Bryan X

Selling a Used Cell Phone

Anyone done this? I switched carriers and now have an 1yr old LG Chocolate and chargers that are worthless to me. I've deleted my contacts and other data out of it, but you can still see my old phone number in the "phone info" section.

Is there any identity danger in selling? Is there a list of "make sure you do's" before you sell? Am I just freaking paranoid?

Mark Paquette

Re: Selling a Used Cell Phone

I've sold quite a few phones on Ebay. The phones I sold had some type of master reset option in the settings. I typically did the master reset 3 or 4 times and sent it on its way. You could always check with the teenagers over at Howard Forums for another opinion.

Mark Paquette

Matt Stryker

Re: Selling a Used Cell Phone

did you unlock it (if it was a GSM phone)? If you just cancelled or your old account is still active, you can call them and ask for an unlock code.

That should make it worth a bit more on Ebay. As far as clearing your contacts, doing a Master Clear/Reset I think will do it, although thats for motorolas, not sure what the procedure is for LGs.

Generally the phones on Ebay are sold without the SIM, so that would be a good idea.

Ken Chan

Re: Selling a Used Cell Phone

Through Cell Phones For Soldiers I found a site that has erase instructions for most phones. (It looks like LG is listed as "LGIC".)