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My Classic was going on a 6 hour wipe trip and was at 94% but it seemed to be slowing down even faster at this point. So I turned off the phone attempting to cancel the wipe, but it just started up again upon reboot!
Has anyone else had this problem with a wipe on the Classic? More importantly does it ever finish!?
Common problem. You can wait it out (it will finish but may take up to a week sometimes when this happens). If you run out of patience, you can:
1) Try removing your SD card and then perform a hard reset (both volume buttons).
Or 2) download the latest 10.3.2.2789 autoloader and run it. Reboot device immediately and it will catch it.
PassportSQW100-4/10.3.2.2789
No SD card.
Also the autoloader is not catching it when it restarts from holding down the power button. Hard restart is not responsive.
Just keep playing with it. Timing is everything. It will work when you get it right.
PassportSQW100-4/10.3.2.2789
Thanks got it!
The amount of data on the device will affect how long it takes for a security wipe.
If you have a lot of data on the device, might be best to plug it into a charger and go out and run errands for a while. :)
And yes, powering off during a security wipe will not only cause it to restart the wipe from the beginning on power-up, it can also result in a bricked device. So in a nutshell, don't do that. ;)
It's a bug, no wipe should go on for days like some people have experienced. My Z30 was going on 6 hours so I hooked it up to link and told it to reload default. It rebooted the phone which restarted the wipe but it finished in 10 minutes.
Why didn't I think of that I went on a 4 day wipe. Never once did I think about just connecting it to my laptop! Duhhh
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