Dead Phone - How to wipe?

[rmnc3r]

How does one wipe a Phone (like wif a cloth or something?) if it's dead, Dead, DEAD?

Samsung Galaxy S7, T-Mobile
Connected to power
Previously 'System Reboot...' would show, but no longer.
Pushing all the combinations of button don't work, no way, no how.

I can take it into a retail store and get some pitiful amount for trade in value, but the obvious security concerns are daunting.

[mooner760HD]

I used to wrap HDDs up in a shipping blanket and strike them a few times with a sledgehammer to decommission them.

You could also shoot it.

[rmnc3r]

I used to wrap HDDs up in a shipping blanket and strike them a few times with a sledgehammer to decommission them.

You could also shoot it.

There was a commercial about insurance coverage on some item (can't remember what it was, but I think it was an old school telephone);
a scene would show the item involved in a reasonable accident - "Covered!"
Another scene would show the item flying thru the air, then hit with a shotgun blast (a la skeet) - "Not Covered!"

[bruss01]

I used to wrap HDDs up in a shipping blanket and strike them a few times with a sledgehammer to decommission them.

You could also shoot it.

This ^^^

You could remove the sim card, but I don't believe that's a guarantee that everything is irrevocably wiped. Total destruction is your only guarantee.

[Jeepergeo]

How does one wipe a Phone (like wif a cloth or something?) if it's dead, Dead, DEAD?

Samsung Galaxy S7, T-Mobile
Connected to power
Previously 'System Reboot...' would show, but no longer.
Pushing all the combinations of button don't work, no way, no how.

I can take it into a retail store and get some pitiful amount for trade in value, but the obvious security concerns are daunting.

Why wipe? Just smash it. If you are trying to hide info from the NSA, they already have it. The smash stops anyone else from getting your data.

[Featureless]

Just bury it in the back yard. Somebody will dig it up in 100 years and you'll be famous.

[Garv]

Hulk Smash!

[rmnc3r]

Just bury it in the back yard. Somebody will dig it up in 100 years and you'll be famous.

I concur - much of our trash today will be archeological treasures in just a few hundred years from now

[Notpc]

[ldsnet]

Trade in value vs release of sensitive personal data and information? I would fold it in half. Being an older Android, did you use device encryption?

[baih777]

Safety glasses and a hammer.

[ibanezfoo]

Careful smashing it. It has a lithium battery and you will get burned if you are close when it explodes.

Take it to the range and blast it.

Fast forward to around 3 minutes

[hermosabeach]

If dead - no way to wipe the device of info

McHammer time if you keep info on the phone

Or pay to have it fixed
Wipe
Then sell it

[71MUSTY]

10mm?

[M1NM]

I consulted Hillary. She said 2 lb mini sledge is best.