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Ask Jerry: How can I securely wipe a phone?

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Factory reset the phone, go through the setup without entering any accounts, attach it to a computer, and start copying tons of small text files that are just a single page of "11111111111111111" over and over. (Image credit: Andrew Myrick / Android Central)The easy way is with a hammer or a couple of pairs of pliers. This is how some government agencies "delete" data from old computer hard drives, and there is a person who gets paid to smash the hell out of them.

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