Wipe handheld on blackberry phones??

Question

im trying to erase all the phone numbers, call logs, and pictures off my phone. i have too many to delete all at once, that will take forever!

i was told that wipe handheld option will delete all of that, but will it also delete EVERYTHING [application, programs, etc]. making it basically a BLANK PHONE.??

when i clicked on wipe hand held, this pop up came "warning, all application data will be lost! Message service and other services will be disabled."

what does that mean?

Answer 1

"Wiping" is somewhat of a misnomer: It doesn't completely kill the device. It simply removes all personal information and restores the device back to the factory default. All of your email, address book, preferences, etc., will be erased.