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How to completely erase your BlackBerry mobile device

February 16, 2007 by in Random with 6 Comments

Earlier this morning the syncing software that I use between my computer and BlackBerry 8703e decided to act a fritz spitting out errors duplicating content enough to make me want to hurl both computer and machine across the room. I decided the best way to save me time and sanity was to perform a clean software wipe. Sadly, all the tips related to soft and hard resetting the device proved worthless and only added to my irritation.

So how do you completely wipe your BlackBerry device of all data, contacts, & settings?

If you’re running 4.0+ on your device, simply perform one of the two following options:

  1. Navigate to Options > Security Options > General Settings > Password and select the "Wipe Handheld" option.
  2. Enable password protection on the handheld and enter your password incorrectly 10 times. Doing so is the equivelant of performing a clean wipe.

The enter your password 10 times incorrectly trick is one that definitely put a smirk on my face. Definitely James Bond… "This message will self-destruct".


  • Daniel

    Or you can throw the thing against the wall……

  • SMASH!!!!

    i tryed the through against wall idea .. didnt work…

    i actually tryed to return it to the person i called version and was liek i found a balck berry but they coudlnet give out infomation.. so they told me to jsut drop[ it in a mail box.. i was there when the guy was picking up mail asnd he said if that goes in there 99.8% of the time somone will just take it … and gave me it back so i figurred nmext best thing is to just erase it and give it to a friend to use

  • Andre

    Nah… the password 10 times sounds like a better idea =)

  • http://bradeshbach.com brad eshbach

    i love how ridiculous this is. the good thing is, on most BBs after you type the wrong password about 4 time it makes you type the word “blackberry” to make sure your BB is not just in your bag hitting buttons.

  • http://www.ericnakagawa.com Eric N.

    Are you dumping your BB?

  • Erin

    I tried to wipe my blackberry clean, tried typing the wrong password 10x but after all that my yahoo emails are still going to my phone. How do I stop this?

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