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Raif is offline Raif
2011-02-12 , 19:27
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The title pretty much says it all

My Usb port is trashed and my n900 needs to go back to nokia, I normally completley reflash before handing over any device to ensure there is no personal information left on it.

In this case I cant & as I know that they will either remove my motherboard or replace the whole unit, im not happy about sending it away

I have removed the obvious, but would appreciate any further guidance in removing any hidden system files ie Conversation databas, calls database, internet usage etc etc
 
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santiago is offline santiago
2011-02-12 , 19:32
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settings/restore original factory settings and u done your work
 

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2011-02-12 , 19:44
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oh hey! fancy being a guinea pig for my script to delete personal data? admittedly it wont clear it all but i've been meaning to test it, but dont really want to have to restore everything needlessly!

sudo gainroot
rm -r -f /home/user/MyDocs/Private
rm -r -f /home/user/MyDocs/.documents
rm -r -f /home/user/MyDocs/.images/*
rm -r -f /home/user/MyDocs/.sounds/*
rm -r -f /home/user/MyDocs/.videos/*
rm -r -f /home/user/MyDocs/DCIM/*
rm -r -f /home/user/MyDocs/Downloads
rm -r -f /home/user/.bookmarks/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.cache/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.fmms/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.modest/cache/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.modest/images/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.modest/local-folders/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.modest/outboxes/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.osso/dictionaries/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.skype/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.thumbnails/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.rtcom-eventlogger/*
rm -r -f /var/lib/gconf/apps/maemo/facebook/*
rm -r -f /var/lib/gconf/apps/maemo/hermes/*
rm -r -f /var/lib/gconf/apps/modest
rm -r -f /var/lib/gconf/apps/osso/bookmark/*
rm -r -f /media/mmc1/*
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2011-02-12 , 19:46
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oh before you do! i will warn you its completely untried, and i dont have a clue what i'm doing so its entirely at your own risk!!!

edit: heres the thread with more info etc. http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=69518

i would suggest deleting the line with mmc since you dont need to wipe the memory card in your case, if of course you do wish to help me and try it out!
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retsaw is offline retsaw
2011-02-12 , 20:14
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As root "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk0" that will completely wipe your eMMC, the rootfs should be left intact, but there shouldn't be any personal data on it. Your N900 might not boot after you do this so it's best to leave it running if you want it completely wiped and it could take up to 10 hours to complete.

EDIT: This is a rather extreme, but fairly complete way of wiping your N900, whether you feel you need to do this or not depends on how paranoid you are about the possibility that they will run some data recovery software on it to get at your personal data. For the less paranoid festivalnut's script will probably be sufficient.
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2011-02-12 , 20:27
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Originally Posted by festivalnut View Post
oh hey! fancy being a guinea pig for my script to delete personal data? admittedly it wont clear it all but i've been meaning to test it, but dont really want to have to restore everything needlessly!

sudo gainroot
rm -r -f /home/user/MyDocs/Private
rm -r -f /home/user/MyDocs/.documents
rm -r -f /home/user/MyDocs/.images/*
rm -r -f /home/user/MyDocs/.sounds/*
rm -r -f /home/user/MyDocs/.videos/*
rm -r -f /home/user/MyDocs/DCIM/*
rm -r -f /home/user/MyDocs/Downloads
rm -r -f /home/user/.bookmarks/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.cache/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.fmms/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.modest/cache/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.modest/images/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.modest/local-folders/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.modest/outboxes/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.osso/dictionaries/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.skype/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.thumbnails/*
rm -r -f /home/user/.rtcom-eventlogger/*
rm -r -f /var/lib/gconf/apps/maemo/facebook/*
rm -r -f /var/lib/gconf/apps/maemo/hermes/*
rm -r -f /var/lib/gconf/apps/modest
rm -r -f /var/lib/gconf/apps/osso/bookmark/*
rm -r -f /media/mmc1/*
What about "/home/user/.osso-abook/*"?

When I needed to send mine back with a broken USB I deleted the whole of the /home/user, just to be sure I didn't miss anything.
 

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festivalnut is offline festivalnut
2011-02-12 , 21:07
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Originally Posted by retsaw View Post
What about "/home/user/.osso-abook/*"?

When I needed to send mine back with a broken USB I deleted the whole of the /home/user, just to be sure I didn't miss anything.
well my scripts purpose was to delete all sensitive data quickly, (eg one touch w/ confirmation widget in the end) but leave the device completely usable.

i have been looking for suggestions but if you wouldn't mind making them in the thread i posted above so as not to drag this one off topic.
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retsaw is offline retsaw
2011-02-12 , 21:38
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Originally Posted by festivalnut View Post
well my scripts purpose was to delete all sensitive data quickly, (eg one touch w/ confirmation widget in the end) but leave the device completely usable.
So long as you recreate the directory again afterwards the device remains usable (you might also need to recreate /home/user/MyDocs, I don't think I checked that). But I do appreciate the purpose of your script.

i have been looking for suggestions but if you wouldn't mind making them in the thread i posted above so as not to drag this one off topic.
Well I felt it was on-topic here because if Raif decided to use your script that extra directory which contains the addressbook data could have been missed because he might not read through all of your separate thread dedicated to it. Although discussing whether it is relevant to this thread or not is itself dangerously close to being off-topic.

And is it really worth me posting it in your thread now you've read it? Although if I had read your thread and noticed that was missing I would surely have posted it there.
 
JamesBond@ge is offline JamesBond@ge
2011-02-12 , 21:41
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Originally Posted by santiago View Post
settings/restore original factory settings and u done your work
Sorry, where is this option again?
 
festivalnut is offline festivalnut
2011-02-12 , 23:14
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Originally Posted by JamesBond@ge View Post
Sorry, where is this option again?
go to settings and press the top bar, theres clear device or restore factory settings options.
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