Preparation steps for sending a phone back under warranty I'm sending my (unrooted) nexus s off repair under under warranty, and was just wondering if there any precautions I can take to limit the amount of personal info on the device, lest the engineers take a look through my contacts/emails etc.? (ideally without resetting phone to factory defaults)

Main ideas I've had so far are:


Associating the phone with a brand new google account and deleting the old ones
Moving all sd card content to computer
Clearing caches
Resetting the phone to factory settings (Menu -&gt; Settings -&gt; Privacy -&gt; Factory data reset) and wiping the microSD card (after backing up its contents) should be all that's needed.

Factory reset dis-associates the phone from your Google account, removes any custom apps (installed on internal memory) with their data, and clears all the caches.

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P.S. There is a good chance that the manufacturer (Samsung in your case) or whoever you are sending your phone to for repairs might send you a different handset.  Depending on their service terms, they may simply ship you a brand new Nexus S, or even a refurb.  So jumping through hoops to leave your installed apps intact might be a waste of time.