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I don't but since it's started flipping into brick (they call it "safe" but it bricks EVERY non-factory app) mode every time I restart it & it keeps cutting out the wi-fi unless I restart it so I'm looking for a SIMPLE* way to delete the whole thing without a factory reset

*As I tried to add this word to the draft, the wifi went out AGAIN