totally wiping old iphone ready for selling

[tonksy26]

Im trying to wipe everything off my old iphone 4 so i can sell it. So i clicked restored it to original settings, long story short, now when i try to turn the phone back on ( to check everything has been deleted) all it says is connect to itunes, so i do and then nothing happends. Doesnt show up anywhere on the pc or i-tunes.

 

[tonksy26]

Anyone ? I need to get it posted today.

Its now not even being reconised by the pc or itunes

 

[Revels]

YouTube + DFU mode.

 

[tonksy26]

It wont go into DFU mode :s

 

[Revels]

Plug it into iTunes and keep turning it off and on. It'll come back to life eventually.

 

[tonksy26]

Its in recovery mode, what ever that is lol

I found a guide on how to fix it (on apples site) but on 1 of the steps i get stuck as the option they tell you to pick, isnt there.

 

[MattW]

I need to get my old 3GS ready for sale - what's the easiest way to do this - restore as new, or the "reset" option??

Also, is there an easy way to work out if the phone is locked or unlocked?? I bought my initial phone from Vodafone, however, It was swapped out by an Apple store when the first one had a problem. I presumed that this would mean that it would be unlocked?? However, I've just tried an O2 sim in it, and although it didn't come up with any errors, it didn't come up with any O2 signal either! It has only just had the Vodafone sim taken out of it, otherwise it's still exactly as I used it - so maybe still has some VF settings in it??