Apple iPhone
Resetting your iPhone will also disable Find My iPhone. Find My iPhone now takes a minimum of one hour to be disabled and must be removed from
your device in order to be sold to ecoATM.
Before you reset your iPhone, we recommend backing up any photos or data you may
want for later use.
- Go to your Settings, tap on General and then Reset.
- Tap Erase All Content and Settings. If you have a passcode, you’ll be prompted to enter it.
- Enter your Apple ID password and tap Erase Now.
- After a minute or two, your iPhone will restart and take you to the welcome screen. The reset is complete.
APPLE RESET
Resetting your iPhone will also disable Find My iPhone, which is a requirement for selling to us. Before you reset your iPhone, we recommend backing up any photos or data you may want for later use.
- Go to your Settings, tap on General and then Reset.
- Tap Erase All Content and Settings. If you have a passcode, you’ll be prompted to enter it.
- Enter your Apple ID password and tap Erase Now.
- After a minute or two, your iPhone will restart and take you to the welcome screen. The reset is complete.
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Still have questions about how this all works? Visit our How It Works, FAQ, and Customer Service pages.
ANDROID RESET
If you are selling us an Android device, you must perform a Factory
Reset to delete all of your personal information from the device prior to sale. Before you reset your device, we
recommend backing up any photos or data that you’ll want access to later. The location of
“Factory Reset” varies
among different devices, models and operating systems. If you have a Google account set up on your device, make
sure you have your login information handy.
Samsung
- Open your Settings and tap Backup and Reset.
- Tap Factory Data Reset.
- Open your Settings and tap System
- Tap Advanced Reset Options
- Tap Erase All Data (Factory Reset)
Other Android
- Open your Settings and tap System
- Tap Reset Options
- Tap Erase All Data (Factory Reset)
*If these options don’t work, we recommend searching “Factory Reset” in your system search bar.
Still have questions about how this all works? Visit our How It Works, FAQ, and Customer Service pages.
How to Reset Your Android Phone
If you are selling us an Android device, you must perform a Factory Reset to delete all of your personal information from the device prior to sale. Before you reset your device, we recommend backing up any photos or data that you’ll want access to later. The location of “Factory Reset” varies among different devices, models and operating systems. If you have a Google account set up on your device, make sure you have your login information handy.
Samsung
- Open your Settings and tap Backup and Reset.
- Tap Factory Data Reset.
- Open your Settings and tap System
- Tap Advanced Reset Options
- Tap Erase All Data (Factory Reset)
Other Android
- Open your Settings and tap System
- Tap Reset Options
- Tap Erase All Data (Factory Reset)
*If these options don’t work, we recommend searching “Factory Reset” in your system search bar.
Still have questions about how this all works? Visit our How It Works, FAQ, and Customer Service pages.
*If these options don’t work, ...we recommend searching “factory reset” in your system search bar.
Get An EstimateStart your safe and secure device trade-in today.
We'll give you a no-commitment price estimate. Simply reset your phone and bring it with your drop-off code to any of our 5,000+ kiosks.