want to restart with a clean slate

[monkey_knight]

I've already CID-unlocked, SIM-unlocked my T-mobile MDA last month. I've flashed my ROM with the xelencin ROM that I found in the forums, as I thought it had most of the initial tweaks that I was looking at. Since then, I've installed a whole bunch of new programs to test out, but now it feels like my phone is bogged down.

I'd like to clean my phone of all its memory and go back to the state when I just flashed my rom with xelencin. Do I have to go and use the RUU again or can I just go to my settings -> clear storage -> 1234 and reset? Will this delete all the programs that I had installed on my storage card as well or will the files stay there?

[prestonmcafee]

Yes, a hard reset will clear everything. You do NOT need to reflash the ROM.

[monkey_knight]

thanks for the heads up. i'm assuming the memory card can stay in without any problems...otherwise i can just take it out until it restarts.

i've flashed the radio rom to 2.47.11 since the ROM was made (started with 2.25.11). Is it safe to assume it'll stay with the 2.47.11 after a hard reset?

[prestonmcafee]

I never bother taking the memory card out but then I back it up to my PC occasionally. There are certainly reports of memory card problems.

The radio rom will persist through a hard reset.

If you have created short cuts, it is a good idea to copy them to the SD card for easy reinstallation.

[monkey_knight]

ok, just an fyi, I did the clear reset with 1234, ok. storage card isn't effected by it...only the regular phone memory is wiped...it seems everything, including the files that I had changed in the \windows director for foreign language (asukal's wince.nls) files...