Is it possible to delete all contacts/appointments w/o a Hard Reset?

Twinsen · #1 (**permalink**) 11-12-2008, 02:16 PM

Selling my Mogul to someone this weekend and I told him about all the apps I had installed on the phone, so I'm trying to see if there's a way to clear everything without a hard reset...

BigDiesel07 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-12-2008, 02:45 PM

You have two possible ways...

Your best bet is if you have all the CAB files for the programs you have... You could Hard Reset your phone and then reload the programs back onto the phone, either from Active Sync or from downloading the CAB back onto your phone...

Or you can individually delete each contact and appointments... Without a Hard Reset, there is no way that I know of to delete sets of information without doing it manually... I know its a pain..

**weedahoe** · #3 (**permalink**) 11-12-2008, 03:08 PM

Delete you pim.vol file in your root directory. Its holds all your contact info. You might have to rename it to pim1.vol and then reboot so the device will re-create a new pim.vol and then allow you to delete the original one.

**PDAPhoneJunkie** · #4 (**permalink**) 11-12-2008, 03:45 PM

Another option is doing an SPB Backup of only programs and junk. Then hard resetting and backup. That way no personal data is there...

**MrObvious** · #5 (**permalink**) 11-13-2008, 01:00 AM

Just select them all and push delete?

**Lylej2k** · #6 (**permalink**) 11-13-2008, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by MrObvious

Just select them all and push delete?

+1 that's what i was thinkin.

**weedahoe** · #7 (**permalink**) 11-13-2008, 08:34 AM

Yeah but you cant delete them all at once in the app can you?

**jmorton10** · #8 (**permalink**) 11-13-2008, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by MrObvious

Just select them all and push delete?

I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think you can do that.

I sold a 6800 a while back & tried to do that & I remember it wasn't quite that easy. As it turned out, the guy I sold it to was planning to try different ROM's etc & didn't care about all the programs I had installed so I simply hard reset it.

~John

**weedahoe** · #9 (**permalink**) 11-13-2008, 11:32 AM

Yeah I though if you did it that way you would have to delete one at a time. Thats why I thought deleting the pim.vol would be the way to go w/o hard resetting but then I dont wipe my device that often.

**jmorton10** · #10 (**permalink**) 11-13-2008, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by weedahoe

Yeah I though if you did it that way you would have to delete one at a time.

I'm not sure why, but I think that's correct.

I'm not sure why you can't just do a ctrl A & then hit delete, but I know I tried that & it wasn't that simple.

~John