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Are Old Texts Lingering On Your Used Cell Phones?

Whether you’ve sexted, checked your bank account online, or just logged into facebook you may not have wiped the data from your used cell phones as well as you think.

How do you wipe data off of old used cell phones? Go into settings and restore it to “factory settings”. If you aren’t going to keep your simcard, destroy it.

Used cell phones of a newer model have more ways they store your data, so be extra sure if your are reselling, donating, or recycling old used cell phones.

Recycling is a great option, since most used cell phones get “refurbished” before being resold, so that even if you aren’t sure how to wipe the data, your used cell phones won’t reveal any personal information (or pictures!). Plus, you’ll be sure you’ve kept your used cell phones out of landfills.

If you want to save data on your used cell phones before recycling them, email the pictures to yourself, make a list of apps, sites, and their passwords, or link the phone to your computer so that all the used cell phone’s data can be copied.

Google sync is another great way to save and transfer contacts from used cell phones to new ones.

Most people replace their used cell phones every 18 months,

Leading to over 130 million used cell phones being thrown away each year—

that leads to 65,000 tons of electric garbage!

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As a society, we need to change what we do with used cell phones to prevent this sort of waste, but it all starts with you:

1) Reycle your used cell phones. You probably have a few used cell phones lying around your house. It’s easy to keep them out of a landfill; all you have to do is order a mailing label (or two), then put your used cell phones in and put them in the post to be recycled. You barely have to leave your house in order to keep used cell phones out of landfills!

2) Be a part of recycling used cell phones. Did you know you can buy used cell phones from all the popular brands, in excellent or refurbished condition, for a fraction of the price that cell phones cost at carrier outlets? Plus you don’t have to sign a contract to buy used cell phones. So keep landfills cleaner by looking at used cell phones before your next cell phone purchase!

Are you aware that about 16% (the national average) of your cell phone bill goes to taxes? With many cities losing sales revenue due to the depression, that number is going up.

Studies have found that as prices for cell phone service go up, use goes down. People with less money are even more likely to be affected, so what’s one to do?

Buy used cell phones. Used cell phones are a great way to get newer, posh posh smartphones without breaking the bank, and without signing the next several years away to a wireless carrier who might raise prices.

The turn around on used cell phones is pretty quick—for most hot new phones, it only takes a few months for them to become available as used cell phones.

If you are prone to losing your phone, rather than just wanting to be in vogue, used cell phones also aid in money saving, as you can get slightly older phones at a great price.

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