Logic behind flashing phones multiple times

[f_hugh]

Nice to see that I'm not alone.

There's a car repair shop that I drive by daily on my way to work that likes to put catchy phrases on their reader board outside. The one they have up now states: "Why do the people who know the least know it the loudest?" I think that those who suggest that flashing your phone several times to get 'stuck' bits in flash memory inside of a microcontroller are merely shortening the life of the product, little by little, and helping others to do the same.

Thanks for chiming in.