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If you are planning to have a new Smartphone by selling the old one then it is important to perform some tasks in order to keep the private data private as anyone can retrieve the sensitive data using some software that you have deleted from your phone. Just deleting the data of phone is not enough rather you need to back up all the data before you remove everything completely from your phone so that all these data could be transferred to the new phone. The things that you should do before selling your phone are explained below. Backup all your data online This is the first and foremost step before selling the Smartphone. If you are having an android phone then backup all the data in Google Drive and in case of iOS device use iCloud for data backup. Images, videos, games, apps and the home Wi-Fi settings also could be saved in the iCloud and Google Drive. For Android devices such as Galaxy S9 go to settings>Account>Google account and select all the data you want to sync

You can protect your Gmail account by using some tools that are offered by Google and also you can spot the phishing scams by increasing the scam savvy intelligence. If you go for both the processes your system will be well protected. Various ways of protecting the Gmail account are explained here. 1. Google 2 step verification This is a very secure and safe process that keeps your Gmail account protected from various mishaps. The users are provided with a one-time log in code to a secondary device through text or Google authentication app. But text is best. The secondary device can be mobile, laptop or any other device. In order to access your Gmail account the hackers should know the security code for the secondary devices also. This code can be numbers or any other thing. 2. Stay out of the spam/phishing messages Try to avoid the spam or phishing folders. The most malicious mails contain the subject line as: ‘Your money is waiting’ ‘Claim your reward’ ‘Get back to me