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If you’ve ever need to reset your Blackerry, either for resale or sending it back to the factory, I’m sure you don’t want to include anything that you have saved on it. Here’s a real life saver on how to reset the Blackberry back to it’s default settings.

To erase all the data on your BlackBerry device, complete the following steps. This option is available with
BlackBerry Device Software 3.8 and later.

1. In the device Options, click Security.
   If you are using BlackBerry Device Software 4.1, click Security Options > General Security.
2. Click the trackwheel and select Wipe Handheld.
3. Click Continue.
4. Type “blackberry”. All the data on the BlackBerry device is erased.

On some new versions of blackberry software the menu navigation is slightly different.

1. Go to Options
2. Select Security Options.
3. Select General Settings
4. Click the Menu key
5. Select Wipe Handheld
6. Click Continue
7. Type “blackberry”. All the data on the BlackBerry device is erased.

That’s it. The Blackberry is ready for activation again or for repackaging.

Tags: Blackberry, factory, reset, wipe