6 things to do to sell Android phones are priced

How to sell Android phones or tablets at the most optimal price? Please refer to some tips and tricks in this article to do that.

Which new Android phone model has caught your blue eyes? Perhaps the Samsung Glaxy S7 or S7 Edge or Pixel? You want to have it as soon as possible, but in parallel with it is selling your old Android phone to get an extra to cover costs or buy more accessories for "crickets"? The more you sell an older phone, the more options you will have for your new phone, right? So you won't be able to skip 6 things to do before selling the phone below.

1. Remove the SIM and SD card

First, you need to remove the SIM and memory card from the phone, these are important hardware that you should not forget when giving the phone to the buyer. Depending on the device, the way to get SIM will be different. The SIM card can be cut off and to be removed, a thin paper clip or a dedicated SIM grab is required, sometimes it is placed under the phone battery.

For devices with large internal memory usually do not come with an SD memory card, but if so, don't forget to remove them before selling the phone. Memory cards can hold music, movies, photos or important and reusable work data on new phones. Moreover, it can also backup part of the data that is being saved on the internal memory. You should also check again to make sure that important files have been copied and saved safely, so see what to do next.

2. Backup data

Assuming that the data on your device is being combined with your Google account, your contacts, calendar and email will be backed up entirely to the cloud of computing. This means that after switching to a new phone, all important information will appear when you sign in to your Google account. Many manufacturers also offer similar cloud backup utilities including contacts and personal calendars. More heavy, diverse content can be backed up on third-party storage services such as Google Drive, Flickr or Dropbox. If you do not want to use the cloud storage, you can use a USB cable to copy data from the phone to the computer.

You can refer to ways to back up data on other Android phones such as:

Backup and restore Android phone with Titanium Backup

Instructions for backing up and storing data on your Android device securely

3. Unlock the phone

This option will definitely add value to the phone, but not necessarily done. Unlocking (unlocking) the phone will help many SIM cards can operate on the phone, instead of only the SIM card of the provider (such as Viettel phone can only install Viettel SIM). Although unlocking does not guarantee that another SIM can be installed, at least new users have a chance to try it. In the United States, customers are only interested in T-Mobile or AT&T, but international sellers and buyers will need to unlock their phones to be able to use the telecommunications network in their country.

4. Reset the phone to the manufacturer's state

When making sure the phone is safe and ready to wipe data, you need to turn off Factory Reset Protection (FRP), an additional security measure in case the phone or tablet is stolen. and it prevents the thief from reinstalling the device to use. FRP can be disabled by removing Google account on Android device.

Go to Settings> Accounts, you will see a list of different accounts, click on Google to view Google accounts, click on each account to see the option to permanently delete.

After deleting your Google account, go back to Settings , click the Backup and Reset> Factory data reset option just below, enter the password or PIN to complete. But before that, be sure to double-check 2 or 3 times to make sure you don't miss any important information on the machine, because after you do reset, you can't retrieve them.

Refer to how to thoroughly remove data on Android phones: How to erase the original data in Android before selling the phone

5. Clean up accessories by machine and by third parties

After cleaning up the data on the phone, start checking the accessories of the device and arrange them neatly. If you still keep the original box, receipts, warranty paper, the phone will sell better. The phone's USB cable, charger, and headphones are also factors that increase the price for phones. If you want to sell quickly and get a higher price, please also include third-party accessories such as shells, stickers, decorations. Because anyway with the new phone you will want to buy new accessories for it and not use the old accessories.

6. Clean the phone and take pictures

Clean your phone or tablet with a piece of cloth, help clean the dirt on your face, body, SIM slot, memory card, USB port or fingerprints and become as polished as possible before taking photos . Appropriate cameras should be used instead of the phone's camera, taken on a white background (with a dark phone), good lighting, shooting in many angles and capturing important details.

When you complete these 6 things, the phone is ready to be sold, you can sell it on social networking sites, online sites or faster than bring it to an old phone store.

The most important is the work of numbers 1, 2, 4, finishing them before selling phones and helping to ensure data safety can avoid the unnecessary problems (especially if you haven't deleted your Google account). Hopefully the tips above will help you sell your old phone safely and at the desired price.